SURREY BOARD OF TRADE - Key Persons


Ahmad Shanizam

Job Titles:
  • Trade Commissioner

Alexia Manousou

Job Titles:
  • First Secretary for Economic and Commercial Affairs

Anita Huberman - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
Anita Huberman has been the President & CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade for 17 years for one of the top 10 Boards of Trade/Chambers of Commerce in Canada, and for one of the largest cities in Canada. She has been with the Surrey Board of Trade in a variety of roles for 30 years. Anita and her team serve more than 6,000 member contacts. Anita also served as a Trustee of Canada's National Film Board for six years, appointed by Canada's Minister of Heritage, on the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) Board of Directors, OMNITV Advisory Council, IC-Impacts (UBC) Board of Directors.

Baljit Dhaliwal

Job Titles:
  • Tinker 's Tax & Accounting / Immediate past Chair

Bryce McDermott

Job Titles:
  • General Manager

Dan Dias

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Cereals Canada
Dan Dias, CEO of Cereals Canada, also told CBC News in a separate report that Canadian wheat tends to be of higher quality and more expensive than Ukrainian and Russian wheat. Canada would have "enough supply [for] high-quality end-users" but can't "fill every wheat requirement around the world."

Darius Batliwalla


Dimitra Schina

Job Titles:
  • First Secretary for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Head of the Office
Dimitra Schina First Secretary for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Head of the Office Email: ecocom-ottawa@mfa.gr Tel: +1 613 238 6271

Dionysios Protopapas

Job Titles:
  • Senior Trade Commissioner

Emma Doherty

Job Titles:
  • Partner in Matheson 's International
Emma Doherty is a partner in Matheson's International Business Group. Emma practises corporate law and works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Emma has advised on some of the largest establishment and expansion projects in Ireland. Emma also advises clients on the complex legal issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of foreign companies. Chargé d'Affaires, Suzanne Drisdelle is a senior Canadian diplomat and Trade Commissioner with Global Affairs Canada since 2001, with international postings in Turkey, Czech Republic and Ireland. She has extensive experience within Global Affairs Canada in trade promotion, trade policy, innovation scale-up support, ministerial communications, and overseas Mission management and operations. Her powerpoint presentation is at this link: PRESENTATION

Heather Booth

Job Titles:
  • Events & Communications Manager

Indra Bhan

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer, Membership & Corporate Relations

Jacob Hsia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Jairo Augusto Abadia Mondragon

Job Titles:
  • Consulate General of Colombia

Janbaz Khan


Jasroop Gosal

Job Titles:
  • Policy and Research Manager

Joanna Vu

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer / Joanna Vu CPA Incorporated

John Michener

Job Titles:
  • Economic Development Specialist

Joseph Yaw Frimpong

Job Titles:
  • Consulate General of Ghana

Kapil Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Kate Hickey

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of the Ireland Canada Business Association
Kate Hickey is the Executive Director of the Ireland Canada Business Association. The ICBA is the representative voice of over 100 companies doing business between Ireland and Canada, 70 of which are Canadian companies with Irish operations. The ICBA has the active participation of Ireland and Canada's most prominent business leaders. Kate has over twenty years' experience gained in industry and has worked as trade consultant on over 12 multi-sectoral trade missions from Atlantic Canada.

Kyle Chiu

Job Titles:
  • Director

Lisa Englehart

Job Titles:
  • Consulate Office of the United Kingdom ( British Columbia )

Mihaela Bucuroiu

Job Titles:
  • Secretary General

Minister Bruce Ralston

Minister Bruce Ralston was first elected MLA for Surrey-Whalley in 2005. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013 and 2017. He is the BC Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Consul General Flood served as Ireland's Ambassador to Estonia, before taking up position in Vancouver. He has significant experience in working to promote peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland, overseas development aid, and the promotion of bilateral trade, on two assignments in Belfast, he worked overseas with the United Nations Development Programme in Addis Ababa and served as Vice-Consul in the Consulate General in Boston.

Minister Ng

Minister Ng speaks with New Zealand's minister for trade and export growth

Moiez Babar

Job Titles:
  • Business Development and Member Relations Specialist

Mr. Bobby Naicker

Job Titles:
  • High Commissioner to Fiji - Canada

Ms. Jeannie Cheng

Job Titles:
  • President of Canada International Trade Promotion Society

Myles Philpott

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Manager, Music City Centre

Nicolas Baudouin

Job Titles:
  • Consulate Office of France in Vancouver

Pat Anne

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant, Music City Centre

Quang Trung Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Head of Consular Post

Rajeev Manchanda

Job Titles:
  • Connection Partner
  • Director / Inventure Global Services Inc

Rhona Doria

Job Titles:
  • Event & Sponsorship Coordinator

Robby Handoko

Job Titles:
  • Director / Indonesian Trade Promotion Center

Sami Ghawi

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Music City Centre

Tania Toledo

Job Titles:
  • Project Assistant

Tina Victoria

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Tom Steve

Job Titles:
  • General Manager of the Alberta Wheat
Tom Steve, General Manager of the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commission (AWBC), says that "[Regarding] high wheat prices, it's whether farmers will be able to broker a crop to satisfy the needs in the marketplace."