Representing Saskatchewan to the World: A Conversation with the SK Managing Directors in Japan, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates

The Global Café is excited to welcome the managing directors for Saskatchewan’s Trade and Investment Offices in Japan, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates. They will discuss what managing directors do, how they represent Saskatchewan abroad and what people know about the province. Global Café events are hosted by the Department of Political Studies in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021
Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm CST
Location: Online via Zoom

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Speakers' bios

Paul Pryce is the managing director of Saskatchewan’s Japan Trade and Investment Office. Prior to joining the Government of Saskatchewan in November 2020, he worked for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than six years as principal advisor to the Consul General of Japan in Calgary. Earlier in his career, Paul served in a variety of roles with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, including facilitating ceasefire talks during the 2008 war in Georgia. Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Calgary and a Master of Arts in international relations from Tallinn University. He grew up in Saskatoon and Weyburn, as well as elsewhere in Western Canada and the United Kingdom.

Kyle Procyshyn will transition to managing director of Saskatchewan’s United Arab Emirates Trade and Investment Office from his current role as a director in the International Offices Branch. Previously, Kyle was the manager of international engagement for Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture, where he supported and led key trade and investment missions on behalf of the province. Before joining the Government of Saskatchewan, Kyle worked as an economic advisor to the Japanese Consul General in Calgary, providing strategic advice to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and previously worked with Global Affairs Canada in the consulate general in Shanghai, China. Raised on a farm near Aberdeen, Kyle has a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree in international studies from the University of Saskatchewan.

Ha Nguyen (managing director – Vietnam) joins the Government of Saskatchewan from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, where he was most recently posted to the Embassy of Canada in Beijing, China, as trade commissioner and counsellor (Agricultural Market Access). In this role, Ha is actively involved in numerous trade policy initiatives to help advance Canada’s and Saskatchewan’s key agriculture interests and priorities in China, including a focus on exploring trade and investment opportunities in China’s growing agricultural and food markets. Ha brings 30 years of experience engaging stakeholders in the region, including on-the-ground experience in Vietnam. Ha has a Master of Public Policy and Management degree from the University of Manchester (UK), and a graduate diploma in international management from Capilano University (B.C.), in addition to Bachelors of Laws and International Studies from Hanoi and Hanoi Open Universities. Ha has lived, studied and worked in Canada, Vietnam, England and Ukraine.

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