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Nigel Warren

Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Consulate General and Trade Commission, USA

Since July 2009 Mr. Warren has been Australia's Consul-General and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner in San Francisco. Mr. Warren is responsible for Australia's representation across seven (7) Western states and Australia's Trade and Investment programs throughout the region.

From 2004-2009 Mr. Warren was Australia's Senior Trade Commissioner Latin America, based in Santiago, Chile. He managed Australia's Trade and Investment programs throughout Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Chile and Argentina. During this time Australia and Chile entered into a Free Trade Agreement in 2009, the first Free Trade Agreement for Australia in Latin America.

Prior to re-joining the Australian Trade Commission Mr. Warren was the Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Equilibrium Inc, a US technology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a Board member and member of the Executive management team he grew the company's business throughout the United States and Europe from 2000 to 2004.

Mr. Warren has also represented Australia as the Western Region Investment Director for Invest Australia, Australia's Federal Investment Agency working with Fortune 1000 companies to expand and invest in Australia. He has also worked in the Queensland and Japanese Tourism Industry.

Mr. Warren has worked extensively across the United States of America, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region and is a graduate of Griffith University in Brisbane Australia. He has a degree in International Business (Japanese) and the Sunshine Coast in Australia is his home base.