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Charles Antonio Chen.

Born in San Andres, Manila, Philippines and currently a resident of Sydney, Australia. A graduate of Don Bosco Technical Institute (elementary and high school), Don Bosco Technical College - Industrial Technology Center (trade), and De La Salle University - Manila (college). He also completed all the academic units for a Masters of Business Administration from Ateneo De Manila University.

After a long career in banking, he had started a sea change into public service and is currently a project manager with one of the departments in the New South Wales state government. A focus on continuous process improvement has been a key area of interest.

A special personal interest is the promotion of closer ties between Australia and the Philippines having lived in Australia since 1994 and aware of the similarities in cultures of both countries. Although both countries are different in economic demographics, lifestyle and weather, both countries have mutual opportunities which each country can complement. To this end, a special focus in developing cross border trade and investment partnerships has been his specialization particularly by leveraging Australia's business expertise, capital and governance to help bring investments to the Philippines. In addition, the opportunity of promoting closer cultural ties between both countries by way of establishing events and institutions that will give a greater understanding of both countries.