PATRICK O’NEILL
Kindly note that Mr. Patrick O’Neill is the current First Secretary, Political at the Embassy of Canada in Manila, Philippines
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ANDREW GREEN
Mr. Andrew Green is the current Counsellor of Political and Public Affairs at the Embassy of Canada in Manila, Philippines.
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NICOLAS MANN
Mr. Nicolas Mann serves as the First Secretary of the Political section at the Embassy of Canada to the Philippines
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VINA NADJIBULLA
Vina Nadjibulla joined the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada as Vice-President, Research & Strategy in November 2023.
In this role, she leads the Foundation’s research and programmatic activities focused on Canada’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific region. This includes overseeing APF Canada’s research agenda, fellowship programs, education and capacity-building initiatives, and regional programming through the Indo-Pacific Initiative. She also plays a key role in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and advancing the Foundation’s public policy impact.
Vina is a frequent commentator on Canadian foreign policy and Indo-Pacific affairs, with a particular focus on Canada’s evolving relationships with China and India, and the region’s broader security, trade, and geopolitical dynamics.
As an international security and peace-building expert, Vina has more than two decades of experience in diplomacy, political analysis, and advocacy. She has worked with international organizations, governments, think tanks, and philanthropic institutions across Canada, the U.S., China, and Central Asia on issues ranging from conflict resolution and human rights to strategic risk and multilateral diplomacy.
She is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center in New York.
Vina holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and is fluent in English, Russian, and Farsi, with intermediate proficiency in Mandarin. She is a Canadian citizen, born in the former Soviet Union, raised in Afghanistan, and educated in the United States.
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JONATHAN B. MILLER
Jonathan Berkshire Miller is an internationally recognized expert in security, defence, and geo-economics, with a distinguished career advising governments, multinational corporations, and international organizations on geopolitical risk, strategic foresight, and global policy development. He has held a variety of positions in the private and public sector. Currently, he is co-founder and Principal of Pendulum Geopolitical advisory, a global consultancy based in Ottawa. He is also a senior fellow at the Ottawa-based Macdonald Laurier Institute. He is also concurrently a senior fellow with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) and senior fellow on East Asia for the Tokyo-based Asian Forum Japan. Miller also is the Director and cofounder of the Council on International Policy. He also holds appointments as Canada’s ASEAN Regional Forum Expert and Eminent Person (EEP) and as a Responsible Leader for the BMW Foundation. Previously, he was an international affairs fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, based in Tokyo. Other former appointments and roles include terms as a Distinguished Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Senior Fellow on East Asia for the EastWest Institute. Miller also held a fellowship on Japan with the Pacific Forum CSIS from 2013-16, and has held a number of other visiting fellowships on Asian security matters, including at JIIA and the National Institute of Defense Studies. In addition, Miller previously spent nearly a decade working on economic and security issues related to Asia with the Canadian federal government and worked both with the foreign ministry and the security community.
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