CONSUL GENERAL EMMA ROMANO SARNE

Emma R. Sarne assumed her post as Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in Calgary, with jurisdiction over the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, on 20 June 2024. Prior to this post, she served as Minister and Consul General of the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh Cambodia from May 2021 to June 2024.

She was posted at the Philippine Embassy in London, United Kingdom from 2012 to 2018, and served as the Alternate Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the International Maritime Organization in London during that period. She was first posted to the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York from 2004 to 2010 where she handled the Sixth Committee (Legal Committee) and Philippine initiatives in the UN General Assembly such as the resolutions on Oceans, Fisheries, and Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and Development. She was also the Alternate Permanent Representative of the Philippines during its term at the UN Security Council from 2004 to 2005.

She served in various capacities in the Department of Foreign Affairs, most recently as Director of the Socio-Cultural Division of UNIO, and prior to that, as Director for Southeast Asia I covering Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Viet Nam of the Office for Asia and Pacific Affairs.

She is married with two children.