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.