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Virginia B. Foote founded Bay Global Strategies, LLC in 2011 with the goal to provide clients with critical knowledge and strategic planning for doing business in and with Vietnam. With over 20 years of experience in Vietnam, commendations including the President of Vietnam’s Medal of Friendship (2007), Ms. Foote provides clients with top notch on-the-ground strategic advisory services, stakeholder engagement, and government relations. She has played a pivotal role in normalization with the U.S., Vietnam’s accession to the WTO, and Vietnam’s growing economy. (click to keep reading)

 

 

Robert L. Schiffer is CEO and Executive Director of the US Vietnam Trade Council and one of Washington's leading experts on Vietnam’s commercial and political climate.  Mr. Schiffer has broad experience in both in the private and public sectors, ranging from Wall Street to appointments in two White House administrations. His background in financial markets, diplomacy, crisis management, negotiations and trade policy, provides clients with a broad perspective and a dynamic approach to problem solving with both non-profit and for-profit organizations.  (click to keep reading)

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Virginia B. Foote - President and CEO, Bay Global Strategies

Virginia B. Foote founded Bay Global Strategies LLC (BGS) to provide clients with in-depth knowledge and strategic planning for doing business in and with Vietnam. With over 30 years of experience with Vietnam, Ms. Foote provides clients with on-the-ground strategic advisory services, stakeholder engagement, planning and implementation support, and government relations. Ms. Foote is a well-known expert on Vietnamese politics, economics and the business environment, and is the Vietnam senior advisor for Albright Stonebridge Group – a global advisory group based in Washington DC.

 In 1989, Ms. Foote co-founded with former Ambassador William H. Sullivan, the non-profit U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council (USVTC) under the International Center, in Washington DC and remains IC President today. USVTC and Ms. Foote played a leading role in U.S.-Vietnam normalization, the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, Vietnam's accession to the WTO, and TPP negotiations. Ms. Foote served as Chair for the U.S. Business Coalition for APEC 2006 and Chair of the U.S.-Vietnam WTO Coalition. She received the U.S. Ambassador's Award for Citizen Diplomacy.

From 2007 to 2011, Ms. Foote served as President and Partner of Vietnam Partners LLC, providing investment banking and advisory services. For three years prior, Ms. Foote served as Executive Vice President of the US-ASEAN Business Council, merging the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council members with the US-ASEAN Business Council.

She was Co-Chair of the Vietnam Business Forum for 2014-2016 and again in 2019, and is Board Alternate in 2022. VBF is the premier joint foreign and domestic business association in Vietnam. Ms. Foote continues to serve as President of the Board of the International Center where she oversees the humanitarian war legacy projects of IC-VVAF in Vietnam. She also serves as Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam 2020 and 2021, is Vice Chair in 2022 and is active on trade, energy, financial, digital, manufacturing, regulatory and other issues in Vietnam.

Ms. Foote has been awarded the Vietnam President's Friendship Order Medal for active contribution to the normalization and development of ties between Vietnam and the U.S.