Ms. Sulaimah MahmoodSenior Director, ASEAN & South East Asia Oceania (Trade Division) of Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
Ms Sulaimah Mahmood currently oversees both the ASEAN & South East Asia Oceania Division in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. She has been handling the ASEAN portfolio in MTI since 2004.
Prior to her appointment as Senior Director (ASEAN & SEAO) on 2017, she was Director, ASEAN in 2006. She was a Senior Deputy-Director, Trade Policy of South East Asia from 2005 - 2006, and Deputy-Director, Trade Policy, APEC Division in 2004. Her other experience in trade policy relations include a posting to the APEC Secretariat from 1996-1998 as Special Assistant to the Chair of Committee on Trade and Investment and as Director of the Subcommittee on Customs Procedures. She was also posted to Brunei from 1999 – 2000. During her career at the International Enterprise Singapore (and former Singapore Trade Development Board), she was also responsible for formulating and executing Singapore’s bilateral trade relations with the US, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand from 1981 - 1995.
Ms Sulaimah was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) National Day Awards in 2001 and Public Administration Medal (Silver) National Day Awards in 2016.
Ms Sulaimah graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in Economics and Philosophy. She is married with two children.
