Emily King is currently the Head of Innovation at the Consulate General of Canada in New York, leading a team of Trade Commissioners who support Canadian companies in developing their international business. As a diplomat and Trade Commissioner with seventeen years’ experience with Global Affairs Canada, Emily has served in assignments as diverse as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ottawa, Syria, Jordan, Halifax, and New York. Emily is also a former restauranteur, a parent of three, and holds a BA in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Dalhousie University. She inspired by the power of the public service to tackle both practical and systemic challenges, with an eye toward the greater goals of progressive improvement and shared growth.