Understanding and building relations in the Asia Pacific region

Leadership and GovernmentProfessional and Corporate
Written By Stuart McNish

Guest: Vina Nadjibulla (executive of an Asia Pacific trade organization)

What is going on in the Asia Pacific region? And how do we use that knowledge to do business and build relations? That is the mission for Vina Nadjibulla of the Asia Pacific Foundation. After all, understanding different places seems to be her calling, being born in the Soviet Union and growing up in multiple countries – and even working with the United Nations.

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