Earlier this year, the Asia & Pacific Seed Association (APSA) welcomed Heidi Gallant as its new director. Gallant was most recently the executive director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei; she is also CEO of Hai Ying Creative Inc.
Gallant is a Canadian national, who grew up in a small farming community in Ontario. She moved to Taiwan after having worked in the insurance industry for 10 years, for which she was designated as a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of Canada (University of Toronto); while in Canada, she also worked in business management.
She moved with her family to Asia in 2009 and has been based in Taiwan since. After working in the insurance industry, she switched to working with trade associations and chambers of commerce, gaining experience in strategies for expanding membership numbers, organizing major events, as well as lobbying and advocating public sector agencies and government departments.
“Membership organizations, in my view, are about building relationships,” Gallant says. “I hope to show you, our members, how valuable you are to APSA by communicating with you frequently and brainstorming exciting new ways for our APSA team to engage with you … in order to better serve your business interests. I enjoy responding to requests from members and will encourage you to contact me directly when you are in need of my help.”
