Maler Vilee

Maler launched her career in commercial related assistance programmes at the British High Commission. Assisting businesses from the United Kingdom and Singapore to work together was an area she enjoyed tremendously and decided to dedicate her career in trade and investment related government relations. Maler spent the next 15 years in developing her expertise with emphasis on trade, investment, competition and Free Trade Agreements. After her diplomatic service in KL, Malaysia, she embarked on legal studies with an intention to specialise in business law. She focused on assisting companies to export with government support while with International Enterprise Singapore (IES). She also covered Europe, Southeast Asia and Electronics sector.

After her departure from IES, she undertook various training assignments on ASEAN, WTO, SME and Entrepreneurship development, public policy, and capacity building for economic agencies interested in establishing trade or investment centres in their countries. She is a resource person for UNCTAD.

Maler has been working with a number of government bodies, NGOs, and private institutions to conduct workshops in competency building for trade and investment officers since 2008