SHANGHAI - The Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai welcomed the arrival of its eighth Consul General in the person of Ms. Myca Magnolia Maog Fischer, who flew in from Canada on 10 June.

A career diplomat, she joined the Philippine Foreign Service in 1997.

Prior to taking up her post in the Chinese financial capital, Consul General Fischer was Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Philippines in Ottawa.

Shanghai represents a return to China, which was also the Consul General’s first country of assignment at the Philippine Embassy in Beijing (2006-2012) as First Secretary, Second Secretary, and then eventually First Secretary and Consul. She later served at the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh (2014-2020), leading the mission as Chargé d’affaires in her final 18 months in the Cambodian capital.

Her stints in the headquarters in Manila were divided between the Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs, where she was most recently Deputy Assistant Secretary; and as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy.

Married to Tim Fischer, Consul General Fischer holds a Master’s Degree in International Studies at the University of the Philippines and a Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism from the same institution.

As Consul General, she will lead the Philippine Country Team in Shanghai Metropolis and the provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

First opened in 1948-1949 and re-opened in 2002, the Consulate General also hosts the Philippine Trade and Investment Center and the Department of Tourism Office. END