Angela Foley

Angela is the Founding Director of Foley & Associates Pty Ltd. She established the company in 2002 with the objective of providing international trade advice to international organizations seeking to do business in Australia and New Zealand.

She has been working in the trade and investment attraction arena for over 25 years having started her career with the Australian Trade Commission in London where she spent several years assisting Australian exporters to win business in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.

On relocating to Australia in 1995 she worked as a Senior Marketing Analyst for a British-American supply chain software company which had recently established a presence in Sydney.

From there took on a role as a Business Coordinator with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Commerce Centre assisting Australian and international organizations to maximize the opportunities generated by Australia’s hosting of the Olympic Games.

At the conclusion of the Olympic Games Angela moved across to the State Chamber of Commerce New South Wales where she was the Senior Group Manager, Trade & Commercial Services with a particular focus on creating international export and import opportunities for Chamber members.

Angela has an honors degree in Applied Linguistics from Dublin City University (Ireland) and postgraduate qualifications in International Marketing and Management from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K.). She has also received a Certificate in Translation Studies from the University of Mainz in Germany.

She is a member of a number of industry organizations and is an accomplished presenter on international trade relationships. Angela has dual Irish and Australian citizenship.