embassy events 2009

New Senior Commercial Officer Jim Wilson arrives in Warsaw

20 August 2009

Senior Commercial Officer Jim Wilson at his office in Warsaw

Jim Wilson assumed his position as the Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland on August 20, 2009. Mr. Wilson most recently served as the Senior Commercial Officer in Ankara, Turkey (1994-1997), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2000-2004), and Madrid, Spain (2004-2008). In 1998, Mr. Wilson was Director, Office of Energy, Infrastructure and Industrial Machinery at the Commerce Department headquarters in Washington D.C. That office supported American firms in their international efforts to market capital equipment and to successfully develop major infrastructure projects around the world. Jim was also an active participant in U.S. Government interagency groups dealing on trade and investment issues related to China, Russia, Turkey and Caspian Region energy issues. Jim Wilson is a graduate of Swarthmore College with a degree in International Relations and Economics and was born and raised in suburban Philadelphia. Jim and his wife Vicky have two children.