Meet the speaker:

Zeenat M. Syed

Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy London

Zeenat M. Syed has served as the Economic Counselor at U.S. Embassy London since 2022.ج‎ She previously served in Embassies Manila and Baku as the Deputy Economic Chief and Energy Officer.ج‎ Her other overseas assignments include various political, management and consular positions at U.S. Embassies in Brussels, Tokyo, and Cote d’Ivoire.ج‎ She has also served three years at the State Department in Washington D.C. working on trade and environment issues and covering the Economic Desk for Vietnam.ج‎ Zeenat attended the University of Texas at Austin and joined the Foreign Service in 2001.ج‎ She is accompanied by her husband, who is also a Foreign Service Officer, and three teenage daughters.

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