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THE
INTERVIEW
Geert Visser
Consul General of Belarus
By Sonia Guimbellot
Director of International Affairs
Geert Visser , Consul General of Belarus chose the Hilton Houston Post Oak as the right place for our interview . Located in the Galleria , this hotel hosts most of the Houston consulates ’ national days and meetings due to its prominent location and the number of Consular offices in the vicinity . The Hilton staff generously offered us the Towers Lounge which has been used by the executives we have seen over the years . Formerly the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands and now serving as the Consul of Belarus , Geert Visser has been a consul for so long that his service stands as the longest running term for consuls in the Houston area . Consul Visser began our interview speaking on Belarus . Afterwards , he realized he hadn ’ t mentioned any of his own accomplishments . I began there . In 1978 , he came from Scotland after being stationed in London , West Africa , and Aberdeen . He was the president of the Global Marine Transport , the main contractor for the Exon- Valdez clean-up in Alaska . He would ship from Alaska to shipyards in San Diego . Do you recall the Trans-Oceanic disaster in the Gulf of Mexico ? He delivered equipment from Europe to the clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico .
40 iF Magazine | January 2018