Lotus Postrado is the first Filipina Country Director of the British Council in the Philippines, celebrated for her pioneering educational contributions. She spearheaded the UK-Philippine Transnational Education Program, establishing groundbreaking collaborations between UK universities and Philippine institutions.  This led to 16 new dual postgraduate degrees and set a new benchmark in the country’s higher education sector. Lotus has driven key programs at the Department of Education as part of the Program Development and Evaluation Division and at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) in Bangkok, where she worked as a Programme Officer. She holds an MA in Human Resource Development from the University of Newcastle, Australia, an MA in Special Education, and a BA in Sociology from the University of the Philippines.