Jonathan Heimer joined the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1998. He took up his latest assignment in September 2022 after a one -year detail as the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Markets Operations and three years as Shanghai’s Principal Commercial Officer. Before serving in Shanghai, Mr. Heimer served in Tokyo, Tel Aviv, New York, Washington DC, Baghdad, and Taipei. Mr. Heimer practiced international finance law in the Tokyo office of a prominent New York law firm. He attended the University of Michigan School of Law (J.D.,1990), the University of Michigan School of Business (1989-1990), the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (1988-1989), and Union College (B.A., with honors, Political Science,1985). He speaks Japanese and Chinese