Mr. Gunther Emil M. Sales officially assumed his post as Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in Houston, which covers six (6) states - Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Prior to this assignment, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Office of American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). As a Foreign Service Officer, he has also covered issues on APEC and the WTO at the Office of the Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and International Economic Relations; handled General Assembly, Security Council, disarmament, and human rights issues at the Office of United Nations and International Organizations; and has been involved in various institution-building initiatives at the Human Resources Management Office at the DFA.
His other foreign assignments include the Philippine Embassies in Washington D.C., USA and Stockholm, Sweden, where he served as First Secretary and Consul from 2014 to 2021 and as Second Secretary and Consul from 2007 to 2012, respectively.
Consul General Sales has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the Ateneo De Manila University and a Master’s degree in Public Management at the Ateneo School of Government.
