Trade Policy Plus

Areas of work

• Focused international experience on agricultural development issues (35 years) of which 20 on trade
• Extensive analytical work on trade and food security issues, including quantitative assessments of distributional effects of trade reforms and market access opportunities of developing countries
• Good understanding of development constraints and needs for capacity building and technical assistance on trade and food security policy issues
  
• Continuous (over 10 years) technical support to WTO delegates in Geneva on on-going Doha Round negotiations, including on new instruments (Special Products, Special Safeguard Mechanism), reforms of domestic policies, as well as assessments of proposals under negotiation
  
• Excellent knowledge of analytical tools/databases and related market intelligence resources used in food security, trade policy analysis and in assessments of diversification of export promotion opportunities 
• Expertise in harmonisation of national regulatory frameworks with international standards including SPS/TBT agreements
• Extensive training experience in design/implementation of food security and trade-related courses, including on the Uruguay Round agreements on agriculture, SPS and TBT, and in the preparation of related training material
  
• Extensive food security and trade-related technical writing, and excellent analytical, communication, reporting and editing skills
• Analytical work on instability in commodity markets and mechanisms to alleviate associated vulnerability of developing countries
• Background work on trends in biofuels and the role of government and trade policy
• Good understanding of policy responses to obesity trends, including through agricultural policy
• Working experience in traditional livestock production systems and technical/economic feasibility of possible interventions
  

Country experience

• UN ESCWA (2017)
• Saudi Arabia (2016)
• East African Community (2015)
  
• Bosnia & Herzegovina (2011)
• ECOWAS (2010)
• Rwanda (2010)
• Kenya (2010)
• Uganda (2009) 
• Sudan (2009)   
• Gambia (2008)
• Sudan (2008)        
• Vietnam (2007)        
• Swaziland (2007)        
• Botswana (2003)        
• China (2002)        
• Swaziland (2001)        
• India (1999)        
• Jamaica (1987)        
• Nepal (1984)        
• Ethiopia (1983)        
• Ethiopia (1981/82)   
• Mali (1980/81)   
• Botswana (1980/81)
• Kenya (1979/80)  
  

Publications

• Authored over 100 research works including research monographs, technical reports and articles in refereed professional journals and books (See Publications list).
• Member of the Editorial Board of Food Policy for over 12 years and edited a special issue of this Journal on the Implications of the Uruguay Round for Developing Countries.

Languages

• Fluent in Greek and English
• Good command of French and Italian

Other skills

• Fully computer literate, including programming languages, web design and related software
  

Membership in professional associations

• American Agricultural Economic Association (AAEA)
• European Agricultural Economic Association (EAEA)
• Greek Professional Association of Engineers (TEE)

Positions held

Head (2007-08) and Deputy (1998-06) of FAO's Liaison Office in Geneva, working on trade and food security issues related in particular to the negotiations on agriculture at the WTO

Chief of Trade Policy and Commodity Projections Service (1996-98), Commodities and Trade Division, FAO, Rome

Senior Economist, Trade Policy (1992-96), Food Security (1982-92), Commodities and Trade Division, FAO, Rome

Principal Economist (1979-82), International Livestock Centre for Africa, Nairobi and Addis Ababa

Research Associate (1976-79), International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.