Director-General of the
World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday, announced the
appointment of Angela Ellard of the United States, Anabel González of Costa
Rica, Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam of France and Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of
China as her four Deputy Directors-General.
This was contained in a
statement titled, ‘DG Okonjo-Iweala announces her four Deputy
Directors-General’.
“I am very pleased to
announce the appointment of four new Deputy Directors-General at the WTO. It is
the first time in the history of our Organisation that half of the DDGs are
women. This underscores my commitment to strengthening our Organisation with
talented leaders whilst at the same time achieving gender balance in senior
positions. I look forward to welcoming them to the WTO,” said Okonjo-Iweala, a
former Nigerian Finance Minister, who broke the 26-year record of the global
institution to emerge the first African and female DG.
Ellard, international expert
on trade and international economic policy, has a distinguished career of
service working at the US Congress as Majority and Minority Chief Trade Counsel
and Staff Director.
González, a renowned global
expert on trade, investment and economic development, served as Minister of
Foreign Trade of Costa Rica; as Director-General for International Trade
Negotiations; as Director-General of the Costa Rican Investment Promotion
Agency; and as Special Ambassador and Chief negotiator of the US-Central
America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement.
Also, Paugam has held senior
management positions in the French Government on trade, most recently as
Permanent Representative of France to the WTO. He has also held a number of
senior positions in the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, including as a
member of the Executive Committee of the French Treasury.
Zhang currently serves as
Vice Minister in the Ministry of Commerce of China. He has long and extensive
experience on WTO issues, international negotiations, and policy research.
Ambassador Zhang served until recently as China’s Permanent Representative to
the WTO and previously as Deputy Permanent Representative.
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