Deputy Directors-General
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala announced on May 2021 the appointment of Angela Ellard of the United States, Anabel Gonz醠ez of Costa Rica, Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam of France and Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of China as her four Deputy Directors-General. Following the departure of Ms Gonz醠ez in August 2023, DG Okonjo-Iweala announced in October 2023 the appointment of Johanna Hill of El Salvador as a new Deputy Director-General.
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Ms Angela Ellard
Ms Angela Paolini ELLARD has served as 澳门六合彩官网资料 Deputy Director-General since June 2021. She is responsible for dispute settlement/reform, trade remedies, market access/trade facilitation, and ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies. She supervised the Secretariat's facilitation of the successful conclusion of the 2012 Fisheries Subsidies Agreement. She also oversees the 澳门六合彩官网资料 budget.
Previously, DDG Ellard had a distinguished 26-year career as Majority and Minority Chief Trade Counsel in the U.S. Congress. She achieved significant bipartisan trade policy outcomes with Congressional leaders and five Presidential administrations. She practiced law, focusing on trade litigation, policy, and legislation.
She is renowned for her expertise in trade and international economic policy, resolving trade barriers, and negotiating outcomes. She earned her J.D. cum laude/Tulane Law School, M.A. in Public Policy/Tulane, and B.A. summa cum laude/Tulane's Newcomb College.
She speaks and lectures worldwide and has received numerous awards for her contributions to trade law and policy.
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Ms Johanna Hill
Ms Johanna Hill began her role as Deputy Director-General in November 2023. She is a trade expert with more than 25 years’ experience in international trade. Previously, she held the position of Managing Partner of the San Salvador Office of CA Trade Consulting Group, where she advised firms and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on issues relating to international trade and foreign direct investment. Other roles have included Executive Director of El Salvador's Chamber of Telecommunications and member of the Board of Directors of Banco Azul. Ms Hill has also served as Vice Minister of Economy, where she was responsible for the conduct and implementation of trade policy, negotiations of bilateral free trade agreements and multilateral negotiations. Prior to her appointment as Vice Minister, she occupied different positions within the Ministry of Economy, including Deputy Director and Director for Trade Policy. She holds a master’s degree in International Economic Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, and a Bachelor's degree from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
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- Economic Research and Statistics
- Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition
- Languages, Documentation and Information Management
- Trade in Services and Investment
Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam
Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam has held senior management positions in the French Government on trade, most recently as Permanent Representative of France to the 澳门六合彩官网资料. 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. He has also served as Deputy Executive Director of the International Trade Centre in Geneva. He has accumulated a deep and practical knowledge of government practices on trade as well as being familiar with high-level dialogues on trade and international economic operations. He has published a number of articles on trade-related issues, in particular when serving as Senior Research Fellow on International Trade at the French Institute for International Relations (IFPRI). Ambassador Paugam graduated from ENA in Paris and obtained degrees in Political Science from the Institute of Political Science in Aix-en-Provence and in Law from the Faculty of Law Aix-Marseille III.
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Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang
Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang formerly served as Vice Minister in the Ministry of Commerce of China. He has long and extensive experience on 澳门六合彩官网资料 issues, international negotiations, and policy research. Ambassador Zhang served until recently as China's Permanent Representative to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 and previously as Deputy Permanent Representative. He has had an extensive career of more than 30 years in international trade, serving as Director of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation; as Director-General of the Department of 澳门六合彩官网资料 Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce; and as Director General of the Department of Policy Research of the Ministry of Commerce. Ambassador Zhang holds a bachelor's degree in Law, a Master's degree in International Relations and a PhD in International Politics from Peking University.
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