Sacha Peter Silva Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

I was the UK Department for International Development (DFID)'s representative on trade in Geneva, leading the UK's work on trade and development at the WTO and other UN organisations. My role was to advise the UK Government on the development side of international trade negotiations, while overseeing a portfolio of UK aid-for-trade investments in several.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

I was an Associate and Senior Economist at WTI Advisors, a highly specialised Geneva-based provider of technical assistance and advice on international trade issues. I built our client portfolio among aid donors and developing country governments, advising both sets of clients through more than 30 technical assistance projects on trade policy, negotiating.

London, United Kingdom

I was an advisor and consultant to the Commonwealth on international trade and development, working on issues affecting the Commonwealth’s 30 small developing country members. I was asked to be part of the Caribbean team that successfully negotiated an innovative 46-country trade and development FTA with the European Union. I was responsible for one of the.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

I was recruited, while at the Commonwealth, for a short-term placement at the United Nations. My team advised developing countries in severe external debt problems, in the context of the "Paris Club" process. During my stay at the UN, I advised a number of debtor countries, including Iraq, Kenya and Guyana.

Oxford, United Kingdom

I worked within a team conducting assessments of national financial systems against international standards, ranging from banking supervision to securities regulation and corporate governance.

Msc Global Market Economics, International Economics, Trade Policy

Leaders In Development, Development Economics And International Development

Ba Political Economy, International Relations And Affairs, International Trade

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