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Board of Directors
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Summary of relevant work experience
- 2019 to 2022: Cabinet Secretary (Minister), Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage
- 2018 to 2019: Cabinet Secretary (Minister), Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation.
- 2013 to 2018: Cabinet Secretary (Minister), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- 2011-2013: United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- 2008- 2011: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs of the Republic of Kenya
- 2007-2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Secretary to a Presidential Commission
- 2000-2006 Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, WTO and the Conference on Disarmament
Current Memberships
- Member of the International Olympic Commission (IOC) Ethics
- Member of Advisory Board on UN Disarmament Matters (ABDM)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute of Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Board of Trustees (BoT).
- Member of the World Motor Sports Council (WMSC)
- Governor, the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL)
- Chancellor of International University of East Africa
- Patron of Ambassador Amina Leadership, Integrity, Values and Ethics (ALIVE) Foundation
- Chairman, Trade Negotiations & Investment Forum
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Dr. Patrick Low
Former WTO Chief Economist
Phone Number: +254 790 795 114
Email Address: forum@tradenif.com
Summary of relevant work experience
Patrick Low is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Global Institute, the University of Hong Kong. He was also a Visiting Professor at the University (2016-18). From 2013-16 he was Vice-President of Research and Senior Fellow at the Fung Global Institute in Hong Kong (2013 – 16). Previously, he was Chief Economist at the World Trade Organization (1997 to 2013). Concurrently (2005-2013) he was an Adjunct Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He worked at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1980-87), taught at El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City (1987-90), and served at the World Bank (1990-94), prior to joining the WTO in 1995. He has consulted widely for governments and international institutions. Patrick Low holds a PhD in economics from the University of Sussex.
Recent selected publications
- (with Julia Tijaja) “Increasing value from global value chain participation: What role for industrial policy?” in Baldwin R., M. Kawai, and G. Wignaraja, The Future of the World Trading System: Asian Perspectives, Vox eBook, 2013
- The Role of Services in Global Value Chains, Working Paper, Fung Global Institute, 2013
- Preferentialism in Trade Relations: Challenges for the World Trade Organization, Working Paper No. 478, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2014
- (with Gloria Pasadilla, Eds.): Services in Global Value Chains: Manufacturing-Related Services, World Scientific, 2016
- (with Arian Hassani and Deborah K. Elms, Eds.): The Intangible Economy: How Services Shape Global Production and Consumption, Cambridge University Press, 2017
- “Balancing Rights and Obligations in the WTO: A Shared Responsibility”, Study for the Government of Sweden. https://www.swedenabroad.se/…/fn…/balancing-rights-and-obligations-in-the-wto.pdf, 2019.
- Digital services taxes, trade and development Working Paper No. 2020-0. Institute of International Trade, University of Adelaide. 2020
- “Special and differential treatment and developing countries: Can the two be separated? Chapter 4 in Bernard Hoekman, Xinquan Tu, and Wang Dong. Rebooting Multilateral Trade Cooperation: Perspectives from China and Europe. CEPR Press. London. 2021.
- “What Can Be Done to Blunt Potential Conflict between Climate Change and Trade Policies?” in Bernard Hoekman and Ernesto Zedillo (eds.) Trade in the Twenty-First Century: Back to the Past? Brookings Institution Press. 2021
- (with Americo B. Zampetti and Petros C. Mavroidis): “Consensus Decision-Making and Legislative Inertia at the WTO: Can International Law Help?” Journal of World Trade 56, no/ 1 (2022) 1-26
- “The WTO in Crisis: Closing the Gap between Conversation and Action or Shutting Down the Conversation?” World Trade Review, 21 (2022), 274-90
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Mrs. Jane Muigai-Kamphuis
Founder-Director of The Toolkit Iskills (TTI) Limited
Phone Number: +254 790 795 114
Email Address: forum@tradenif.com
Summary of relevant work experience
Mrs. Jane Muigai-Kamphuis is the Founder-Director of The Toolkit iSkills (TTI) Limited, a leading social enterprise that transforms Africa’s vulnerable youth through skilling with technology and linkage to jobs. TTI’s sectors of interest include: digital jobs, organic farming, construction sector and renewable energy. Mrs. Muigai-Kamphuis founded The Toolkit iSkills (TTI) in 2014 to address the crisis of youth unemployment in Africa, having noted there existed a profound shortage of skill sets necessary for Africa’s growth. Since then, Toolkit has grown to become a leading transformer of youth through its innovative skilling approach that brings together public regulators, private sector, NGOs/Foundations to create a reliable workforce for current and future jobs.
Toolkit uses a unique approach that starts with self-esteem through life and employability skills training, then technical skills that are certified by Government regulators, and thirdly offering linkage with industries for work experience and employment. In 2020, Jane won Women in Africa (WIA54) Education Award, a unique recognition given the competition was 3800 women enterprises in Africa. Jane holds a Masters in Law (LL.M) from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B) from the University of Nairobi.
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Hibo Hussein
An advocate of the High Court of Kenya
Phone Number: +254 790 795 114
Email Address: forum@tradenif.com
Summary of relevant work experience
Hibo Hussein is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over five years post bar legal practice. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the Blavatnik School of Government; University of Oxford and Bachelor of Laws Degree from Moi University (L.L.B) and Post Graduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law. She is also Certified Professional Mediator.
Hibo is currently the main partner of Hussein, Hibo and Associates Advocates law firm, she heads the litigation and policy departments. She has previously worked with the Government of Kenya; Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary Amb. Dr. Amina Mohamed and Article 19 Eastern Africa as the Gender Justice and Digital Fellow.
Through the legal practice she has partnered with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by watching brief in sexual offences and Gender based Violence cases on pro bono representing young girls and women in Northern Kenya.
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Summary of relevant work experience
Ms. Janet Macharia is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya who is passionate about international economic law. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Economic Law from the Academy of International Law and Policy (AIELPO) in Athens, Greece.
Ms. Janet is a Teaching Fellow at Strathmore Law School, where she teaches International Trade Law, E-commerce, and the Law and Company Law. She also trains several law students in competitions relating to International Trade and Investment Law.
Ms Janet has presented papers in several conferences on topics such as Trade and Intellectual property as well as EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreements. Her current area of research is Special Economic Zones within the African Continental Free Trade Area.