Arancha Gonzalez
Arancha González Laya (born 22 May 1969) is the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization. She was appointed to this position in August 2013.[1]
González served as Chief of Staff to WTO Director General Pascal Lamy between 2005 and 2013. In that capacity she was intimately involved in setting up the WTO's Aid for Trade initiative as well as the Enhanced Integrated Framework, a joint venture of several international organisations helping to build trade capacity in the world's poorest countries. She served as WTO Director-General's representative (Sherpa) at the G-20. Before that she served in various capacities in the European Commission in the area of international trade, including negotiations of trade agreements between the EU and Mercosur, Iran, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Balkans and Mediterranean countries. She has also assisted developing countries in benefiting from trading opportunities in Europe. Between 2002 and 2005 she was the European Commission Spokeswoman for Trade. Ms. Gonzalez began her career in the private sector advising companies on trade, competition and state aid matters.
Personal life
Arancha González teaches on trade and development at the College of Europe (Brugges), the IELPO (Barcelona), the World Trade Institute (WTI) and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade.
Notes
- ↑ ITC Communications (15 August 2013). "UN Secretary-General appoints Arancha González of Spain as Executive Director of ITC". International Trade Centre. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
External links
- Ezquiaga, Mitxel (25 March 2007). "Donde hay comercio se habla, y donde hay diálogo no hay guerra". El Diario Vasco. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Faujas, Alain (30 November 2012). "Arancha Gonzalez, la prêtresse du libre-échange". Le Monde. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Galarraga, Naiara (1 July 2011). "Siempre fui un bicho raro, en Tolosa y Ginebra". El País. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Gonzalez, Arancha (24 July 2012). "Seven days - a week in the life of Arancha Gonzalez". PublicServiceEurope.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.