Mr Andrew L Stoler
Executive Director
Biography

Andrew Stoler is the Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade and holds the title of adjunct Professor of International Trade at the University of Adelaide.

Mr Stoler sits on the Advisory Board of the European Centre for International Political Economy and the Advisory Board of Stanford University's GATT Digital Library. He is also a Senior Advisor to the Shanghai and Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centres. In 2008, he was a member of the Australian Trade Minister's Free Trade Agreements Reference Group charged with reviewing Australia's trade agreements.

Over the course of a long career in international trade, he has served as Deputy Director-General of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (1999-2002) and as a senior official of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President (Washington, DC). He holds an MBA in International Business from George Washington University and a BSFS in International Economic Affairs from Georgetown University.

Ms Marie Gutsche
Personal Assistant and Office Manager
Biography

Marie has been with the Institute since it began operation in January 2003 as Office Manager/PA. She has work for the Universiy of Adelaide since 1985 in various administration departments. Marie is the frontline point for all students and visitors to the Institute. She has extensive experience, a sound knowledge and a good understanding of the workings of the university, its campuses, administrative procedures and policies.

Mr Jim Redden
Senior Program Manager
Biography

Jim Redden, while originally from Adelaide, has worked in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Australia in both public and private sectors in the fields of development economics, international trade and foreign aid. During his time as a lobbyist in Canberra for international development organisations he served on the Australian Government's WTO Advisory Committee and has attended and closely monitored events at Doha, Cancun and Hong Kong WTO Ministerial meetings. He regularly ran trade training workshops for DFAT and AusAID officials and before leaving Canberra Jim worked as a trade and development consultant assisting industry associations and advocacy groups on policy development and the building of effective political relationships. In 2004 Jim assisted the now Prime Minister, Hon Kevin Rudd MP, with policy and speeches on trade and development matters before returning to Adelaide where he has taken up the post of Adjunct Senior Lecturer and Director of International Programs (China) with the Institute for International Trade at the University of Adelaide. He lectures in international trade, business and international development policy, coordinates tailored trade related training programs for developing country officials and has completed a diverse portfolio of research projects including recent work on ASEAN Business Services, Uneven Growth in APEC, Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia Pacific region and on the potential impact of Free Trade Agreements for the economy of South Australia.

Mr Keith Wilson
Senior International Trade Law Counsellor
Biography

Keith is a lawyer with over 20 years experience in international law and international relations in the fields of international trade law, transport, air and space law, security and disarmament, human rights and public accountability. He has held positions in the government and private sectors, in international organisations and as an international training and development consultant.

Keith has delivered training programs in over 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific and other regions, including on WTO law and negotiation, trade, environment and economic laws at Hanoi Law College in the process of Vietnam's preparations for accession to the WTO. He has also been a visiting lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate international law courses at the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, and the University of South Pacific, and in law, diplomacy and fellowship programs for several UK- and European-based universities including London, Oxford and The Hague. Keith has a combined Law/Arts degree from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public International Law from the University of Leiden. He has worked previously in trade and commercial litigation in private practice, in international trade law and policy at the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department in the Office of International Law, and in government relations and political affairs for the OPCW, an international chemical disarmament organisation based in the Netherlands. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1986. Keith has been engaged recently on business development planning and training delivery in Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Pacific Island countries for Australian and offshore clients. He joined IIT in May, 2009.

Ms Victoria Donaldson
Former Visiting WTO Fellow (February 2008-July 2008)
Biography (pdf 33kB)

Victoria recently completed an assignment as the 5th Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat. Before joining Victoria worked as a Counsellor at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO since 1999. From 1996-1999 she practiced law with the Brussels office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, and from 1995-1996 with Russell & DuMoulin in Vancouver. Ms. Donaldson obtained Bachelors' degrees in Law from the University of Oxford and the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. She served as a law clerk to Mr. Justice Peter de Carteret Cory at the Supreme Court of Canada in 1993-94. Ms. Donaldson has contributed to books on WTO dispute settlement, writing in particular on procedures for appellate review.

Mr John Finn
Former Visiting WTO Fellow (August 2007-February 2008)
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John completed an assignment as a Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the Agriculture and Commodities Division of the WTO where he has worked since 1998. At the WTO, he was responsible for the administrative work associated with the negotiations on agriculture which are part of the Doha Development Agenda. In addition, he has extensive experience with training and other technical co-operation related work for the Member governments of the WTO. Before joining the WTO Secretariat he worked for the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry as an economic analyst and as the agriculture attaché in the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva. He is married with two children.

Mr Aik Hoe Lim
Former Visiting WTO Fellow (February-August 2007)
Biography

Hoe Lim completed an assignment as Visiting WTO Fellow at the Institute for International Trade while on leave from the WTO Secretariat where he has been employed since 1999. He has held several positions in the WTO, most recently as Counsellor in the Trade in Services Division with responsibilities for regional trade agreements in services, mutual recognition arrangements and education services. Between 2001-2005, he served in the Office of the WTO Director-General where he was consecutively Deputy to the Chef de Cabinet of Mr Mike Moore and Counsellor to Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi. During that time he also served as adviser to the Eminent Persons Consultative Board on The Future of the WTO. Before joining the WTO, he was Senior Economic Affairs Officer of the G-15 Summit Level Group of Developing Countries. He has also been an economic consultant to various UN specialised agencies including the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme and UNCTAD. He holds a Masters in International Economic Management from the University of Birmingham, a post-graduate Diploma in Financial Economics from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Land Management from the University of Reading. He is fluent in Malaysian, French and intemediate Mandarin.

Ms Dariel De Sousa
Former Visiting WTO Fellow (May-October 2006)
Biography

Dariel De Sousa completed an assignment (from May to October 2006) working with the Institute while on leave from the WTO Secretariat. She commenced employment with the WTO Secretariat in 1999 with the Intellectual Property Division, where she worked in the areas of intellectual property, competition policy and government procurement. Since 2002, she has been employed in the Legal Affairs Division, where she is currently a Counsellor working on the resolution of disputes between members of the WTO concerning compliance with their obligations under the WTO Agreements. She holds undergraduate degrees in law and mechanical engineering from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) and post-graduates degrees in law and business administration from Oxford University and Yale University respectively.

Mr Peter Pedersen
Visiting Lecturer
Former Visiting WTO Fellow (January-July 2005)
Biography

Peter Pedersen completed an assignment working with IIBE&L while on leave from the WTO Secretariat where he has been employed since July, 1996. In his most recent position with the WTO, he has served as Counsellor in the Council and Trade Negotiations Division responsible for supporting the work of the Trade Negotiations Committee overseeing the current Doha Round of WTO trade negotiations and supporting the work of the WTO General Council. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in International Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and a Master of Philosophy International Relations from Cambridge University in the UK. He is fluent in Danish, English, French, German and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of Mandarin.

Mr Peter Gallagher
Associate Expert
Biography

Peter Gallagher is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Inquit, where he provides analysis and advice on international trade, public policy and business communications. His clients include Australian food companies, industry organisations, government agencies and international institutions. After pursuing a diplomatic career with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over more than two decades Mr. Gallagher headed the Australian Dairy Industry Council and taught at the Business School of the University of Melbourne prior to establishing Inquit. Peter is the author of numerous publications on international trade issues and has participated in several trade capacity-building projects in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He holds degrees in law and philosophy from the Australian National University and the University of Sydney.

Claudia Orozco is an independent consultant specialized in WTO law and negotiation. She has served as a panelist in five WTO dispute settlement cases, including the Canadian and American disputes with Australia on measures affecting imports of salmon and pleaded the banana case for the Colombian Government. Ms Orozco is involved in work relating to the WTO dispute settlement system and customs classification problems dealt by the World Customs Organisation. Claudia Orozco is a former senior diplomat with the Government of Colombia. She served in Geneva, where she developed the Advisory Centre on WTO Law and in Brussels as trade counsellor. She holds degrees in law and economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard Law School and the Universidad del Rosario in Bogota. She resides in Brussels.

Mrs Letizia Raschella-Sergi
Associate Expert
Biography

Letizia worked in international services marketing for 15 years before becoming an international lawyer. After interning in the WTO Legal Affairs division, she returned to Australia to teach law, international relations and diplomacy. Her teaching area of expertise is World Trade Organization Law, International Trade & Business Law and Competition Law, Negotiations and Trade Policy. She has taught at several Australian universities, delivered a number of WTO law and policy courses to Chinese Government officials and consulted to the Queensland Government on WTO issues. In 2002, she was appointed Asia-Pacific Academic Supervisor of the WTO Law global mooting competition that seeks to develop the next generation of trade lawyers and negotiators. Letizia holds a Bachelor degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Law, a Masters degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade and is currently completing her doctoral studies in International Trade and Educational Services. She was admitted as Barrister-at-Law to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1997. Letizia was the Inaugural Senior International Trade Law Counsellor at the Institute for International Trade from April 2007-March 2009 where she worked on numerous trade policy and trade law issues as well as taught in the School of Law Masters Program on International Trade Law.

Ms Debra Pauline Steger
Associate Expert
Biography

Debra Pauline Steger is Executive in Residence at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law in Ottawa, Canada. She has a long and distinguished record of achievement in international economic law, having served as the first Director of the Secretariat to the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body (1995-2001) and earlier as senior negotiator for Canada in the Uruguay Round negotiations on dispute settlement and the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and General Counsel to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (1991-1995). Ms Steger has taught law at the University of Ottawa, the University of Victoria (Canada) and the University of Toronto and is the author of numerous books and articles on issues in international economic law. She holds law degrees from the University of Michigan (LL.M.) and the University of Victoria (LL.B.) and a B.A. in history from the University of British Columbia.

Dr Richard Steinberg
Associate Expert
Biography

Richard Steinberg is Professor of Law in UCLA's School of Law where he specialises in international trade law (including WTO law, NAFTA Law, EU law and WTO dispute settlement). His secondary areas of expertise include the politics of WTO decision-making, EU-US trade cooperation and competition, trade and the environment and trade and human rights. At UCLA, his teaching responsibilities have included international business transactions, international trade law, public international law and theories of international law. Richard is also a Senior Research Fellow with the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy. Prior to his academic career, Richard practiced law in San Francisco and served as Assistant General Counsel in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. In 1988-89, he was a Ford Foundation Fellow with Harvard University's Centre for International Affairs. He holds degrees in economics, law and political science from Yale and Stanford. Richard and his family live in Los Angeles.

Mr Graeme A Thomson
Associate Expert
Biography

Graeme Thomson is Principal, Graeme Thomson and Associates, International Trade and Government Relations Consultants, Canberra. He is a former senior official of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with nearly four decades of experience as a negotiator for Australia in bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements. Mr. Thomson was Chief Negotiator for Australia on the accession of China and Chinese Taipei to the World Trade Organisation. He holds degrees in economics and politics from the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University.

Geoff Upton is a founding Director of Trade Focus International, a trade consultancy and a former State Manager for South Australia for the Australian Trade Commission, Austrade. Geoff has assisted Australian businesses in export markets over a long career including overseas postings with the private sector and with Austrade in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. He has extensive operational, marketing and export training experience and has led many overseas trade missions. His expert knowledge of the technical requirements of exporting, his long years of real-life experience and his hundreds of personal contacts around the world make him uniquely qualified to offer practical assistance to exporters.

Geoff teaches in International Business topics at undergraduate and postgraduate level at the Flinders Business School, Flinders University.

Simon Molloy is an economist with 20 years of experience consulting in media, telecommunications, information technology and creative industry economics. He is principal of Systems Knowledge Concepts Pty Ltd, an economic analysis consultancy with a focus on network and infrastructure industries – information technology, telecommunications, creative industries, network industries and infrastructure.

SKC specialises in applied microeconomics including qualitative modelling. Simon’s work emphasises exposition of underlying economic theory, analytical transparency and accessible arguments.

His consulting work includes research and training on international trade and poverty reduction with particular respect to the Asia Pacific region with a focus on the relationship between economic efficiency measures, trade measures and trade facilitation (includes research work on APEC, ASEAN and Pacific trade agreements).