Pamela Coke-Hamilton

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Pamela Coke-Hamilton (2019)

Pamela Coke-Hamilton is a Jamaican lawyer and trade expert. Since July 2020 she has been Executive Director of the International Trade Center (ITC) in Geneva .

education

Coke-Hamilton attended Manchester High School in Mandeville, Jamaica. She then completed a degree in Economics and International Relations at the University of the West Indies on the Mona campus (Jamaica) . She received her doctorate in law from Georgetown University in Washington, DC .

Career

Coke-Hamilton began her career in the Jamaican Department of Foreign and Foreign Trade.

From 2007 to 2009, Coke-Hamilton served as the director of commerce, tourism and competition promotion for the Organization of American States (OAS). In 2008 she advised the United States International Trade Commission (USITC, German Commission for International Trade of the United States ) on Caribbean trade.

From 2011 to 2019, Coke-Hamilton was Executive Director of the Caribbean Agency for Foreign Trade Promotion (CEDA). During her tenure, she established best practice programs ("Caribbean exporter of the year") and promoting women in the field of foreign trade.

Pamela Coke-Hamilton giving a speech at the University of the West Indies (2019)

In 2019, Coke-Hamilton became Director of International Trade and Commodities at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She warned of the escalating trade war between the US and China with the damage to consumers, the stability of the world economy and future economic growth.

In July 2020, UN Secretary General António Guterres appointed Coke-Hamilton as Executive Director of the International Trade Center (ITC) to succeed Arancha González, who had been appointed Spanish Foreign Minister . When she took office, she named the focus of her work on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries , which are particularly threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic .

Honors

Coke-Hamilton was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of the West Indies in recognition of her contribution to the introduction of Masters courses in International Trade Policy.

Publications

  • Accelerating Trade and Integration in the Caribbean: Policy Options for Sustained Growth, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction , 2009, World Bank (co-author).

Web links

Commons : Pamela Coke-Hamilton  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Secretary-General Appoints Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica Executive Director, International Trade Center United Nations , press release of July 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton ( en ) July 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c Jamaica Observer Limited .
  4. ^ Inter American Development Bank: Mobilizing Aid For Trade: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean: Proceedings of the Regional Review Meeting ( en ). Inter-American Development Bank, September 14, 2006, p. 220.
  5. ↑ United States International Trade Commission: Year in Review ( en ). United States International Trade Commission, 2008, p. 18.
  6. ↑ Pamela Coke-Hamilton Leaves Caribbean Export Development Agency ( en-US ) July 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ UN study: US consumers bear brunt of tariffs against China ( en )
  8. ↑ Secretary-General Appoints Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica Executive Director, International Trade Center United Nations , press release of July 24, 2020.
  9. ↑ https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2020-07-24/ms-pamela-coke-hamilton-of-jamaica-executive-director-international-trade-centre accessed on August 1, 2020
  10. ^ World Bank: Accelerating Trade and Integration in the Caribbean: Policy Options for Sustained Growth, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction ( en ). World Bank Publications, July 17, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8213-8019-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Coke-Hamilton, Pamela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican diplomat and trade expert
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century