Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School 2024

21 – 22 November, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Spotlight on Southeast Asia

Pathways to Prosperity: Building Resilient Trade Partnerships for a New Era

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About ATEPS

Registrations for the Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School for 2024, are now open.

Hosted by University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade the theme for #ATEPS2024 focuses on 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗿𝗮!

In a world marked by rising regional tensions, supply chain disruption, and continued challenges to the international trading system, the need for innovative trade policy has never been more urgent.

Home to 9% of the world’s population and collectively the world’s fifth-largest economy, Southeast Asia is critical element of New Zealand’s prosperity. As New Zealand looks to diversify our trade and double the value of our exports over the next decade, the region presents strong potential: our exports to the region grew by 13% last year, with this growth supported by the comprehensive trade architecture we have in place.

Maintaining and strengthening our international partnerships, including in Southeast Asia, is important for ensuring strong connectivity, promoting a green transition and sustainable food security, and for upholding the international trade rules that we depend on.

This stimulating single stream, two-day conference presents a valuable opportunity to hear from leading experts on the latest international trade developments, to better understand the challenges and opportunities for New Zealand firms in rapidly evolving global markets, and to build cross-sectoral connections.

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Panels

Geopolitics
Rules of Trade
Digital Trade
Trade and Gender
Māori Business
Food Security and Sustainability
Connectivity and Innovation

Speakers

Keynote speeches from prominent international academics, experts, and business leaders, including:

Hon Todd McClay (Minister for Trade)
Hon Nicola Grigg (Minister of State for Trade)
Anoush der Boghossian (Head, WTO Trade and Gender Office)
Professor Shiro Armstrong (Trade Economist, Australian National University)
Vangelis Vitalis (Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Reshaad Durgahee (British Consul General in Auckland)
Deborah Elms (Hinrich Foundation)

And more (details below)

 

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Join us for in-depth discussions on key trends shaping the future of regional and global trade; and

Insights on how New Zealand and Kiwi businesses can capitalize on burgeoning Southeast Asian markets.

Day 1 - Thursday 21 November 2024

9.30-10am

Room 440, Building 201

Welcome and Opening address

DVC Strategic Engagement Prof Erik Lithander; Hon Todd McLay (Minister for Trade and Export)

10.00-11.15am

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Geo-politics, economics and trade

Prof Natasha Hamilton Hart, University of Auckland; Prof Shiro Armstrong, ANU; Sarah Salmond Elliot, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Chair: Steve Noakes  

11.15-11.45am

Atrium, Building 201

Morning Tea

11.45am-1.00pm

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Rules of Trade

Hon Nicola Grigg (Minister of State for Trade; Opening Speech) Reshaad Durgahee (British Consul General); Vangelis Vitalis (MFAT)
Chair:
Prof Shiro Armstrong
 

1.00-2.00pm

Atrium, Building 201

Lunch

2-3.15pm

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Digital Trade

Stephanie Honey (Honey Consulting); Nikora Ngaropo;(NNMD); Mitchell Pham (Augen Software Group)
Chair:
Diane LaCoste (EU-NZ Delegation) 

3.15-3.45pm

Atrium, Building 201

Afternoon Tea

3.45-4.45pm

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Trade and Gender

Anoush der Boghossian (Head, WTO Trade and Gender)
Chair:
Mia Mikic (University of
Waikato 

5.00-6.00pm

Fale Pasifika

Welcome Reception

Day 2 - Friday 22 November

9.45-10.30am

Room 440, Building 201

Spotlight on Southeast Asia address

Deborah Elms (Head of Trade Policy, Hinrich Foundation)
Chair: Prof Shiro Armstrong (ANU)

10.30-11.00am

Atrium, Building 201

Morning Tea

11.00-12.15pm

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Māori Business

Dr Brian Tunui (Ngāti Awa, Te Herenga Waka); Prof Jason Mika (Waipapa Taumata Rau), Nichola Te Kiri (NTK Made Ltd)
Chair: Carrie Stoddart-Smith (OpinioNative)

12.15-1.00pm

Atrium, Building 201

Lunch

1.00-2.15pm

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Food Security and Sustainability

2.15-2.30pm

Atrium, Building 201

Break

2.30-3.30pm

Room 440, Building 201

Panel: Connectivity and Innovation

Cath O’Brien (BARNZ); Andrew Balgarnie (TradeWindow); Chris Nixon (NZIER)

3.30-4.00pm

Room 440, Building 201

Final Wrap-up

Vangelis Vitalis (MFAT); Shiro Armstrong (ANU)

4.00-4.15pm

Room 440, Building 201

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Featured Talks & Speakers

Todd McClay is the Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Forestry, Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Minister for Trade, and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been the MP for Rotorua since 2008.

Todd held several Ministerial roles in the Fifth National Government with portfolios including Trade, State-Owned Enterprises and Revenue.

Todd has previously been a diplomat and was the Cook Islands and Niue Ambassador to the European Union. He has worked in business in Europe as well as government and public relations internationally.

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Hon Todd McClay

MINISTER FOR TRADE

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Hon Nicola Grigg

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRADE
MINISTER FOR WOMEN

Nicola Grigg is the Minister of State for Trade, Minister for Women, and Associate Minister of Agriculture (Horticulture). Nicola has been the MP for Selwyn since 2020.

Nicola was born and raised on the family sheep and beef farm in Mt Somers, and studied at the New Zealand Broadcasting School, graduating with a Degree in Broadcast Communications and Diplomas in Television and Radio News.

Nicola has worked as a reporter and newsreader and was a press secretary for Sir Bill English during his tenure as Minister of Finance, and Prime Minister. Following that, Nicola worked with a wide range of agri-businesses in export marketing and business development. 

With more than 16 years’ experience in the WTO, Ms. Anoush der Boghossian is the Head of the WTO Trade and Gender Unit, leading the Organization’s work on trade and gender since 2016. She was appointed as the WTO’s first trade and gender expert by former Director-General Roberto Azevêdo. Anoush is a recognised researcher and trainer on gender responsive trade policy. In particular, she is one of the coauthors of the WTO/World Bank report on “Women and Trade” and the lead author of the gender chapter (4) in the Aid for Trade Global Review 2022 publication. In 2023 She has six new forthcoming publications with the World Trade Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Sherbrooke University and journal of Legal Issues of Economic Integration and the ILO. Her research mostly focuses on the links between trade policy, trade rules and agreements, aid for trade and women’s economic empowerment. Driving research on trade and gender globally, she is the Founder and Chair of the WTO Gender Research Hub, a global research network that fosters research and experts’ partnerships on gender equality in trade. In December 2022, she initiated and chaired the first edition of the World Trade Congress on Gender, the first research conference on trade and gender organised internationally, building a bridge between researchers and trade policy makers. In 2023, Anoush has been nominated to represent the WTO at the G20 Empower initiative. Anoush is also a policy maker on gender issues and she drafted the first gender policy of the WTO, issued and adopted by Director-General Ngozi OkonjoIweala in December 2022. She studied in France and Scotland and holds a Masters in European and International Law, and a Masters in Communications.

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Anoush der Berghossian

HEAD OF TRADE AND GENDER OFFICE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

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Professor Shiro Armstrong

DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIA-JAPAN RESEARCH CENTRE
DIRECTOR, EAST ASIAN BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
CRAWFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, ANU

Shiro Armstrong is a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. He is Director of the Australia–Japan Research Centre, Co-Editor of East Asia Forum, and Director of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research. He is also a Visiting Professor at Keio University, Research Associate at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at the Columbia Business School, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tokyo, Visiting Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan and Research Associate at the New Zealand APEC Study Centre.

Vangelis Vitalis is Deputy Secretary, Trade and Economic. He is New Zealand’s Chief Negotiator who led the conclusion of negotiations for the New Zealand European Union Free Trade Agreement (EUNZFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and the Malaysia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (MNZFTA). He was also a member of the negotiating teams for the New Zealand-China FTA and the P4 Agreement.

Vangelis was also the APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Chair for New Zealand’s host year in 2021 which established the APEC Aotearoa Plan of Action(external link) – APEC’s programme of work for the coming two decades. Vangelis was also the CPTPP SOM Chair for New Zealand’s host year in 2023 which oversaw the accession of the United Kingdom and the establishment of the Auckland Principles [PDF, 527 KB] which guide and inform the process for CPTPP members to consider accession requests.

Prior to taking up his role in Wellington in 2017, Vangelis was New Zealand’s Permanent Representative (Ambassador) to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva where he chaired the agriculture negotiations in a personal capacity. In this role he helped draft the text of the historic Nairobi WTO Ministerial Decision(external link) to eliminate agricultural export subsidies. Vangelis has also been New Zealand’s Ambassador to the European Union and NATO in Brussels and has had postings to Canberra and Moscow.

In his role as Deputy Secretary, Vangelis also had management oversight of the conclusion of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the UK-NZ FTA, the FTA upgrades with China and ASEAN. In addition, Vangelis has helped design and implement the advancement of New Zealand’s strategy of concerted open plurilateralism [PDF, 215 KB] including through the conclusion and expansion of the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, the Agreement on Climate Change and Sustainable Development and the Indigenous Peoples’ Economic Cooperation and Trade Arrangement. Vangelis was also involved in the establishment and expansion of the Inclusive Trade Action Group and New Zealand’s membership of the Global Trade and Gender Arrangement [PDF, 462 KB].

Vangelis has worked outside the Ministry including in the Secretariat of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(external link) (OECD). He is a past member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)(external link) Global Future Council on Trade, is currently a member of the WEF International Trade and Investment Action Group and is also on the Steering Committee for the WEF Climate Trade Zero initiative. He has chaired in a personal capacity the OECD Committee on Trade and the Environment. the OECD Global Forum on Trade and Climate Change and is currently the New Zealand Envoy for the Small Advanced Economies’ Initiative(external link).

A keen saltwater land-based fisherman, Vangelis is married with three children and speaks Greek, German and Russian. He is a longstanding (and suffering) supporter of the Wellington Phoenix Football Club.

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Vangelis Vitalis

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
DEPUTY SECRETARY TRADE AND ECONOMIC

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Reshaad Durgahee

BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL AND TRADE COUNSELLOR

Reshaad is a Geographer by background and gained his doctorate at the University of Nottingham. He started his career at Deloitte before moving to IBM Global Business Services, spending six years in their consultancy division based in Brussels, advising multinationals on locations of new operations worldwide and working with national and regional investment promotion agencies on their strategies to attract foreign direct investment.
Reshaad’s first position in the UK Government was in Cabinet Office in the Cities Policy Unit working with city authorities across England on the local growth agenda. Reshaad has held a number of posts in the Department for Business and Trade including as Deputy Head Investment Africa and Head of Delivery for the Prime Minister hosted UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020. He has had postings as Director Trade and Investment in Johannesburg, Toronto and most recently Dubai. He starts his posting as Consul General Auckland at the British Consulate-General in September 2024.
Reshaad is the author of ‘The Indentured Archipelago’ published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Natasha Hamilton-Hart is Professor in the Department of Management and International Business. She has a BA(Hons) from the University of Otago and a PhD from Cornell University. Natasha joined the University of Auckland in 2011, after teaching at the National University of Singapore for ten years and holding a postdoctoral fellowship at the Australian National University.

Natasha’s research focuses on business in Southeast Asia, particularly in the banking and natural resource sectors, as well as on foreign investment flows and financial regulation. She is the author of Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia and Hard Interests, Soft Illusions: Southeast Asia and American Power, both with Cornell University Press. Her most recent research examines the palm oil industry in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart

WAIPAPA TAUMATA RAU, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

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Sarah Salmond

MINTER ELLISON RUDD WATTS

Within a broad public and regulatory practice, Sarah specialises in advising clients on the laws governing the food, healthcare, technology, industrial products and consumer goods sectors. She also focuses on helping clients navigate all aspects of government decision-making, regulatory investigations, international trade and financial sanctions. She is named on NZ Lawyer’s Elite Women List 2023.

Sarah routinely assists private sector clients with complex, sensitive, and often high-profile public law, regulatory and government relations matters. She helps them to understand complex legal requirements, conduct due diligence, capitalise on regulatory opportunities, file and contest Official Information Act requests, participate effectively in regulatory investigations and public inquiries, present persuasively in disputes with decision-makers, and develop arguments and strategies that secure favourable legislative and policy changes. She is personally recognised for Public Law and her team is ranked Band 1 for Public Law by Chambers Asia Pacific 2024. She is also personally ranked for Government Practice and Public Law by the Best Lawyers™ in New Zealand.

Stephen Noakes is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations and Director of the China Studies Centre at UoA. His research has appeared in China Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Voluntas, Pacific Affairs, and many other journals and edited collections. Among his books are Democratization: A Thematic Approach (Bloomsbury, 2023), and The Advocacy Trap: Transnational Activism and State Power in China (Manchester University Press, 2017). Stephen has held fellowships at Fudan and Peking Universities, National Taiwan University, and the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. He is a regular media commentator on China’s role in world affairs, and advises the state and non-profit sectors on governance issues in the PRC, both in Aotearoa and internationally.

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AP Steve Noakes

WAIPAPA TAUMATA RAU, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Stephanie Honey is an international trade policy and strategy consultant, with a practice focusing on digital and services trade, regional economic integration in the Asia-Pacific, the WTO, agriculture trade and inclusion in trade. She serves as the policy advisor to the New Zealand members of the APEC Business Advisory Council.

She is also the Trade Adviser to the New Zealand Asia Institute at the University of Auckland, the Chair of the New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority, co-founder of a consultancy providing executive education in trade policy, and is a member of Global Women.  She speaks and consults widely to clients in New Zealand and internationally, including institutions such as the OECD, WTO and Asian Development Bank.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Stephanie was a New Zealand trade negotiator for nearly two decades, including serving as the New Zealand chief agriculture negotiator in the WTO Doha Round negotiations; as the senior official for the bilateral relationship with Australia; and a three-year posting in Brussels at the New Zealand Mission to the European Union.

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Stephanie Honey

HONEY CONSULTING

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Nikora Ngaropo

NIKORA NGAROPO MOTION AND DESIGN LTD (NNMD)

Nikora Ngaropo is a Māori entrepreneur and Founder of NNMD (NIKORA NGAROPO MOTION & DESIGN) and Director of Toro Studios, two Māori tech companies working in Education, Design & Animation. His Background spans over 25 years in Visual Effects, 15 of those working under the Weta Umbrella for both Weta Workshop and Weta Digital.

NNMD was recognised in 2018 for their education initiative Young Animators (YA), as a finalist in the NZ Hi-tech Awards. Young Animators is one of 12 providers designing, developing, and implementing Kia Takatu a Matihiko – The Digital Readiness programme across 44,000 teachers for the Ministry of Education.

Through Toro Studios, Nikora launched Toro Academy in 2021 which links education to industry, closing the gap between training and workforce Internships in 3D animation.

In 2019, Nikora became the first Māori person to be inducted into The Asia 21 Young Leaders and Chaired the Ringaraupa subcommittee for APEC in 2021. He was inducted as an Edmund Hillary Fellow in 2019 and in 2023, he created the first Matariki festival in Thailand, bringing together culture, education, and commerce. As a Digital Council member, he advised New Zealand’s Digital Ministers Fa’foi & Shaw and most recently Minister Clark on all things Digital and Data across community and government.

Nikora currently sits on the Audit & Risk Committee for MBIE and has recently been nominated to the Advisory Committee for UCLA’s Innovation, Culture & Creativity Project (ICC).

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Diane is Head of the Trade Section at the EU Delegation to New Zealand, based in Wellington. Her section supports the implementation of the EU-NZ FTA as well as other areas of EU-NZ collaboration, including NZ’s association to the Horizon Europe programme.

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Diane LaCoste

HEAD OF TRADE, EU DELEGATION TO NEW ZEALAND

Khoa Dang (Mitchell) Pham is a Vietnamese-Kiwi technology business and social entrepreneur.

He is a cofounder and director of the Augen Software Group (aka CodeHQ) in New Zealand and in Vietnam, and the Kiwi Connection Tech Hub – a platform for technology businesses to accelerate presence & engagement in the ASEAN region.

Mitchell chaired NZTech, cofounded and launched many industry networks and collaborations including NZ Digital Health Association, FinTechNZ, InsurTechNZ, WealthTechNZ, AgriTechNZ, EdTechNZ, ANZBC, NZ ASEAN Business Alliance (ABA). As Chair of the Digital Council, he contributed to the government’s Digital Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand. Today, he champions the technology industry’s roles in Digital Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability or ESG (Environment-Social-Governance).

Mitchell cochairs KEA’s global board, and serves as Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the University of Auckland Business School. He is recognised internationally as a World Class New Zealander by KEA, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, an Asia 21 Fellow and Global Council Member of the Asia Society, and a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA).

In the 2023 New Zealand New Years Honours Mitchell was appointed as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in recognition of his services to the technology sector and New Zealand-Asia relations.

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Mitchell Pham

AUGEN SOFTWARE GROUP

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Professor Jason Mika

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Jason is Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu. He is a professor of Māori business at Te Raupapa Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand. Jason’s research, teaching, writing, and practice centres on Indigenous business philosophy in multiple sites, sectors, and scales, including Indigenous trade, tourism, agribusiness, and the marine economy. In 2015, Jason completed a PhD in Māori entrepreneurship at Massey University. In 2019, Jason was a Fulbright-Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga senior scholar at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment and the University of Arizona’s Native Nations Institute. Jason is a member of the Academy of Management, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, and Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand. Prior to academia, Jason was a management consultant and policy analyst in Māori economic development. Jason’s research has influenced several areas of public policy, including trade, environment, and statistics.

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Mia Mikic

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO

Mia Mikic is a trade economist with a keen interest in sustainable development and with an extensive track record and experience in academia and international civil service. She is a Board member of the Friends of Multilateralism Group and of the Board of Advisors for the Trade Policy Research Forum, Advisor at Large for the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), Research Fellow at the Waikato Management School, The University of Waikato, New Zealand and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Euro-Asian Studies, the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb. Mia is part of the Global Advisory Council of the Centre for a Smart Future, Sri Lanka, and a member of the Advisory Board or the Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown Law, USA. She provides advisory services in a broad area of trade, development and global governance.

Previously, she was a Director, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division in United Nations ESCAP (2017-2021), and help other functions in the UN (2005-2017). She was also Head of the Department of Economic Theory, Professor of International Economics and Director of Economic and Business International Program at the University of Zagreb (2001-2005), and Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland (1988-2005). 

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Dr Brian Tunui

TE HERENGA WAKA, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

Dr Brian Tunui is a qualified Chartered Accountant with experience in banking, investment, business, risk management and insolvency in the corporate sector.  His involvement in the governance of iwi treaty settlement assets is intended to grow and develop the assets to support the financial, social, cultural and environmental imperatives that will benefit intra- and inter-generational members.

Dr Tunui is currently a Lecturer at Te Kawa a Māui (School of Māori Studies) at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University. He has held a number of governance and leadership roles.

In 2011, he was awarded Te Tohu Whakamaumaharatanga ki a Wiremu Parker (The Wiremu Parker Memorial Award) in recognition of his notable academic achievements from Victoria University of Wellington.

In 2005, Dr Tunui was awarded the Dame Mira Szasy Alumni Award from the Auckland University Business School for excellence in iwi and business endeavours nationwide and internationally.

Dr Tunui was appointed to Te Mana Whakahaere o Awanuiārangi on 24 September 2020.

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Carries Stoddart-Smith

OPINIONATIVE

Carrie descends from the Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua tribes of Aotearoa New Zealand and serves as a board member on New Zealand’s Trade for All Ministerial Advisory Group, Te Taumata – Māori Trade Advisory Board and the Global Centre of Indigenomics Board founded by leading Indigenous Economist, Carol Anne Hilton. She holds a Masters in International Law & Politics (First Class Hons) where she focused on indigenous trade, international relations and the WTO. Carrie project managed World Expo’s first official indigenous led event Te Aratini that was held at Dubai in 2021 and is a voluntary member of the World Economic Forum’s Indigenous Trade Steering Committee. Inspired by her ancestors, she is committed in her work to surfacing cultural connections globally through trade and economic cooperation, and sees trade as a mechanism for enduring peace.

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