“TESS comes at a critical moment for the trade and sustainable development agenda. With less than 10 years left to achieve the SDGs, Tess provides a welcome platform for the inclusive dialogue required to advance.”

Vanessa Erogbogbo Director of the Division of Sustainable and Inclusive Trade at the International Trade Centre and a member of the Senior Management Committee. She has over two decades of experience in trade and private sector development having worked in both international development and the private sector.

She is responsible for driving the sustainability and inclusiveness agenda of ITC, and to contributing to the overall leadership of the organization.

She is a visiting lecturer at Sciences Po (Paris), and previously held positions at the International Finance Corporation, Standard Chartered Bank, and as an entrepreneur.

She holds an MBA from London Business School, an MSc Information Technology and a B.Eng Hons in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University, and an executive certificate in Climate Change Policy: Economics and Politics from the Harvard Kennedy School.