Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Also known as Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General of the World Trade Organization

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the international body that oversees global trade agreements and disputes between countries. She matters because she leads an influential organization that affects how goods and services move across borders and shapes the rules that govern international commerce for billions of people.

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Works: 12

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Women and Leadership
The debt trap in Nigeria
Benchmark price & fuel subsidy calculation
Debt Trap in Nigeria
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous

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Country: ZM
Active from: 1975

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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON (/əŋˈɡoʊzi əˈkoʊndʒoʊ ɪˈweɪlə/, Igbo pronunciation: [ŋ́gɔ́zí òkóꜜńdʒó ìwáàːlà] ; born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist who has been serving as the director-general of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first ever woman and also the first African to lead the World Trade Organization as director-general.

She was previously on the boards of Danone, Standard Chartered Bank, MINDS: Mandela Institute for Development Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, One Campaign, GAVI: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, Rockefeller Foundation, R4D: Results for Development, ARC: African Risk Capacity and Earthshot Prize plus others. She also previously sat on the Twitter Board of Directors, and stepped down in February 2021 in connection with her appointment as director-general of the World Trade Organization.