Pamela Coke-Hamilton is a Caribbean lawyer and trade expert who has been serving as Executive Director of the
International Trade Centre
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World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The head ...
(ITC) since 2020.
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United Nations
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, press release of July 24, 2020.
Early life and education
Coke-Hamilton went to school in Jamaica at
Manchester High School in
Mandeville, Jamaica. She attended the
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...
where she graduated in Economics and International Relations. She went on to study in
Washington, D.C.
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where she earned Doctor of Law from
Georgetown University Law Center.
Career
Coke-Hamilton began her career in Jamaica's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
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From 2007, Coke-Hamilton served as Director of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness of the ]Organization of American States
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(OAS). to 2009.[ In 2008 she gave evidence to the United States International Trade Commission about Caribbean trade.
From 2011 until 2019, Coke-Hamilton served as Executive Director of the ]Caribbean Export Development Agency
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(CEDA). During her time in office, she established a "Caribbean exporter of the Year" and a "Women Empowered through Export Platform".United Nations Secretary-General
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António Guterres
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appointed Coke-Hamilton as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC).
Other activities
* International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2020)
Recognition
Coke-Hamilton was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the West Indies in recognition of the help she had given in helping them to establish a masters course in International Trade Policy.[
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Publications include
* ''Accelerating Trade and Integration in the Caribbean: Policy Options for Sustained Growth, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction'', 2009, World Bank (co-author).
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Jamaican women lawyers
University of the West Indies alumni