Mr Robert Anderson
WTO Secretariat

Biography:

Robert Anderson is Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, and Team Leader for Government Procurement and Competition Policy in the WTO Secretariat. In addition to his Committee work and advisory responsibilities in Geneva, he has led WTO workshops/seminars or given presentations on international government procurement and/or competition policy in more than 50 countries around the world.  He has made presentations/represented the WTO in proceedings of the OECD; the World Bank; the International Competition Network and other intergovernmental fora. Currently, he also serves on the World Bank's International Advisory Group on Procurement (IAGP).

Prior to joining the WTO in 1997, Mr Anderson held various positions in the Canadian Competition Bureau (Canada's national antitrust agency) and, earlier in his career, in: (i) the Economic Council of Canada; and (ii) the Department of Finance of the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan.

In addition to his responsibilities in the WTO, Mr Anderson is Honorary Professor in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham (UK). He is on the part-time faculties of the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland; and the International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO) Program at the University of Barcelona. He holds a J.D. (Juris Doctor) from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto) and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He has separately completed post-graduate courses in economics, political science and international affairs at Carleton University (Ottawa). He is co-editor of two books and author/co-author of more than 50 articles/book chapters/monographs or working papers on topics in international government procurement policy, competition policy, intellectual property and/or international trade policy.