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STDF
Secretariat
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Panos Antonakakis
Joined the STDF team in 2004. He holds an MA in Economics
and has worked on trade-related development assistance issues at the WTO
since 2002 including on the Integrated Framework, the Aid for Trade
Initiative and the Standards and Trade Development Facility. Panos' work
focuses particularly on project development in LDCs and other low income
countries and on nurturing links with other technical assistance
programs, whether in the WTO or in-country. |
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Marlynne Hopper
Joined the STDF Secretariat in March 2008 and is
responsible for various activities to enhance coordination in
SPS-related technical cooperation. Prior to 2008, Marlynne developed and
implemented food safety and biosecurity capacity building activities,
including needs assessment tools and training programmes, for FAO.
Marlynne has also worked in on broader agricultural and rural
development activities with the World Bank, GTZ and UNDP, including
three years in Viet Nam. She has a Masters Degree in International
Affairs from Georgetown University, Washington D.C. |
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Kenza Le Mentec
With a double background in finance and international
affairs as well as in agri-food, Kenza has worked on various aspects
related to the design and implementation of development projects and
policies. Over the past years, she has been working on international
trade and SPS related topics. She has joined the STDF in 2008 as an
economic affairs officer. Kenza holds a PhD in agri-food, a Masters in
business administration and management and a first degree in agriculture
and rural economics. |
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Simon Padilla
Joined the STDF team in 2007. He holds a MA in Economics
from the Université Catholique de Louvain and a MS in International
Economics and Development from the Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de
la Paix in Belgium. Simon's current work focuses mainly on projects and
other activities involving countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
He has worked on international trade related issues at the WTO, and at
the Corporación de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CORDES), a prestigious
private consulting corporation giving economic and political advise to
private and public sector entities in Ecuador. |
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Melvin Spreij
Melvin holds a degree in civil and business law from the
State University in Leiden, The Netherlands. Before joining the STDF
team in 2006, he worked for many years in various legal positions,
including as international legal consultant for the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) in Rome. He has wide experience in the development of
food safety, animal and plant health legislation and published several
papers on issues related to development and natural resources law.
Melvin is currently the Secretary of the STDF. |
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