Since 2018, Karen has been Trade Facilitation Coordinator and Negotiator at the Vice-Ministry of Economic Integration and Foreign Trade (Ministry of Economic Development of Honduras), Coordinator of the National Trade Facilitation Committee of Honduras (CONFACO) and its Technical Secretariat, with an active role at the national, regional, and multilateral levels.
She holds a degree in Business Administration and an MSc in Strategic Marketing, University Teaching, and Military Didactics.
She has undergone extensive training in areas such as economy, foreign trade, customs, and regional and multilateral trade facilitation with the support of international organizations.
Susan heads the Emerging Policy Issues Division at the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD. Ms. Stone has worked extensively in the area of trade policy and its interaction with employment, production networks, poverty reduction, investment, regulation and the environment. Her work has been published as national and multinational government reports, edited volumes, as well as in peer-reviewed journals. Susan has a PhD in international trade and finance from Drexel University.
Mr Harold Tarosa is currently a Director at the Department of Customs and Inland Revenue in Vanuatu. He is the Chair of the National Trade Facilitation Steering Committee (NTFC) who is passionate for the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in Vanuatu. Mr Tarosa is a member of the COVID- 19 Health Emergency Advisory Committee (HEAC) who advocates and facilitate the movement of people and cargos in and out of the country, both through Air flights and Sea board cargos. The HEAC provides advice to the government and people during this pandemic crisis. Mr Tarosa has been working for customs for almost 16 years, therefore holds excellent knowledge on customs legislation, processes and procedures and Customs risk managements. Mr Tarosa displays positive work ethics in conduct and behaviours, towards his working colleagues and clients.
David Tello Cepeda, 39 years old, agronomist graduated from the Central University of Ecuador; he was a phytosanitary inspector of ornamentals for export for AGROCALIDAD; coordinator of the group of phytosanitary inspectors in the post-harvest room for 4 years (2009 -2012).He is currently responsible for Ecuador's Export Ornamentals Certification Programme; supervisor of Phytosanitary Certification processes for exports of agricultural products at national level, preparation of regulations concerning Phytosanitary Certification, analysis of information resulting from phytosanitary inspections and issuance of Phytosanitary Export Certificates at national level since 2012.
Since 2016, he has been responsible for the implementation of the electronic phytosanitary certificate” (Ephyto) issuance system in Ecuador.
Tiastary has worked in the Indonesian Customs since 1995, and has been stationed in six different Customs Offices across Indonesia in a variety of duties and positions. Over the course of that time, in between responsibilities with regard to the Harmonized System, Customs Valuation and cross border procedure, Tiastary is also active in activities that relate to the Indonesia Customs program that strives to increase work performance through gender empowerment strategies. In the last 2 years, Tiastary has been working at International Customs Affair (Directorate for International Customs and Excise Cooperation) has given her experience with working alongside her WCO colleagues across the world.
Eugene Torero is the Regional Director, Horn of Africa at TMEA. In his previous role as the Director for Trade Policy/Facilitation, he led the UNCTAD/TMEA trade facilitation project that supported East Africa Community Partner States to implement the WTO TFA compliance efforts. Eugene was also responsible for the establishment of the TMEA South Sudan Country programme whose main goal was to design and implement a customs development and trade facilitation programme in South Sudan. Prior to joining TMEA, Eugene held various positions at Rwanda Revenue Authority including that of leading customs services from 2005 - 2010.
Since January 2018, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa has been the Deputy Secretary General of the WCO. Prior to this, with a public sector career spanning 20 years, he was appointed as General Administrator of Customs by the President of Mexico in 2015, with ratification by the Senate.
Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education) in Mexico and a Master’s degree in Global Banking and International Finance from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa has driven an important change in WCO through the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2019-2022. With a strong commitment to transparency, to Member engagement in the decision-making process and to continually seeking out innovative processes, he has been working together with the WCO Secretariat team to implement actions during the current health crisis enabling the WCO to keep moving forward, while at the same time promoting the international flow of legal trade, essential goods and vaccines.
Stanley Trief is currently the Manager of the Vanuatu electronic Single Window (VeSW) Project. The VeSW Project is funded by the Enhance Integrated Framework (EIF) and the Australian Government with support from the Vanuatu Government. Using ASYCUDA World as the system’s platform, the VeSW Project commenced in 2019.
Prior to managing the VeSW Project, Stanley was the Manager of Vanuatu’s ASYCUDA World Project from 2016 – 2018. The Project was to upgrade the Customs system in Vanuatu from ASYCUDA++, which Vanuatu was using since 1999, to the latest version of ASYCUDA.
Stanley is a customs manager by profession, managing the Customs Border Control and Enforcement unit of Vanuatu Customs from 2011 to 2015. He is also a qualified Computer Science graduate and was managing the Information, Communication and Telecommunication unit of Vanuatu since 2004 prior to moving to Customs operations.
In the Pacific region, Stanley has conducted multiple Customs modernization assessments in Pacific Island countries since 2006 to 2019, before the borders closed due to the pandemic.
Stanley holds a Bachelor of Science from the New Zealand University of Waikato and a Master of International Customs Law and Administration from the Australian University of Canberra. He is passionate about implementing reform and modernization initiatives in both Customs and in the areas trade of facilitation.
Chantal TUYISHIMIRE is an acting coordinator of Rwanda National Trade Facilitation Committee since July 2021 and she also serves as an AfCFTA Implementing Officer in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. She previously served as an Economist through TMEA Young Professional Program in the Ministry from 2019 to 2021. Before then She was an Executive Assistant for Mineral Trading Company called Gisande Trading Ltd
