Dr. Ratnakar Adhikari is the Executive Director of the Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
He also serves on the Board of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) at UNCTAD, Geneva, as Professorial Fellow at Aston Business School, Birmingham, and as Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Public Value, Oxford.
His career spans leadership roles, including Chief Executive of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) in Kathmandu, where he currently serves as Chair of the Board and Senior Adviser to Nepal's National Planning Commission. He has also worked as a Trade Programme Specialist at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo, and as a Credit Manager at Nepal Indosuez Bank Ltd. (formerly a member of Crédit Agricole, France), Kathmandu.
He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick, a Master of International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute, and a Master of Commerce from the University of Delhi. He specializes in international trade and investment, technology and innovation, and development finance. He has co-authored eight books, numerous peer-reviewed articles, and over 200 op-eds from the perspective of the least developed countries.