Frida Youssef has over 25 years of professional experience in trade, logistics, commodities, finance and sustainable development. Throughout her career, she has developed, led and managed research and technical assistance programmes supporting developing countries across a broad range of areas, including commodity supply chains and structured finance, public-private partnerships (PPPs), maritime transport and ports, trade, transit and transport corridors, as well as cross-cutting issues such as environmental sustainability, climate change, gender, resilience, finance and investment.
She is a co-author of UNCTAD’s annual Review of Maritime Transport and serves on the Steering Committee of the Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID), as well as the Steering Committee of the Port Chapter of the World Association of PPP Units and Professionals (WAPPP).
Frida holds an MBA from Boston University and an MA in International Affairs from the Hautes Études Internationales in Paris.