Mr. Evan Rogerson

Evan Rogerson held senior positions in the World Trade Organization until his retirement in 2017. Born in New Zealand in 1952, he joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976. After postings in Brussels and London, he joined the GATT Secretariat, now WTO, in 1986. From 1995 to 1999 he served as Chief of Staff to Director-General Renato Ruggiero. He subsequently headed the Council and TNC Division and the Agriculture and Commodities Division as Director. Mr Rogerson is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore and was the convener of the Singapore Trade Policy Forum in 2018 and 2019. He has written on trade themes in various publications. He is a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.