Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz

• Chief Executive
  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

Studies, Harvard and Univ. de los Andes. Former: Co-Founder and Exec. Director, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano; Permanent Colombian Delegate in Geneva; Principal Adviser to Colombian Minister of Econ. Dev.; Chief Trade Negotiator; Chief of Administration, Office, President of Colombia; Spokesperson, G77; Colombian negotiator GATT/WTO. Since 1996, current position; since 1997, publisher, BRIDGES. Member of the Board, Meridian Institute (US) and various governance bodies of global policy initiatives. Author and Editor.