Simeon Umukoro is an International trade expert, an economist and a member of the World Economic Association, United Kingdom. His 17 years of professional experience spans two Forbes 500 Companies, developing and facilitating international trade in west Africa, the United Kingdom with the Department for International Trade, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), and the Trade, Investment & Innovation Unit of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).
He provided technical capacity building, in standards development, technical regulations, WTO trade notification management process for the WTO National Notification Authority in Nigeria, a feat to enhance facilitation of trade in Goods and Services in Nigeria.
Simeon, spearheaded a study of Nigeria’s technical regulations regime and also managed the development of an integrated export quality control plan aimed at improving traceability and enhancing the quality of produce, in the agri-business value chain in Nigeria for enhancement of exports.