Kati Suominen
Nextrade Group Founder & CEO
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Founder & CEO of Nextrade Group, a data and research company that helps governments and Fortune 500s optimize public policies and investments in trade and ecommerce worldwide; Founder of TradeUp Capital Fund, a growth capital platform for globalizing tech companies acquired by Nextrade in 2017; Founder of Business for eTrade Development, a non-profit backed by leading global companies on a mission to advance ecommerce in developing nations; and lead coordinator an Co-Founder of the new Singapore-based Digital Standards for Trade (DST) aimed to digitize international trade transactions end-to-end. Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where founded the Digital Trade program; Adjunct Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management; 10th book Making Trade Great Again: How Disruptive Technologies Open Opportunities for All (Stanford University Press, 2018).
Idea woman behind international initiatives such as eTrade for All now championed by the United Nations, and RTA Exchange, a global dialogue forum on regional trade agreements led by the Inter-American Development Bank with ICTSD. High-level speaking engagements on trade, e.g. at Davos, World Trade Symposium, Global Trade Review, World Bank, WTO, etc. Senior Advisor to the B20-affiliated World SME Forum. Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. MBA, Wharton; PhD, UC San Diego.