Marion Jansen is the Chief Economist of the International Trade Centre (ITC), responsible for ITC’s flagship publication “SME Competitiveness Outlook” and the institution’s recent publications on e-commerce. She also oversees ITC’s work on export strategies.

Marion previously held senior positions at the World Trade Organization and the International Labor Office. She worked in the private sector before joining WTO.

Her publications in the field of international trade and global governance include volumes on the internationalization of financial services, and on trade and employment. Marion recently published the co-edited volume “The Use of Economics in International Trade and Investment Disputes” (Cambridge University Press, April 2017).

Marion holds a PhD in economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) and has lectured in different academic institutions on international economics, managerial economics, and on the socio-economic impacts of globalization.