Ziyaad Ebrahim (PhD)

Experience

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  Ministry of Finance and Trade Seychelles

  Jan 2008 - Apr 2009

  Senior Trade Officer

  •Performed administrative duties in conjunction with Director General and Director which involves general administration of the office, preparing of the Division’s annual budget, supervising office inventory, identification of training needs, identifying human resource requirements and implementing understudy programmes.•Assisted in the formulation trade and development policies for sustainable economic growth and part of the development taskforce in the EPA negotiation team.•Member and part of the secretariat of the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) and Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTA) negotiating committees.•Coordinated Ministry of Finance’s participation in the development cluster of ACP/EU negotiations.•Assisted in Seychelles’ accession into the World Trade Organization (WTO), by formulating new and amending the national legislative framework affecting trade in goods and services.•Coordinated technical assistance from regional and international organisations.•Represented Seychelles at international and regional trade and development conferences. Show less

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  Ministry of Finance Trade Seychelles

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Principal Trade Officer

  •Performing administrative duties in conjunction with Director General which involves general administration of the office, preparing of the Division’s annual budget, supervising office inventory, identification of training needs, identifying human resource requirements and implementing understudy programmes.•World Trade Organization (WTO) accession coordinator.•Part of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), SADC and COMESA FTA and Tripartite- Seychelles negotiating team.•Part of the coordinating team for the implementation of Seychelles’ regional integration agenda.•Part of the World Bank/IMF reform programme coordinating committee.•Coordinating technical assistance from regional and international organisations.•Representing Seychelles at international and regional trade and development conferences.•Board of Directors for the National Bureau of Statistics (Seychelles) Aug 2010- Oct 2011 Show less

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  Ministry of Finance, Trade and Investment

  May 2013 - Feb 2016

  International Trade Consultant

  • Advise on issues relating to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), SADC and COMESA FTA, Tripartite initiative, IOC and WTO accession.• Advise on post-WTO accession reform and issues relating to trade policy reforms. • To assist in the finalising of negotiations on the EPA negotiations.• To assist in the review domestic trade-related laws/policies with the aim of bring these laws/policies in conformity with the international legal framework and best practices.• To advise Seychelles on realising optimal benefits from the effects of regional integration.• Coordinator for the “Doing Business” initiative for Seychelles. Show less

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  Ministry of Investment, Entrepreneurship Development and Business Innovation

  Feb 2016 - Sept 2016

  Principal Investment Officer

  Responsible for Administrative governance over the Seychelles Investment Board to ensure its compliance with governance rules, its implementation of the policies and strategies of government, its timely reporting relating to strategic plans, reports, targets, financial reports to the ministry where required.Representing Seychelles at International and Regional Investment-relatedConferences where required and to act as the focal point ofthe Ministry for World Trade Organisation (WTO). Show less

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  World Trade Organization

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2019

  Economic/Legal Officer

  - Coordinate the WTO LDC Group- Providing assistance to Enhanced Integrated Framework- Monitoring and assisting LDC participation in Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT), fisheries subsidies, trade facilitation and LDC accessions.

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  Freelance, self-employed

  Feb 2019 - Sept 2021

  Research and Teaching Assistant and Phd Candidate University of Adelaide
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  Department of Infrastructure & Transport (Government of South Australia)

  Sept 2021 - now

  Transport Economist