Head, Capacity Building and Strategic Partnerships at World Trade Organization (WTO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Mena Hassan is the Head of Capacity Building and Strategic Partnerships at the WTO’s Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies Hub. In this role, she focuses on strengthening digital trade capacity, building strategic partnerships, and assisting developing countries in bridging the digital divide to participate in the global digital economy.
With over 20 years of experience as a WTO official and international trade policy professional, Hassan has extensive expertise in trade facilitation, WTO accession, and trade policy analysis. Her career includes leading trade facilitation technical assistance worldwide, supporting the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), and contributing to the WTO’s Trade for Peace initiative. Earlier in her career, she worked as a financial analyst at EFG Hermes and held roles in trade and finance divisions at the WTO. She is a trade diplomat on leave from the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry.