About

My name is Simon Lacey and I've been working in the field of international trade and investment policy since the early 2000s. I have advised sovereigns and corporates in more than 30 countries in regions as diverse as Central Asia; the Middle East; Western, Eastern and Central Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa; North and South America; and of course the region I know best, Asia-Pacific.

Originally from Sydney Australia, I was raised and educated in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. In addition to these, I've lived for an extended period in a number of other countries to date, including Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, the Philippines, and China.

My interest in international trade and investment policy dates back to the early 2000s when I started work at the World Trade Institute in Berne Switzerland, and quickly went on to take up leadership roles in both its executive education and government advisory arms.

My interest in technology began with the rise of the modern internet in the mid-1990s but increased significantly during nearly five years in global government affairs at Huawei Technologies in Shenzhen, China, where I worked in the Trade Facilitation and Market Access team.

That experience brought home to me how closely trade, technology and public policy are intertwined. Trade rules shape what governments can do at home, while domestic priorities shape the rules governments are willing to negotiate abroad. As technology reaches further into our economies and daily lives, that relationship becomes harder to ignore, while at the same time becoming more important to understand.

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