Sherry Stephenson is an international trade economist specializing in services trade.  She is a Board Member of the Friends of Multilateralism Group, a member of the Services Network of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, and is involved with the THINK 20 process, having contributed several T20 Policy Briefs.  She was a Senior Fellow with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva (2013-2018) and participated in the Global Trade Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum (2011-2014).  

She has provided support to several regional groupings, in particular to the APEC process since 1998.  She was an Advisor to the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (2018-2021), the African Union Commission (2012-2016), and to the Minister of Trade in Indonesia (1992-1996).  In the Western Hemisphere, she served as Director of the Department of Trade at the Organization of American States during the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations (1998-20o5).   Additionally, she has held positions with the OECD, WTO and UNCTAD Secretariats.  

She has edited three books on services, published more than 60 articles, and led workshops and capacity-building programmes on various services trade, regional trade agreements, digital trade governance, and inclusivity in countries in the Asia Pacific, African, Caribbean, and Latin American regions.  She obtained her PhD from The Geneva Graduate Institute and her M.A. in Economics from New York University.