Guillaume Gerout

Guillaume Gérout is a specialist in trade negotiations and rules of origin with the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme. He has consulted for international organisations and partners to support the negotiations and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). His clients have included organizations such as the International Trade Centre (ITC), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the International Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, and the governments of Madagascar and Tunisia, among others. He has notably served as a trade policy advisor to the AfCFTA Secretariat, focusing specifically on rules of origin. His professional experience includes negotiating on behalf of the Seychelles government for several trade agreements, including the COMESA Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the COMESA-SADC-EAC Tripartite FTA, and the Eastern and Southern Africa-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (ESA-EU EPA) related to rules of origin. Additionally, he represented the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) as an observer during AfCFTA negotiations from 2016 to 2020.  He is a PhD candidate in the Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal, and Regional Changes at the University of Helsinki.

Updated on: December 23, 2024