Pramila A. Crivelli is an economist at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She also currently works on a short-term assignment in ADB’s Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division of the Central and West Asia Department. Her main fields of specialization include applied econometrics, international trade policy, negotiations, and implementation of regional trade agreements, particularly in the areas of market access and rules of origin. At ADB, her current work also covers digital trade policy, aid for trade, LDC graduation, and digital services. Before joining ADB in November 2020, Dr. Crivelli was an assistant professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt, where she led the Chair of International Trade. Her work has been published in academic peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of International Economics and The World Economy. With strong expertise in applied economic policy and technical cooperation, she has served as an economic affairs officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, a researcher at the European University Institute, and the World Trade Organization. Dr. Crivelli has extensive experience in delivering capacity-building and advisory services to governments, public and private institutions, and trade negotiators in multilateral and regional fora. She has also carried out consultancies for various clients in Asia and Africa. She received her PhD in economics from the University of Geneva.

Stefano Inama is a senior trade lawyer and Chief of Technical Assistance in the Division for Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes of UNCTAD. He has more than 30 years of experience in designing, managing, and delivering research and capacity building programs in Asia—Pacific, Africa, and Latin America, with a focus on legal, regulatory and institutional trade and customs issues, including tariff reform, trade law, regional trade agreements, tariff preferences and rules of origin governing market access. He holds masters and LLM degrees from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. He is the author of one of the most comprehensive analytical books on rules of origin (Rules of Origin in International Trade, Cambridge University Press 2009) and has co-authored ASEAN Rules of Origin: A Way Forward and The Foundations of the ASEAN Economic Community, Cambridge University Press 2015.

Felicia Gan is a Senior Manager in the SEA Global Trade Advisory practice based in Singapore. With more than 11 years of experience, Felicia has worked with various companies on a variety of trade and customs matters in supply chain, counselling companies on HS classification, valuation, trade facilitation schemes, import/export controls, FTAs, and development of internal compliance programmes for efficient management of trade operations.

In her capacity as a Senior Manager in the Asia Pacific team, Felicia has extensive experience in managing regional projects and working with cross-border teams to support multinational companies in projects involving multiple jurisdictions. In respect of market entry and customs duty planning projects, she has been involved in the roll out of various “go-direct” models, working together with internal company stakeholders from finance, tax, supply chain, logistics, legal, and trade compliance, to set up internal processes for seamless operations from a trade compliance perspective. Other areas of focus include advising on requirements relating to product safety standards, origin markings and labelling, environmental and occupational safety and health requirements, as they pertain to cross border movement of goods and intersection with Customs authorities.

In view of increasing audits in the Asia Pacific region, Felicia has spent a majority of her time supporting companies with audits by Customs authorities in the Asia Pacific region including onsite verification visits by Customs authorities (e.g., Korea customs Services) on issues pertaining to origin calculations, valuations and classifications, and helping companies defend in-country customs audits in various Asia Pacific countries including India, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

She also regularly conducts trade compliance training workshop for in-house teams and a frequent speaker on various customs topics. Felicia graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree with specialisation in Finance, Operations and Supply Chain Management, from the National University of Singapore

Pramila A. Crivelli is an economist at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She also currently works on a short-term assignment in ADB’s Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division of the Central and West Asia Department. Her main fields of specialization include applied econometrics, international trade policy, negotiations, and implementation of regional trade agreements, particularly in the areas of market access and rules of origin. At ADB, her current work also covers digital trade policy, aid for trade, LDC graduation, and digital services. Before joining ADB in November 2020, Dr. Crivelli was an assistant professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt, where she led the Chair of International Trade. Her work has been published in academic peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of International Economics and The World Economy. With strong expertise in applied economic policy and technical cooperation, she has served as an economic affairs officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, a researcher at the European University Institute, and the World Trade Organization. Dr. Crivelli has extensive experience in delivering capacity-building and advisory services to governments, public and private institutions, and trade negotiators in multilateral and regional fora. She has also carried out consultancies for various clients in Asia and Africa. She received her PhD in economics from the University of Geneva.