Ms. Dorothy Ng'ambi Tembo, Deputy Executive Director

14 July 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with Her Excellency Ms. Terhi Hakala, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Finland

12 Mar. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with H.E. Mr. Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva

09 Mar. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with H. E. Mr Chad Blackman, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Mar. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with Ms. Afua Asabea Asare, CEO of GEPA

Mar. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with Ghana Vice-President. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia

Mar. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with Ghana Minister of Trade Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen and Ms. Afua Asabea Asare, CEO of GEPA

18 Feb. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with H.E. Mohammad Qurban Haqjo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the I.R. of Afghanistan to the WTO

06 Feb. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with H.E. Kairat Umarov, Chair of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries Ambassador of Mission of Kazakhstan in New York

04 Feb. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with H.E. Dr. Than Myint, Union Minister, Ministry of Commerce (MoC) of Myanmar

03 Feb. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with HE Ambassador HE Mr. Lundeg Purevsuren, Permanent Representative of Mongolia

27 Jan. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with Mr. Badriddin Abidov, Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan

27 Jan. 2020 - Dorothy Tembo, Acting Executive Director, meets with HE Ambassador Eloi Laourou, Permanent Representative of Benin at the UN and the WTO in Geneva
Ms. Dorothy Ng'ambi Tembo, Deputy Executive Director.

Ms. Dorothy Tembo has served Deputy Executive Director of the International Trade Centre since June 2014. A Zambian national, Ms. Tembo also served as ITC Executive Director ad interim from January to September 2020.

Prior to her roles at ITC, Ms. Tembo served as the Executive Director of the multi-donor funded Enhanced Integrated Framework Programme (EIF) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). During her tenure from October 2008 to 2013, Ms. Tembo spearheaded the relaunch of the programme, which supports least developed countries (LDCs) in addressing their trade-related technical assistance needs and supply side constraints.

From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Tembo served as Chief Trade Negotiator and Director of Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia. One of her key responsibilities was to lead the Zambian technical team in its capacity as LDC co-ordinator during the WTO’s Hong Kong ministerial meeting which, among other issues, took decisions to extend duty- and quota-free market access to LDCs. This set in motion the Aid for Trade agenda and endorsed the commencement of the Enhanced Integrated Framework Programme.

In 2003 and 2004, Ms. Tembo served as a Trade and Investment Advisor on the USAID Zambia Trade and Investment Enhancement Project (ZAMTIE) project in Lusaka, providing support to the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry and the private sector.

Between 2000 and 2003, Ms. Tembo served as Deputy Team Leader on the USAID RAPID project in Botswana, which assisted Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries in the implementation of the SADC Trade Protocol, after having served in various positions in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, and Zambia's National Commission for Development Planning.

She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Zambia.

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