Ingrid JEGOU is the Manager of the Global Platform on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainable Energy at ICTSD. Ms Jegou, who holds a Masters of Economics from Lund University in Sweden, joined ICTSD in 2009, first as a Research Fellow and later as a Senior Programme Officer, focusing on trade, climate change and competitiveness, before taking up her current position in 2011.
Ms. Jegou has served as a Senior Adviser and a Senior Economist at the Swedish National Board of Trade in Stockholm, where she dealt with issues related to trade, sustainable development, and climate change. Prior to this, she served as an analyst at the National Board of Trade, specializing in trade and development, with a particular focus on the WTO. She has also worked as an analyst for the Swedish Institute for Food and Agricultural Economics, where she conducted research in the area of international trade in agricultural goods.
She has authored and co-authored a number of papers on trade and climate change, particularly focusing on border measures and free allowances, as well as on trade and development more broadly and on trade in agriculture. She is a Swedish citizen.