Dr. Robert Kirk is Senior Vice President at AECOM International Development and was until recently the Chief of Party at the Southern African Trade Hub.
Robert, who is an expert in the area of trade policy analysis, has extensive experience in regional trade policy. He was formerly a policy advisor to the SADC Secretariat and served as an advisor to the Ministry of Finance in Swaziland on the SACU renegotiations (1995-2000).
Dr. Kirk has published on the new Southern African Customs Union Agreement, on rules of origin, on Non Tariff Barriers in Eastern and Southern Africa.