Simon J. Evenett is a Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy at IMD Business School in Switzerland and Founder of the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade, the non-profit home of the Global Trade Alert, the Digital Policy Alert, and the New Industrial Policy Observatory--three independent monitoring initiatives on commercial policy changes. Professor Evenett and his team support Developing Country WTO Members to prepare for Trade Policy Reviews, supply them with trade policy dashboards, and provide evidence-driven thematic workshops on topics at the core of world trade.

Denis is the Global Director for Trade, Competition, and Business at the World Bank Group. He was previously Chief Economist for Global Industries at IFC, Director of IFC Economic Policy Research department, and Manager of World Bank's global unit on firms, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Prior to taking on these managerial roles, Denis was responsible for World Bank’s policy dialogue, lending operations, and analytical work in South Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and Africa, as well as developing forward-looking scenarios for the global economy in Development Economics.