Xavier Carim
Deputy
Director-General for International Trade and Economic Development at the dti
BA Specialist Honours Degree in International Relations and Development Economics from the University of Toronto, Canada.
MA Degree in International Studies from Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
Research Fellow at the Centre for Southern African Studies and Lecturer in International Studies at University of the Western Cape, 1993-1995.
Joined DTI, multilateral trade section, in November 1995.
South Africa's representative to the WTO in Geneva, September 1998- May 2002.
Chief Director in International Trade and Economic Division, dti, responsible for FTA and WTO trade negotiations since May 2002.
Appointed Deputy Director-General for International Trade and Economic Division in March 2007.