Ambassadör Anders Ahnlids CV

Born 6 July 1960
in Vetlanda, Sweden

Married (two children)

EDUCATION

1984  University degree in Political Science and Economics, University of Lund

1984-85  Graduate studies in international political economy, University of California, Los Angeles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011- Swedish Ambassador to the OECD and to UNESCO

2005–2011 Director-General for Trade, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden, (EU Trade Policy Committee Full Member, EU external trade policy, EU internal market policy, trade and investment promotion)

2004–2005  Minister, Head of the Trade and Economic Department, Embassy of Sweden, Washington DC, USA  (trade policy, trade and investment promotion, development policy)

2000-2003  Deputy Director-General (head of department), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden, Department for International Trade Policy, (WTO and EU 133 Committee co-ordination, Swedish delegate to the OECD Trade Committee, Vice-Chair of that committee)

1998-2000  Director (deputy head of department), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden, Department for International Trade Policy, (WTO and EU 133 Committee co-ordination, Sweden's representative in the 133 Committee/Deputies, Chairman OECD Services Experts meetings)

1995-1998  Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of Sweden to the OECD, Paris, France, (Sweden's representative in the Trade Committee Working Party and numerous other OECD bodies, chairman of the MAI Expert Group for "Special Topics")

1991-1995  First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Sweden, Geneva, Switzerland,  (GATT, Uruguay Round, negotiator for the Nordic countries in the services negotiations, including for Sweden in the bilateral request-offer process, responsible for Sweden's participation in the GATT Council, TPRM and other GATT/WTO bodies, Sweden's representative in numerous GATT/WTO committees)

1987-1990  First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Trade Department, Stockholm,  Sweden (GATT, Uruguay Round, responsible for government procurement, anti-dumping, subsidies, safeguards and other issues, UNCTAD)

1986-1987  Trade Policy Analyst, National Board of Trade, Stockholm, Sweden.