Sara Meymand
Divisional Manager, Trade Policy and Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Sara Meymand is the manager of the Trade Policy and Negotiations Division, responsible for developing and advancing New Zealand's trade policy objectives across the multilateral, plurilateral, and bilateral trade agendas.
Sara is a career diplomat, specialising in trade policy. She has most recently served offshore as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Mexico (2021-2024), along with previous postings to the New Zealand Mission to the EU in Brussels and the New Zealand Embassy in Washington DC.
Sara has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from Otago University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Summit Presentation:
Rupture and Challenge: Trade Policy in the New World Trade (Dis) Order
This presentation considers the rupture of the international trading system and offers a perspective on what may lie ahead and how trading nations need to respond.