Veepin Bhowon

Expertise

Trade Policy, Investment Climate and Regional Integration

About Veepin

Veepin has more than 25 years of expertise in the areas of trade and investment policies, trade facilitation, business climate reforms, investment promotion, trade and industrial policies (including regulatory and legal reforms), investment mapping and project evaluation. He has worked with government, private sector organisations and regional organisations such as COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and SADC in 33 countries mainly in Eastern, Southern and Western Africa.

Education

Veepin holds an MSc in Business Economics and an MPhil in Economics of Tourism from Aix-Marseille University. He also holds an MBA from the University of Mauritius and is trained as adviser for the World Bank GIPB (Global Investment Promotional Benchmarking).

Languages

• Native in Creole, Hindi and French.

• Fluent in English.