Meet the speakers of our upcoming event

Chris Carson is a Senior Agriculture Specialist in the Climate and Nature team in the World Bank’s Global Department for Agriculture and Food. He is seconded into the World Bank by the New Zealand government. Prior to joining the Bank, Chris was Chief Trade Policy Officer in New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries providing specialist advice to the Ministry on trade policy and the nexus with sustainability measures. From 2019 to 2024 Chris was Agriculture Counsellor in the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the European Union in Brussels. He worked on issues affecting New Zealand’s global and bilateral trading relationships and climate change and sustainability. He also represented New Zealand at the OECD. Previously Chris was Director of International Policy in the Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand. The Directorate’s responsibilities included trade (negotiation and implementation of multilateral and bilateral agreements) and international environment issues (including climate change negotiations and the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases). Earlier in his career Chris worked in the WTO and OECD Secretariats.