{{Short description|Caribbean lawyer and trade expert}} {{Infobox person | name = Pamela Coke-Hamilton | image = Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) on January 22, 2024 (cropped).jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = Executive Director ITC | alma_mater = University of the West Indies<br>Georgetown University School of Law | employer = International Trade Centre (ITC) | occupation = Lawyer and trade expert | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Pamela Rosemarie Coke-Hamilton''' is a Jamaican lawyer and trade expert who has been serving as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) since 2020.<ref name="un.org">[https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sga1973.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica Executive Director, International Trade Centre] United Nations, press release of July 24, 2020.</ref>
== Early life and education == Coke-Hamilton went to school in Jamaica at Manchester High School in Mandeville.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} She attended the University of the West Indies, where she graduated in Economics and International Relations. She went on to study in Washington, D.C., where she earned Doctor of Law from Georgetown University Law Center.<ref name=uwi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uwi.edu/alumnionline/news-and-updates/latest-news/pelican-news/ms-pamela-coke-hamilton|title=Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton|date=2018-07-04|website=Alumni Online Community|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21|archive-date=2020-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221162006/https://www.uwi.edu/alumnionline/news-and-updates/latest-news/pelican-news/ms-pamela-coke-hamilton|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == Coke-Hamilton began her career in Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.<ref name=pbs/> [[File:Pamela Coke-Hamilton et al UNCTAD at COP28 – 1 December 2023.jpg|thumb|Pamela Coke-Hamilton et al at COP28]] From 2007, Coke-Hamilton served as Director of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness of the Organization of American States (OAS).<ref>{{Cite book|author=Inter American Development Bank|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9B5DwAAQBAJ&q=Pamela+Coke-Hamilton&pg=PA220|title=Mobilizing Aid For Trade: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean: Proceedings of the Regional Review Meeting|date=2006-09-14|page=220|publisher=Inter-American Development Bank|language=en}}</ref> to 2009.<ref name=pbs/> In 2008, she gave evidence to the United States International Trade Commission about Caribbean trade.<ref>{{Cite book|author=United States International Trade Commission|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RU8sdhifPPQC&q=Pamela+Coke-Hamilton&pg=PA18|title=Year in Review|date=2008|page=18|publisher=United States International Trade Commission|language=en}}</ref>
From 2011 until 2019, Coke-Hamilton served as Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA). During her time in office, she established a "Caribbean exporter of the Year"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sflcn.com/pamela-coke-hamilton-caribbean-export-development-agency/|title=Pamela Coke-Hamilton Leaves Caribbean Export Development Agency|date=2018-07-30|website=South Florida Caribbean News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref> and a "Women Empowered through Export Platform".<ref name=pbs>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business-observer/coke-hamilton-comes-out-tops-for-un-role_135671|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|website=Jamaica Observer|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
In November 2019, Pamela Coke-Hamilton warned of the lose-lose trade war that was emerging between the USA and China. It was damaging to all the consumers involved and it "compromises the stability of the global economy and future growth".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/221/152/100/1573021765646.html|title=UN study: US consumers bear brunt of tariffs against China|website=chinadailyhk|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21|archive-date=2020-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221154957/https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/221/152/100/1573021765646.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In July 2020, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Coke-Hamilton as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC).<ref name="un.org"/>
== Other activities == * International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2020)<ref>[https://genderchampions.com/champions Members] International Gender Champions (IGC).</ref>
== Recognition == Coke-Hamilton was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the West Indies in recognition of the help she had given in helping them to establish a masters course in International Trade Policy.<ref name=uwi/>
==Publications include== * ''Accelerating Trade and Integration in the Caribbean: Policy Options for Sustained Growth, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction'', 2009, World Bank (co-author).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVD6vnl5D_QC&q=Accelerating+Trade+and+Integration+in+the+Caribbean%3A+Policy+Options+for+Sustained+Growth%2C+Job+Creation%2C+and+Poverty+Reduction+Pamela+Coke+Hamilton|title=Accelerating Trade and Integration in the Caribbean: Policy Options for Sustained Growth, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction|date=2009-07-17|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=978-0-8213-8019-2|language=en}}</ref>
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