SPECIAL EDITION: THE VOLUME OF EAST AFRICA TRADE TO QUADRUPLE BY 2030 – DAVID STANTON, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TRADEMARK EAST AFRICA Some of the topics that David will cover:  PROCUREMENT (Several tenders have been published and David will explain how you could provide services)  Achievements of TMEA  Most goods moving along the border and where the gaps/opportunities are between the EAC countries  Kenya as a regional and continental hub and how to scale that up to the utmost  TRENDS in Business and Innovation  Is Kenya (Africa) making progress? WE CALL IT HOME  Q &A About David Stanton: David Stanton is the Director-General of TradeMark East Africa, which he joined at its inception in 2010. TradeMark, headquartered in Nairobi, has grown since that time into the world’s largest aid-for-trade organisation. His current role covers strategy, planning, and delivery of TradeMark’s results across seven countries in East Africa. David’s areas of expertise are regional economic integration, trade and business strategy, and programme and organisational management. He has worked in over 40 developing countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. Earlier in his career, David served as Chief Adviser for Enterprise Development, and Head of the Tanzania programme for the UK’s Department for International Development. He also served as a Director of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa, and a Country Director for CARE International. He is a British citizen, and holds a Masters Degree in English from Cambridge University. He also has an MBA from Sri Lanka. He has lived in Kenya for 7 years, and is passionate about wildlife.