James Winkler

Dr. James Packard Winkler, Global Practice Leader, Trade and Investment, has been a senior manager at DAI, a leading economic development consulting firm based in Washington, DC, since 1990 and brings over 30 years of board leadership and senior management experience working with governments, corporations, trade associations, NGOs, international schools and universities, and donor agencies in emerging markets. As Global Practice Leader for Trade & Investment, he advises a portfolio of trade and investment projects and is Technical Director for three large regional projects in Africa, including DFID FoodTrade in East and Southern Africa, and USAID East Africa Trade & Investment Hub, as well as the DFID Burma Enterprise Opportunity Facility. He specializes in trade and investment, strategic management, economic governance, competitiveness, and enterprise growth strategies with experience in 48 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. He is a board member of the Corporate Council on Africa, the American University of Mongolia and has chaired and been elected or appointed to four international school boards. Dr. Winkler holds Ph.D. and Masters degrees from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Bachelors degree from The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.