Dr Cheikh Tidiane Dieye is the founder and executive director of the African Centre for Trade, Integration and Development (CACID). Dr Dieye is also a member of the West African EPA Negotiating Committee and several other ECOWAS Technical Committees. In addition, Dr. Dieye is a lecturer at the University of Dakar and Ziguinchor (Senegal), University of Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) and Trade Capacity Building and Training Centre in Tanzania. He is also a course director at the United Nation Institute for Economic Development and Planning. Cheikh Tidiane Dieye holds a PhD in Development Studies from Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.