As a Senior Trade Specialist in the World Bank Group Singapore hub, Marcus works on trade programs in East Asia and the Pacific and South Asia, as well as on the Bank Group’s public and private partnerships in the region. He was previously the focal point for the Bank Group's engagement in the WTO and other Geneva trade and economic institutions. Before joining the Bank Group, he worked as a WTO negotiator and on trade capacity-building programs for the Australian government, and spent three years working on regional economic integration programs in South East Asia, based in Bangkok. He has also worked on foreign policy, trade and development issues for a Member of Australia's national parliament.