Periklis Saragiotis is a Senior Private Sector Specialist working for the Global Trade & Regional Integration unit of the WBG. He has firm understanding of the global trade and transport logistics trends, challenges and opportunities and possesses extensive experience on trade facilitation compliance policies, especially in relation to the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO-TFA). He had supported several lending and advisory projects in the area of trade facilitation & border management, with special focus on port and maritime operations and procedures.
Periklis also contributes to the global research and analysis of selected trade logistics policy and regulatory issues. Under his project portfolio, he has led or supported lending and advisory programs in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Europe and Central Asia (ECA) regions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.
His most recent blogs and publications include: Business process management in the port sector: a literature review (2019), Getting port governance right (2018), Achieving full and effective corporatization of port authorities: reform models from global experience (2018), Walking the last mile: operationalization of Albania’s authorized economic operators program (2017), Is the (developing) world ready for the new container weight regulations? (2016), Why ports should be managed like airports (2016)