Anthony Abad

Anthony Amunátegui Abad or Tony Abad is the CEO of the consulting firm, TradeAdvisors, and a founding partner of the law firm, TradeLawyers.  He is also a professor of international economic law and competition law at the Ateneo de Manila University Law School and is a regular lecturer, facilitator, and moderator at various conferences and seminars involving trade, investment, law, economics, and other topics.  Tony is presently serving as a panelist of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body and as the Chairman for the Philippines in the Commission on Competition of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).  He is also an active advisor and consultant of various multilateral, governmental, and non-governmental institutions, with projects ranging from international trade and competition law to technology and innovation to financial inclusion and poverty alleviation.  And he was a news anchor and the host of the program “Political Capital” on Bloomberg TV, providing and facilitating analyses and discussion on current political and economic issues.  Tony also served the Philippine government in various capacities.  He was a Tariff Commissioner, the Administrator of the National Food Authority, Chairman of the Food Terminal Inc., and President of the Philippine International Trading Corporation, among others.  He also currently serves or has served as Trustee of various civic or educational institutions such as the Philippine Economic Society, the Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, and the Foundation for Economic Freedom.  Tony was the President of the Harvard Club of the Philippines and the Harvard Kennedy Alumni Association of the Philippines.  He graduated with an MPA from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.  He also has a Juris Doctor and an Economics Honors degree from the Ateneo de Manila University.   And now, Tony has gone back to school as a PhD candidate of the World Trade Institute at the Universität Bern.  His dissertation/research is on “Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of the Legal Framework of the International Trading System.”