Learn from real alumni pathways to career success – Explore how alumni turned their experience at the WTI into a world of opportunity. Every graduate from the WTI has a unique story. Read our alumni profiles to learn more about the journeys of remarkable individuals who are alumni from WTI.

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Today, Javier plays a key role at the WTO, where he leads strategic communications and partnerships. As team leader for the WTO Public Forum—the organization’s flagship event—it is clear that he is a central figure in facilitating global dialogue on trade. His leadership in the 2024 forum and preparations for subsequent editions illustrate his continued influence in promoting equitable and inclusive economic integration.

Meet Triplicane Damodaran (TD) Satish. Satish is a trade lawyer, and practicing trade remedy and customs law in India for over a decade before coming to the World Trade Institute. Having gained practical experience in WTO laws, Satish always wanted to do go back to school and learn the theoretical intricacies of international trade and investment law.

MILE 14 alumna from Indonesia, Alvita Chen, tells the WTI about her position as Senior Manager for Corporate Affairs at GOJEK, and how the MILE helped her learn the key role of MSMEs in driving sustainable economic development.

Vitaliy Pogoretskyy has built an exceptional career at the intersection of international trade law, dispute settlement, and capacity-building for developing countries. Currently serving as Counsel at the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) in Geneva, he advises member states on complex legal issues arising under WTO agreements and represents them in dispute settlement proceedings. His professional trajectory reflects both scholarly excellence and a sustained commitment to multilateralism and equitable trade governance.

With her multifaceted experience—from trade agreement negotiation, OECD collaboration, academic publishing, to inter-agency forums—Nadia Vassos is shaping a more inclusive frame for competition law enforcement. Her ongoing research and leadership continue to influence how competition authorities incorporate gender, diversity, and equity into global economic policy. Canadian Nadia Vassos, who graduated from the MILE program in 2012, has since carved out a career in international trade policy. In this interview, she says the legal knowledge and negotiation skills she acquired on the MILE have proved particularly useful in her current role with the Canadian Competition Bureau.

As Sebastian started on his path in the field of international law, he started realising with each step how great his interest in international economic law had become. The MILE programme will provide him with the necessary tools to enhance his skills and knowledge in international trade. After MILE, he wants to pursue a career in international economic law, aiming to work at an international organisation such as the World Trade Organization or the United Nations. His main interests in trade law are investment, dispute settlement, trade defence mechanisms, agricultural subsidies and trade in services.

Francisco Montoya, a lawyer from Peru with a background in financial law, joined the World Trade Institute as a part of class MILE24. Learn a more about Francisco, and what motivated him to study at WTI.

Thomas Tzieropoulos, Elena Vyboldina and Mate Kander all found their way to Brussels after completing the MILE programme. In this joint interview they talk about the work they do there, and how they established an alumni group in the city.