AMBASSADOR

Ana Cecilia Gervasi

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Gervasi holds a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica
del Perú, a postgraduate degree in International Relations and a professional
degree in Diplomacy from the Diplomatic Academy of Peru, as well as a Master's
Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE).
She also has specialized studies in multilateral diplomacy from the Graduate
Institute of International Studies (IUHEI) at the University of Geneva,
Switzerland, and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of
Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Her previous positions include: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs; Vice Minister of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Foreign Trade
and Tourism; Director General for Economic Affairs, Director General of Economic
Promotion and Director of Investment Promotion at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs; Consul General of Peru in Toronto (Canada); Consul General of Peru in
Washington, D.C. (United States); Minister Counselor at the Permanent Mission of
Peru to the United Nations in New York (United States); Political Counselor at the
Embassy of Peru in Buenos Aires (Argentina); and Peruvian Delegate at the
Permanent Mission to the United Nations and other International Organizations in
Geneva (Switzerland), where she represented Peru at the World Trade
Organization (WTO).

She has been a member of the Peruvian negotiating team for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership Agreement, now known as CPTPP, as well as for the Free Trade
Agreement between Peru and the United States of America.