Pınar Karakaya is an economist at the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva where she leads the trade and food security workstream. She has over 15 years of professional experience in agrifood trade, commodity markets and trade negotiations. Prior to joining FAO, she worked as a government official for the Türkiye’s Ministry of Trade which is the sole authority in the country for import and export policies. From March, 2019 to July, 2022, she served as a Commercial Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Türkiye to the WTO, where she focused on fisheries subsidies negotiations and agriculture negotiations. Pinar has an educational background on international relations, with a particular focus on international political economy. She holds a Master of Arts in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in the United States and a Master of Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University in Türkiye.
