Deputy Permanent Representative, WTO Ambassador

Audrey Goosen

Deputy Permanent Representative, WTO Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva.
Audrey Goosen is the Head of the Economic and Development Division of the Permanent Representation and was appointed in 2023.
The Netherlands is is striving for worldwide economic development that is both inclusive and sustainable. Multilateral cooperation provides the foundation for entrepreneurship, jobs and decent work. We promote inclusive growth, resulting in benefits to society as a whole, with socio-economically empowered women, and improved opportunities for young people.

Biography Audrey Goosen

Before coming to Geneva Audrey was the head of division for Research & Innovation, Space and Atomic affairs at the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brussels to the EU from 2018 to 2023. 

Earlier in her career she was responsible for coordinating Netherlands EU Presidency on innovation at the Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate in The Hague. Prior to this she served for five years at the European Commission DG Research & Innovation in Brussels (2010-2015). 

She started her career in the private sector and has received her M.Sc. in Business Administration at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. She has done projects abroad in among others the US (Yale) and Egypt (AUC). 

She lives with her husband and son in Geneva.