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Title: President/CEO
Department: Executive
Email: rickgilmore@gicgroup.com
Rick Gilmore, President/CEO, founded GIC Trade, Inc./GIC Group in
1980. He has a PhD in trade economics and extensive experience in policy analysis, trade, investment, and market research for agro-industries. Dr. Gilmore has served as a member of the Presidential Business
Development Missions under late Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown's leadership. He formerly served as Senior Economist on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where his responsibilities included drafting
legislation, committee investigations, analysis and report writing concerning trade and investment issues, and U.S. foreign assistance programs. Subsequently, he was a Rockefeller Fellow and wrote and edited books
and several articles. His most recent articles have been devoted to Ag biotech issues. Dr. Gilmore has also worked as a Trade Economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Foreign
Trade and Development Section. He currently serves on the supervisory Board of Novoplant, an animal health biotech company and is a member of the International Business Advisory Network (IBAN), NESsT, an international philanthropic, non-profit organization providing financing and financial and management services to civil society organizations.
Education: Ph.D., International Economics/Trade, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 1971, Fulbright Fellow. M.A., International and Development Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, 1967.
Post Graduate: Rockefeller Fellow, Visiting Fellow - Rand Corp. and Overseas Development Council. |
