Arjuna Nadaraja

Arjuna is the Chair of the Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (AusPECC), the Australian national committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).  He brings over 30 years of experience in government policy, trade negotiations, international services competitiveness, and domestic regulatory reform.

As an independent consultant, Arjuna now works with the Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT University as well as the International Trade Centre of the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation.  He played a key role in advancing the liberalisation of professional services both in Australia and globally, particularly through the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), where he served as Chair of the Group on Legal Services.  In 2021, Arjuna served as Chair and Convenor of APEC’s Group on Services.

As a Director of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2020-21 he led the development and implementation of a joint public-private services export strategy – the Services Exports Action Plan - aimed at enhancing the international competitiveness of Australia’s services sector.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Policy Studies and a Master's degree in International Law, both from the Australian National University. Arjuna resides in Canberra, Australia.