Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is the Executive Director at the Ministry of International Relations and Trade in Namibia, serving the Trade Department. I also served as the Executive Director for the then Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare for 5 months. I received my BSc and MA from the University of Namibia and the University of Sydney respectively. After my graduate studies I lectured at the University of Namibia’s Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and then went to the Agricultural Trade Forum after three years, where I was the Trade Advisor to the agricultural private sector. After seven years of working on agricultural trade policy matters, I further established the secretariat of the Namibia Trade Forum as its CEO where I worked for seven years. I acted as the Executive Director of the Ministry of Public Enterprises before it was merged with the Ministry of Finance. I am passionate about the “Growth at Home” concept that Namibia is pursuing towards her economic sustainable objectives, as well as an advocate for the importance of trade and investment in creating sustainable livelihoods and wealth for communities. I am an avid follower of geopolitical developments and discourse on climate change and the causality to developmental objectives that Namibia is pursuing. I reside in Windhoek, Namibia with my husband and two children. I can be contacted at ED2@mirt.gov.na, ndiitah@gmail.com; @NdiitahNR or +264811709000.