Deputy Head of Unit, DG Agri G1- Global issues, WTO and relations with ACP in the European Commission

Stefan Tangermann was until end-2008 Director for Trade and Agriculture at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris. He is now professor emeritus at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Before joining the OECD in 2002, Mr Tangermann was a professor of economics and agricultural economics at the universities of Frankfurt/Main and Göttingen. His academic work has focused, among other topics, on the need and options for reforming agricultural policies in OECD countries, on the analysis of global markets for food and agricultural products, and on strengthening the rules for agricultural trade, with a particular emphasis on the WTO.

Mr Tangermann is a Member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and was its President from 2012 to 2016. For a long time he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, and he also served as a member of Germany’s Science Council. From 2001 to 2025 he was a member of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security. Mr. Tangermann has advised several governments, including those of the USA and China, the European Commission and various international organisations.

Mr Tangermann was awarded the Order of Merit, First Class, by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is a Fellow of the European Association of Agricultural Economists and of the German Agricultural Economics Association.

Director ‘Sustainability’, European Commission, DG AGRI , Management of EU policy to enhance economic, environmental and social sustainability of EU agriculture and forestry.