Joan Okitoi-Heisig is the Communications Officer and Project Manager for Capacity Building at the Geneva Trade Platform. She produces content across the Platform’s social media channels and during events, with a particular focus on making international trade law and trade policy more accessible to wider audiences.

Driven by a love of digital storytelling, Joan enjoys bringing trade discussions to life through near real-time coverage of Geneva Trade Platform’s flagship event, Geneva Trade Week, held alongside the WTO Public Forum. She is often found behind the camera - or in front of it- conducting video interviews with participants and stakeholders as a two-woman production team.

Alongside her communications work, Joan manages a capacity-building initiative supporting the Permanent Mission of Timor-Leste to the World Trade Organization. The project helps strengthen the Mission’s engagement in WTO negotiations and decision-making through targeted institutional support and access to technical expertise.

A storyteller at heart and an active Toastmasters member, Joan believes that complex ideas have the greatest impact when they are communicated clearly, accessibly, and with purpose.