Dr. Yash Tandon is the Executive Director of the South Centre, an Intergovernmental think tank of the developing countries. Dr Tandon’s long career in national and international development spans as a policymaker, a political activist, a professor and a public intellectual. He was deeply involved in the struggle against the dictatorship of Idi Amin and has spent time in exile.

Dr. Tandon is a national of Uganda and received his degrees in economics and international relations from the London School of Economics, UK. Dr. Tandon has taught at several universities worldwide including the Makerere University (Uganda), the Dar-es-Salaam University (Tanzania), the London School of Economics (UK) and Columbia University (US). Prior to coming to the South Centre, he served as the Founding Director of the Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI). He has written over one hundred scholarly articles and has authored and edited books on wide ranging subjects including on African politics, Peace and Security, Trade and WTO, International Economics, South – South Cooperation and Human Rights. He has also served on several advisory committees.