Roger Kampf is from Hamburg, Germany. He joined the World Trade Organization in May 2004 and works as Counsellor in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division. He is responsible for the Secretariat's work in the area of TRIPS and public health and enforcement, as well as for technical assistance in relation to intellectual property. He is currently also acting as the TRIPS Council Secretary. Mr. Kampf previously worked for the European Commission at its headquarters in Brussels and at the permanent representation in Geneva, where he was responsible for intellectual property issues in WTO and WIPO, as well as for government procurement, from 1998 to 2004. Prior to this, he was involved in negotiations on financial services under the GATS Agreement, and also worked as an assistant in public law and European Communities law at the University of Hamburg. Mr. Kampf holds a law degree from the University of Hamburg and a degree in public administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris. He has published on various aspects of EC and WTO law.
