Mr. Lodge previously served in Brussels for six years as the RNM’s Technical Coordinator of EPA Negotiations based in Brussels, Belgium.  Prior to joining the CRNM in April 2002, he served as Executive Director of the Jamaica Marketing Company (JAMCO) Limited, which represents the commercial and lobbying interests of the Jamaican banana industry. He has also served as Director of Trade and Investment Policy at JAMPRO - the Jamaican trade and investment promotion agency. Mr. Lodge holds a M.Sc. in Social Sciences, specializing in Monetary Economics, from the Consortium Graduate School now the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social Economic Studies (SALISES), University of The West Indies and an advanced diploma in international trade policy research from the Institute of World Economics, Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany.