BIOGRAPHY

John Goyer joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in January 2012 as senior director of Southeast Asia. Goyer concentrates on developing and implementing the Chamber’s ASEAN regional projects, as well as its bilateral programs with individual countries in the region. In addition, he is responsible for developing the Chamber’s Australia Working Group, its Myanmar outreach, and other initiatives.

Before joining the Chamber, Goyer served as vice president of the Coalition of Service Industries (CSI), a U.S.-based membership association that promotes the liberalization of international trade and investment in services. He worked with the coalition’s member companies and with U.S. trade negotiators to ensure that U.S. service industry international trade objectives were reflected in bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements. He coordinated the Global Services Network, managed CSI’s annual Global Services summits, and was a member of the U.S. Government Industry Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC), advising the U.S. government on information technology, electronic commerce, and telecommunications issues in U.S. trade agreements.

Earlier in his career, Goyer was senior director of the US-ASEAN Business Council, where he monitored and reported on major trade policy and political developments and trends impacting commercial interests in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on ASEAN economic integration. He has organized numerous trade and investment promotion missions to Southeast Asia and other events highlighting opportunities in the region.

Goyer holds a B.A. in international affairs from The George Washington University and a master’s degree in international public policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.