Rob Cook is the UK’s Deputy Senior Official for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), in the Department for Business and Trade. Prior to this role, from 2017-2021 he served at the United Kingdom’s Mission in Geneva, including serving as Deputy Permanent Representative (Economic) to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Agencies in Geneva.

Prior to working in trade, his career began at the Department for Work and Pensions in 2009, where he spent six years in a range of roles.