Helle Weeke specializes in trade, investment, and legal development issues. As Chief of Party and Senior Technical Advisor to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative, she supported the release of the Provincial Competitiveness Index. She also served as Legal Advisor to the USAID-funded Support for Trade Acceleration Project, where she assisted the Government of Vietnam in implementing the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement and moving Vietnam toward World Trade Organization accession. Before joining DAI, Helle spent 10 years as an attorney in private practice.

• J.D., University of Copenhagen School of Law
• LLM, Duke University School of Law
• MIPP, international public policy, Johns Hopkins Nietze School of Advanced International Studies