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Director, Division of Market Development, International Trade Center (ITC)
Mr. Aeroe, a Danish national who joined ITC in 2007, has held his current post since 2011. His career has focused on export facilitation, globalization, industrial development and restructuring, technology and knowledge management at the corporate, organizational and policy level.
Mr. Aeroe previously worked in South Africa, as a regional adviser to the Danish Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries and Senior Manager Trade Promotion at the Western Cape Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. Earlier, he was with the Danish Association of Engineers and the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
He holds a PhD in Industrial Economics from Copenhagen Business School.
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H.E. Dr. Yonov Frederick Agah,Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the WTO
Yonov Frederick Agah has been Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO since 2005. He is currently Chair of the Council for TRIPS Special Session, and was Chairman of the WTO General Council in 2011, responsible for the organization of the MC8. Mr. Agah has chaired several other WTO bodies.
In 1991-2005, first as Deputy Director for Multilateral Trade, then as Director for External Trade, Mr. Agah coordinated Nigeria’s participation in trading arrangements under the auspices of the WTO, UNCTAD, WIPO, ECOWAS and AGOA
Mr. Agah holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; MBA and PhD in International Trade from the University of Jos; and a LL.B from the University of Abuja.
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H.E. Mr. Olusegun Aganga, Minister of Trade and Investment, Nigeria
Prior to his appointment as Minister of Trade and Investment in 2011, Mr. Aganga served as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Nigerian National Economic Management Team. Also in 2011, he chaired the eighth WTO Ministerial Conference, marking its first-ever African chairmanship.
As Finance Minister, he pushed through significant fiscal and budgetary reforms, including the establishment of the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund, and launched the country’s first sovereign Eurobond offering. Mr. Aganga was previously a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International in London.
A professional accountant, Mr. Aganga holds a degree from Oxford University, United Kingdom.
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Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Chief, Business and Trade Policy, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Mr. Aggarwal manages ITC’s programme on strengthening the integration of the business sector into the global economy. The programme engages the public and private sectors in a dialogue on trade policy for enhancing export competitiveness; helps business associations articulate their interests to policymakers; and makes policymakers aware of the business implications of trade policy and attendant regulatory measures.
Mr. Aggarwal previously spent 22 years in senior positions with the Government of India, serving as its negotiator in the Doha Round. He has published on such topics as the role of the private sector in aid for trade, and the dynamics of the WTO agriculture negotiations.
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Dr. Peter Allgeier, President, U.S. Coalition of Services Industries (CSI), United States
Mr. Allgeier in September took over the post as President of CSI, an association of services companies dedicated to the liberalization of trade and investment. He was previously President of C&M International, an international trade-consulting firm in Washington, DC.
Mr. Allgeier has served as Deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR) and United States Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, following other USTR postings on several continents.
Mr. Allgeier has a PhD in International Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master’s degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Brown University.
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Ms. Haslinda Amin, Anchor, Bloomberg TV, Singapore
Based in Singapore, Ms. Amin has been covering South-East Asian politics and markets for Bloomberg since 2002, reporting on such events as the World Economic Forum and United States President Obama’s first visit to Asia.
Ms. Amin has interviewed many top policymakers, including Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and billionaire Sheldon Adelson of Las Vegas Sands.
She graduated from the National University of Singapore, majoring in International Politics and English Language.
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Ms. Desi Anwar, News presenter, Metro TV, Indonesia
Ms. Anwar is a journalist, writer, photographer, and media and communications specialist based in Jakarta. Currently the senior anchor for Metro TV, she hosts the network’s major economic talk shows and special interview programmes. She also leads Metro TV’s marketing and business development. Ms. Anwar is a regular columnist for the English news magazine Tempo and the English daily The Jakarta Globe.
Ms. Anwar holds a Master’s degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and aBachelor’s degree from the European School University of Sussex.
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Mr. René Awambeng, Group Head, Regional Business and Commodity Finance, Ecobank, United Kingdom
Mr. Awambeng was appointed to his current position in 2011, and leads the strategy and growth of Ecobank’s commodity trade and finance business in Africa and Europe. Prior to this, he ran Ecobank projects involving wholesale banking, multinationals and regional corporations in several African regions.
A banker with long experience in structured trade and commodity finance, sales, marketing, relationship management and project management, Mr. Awambeng has been with the Ecobank Group for more than 11 years. He holds an MBA in Finance and Management from Nottingham Business School, United Kingdom.
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Achmad Baiquni, Director of Finance, Bank BRI
Mr. Baiquni was appointed Director of Finance in 2010. Having started his banking careers in 1994, he was previously with PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, where he held several managerial positions including Director of Small, Medium and Syariah Enterprises Business, Director of Corporate Business, Director of Consumer Banking, and Head of Retail Marketing Division.
Mr. Baiquni has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Padjajaran University, Bandung, and a Master’s degree in Business Management d Asian Institute of Management, Makati, Philippines.
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Mr. Derom Bangun, Vice Chairman, Indonesian Palm Oil Board(IPOB)
Mr. Bangun, a chemical engineer, attended a senior executive programme at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an international oils and fats trading course at Brunel University, London.
PT. Tolan Tiga, where he is Independent Commissioner, is a member of the SIPEF Group, which produces palm oil, rubber and tea. He founded and managed two oil palm plantation companies, PT. Kinar Lapiga and PT. Tara Bintang Nusa. Mr. Bangun is also Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Board,past Chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association and the former Second Vice-President of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
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H.E. Mr. Dagobert Banzio, Minister of Commerce, Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Banzio was appointed to his current post in 2011, and is also Vice-President and a Member of the National Assembly. Previously he served as Minister of Youth, Civic Education, Sports, Recreation and Urban Health and as Minister of Economic Infrastructure. He has extensive experience in the fields of coffee and cocoa from the Côte d’Ivoire Stabilization Fund, where he became Deputy Director General in 1999.
Mr. Banzio obtained his Diploma in Civil Engineering, his DEA in Economic Analysis and Policy, and his HigherDiploma in Applied Research in International Economics and Finance from the University of Paris IX Dauphine.
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H.E. Mr. Georges-Henri J.B. Barberousse, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Haiti to the WTO
Mr. Barberousse was appointed Haiti’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO in 2010. He was previously in charge of human resources at Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A former English teacher, Mr. Barberousse is long-serving civil servant who has held top positions in Haiti’s foreign ministry since the early 1990s, including Head of Cabinet of the Foreign Minister, and ambassadorial postings in Colombia and Panama.
He got degrees in Public Administration from the University of Illinois and National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a degree in International Treaties, Negotiations and Commerce from the University of Santiago, Chile.
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H.E. Mr. Rishad Bathuideen, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Sri Lanka
Mr. Bathiudeen’s current position as Minister of Industry and Commerce follows a series of progressively important national ministerial and district postings. He has led Sri Lanka in several multilateral and regional forums, helping to develop and enhance its ties with key trading partners.
He completed his studies at the University of Moratuwa and joined the Chartered Institute of Engineering, London. A great enthusiast for supporting Sri Lankan society, he was elected to Parliament at the age of 26 and has been active in politics ever since. He is now the leader of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress Party.
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Mr. Stefan Bederski, Director and General Manager, AgroexportTopara, Peru
After college, Mr. Bederski joined his family business, a 100-hectare farm south of Lima, and transformed it into Agro-Export Topara, which produces, processes and exports organically certified food products to the United States and Germany.
Mr. Bederski is also the President of the National Subcommittee for Standards of Lucuma, a Founding Director of the Peruvian Lucuma Growers Association and a Professional Member of the US Institute of Food Technology.
Mr. Bederski received his Bachelor’s degree in Food Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and his Master’s degree in Food Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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H.E. Ms. Miata Beysolow, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Liberia
Ms. Beysolow’s was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry in 2008. She previously worked for the African Development Bank, first as a Principal Finance Officer responsible for investments, then she managed the Cash and Current Account Division and served as Principal Financial Analyst.
Ms. Beysolow launched her career at the Ministry of Finance, first as an Advisor to the Minister of Finance, then as Coordinator of the Fiscal Policy and Planning Section.
She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, with a major in International Banking and Finance.
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Mr. Felix Adahi Bikpo, CEO, African Guarantee Fund (AGF), Kenya
An Ivoirian national, Mr. Bikpo joined AGF as CEO in 2011. He was previously the CEO and founder& of Success Finance, a private equity and asset management firm, and has worked with Citibank, Ecobank, Atlantic Bank Group, Access Bank Group and the Gari Fund. He has led various projects to help strengthen financial markets across Africa.
Mr. Bikpo holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Université Nationale de Côte d’Ivoire and is a graduate of the School of Economics and Commerce (ESSEC) in Paris, a leading French business school.
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Prof. Bambang P. S. Brodjonegoro, Head of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
Mr. Brodjonegoro joined the Indonesian Ministry of Finance in 2011 as Acting Head of the Fiscal Policy Office. His main areas of expertise are economic development, regional economics and fiscal decentralization. He was previously Director-General of the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank and Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia.
Mr. Brodjonegoro holds a PhD in Regional Planning and a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia.
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Mr. Gusmardi Bustami, Director-General for National Export Development, Ministry of Trade, Republic of Indonesia
Gusmardi Bustami is a long-time civil servant who was appointed Director-General for National Export Development in Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade in March 2012. In 2008-2012 he was Director-General for International Trade Cooperation, a period in which he also served as Chairman of ASEAN SEOM (2011) and as Chairman of IPC Council (2011).
Mr. Bustami was previously Indonesia’s Ambassador to the WTO, and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva. He has headed Indonesia’s National Agency for Export Development, the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, and the Center for Research and Development. In 1986-1995 he served as trade attaché in Copenhagen, London and Washington, DC. He holds a degree in law from the University of Indonesia.
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Mr. Mahmoodun Nabi Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Banking, BRAC Bank, Bangladesh
Mr. Chowdhury joined BRAC Bank as Head of Corporate Banking in 2010. His previous role was as Director for Local Corporates with Standard Chartered Bank, where he spent 13 years. Before that he worked as an Investment Analyst with Equity Valuation Research & Distribution.
BRAC Bank empowers its staff to create products and services aligned with the evolving needs of the SME sector. Its corporate banking sector has been building linkages with SME borrowers through distributor and supply chain financing, payment and collection services and a host of customized financial solutions.
Mr. Chowdhury has an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka.
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Mr. Douglas Comrie, Managing Director, B&M Analysts, and Chief Facilitator, Durban Automotive Cluster, South Africa
Mr. Comrie has been a technical expert on industrial development and sustainable industrial clustering for the United National Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the International Trade Centre, the South African National Treasury Technical Committee for Finance, for government bodies and for industry associations.
He serves on the boards of B&M Analysts SA, B&M Analysts UK and BMA Intelligent Systems, as well as on the executive committees of the South African Automotive Benchmarking Club, Durban Automotive Cluster and Durban Chemicals Cluster.
Mr. Comrie holds a BEng in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Ms. Destry Damayanti, Chief Economist, PT. Bank Mandiri, Indonesia
Ms. Destry assumed her current post in 2011 and has worked as a researcher and economic adviser for such organizations as the Economics Faculty of the University of Indonesia, the British Embassy in Jakarta, Citibank NA – Indonesia, the Ministry of Finance and the Harvard Institute for International Development.
She holds a Master’s degree in Regional Science from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia.
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H.E. Dr. Robert Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa
Mr. Davies has been Minister of Trade and Industry since 2009, and a Member of Parliament since 1994. He has chaired the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Finance and the Constitutional Assembly Sub-Committee on Finance.
Earlier, he worked as an academic and researcher at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo; in the Department of Economic Policy at the African National Congress in Johannesburg; and at the Centre for Southern African Studies at the University of the Western Cape, where he was Professor and Co-Director.
Mr. Davies holds a doctorate from the University of Sussex in Political Studies, a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Southampton, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
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Dr. Robert de Souza, Executive Director, Chief Executive and Professor, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific
Mr. De Souza was in 2004 appointed Executive Director of TLI – Asia Pacific, a Singapore-based premier institute nurturing logistics excellence in industry, postgraduate research and education, after having held several senior positions in the company, including as Executive Vice-President for V3 Systems in Asia Pacific and as Corporate Senior Vice-President.
He is a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He serves on multiple industry, government and academic committees. Before he joined TLI – Asia Pacific, Mr. De Souza was Global Chief Knowledge Officer at Viewlocity, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of SC21 Pte.
A chartered engineer, Mr. De Souza received his PhD, Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in the United Kingdom.
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Ms. Melanie Dharmosetio, Vice-President, PT Lion Super Indo, LLC, Indonesia
Ms. Dharmosetio is Vice-President for Human Resources, Organization Development & Sustainability for PT Lion Super Indo, LLC. The company operates a supermarket chain of 97 outlets in Indonesia selling fresh and frozen food items as well as non-food items. She has been in the PT Lion Super Indo management since 1997, and is also in charge of corporate social programmes for education development, nutrition and welfare for children in Indonesia.
Ms. Dhamosetio has Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia. She held various positions in architecture and business before she specialized in retail in 1994.
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Ms. Patricia Francis,Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Patricia R. Francis, an award-winning leader and business facilitator, joined ITC as Executive Director in 2006. During her tenure there, annual delivery has doubled and key management systems for strengthening accountability and reporting have been upgraded. Private-sector partnerships have been established to promote women and trade, the environment, and poverty reduction. ITC participation in the WTO Aid for Trade and One UN initiatives aims for greater coherence.
Ms. Francis was previously President of Jamaica Trade and Invest and served twice as President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and the China-Caribbean Business Council. She is on the Advisory Board of the IESE graduate business school and a former member of the Eminent Persons Group for the Commonwealth.
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Mr. César Freund, International Cooperation Manager, PromPeru, Peru
César Freund is an economist and MBA who has built most of his professional career on exports and tourism promotion. Today he manages international cooperation at PROMPERÚ, where he is responsible for the design of sustainable development and private-sector competitiveness projects.
Prior to his appointment in 2009, he worked at Peru’s Export Promotion Agency, specializing in e-commerce and promotion of the textile and garments sector.
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Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Founder and former CEO, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange
In 2008, Ms. Gabre-Madhin founded the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX), which provides marketplace services for agriculture and industry. It was the first African company to receive the global CIO100 Award for IT excellence. Ms. Gabre-Madhin, an expert on agricultural marketing in Africa and global development, has worked as a senior economist at the World Bank and as a senior research fellow at UNCTAD and the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Named “Ethiopian Person of the Year” in 2009, she holds a PhD in Applied Economics from Stanford University, a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cornell University.
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Mr. Gavin Gibson, Executive Vice-President and acting Executive Director, International Pulse Trades and Industries Confederation (CICILS IPTIC), Australia
Mr. Gibson is currently Executive Vice-President and acting Executive Director, International Pulse Trades and Industries Confederation, a not-for-profit peak industry body representing all sectors of the global pulse industry value chain. He is a long-term committee member of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, a board member of Pulse Breeding Australia, funded by the Australian Government Grains Research and Development Corporation, and was the Founder, Deputy Chair and Executive Manager of Tasmanian Quality Wool Inc.
Mr. Gibson was formerly CEO of the Australian peak pulse body, Pulse Australia, following a successful broadacre farming venture in Tasmania. For the past 10 years he has represented the Australian pulse industry on the Grains Industry Consultative Committee to the Australian Government.
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Mr. Edimon Ginting, Senior Country Economist, Indonesia Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mr. Ginting is an economist with over 13 years of international experience. His research interests include macroeconomics, private sector development, and public finance management.
The holder of a PhD in economics from Monash University, Australia, Mr. Ginting has worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He has served as adviser to the Budget Committee of the Indonesian Parliament and as research economist at the Productivity Commission, Australia. He has also been an associate researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Economic and Social Research, University of Indonesia, and a post- doctoral fellow at Monash University
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Mr. David Gomez, Manager, Trade and Export Development, Caribbean Export, Barbados
Mr. Gomez is a Senior Adviser for Market Intelligence at Caribbean Export where he leads the design and implementation of a market intelligence platform, tools and programmes designed to achieve market penetration in partner countries and enhance economic development in the regional private sector. He also supports policy development, strategic planning and coordination for the agency’s overall export development and competitive environment for trade.
Mr. Gomez is a former business and trade consultant and managing partner in Launchpad Consulting, Belize. He holds a Master of Laws in International Trade Law from Northumbria University and an Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Kent.
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Mr. Francisco Pablo Pirez Gordillo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the WTO and other international organizations in Geneva
Mr. Pirez Gordillo was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the WTO and other international organizations in Geneva in 2010. In 2012 he is the Chairman of the Joint Advisory Group of the International Trade Centre. Before he arrived in Geneva, he worked as lawyer in his own practice in Montevideo. Mr. Pirez Gordillo has also been an Assistant Professor in Civil Law at the University of the Republic of Uruguay in Montevideo.
He holds a Master of Laws in International Trade and Business Law from the University of Arizona, and Juris Doctor degree in Law from the Catholic University of Uruguay.
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H.E. Mr. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, Minister for Climate Change Issues, and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand
Mr. Groser was appointed Minister of Trade in 2008 and in 2010 added Minister Responsible for International Climate Change Negotiations to his portfolio. He is also Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mr Groser is regarded as one of the world’s leading international trade experts. He served as New Zealand’s Chief Negotiator in the GATT Uruguay Round, which first brought agriculture into the system of world trade rules. Prior to his election to Parliament in 2005, he was New Zealand’s Ambassador to the WTO and Chair of the Agricultural Negotiations. He was instrumental in developing the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, which aims to increase agricultural productivity without increasing emissions.
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Mr. Shintaro Hamanaka, Economist, Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
In addition to his post as Economist at the ADB, Mr. Hamanaka is an Honorary Research Fellow at White Rose East Asia Centre, United Kingdom. Before joining the ADB, he worked as a service negotiator on the Doha Round at the Japanese Mission to the WTO, and as a central bank economist at the Bank of Japan. His research interests include the political economy of regionalism, regional economic architecture in Asia, and free trade agreements, particularly regional services agreements. He has authored several books and numerous academic journal articles in the fields of political science, economics and international law.
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H.E. Ms. Emma Hippolyte, Minister for Commerce, Business Development, Investment and Consumer Affairs, St. Lucia
Ms. Hippolyte, is a Certified General Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner with over 25 years of experience in public and private-sector auditing, governance, management, finance, social security and non-governmental organizations. She served as Director of Audit of St. Lucia, as a Consultant and Senior Auditor of the Food and Agriculture Organization, as member of the External Board of Auditors of the Organization of American States, and as Executive Director of the National Insurance Corporation of St. Lucia.
Ms. Hippolyte was a member of the St. Lucia Senate from 2009 to 2011 and was elected to Parliament in 2011, representing the Gros Islet Constituency.
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Mr. Imtiaz Ilahi, Managing Director, GraphicPeople, Bangladesh
Mr. Ilahi has more than 10 years’ experience in offshoring, production studio services, advertising, marketing, business development, operations, client services and management. His company, GraphicPeople, is a 24/7 offshore studio providing digital, print and production support services to advertising agencies and brands. Under his leadership the company has become one of the most highly respected companies in Bangladesh.
GraphicPeople is part of AdPeople Worldwide (WPP company), a global agency network for marketers requiring efficient creative solutions. Together, its four main hubs and Dhaka studio service such blue-chip clients as Dell, Nokia, Colgate, Microsoft, Citibank NA and Flugger in 70 countries.
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Mr. Chandra Hartono Jokowidjaja, Marketing Director, Ponglarp Co.Ltd., Thailand
Born in Indonesia, Mr. Jokowidjaja spent more than a decade on his education in Australia. He began his career as Paddy Procurement Officer in Indonesia and is now the Marketing Director at Ponglarp Company Ltd. (Thailand), which has sold and traded millions of tonnes of rice globally. Mr. Jokowidjaja has travelled extensively in South-East Asia and worldwide as a food commodity trader.
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Ms. Meg Jones, Senior Programme Officer, Women and Trade, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Ms. Jones, who is passionate about the economic empowerment of women, is designing a multi-year, multimillion-dollar programme at ITC to help women in developing countries derive greater economic benefit from their participation in trade. She has represented her native Australia at the United Nations and also worked at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Ms. Jones’s background is in the financial markets, management and academia. An entrepreneur as well, she established a Swiss-based consultancy firm working on trade and its social dimensions. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Sydney.
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Ms. Pacita Juan, President, Philippine Coffee Board
Apart from heading the Philippine Coffee Board Inc. and the Women’s Business Council of the Philippines, Ms. Pacita has recently established the International Women’s Coffee Alliance-Philippine chapter to bring women coffee farmers closer to global markets.
A well-known social entrepreneur and a green advocate, Ms. Pacita runs a social enterprise called the ECHOstore sustainable lifestyle, the first specialty store of its kind in the Philippines. ECHO stands for “Environment, Community, Hope and Organization”, and sources all its merchandise from marginalized communities around the country, while also promoting environment-friendly and upcycled handicrafts.
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Mr. Noke Kiroyan, Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Indonesia
Kiroyan Partners, Mr. Kiroyan’s consulting firm, specializes in reputation-building, stakeholder management, non- financial risk assessment and corporate social responsibility. Mr. Kiroyan also holds senior corporate positions in oil and gas, manganese and gold mining, and ecosystem restoration concessions. His past international career has spanned Rio Tinto Indonesia, PT Siemens Indonesia and the Salim Group, among other companies.
Mr. Kiroyan is active in the public service for such organizations as Indonesia Business Links, the United States- Indonesia Society, Padjadjaran University and The Nature Conservancy.
Noke Kiroyan graduated in Communication Science from Padjadjaran University in Bandung, Indonesia, and in Liberal Arts from Syracuse University. He holds a Diploma in Commerce and Accounting from Nuremberg and a Post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School.
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Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Pascal Lamy has been WTO Director-General since 2005.
After an initial career in the French civil service, Mr. Lamy was Head or Cabinet for the President of the European Commission in 1985-1994. Later he joined the team that rescued Crédit Lyonnais and became the bank’s CEO until its privatization. He subsequently served as the European Commissioner for Trade in 1999-2004.
Before taking up his current post, he was President of “Notre Europe”, a think-tank on European integration, Associate Professor at the Institut d’Études Politiques, and Adviser to the President of the European Socialist Party.
Mr. Lamy holds degrees from the Paris-based École des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Institut d’Études Politiques and the École Nationale d’Administration.
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H.E. Mr. Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Commerce, Industry and Labour and Trade Negotiations, Samoa
Minister Lauofo is in charge of the Audit Office, the Legislative Assembly, Polynesian Airlines, Samoa Shipping Services and Pacific Forum Line. He also handles international and regional trade negotiations, runs the Small Business Enterprise Centre and manages consumer protection.
Mr. Lauofo, a former businessman and lawyer, further serves as Associate Minister for the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, the Samoa Land Corporation, the Samoa Trust Estate Corporation, the Scientific Research Organization of Samoa and the Samoa Sports Facilities Authority.
He has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Corporate Law from Bond University, Australia and a Bachelor of Laws from New Zealand’s University of Otago.
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Ms. Frida Lidwina, Anchor, Metro TV, Indonesia
Ms. Lidwina, an economic journalist, has anchored daily and weekly news, sports and prime-time programmes on Indonesian economics, business and people since 2004. She has written and live-reported daily news from Indonesia, ASEAN countries and the United States. She is also an experienced MC and moderator for such firms as Toyota, Forbes, Julies Baer, Mercedes Benz and Microsoft.
Frida Lidwina earned her MBA in Finance from the University of Western Australia and her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications/Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Mr. R. J. Lino, President Director, Indonesian Port Corporation, Indonesia
Mr. Lino began his career as a technical staff member at the Sea Transportation Directorate General. He was appointed project manager for the World Bank-funded Tanjung Priok development project and later served as senior adviser to PT. Indonesia Bulk Terminals Batubara Indah.
Mr. Lino subsequently worked at PT Dwipantara Transconsult Jakarta, as project director at AKR in Nanking, and as President Director at PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero).
He holds a Master’s degree in Hydraulic Engineering from the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, the Netherlands, and an MBA from Jakarta’s Institute for Education and Management.
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Mr. Adhi Lukman, Chairman, Indonesian Food & Beverages Association (GAPMMI)
Mr. Lukman, who graduated from IPB (Bogor Agricultural University) in Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Food Technology and Human Nutrition, is an internationally recognized authority on the food industry. He chairs GAPMMI, which champions the interests of Indonesia’s food and beverage industry, and ensures the provision of healthy food products.
Mr. Lukman works with several other Indonesian organizations, including the National Standard Body, the Productivity Board, the Expert Working Group of the National Food Security Council and the National Codex Committee. He also chairs the Permanent Committee for Development of Primary Agricultural Industry, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
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Ms. Zuhal Mansfield, Chairperson, TMG Mining and Manufacturing Ltd Sti, and President, Turkish-Egyptian Business Council, Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), Turkey
Born in Iskenderun, Ms. Mansfield left Turkey for Sweden, Botswana, Australia and Hong Kong (China), working in telecommunications and mining.
She hosted a radio programme on women and children and published her first book while doing social work. For the past 21 years she has been a miner and manufacturer, owning and managing Turkish marble and mining quarries and exporting to 18 countries.
Ms. Mansfield is also affiliated with several women’s and entrepreneur associations in Turkey, and was named “most successful business person abroad” in 2000 by the Government of Turkey.
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Mr. Nicholas Niggli, Counsellor and Deputy Head of the WTO Division, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA
Nicholas Niggli, Counsellor, is the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to WTO & EFTA’s Deputy Head of WTO Division. He was part of the Swiss mediation team between Russia and Georgia, permitting Russia's Accession to WTO. He was Coordinator of the Host-country Task-Forces of the 2009-2011 WTO Ministerial Conferences.
Mr. Niggli has been Chairman of the WTO Committee of Government Procurement Agreement from 2007 to 2012. In this capacity, he did conclude the GPA re-negotiation to improve international disciplines for this key sector of the world economy and expand the market access coverage valued at 100 billion Dollars/year. He did also complete a diplomatic mediation between China & Chinese Taipei, permitting the latter to join GPA. Mr. Niggli did also supervise the accession negotiations of China, Jordan, Ukraine, Aremenia and Georgia.
Mr. Niggli holds Master Degrees in both economic history and international relations from academic institutions in Switzerland and the UK.
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Mr. Nazeem Noordali,General Manager, Corporate and Structured Finance, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), Islamic Development Bank Group
Mr. Noordali has been in his current post since 2008, overseeing ITFC trade-finance transactions for MENA, Africa and Asia/CIS. Previously he was Acting Group Supervisor of Operations in the Trade Finance and Promotion Department at the International Development Bank.
Before joining IDB, he held positions with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Mauritius Export Development & Investment Authority.
He holds a Master’s degree in Shipping, Trade and Finance from the City University Business School, London, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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H.E. Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Republic of Indonesia
Ms. Pangestu assumed her current post in 2011 and was previously Minister of Trade.
She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report Advisory Board and served as a Coordinator of the United Nations Task Force on Poverty and Development, and helped establish the Yayasan Sejati foundation for socio-cultural and environmental initiatives.
She has a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Economics from the Australian National University and a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Davis. With teaching credentials from the University of Indonesia and Australian National University, she specializes in international trade and finance, focusing on ASEAN, China, and Asia and the Pacific.
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Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD)
Dr. Supachai began his second four-year term as UNCTAD Secretary-General in 2009.
After an initial career at the Bank of Thailand, he was elected to the Thai Parliament and appointed Deputy Minister of Finance. He then served as Director and Adviser, and subsequently President, of the Thai Military Bank.
Dr. Supachai became Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand in 1992, in charge of the country’s economic and trade policymaking. Before joining UNCTAD he served as WTO Director-General.
He received a Master’s degree in Econometrics, Development Planning, and a PhD in Economic Planning and Development from the Netherlands School of Economics (now Erasmus University) in Rotterdam.
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Mr. Gulam Patel, Chairman, Nyiombo Investments Ltd., Zambia
Mr. Patel has established a group of strong companies spanning the Central and East African region, and overseas that covers agriculture, health, transport, communications and trade, real estate, tourism, and finance.
His agricultural firms – Nyiombo Investments and African Millings – operate in Zambia, United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also runs companies in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Patel was educated in economics at the University of Zambia.
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Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Mr. Surin was appointed Secretary-General of ASEAN in 2008 for a four-year period. Before being elected to Thailand’s Parliament in 1986, he spent ten years teaching at Thammasart University, Bangkok, He served as Foreign Minister in 1997-2001, a period in which he also served Chair of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum (1999-2000).
Mr. Surin has been a member of the UN Commission on Human Security and an advisor to the International Commission on Intervention and States Sovereignty. He also served on the ILO’s World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation.
He holds a Master’s degree Political Science and a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.
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Ms. Aicha Pouye, Director, Division of Business and Institutional Support, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Ms Pouye was appointed Director of the Division of Business and Institutional Support in August 2006. Before joining ITC, she was Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Trade in Senegal. She also managed Senegal’s Millennium Challenge Account, an initiative of the United States Government to increase economic growth and reduce poverty.
Ms Pouye began her career in 1984 as a Junior Auditor with Ernst and Young International where her last function was Chief Supervisor of auditing teams. In 1990 she joined Citibank Dakar, Senegal, as Manager, Chief Financial Controller, Resident Vice President and later Group Vice President. In June 2000, she was appointed General Manager of the Economic Promotion Fund, an institution put in place by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Senegal for SMEs access to finance.
Ms Pouye holds a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Paris IX Dauphine and specialized in Enterprise Management at the French Institute of Enterprise Management (IAE).
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Ms. Rapelang Rabana, Global Head of R&D, TelFree Group of companies, South Africa
Ms. Rabana is an Internet and technology entrepreneur, and the founding CEO of South Africa-based Yeigo Communications, a Technology Top100 company. In 2008, Yeigo partnered with the Swiss-based Telfree Group of Companies, a pioneering next-generation telecoms operator, to provide the full range of telecommunications services.
Ms. Rapelang was selected as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum. An Ambassador and Juror for the United Nations World Youth Summit Awards, she was chosen as an Endeavor “High-Impact” Entrepreneur. The South African Ministry of Communications recognized her as an innovative entrepreneur, and she is on The Oprah Magazine’s 2012 “O Power List” of local and international icons.
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H.E. Mr. Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, Indonesia
Mr. Rajasa is the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet. Previously, he was State Secretary, Minister of Transport and Minister for Research and Technology, in the Mutual Assistance Cabinet.
Mr. Rajasa is a Palembang Malay and a member of the National Mandate Party (PAN), a moderate Islamic party that he has chaired since 2010.
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Dr. Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, CEO, National Coalition for Colombian Production
Ms. Ramírez de Rincón has extensive experience in industry, finance, government and the non-profit sector. Currently president of Ramírez & Orozco International Strategy Consultants, she previously served as Colombia’s Minister of National Defence and Minister of Foreign Trade. Other positions include Ambassador to France, President of the Gas Corporation and the Association of Leasing Companies, Director of the Colombian Institute of Foreign Trade, legal advisor to the president of AVAL Financial Group and bank director of the Colombian Banking Supervisory Authority.
Ms. Ramírez de Rincón is a Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs, studied economic and social sciences, commercial law, financial law and management.
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Mr. Janaka Ratnayake, Chairman and Chief Executive, Sri Lanka Export Development Board
Mr. Ratnayake has headed the Sri Lanka Export Development Board since 2010. He also holds numerous chairmanships and directorates in the private sector, and formerly chaired the Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Group. He launched his own business in 1993 – Computer Island (Pvt.) Ltd, now a leading Sri Lankan IT company. In 2000 he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry of Sri Lanka.
Mr. Ratnayake has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Sri Jayawardanapura and a Master’s degree in Business Studies from the University of Colombo.
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Dr. Mohammad A. Razzaque, Economic Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat
Mr. Razzaque’s main research interests are in the area of applied trade policy analysis. He has written extensively on trade and development issues, most recently on understanding supply chains under South-South cooperation. He is the editor of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s flagship publication Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics, which aims to communicate technical trade policy issues to a wider readership. He holds a PhD from the University of Sussex.
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Ms. Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General, WTO
Ms. Sendanyoye Rugwabiza, who has occupied her WTO post since 2005, previously spent three years as Ambassador of Rwanda to the WTO, the United Nations in Geneva and Switzerland. Before entering public service, she had a long career in the private sector.
Ms. Sendanyoye Rugwabiza was a member of the Economic and Social Council of the President of Rwanda and a founding member of the Rwandan Women’s Caucus, and the Rwandese Federation of the Private Sector.
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Mr. Vincent Safari, Director and Focal Point for NTMs, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda
Mr. Safari, a Rwandan national, was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He holds an MBA in Finance from the Maastricht School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics from the National University of Rwanda. With nine years’ experience in academia and the private and public sectors under his belt, he is specialized in non-tariff barriers and measures, trade facilitation, regional integration and public- private dialogue. He is now the Coordinator of the National Monitoring Committee for the Elimination of Non-tariff Barriers at the Rwandan Ministry of Trade and Industry, working as a technical expert for TradeMark East Africa.
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Mr. Alioune Sarr, Director-General, Senegalese Export Agency (ASEPEX)
Mr. Sarr, a computer engineer, has 20 years’ experience as a consultant in management, design, information systems and implementing integrated solutions for corporate management. He does training on databases and new Internet technologies.
Previously he managed and optimized information systems for industrial and mining firms and the state-owned telecommunications company, and trained Senegalese government engineers on advanced technologies. Mr. Sarr also chaired a commission tasked with digitizing election-monitoring data.
Mr. Sarr holds postgraduate degrees in Corporate Administration and Management and in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from French universities.
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Mr. Emirsyah Satar, President and CEO, Garuda Indonesia
Emirsyah Satar launched his career as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers and then turned to banking, as Assistant Vice-President of Citibank’s Corporate Banking Group. He subsequently worked as Vice-President Director of PT. Bank Danamon Indonesia, President Director of PT. Niaga Factoring and Finance Director of PT. Garuda Indonesia.
With his extensive experience in finance and multinationals, Mr. Satar was instrumental in Garuda’s $1.8 billion financial restructuring in 2001, which rescued the company from the threat of bankruptcy.
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Mr. Salah Sharaf, Director, Sharaf Group, United Arab Emirates
Mr. Salah Sharaf achieved his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Boston University and joined the Sharaf Group in 1998, after his graduation. He has the qualities of an entrepreneur with excellent management skills and sharp business acumen.
Armed with abundant knowledge in both shipping and maintenance fields, with a very good exposure to different types of fleet and their operations, he actively participates in organizational strategy planning and day to day operations. He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the UAE Shipping Association.
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H.E. Mr. Siaosavath Savengsuksa, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao P.D.R
Mr. Savengsuksa, who has been the Lao Vice-Minister of Industry and Commerce since 2006, was formerly the Vice-Minister of Commerce and the Vice-Minister of Commerce and Tourism.
Earlier, he served as Vice-President of the Central Control Committee and Deputy Director of the Lao State Trading Company. He also worked in the Research Department of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Mr. Savengsuksa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Managerial Economics and a Master’s degree in Economics, both from France.
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Prof. Djisman Simandjuntak, Economist and member of National Economic Committee, Indonesia
Mr. Simandjuntak is Professor of Business Economics at Prasetiya Mulya Business School. He is also Chairman of the Executive Board of Prasetiya Mulya Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Foundation and a member of the Advisory Board of the Indonesian Institute for Corporate Directorship, all in based in Jakarta.
He participates in advisory teams and delegations on Indonesian trade and economic partnerships with Japan, Turkey, the European Union and Korea. He is a member of the Indonesian Economists Association and the American Economic Association, and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cologne.
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Mr. Rob Skidmore, Chief, Sector Competitiveness, Division of Market Development, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Mr. Skidmore manages the team responsible for promoting sector-wide transformation in a range of goods and services sectors. Before joining ITC, he worked at a number of consulting firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Development Alternatives Inc. and Abt Associates. Mr. Skidmore’s has spent more than 15 years in economic and trade development, and has led a number of initiatives covering value chain development, WTO accession, financial market development and other areas. He holds a Master’s degree in International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Latin American History from the University of Wisconsin.
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Mr. André Soumah, Executive Chairman, ACE Global, Switzerland
Mr. Soumah established ACE Global in 1996, and today the firm operates in 36 countries and manages more than US$ 9 billion in assets for 172 financial institutions worldwide.
Much of Mr. Soumah’s work has focused on structuring, implementing and securing a broad variety of transactions for corporations and financial institutions. He had previously created CRM Commodity Risk Management SARL Services, which structured commodity price risk management strategies for African banks. Mr. Soumah also served as Special Adviser for Africa at La Compagnie de Trésorerie Benjamin de Rothschild; Managing Director of Safimar SA, a trading company; and Credit Officer at Chase Manhattan, New York.
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Mr. Suharsono, Managing Director, Indonesia Exim Bank (LPEI), Indonesia
An Indonesian citizen, Mr. Suharsono completed his Magister Management education at the University of Indonesia. He worked at PT. Askrindo (Persero) from 1996 to 2009, as Head of the Liability Division; Head of the Credit Insurance Division; Director of the Marketing and Liability Field; and Director of the Claim and Human Resources Field. |
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Mr. Suryo Suwignjo, President Director, IBM Indonesia
Mr. Suwignjo has worked in the IT industry for over two decades and been the President Director of IBM Indonesia since 2008.
He began his career with PT IBM Indonesia in 1990 as a marketing trainee. In his 18 years with IBM, he has worked on numerous assignments in sales, marketing and channels.
After occupying various management positions at IBM Indonesia – including Manufacturing and Process Industry Manager, Personal System Group Country Manager, Systems and Technology Group, and Business Partner Country Manager – he was assigned to IBM ASEAN in Singapore as Business Unit Executive for System I.
Mr. Suwignjo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.
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Mr. Dalton Tanonaka, Anchor, Metro TV, Indonesia
Dalton Tanonaka joined Metro TV in 2006 and is the co-anchor of the weekly English-languagenews programme “Indonesia Now”, the network’s first internationally distributed programme.
A member of the Asian-American Journalists Association, Mr. Tanonaka also writes a monthly column for The Jakarta Globe.
Mr. Tanonaka has had an extensive news career in Asia. He was the anchor of CNN International’s Hong Kong- based programmes “BizAsia” and “TalkAsia”. Prior to that, he anchored programmes for CNBC Asia and NBC Asia in Hong Kong, and for NHK in Tokyo.
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Mr. Ferdinand D. Tolentino, Deputy Executive Director, Public-Private Partnership Center, Philippines
Prior to assuming his present position in 2011, Mr. Tolentino worked in private law practice,as Director of Tax Services at Isla Lipana & Co. (Pricewaterhouse Coopers), and as Commissioner in the Tariff Commission.
He holds a Master of Commercial Laws from the London School of Economics, as well as a Juris Doctor, and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ateneo de Manila University.
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Dr. Ninasapti Triaswati, Economist and member of National Economic Committee, Indonesia
Ms. Triaswati, has worked in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia since 1988. She has also worked as an economist and finance specialist for AusAID, CIDA, USAID, the British Council, UNICEF and the European Commission. Her specialties are economic theory, public economics, international trade and human resources.
Ms. Triaswati holds a PhD in Public Finance and an Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia at Jakarta.
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Ms. Lakshmi Venkatachalam, Vice-President, Private Sector and Co-financing Operations, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Since assuming her post as Vice-President of the ADB in 2010, Ms. Venkatachalam has led efforts to help development-oriented private-sector projects, strengthen co-financing partnerships and mobilize investment capital in the region.
She has over 30 years of experience in senior management positions, including as Director-General of Shipping and Ex-Officio Additional Secretary for India’s Ministry of Shipping. She also served the Government of Karnataka in the departments of Commerce and Industry, Urban Development, and Planning, Program Implementation, Economics and Statistics.
An Indian national, Ms. Venkatachalam holds an Master’s degree in Economics and an MBA from Boston University, as well as a Master’s degree in English from Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
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H.E. Dr. Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Indonesia, Timor Leste and ASEAN
Mr Walker-Nederkoorn became the Swiss Ambassador to Indonesia, Timor-Leste and ASEAN in 2010. His diplomatic career began at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Division of Economic and Financial Affairs, and continued at several Swiss embassies.
He later served as Deputy Head of the Political Affairs Division, chaired the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on the fight against corruption and headed the Swiss delegation to the first Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption.
Mr. Walker-Nederkoorn holds a PhD in Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Fribourg
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Ms. Monique Ward, Asia Pacific Director of Procurement, Accenture, Australia
Ms. Ward’s 10 years of international procurement experience, and particularly her expertise in the Contingent Labour category, is of great strategic importance to her role at Accenture. She manages a team of 100 procurement professionals across the 14 countries in Asia and the Pacific. She also handles the Category Management strategy for Accenture’s Procurement BPO offering to its clients. A passionate advocate for supplier diversity programmes, she has led Accenture APAC’s efforts to achieve gender diversity in supply.
Ms. Ward was recently appointed to chair the Advisory Board for WEConnect Australasia and was invited to join the Steering Committee for Commonwealth Business Women.
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Ms. Putri Kuswisnu Wardani, President Director, Mustika Ratu, Indonesia
Ms. Wardani, who has been with PT. Mustika Ratu since 1986, was made Junior Manager of Finance in 1991 and became President Director in 2011. The company handles manufacturing, trading and distribution in the herbal and natural-based cosmetics industry in Indonesia. It exports to more than 18 countries as far afield as Germany, Russia and Canada.
Ms. Wardani obtained an MBA from Pacific National University in Inglewood, California. She was awarded “Best CEO” in the consumer industry category in 2008.
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Mr. Megain Widjaja, CEO, Indonesian Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (ICDX)
Ms. Widjaja has been the CEO of ICDX since 2009, after playing a key role in its start-up. He is in charge of defining the organization’s vision and developing multiple growth strategies to expand the company’s core products and offerings. He also works closely with regulators to enhance the development of Indonesia’s derivatives industry.
Mr. Widjaja’s specialties include exchange-traded derivatives, over-the-counter clearing, and mergers and acquisitions.
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H.E. Mr. Gita Irawan Wirjawan, Minister of Trade, Indonesia
Before being appointed as Minister in 2011, Mr. Wirjawan chaired Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board. A Harvard-educated investment banker, he has held executive posts at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Ancora Capital, a Jakarta-based private equity fund, Pertamina, the state-owned oil giant, and Axiata Group Berhard.
Mr. Wirjawan has advised the private sector in many Asian countries on corporate restructuring, M&As and strategic sales, concluding several high-profile transactions.
A philanthropist, he has endowed university scholarships for Indonesian students abroad and is creating 1,000 pre-schools nationwide. He is a member of the Dean’s leadership councils for the Harvard Kennedy School and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
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Dr. James Zhan, Director, Investment and Enterprise Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
In addition to his role as Director, Mr. Zhan is team leader of UNCTAD’s annual World Investment Report and Editor of the United Nations journal Transnational Corporations, and has 25 years of international and national experience in investment, trade, technology and enterprise development
Mr. Zahn has an Oxford PhD in International Economics, is a guest professor at Nankai University, China and serves on the Advisory Board of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment.
Mr. Zhan’s staff conducts policy research, builds international consensus and provides technical assistance to over 150 Governments. The Division manages publications, the World Investment Forum, international investment agreements, international accounting and reporting standards, and policy advice on entrepreneurship, corporate governance and intellectual property.
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