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PARTICIPANTS 1 United States Pacific, World Bank Pacific, James Adams Former Vice President, East Asia and East Asia President, Former Vice Jim studied at Colgate University, and holds an MPA from Princeton University. from and holds an MPA Jim studied at Colgate University, Before joining the Bank, Jim worked as a loan officer for Merchants Bank, in Syracuse, NY, and with the General Agreement Agreement with the General and Syracuse, NY, Bank, in for Merchants officer loan as a worked Jim the Bank, joining Before in Geneva, Switzerland. and Trade, on Tariffs Since joining the Bank in 1974, he has held a variety of operational positions in East Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan a variety of operational positions in East Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Since joining the Bank in 1974, he has held of Chief Division a as and Policy, Operations for Director as Uganda, and Tanzania for Director Country as including Africa, several departments. Previously, Jim was Vice President and Head of Network, Operations Policy and Country Services, at the World Bank. In this Policy and Country Services, at the World and Head of Network, Operations Jim was Vice President Previously, relations and financial management activities, procurement for operational policy development, he was responsible capacity, working in all these areas. with United Nations and nongovernmental staff organizations, and support to Regional Jim Adams was Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region, at the World Bank. In this capacity, he had overall re- he had overall World Bank. In this capacity, at the of the East Asia and Pacific Region, Jim Adams was Vice President than a dozen states ranging covering more dynamic regions, most in one of the world’s Bank operations sponsibility for World states. Pacific Islands the smallest and most remote most populous country—China—to world’s the from 2 PARTICIPANTS University, FletcherSchool. 07), andStrategyOperationsDirector forAfrica(2000-02).HeholdsaPhDinDevelopmentEconomicsfrom Tufts Bank, includingStrategyandOperationsDirector forEurope &CentralAsia(2007-12),Maghreb DepartmentDirector (2002- sub-Saharan Africa.Overthelast25years,heheldnumerous economistandseniormanagementpositionsattheWorld Theodore AhlersisaneconomistwithextensiveexperienceinEurope &CentralAsia,theMiddleEastNorthAfrica,and Senior Associate,CentennialGroup Theodore Ahlers UnitedStates PARTICIPANTS 3 United States Taimur Ahmad Taimur Chief Executive Officer, LatinFinance Officer, Chief Executive Taimur Ahmad is the the CEO of Latin Finance, the leading source of intelligence on the financial markets and economies intelligence on the financial markets and of source is the the CEO of Latin Finance, the leading Ahmad Taimur overall operations, including for the group’s the Caribbean. As CEO, he is responsible of Latin America and he served in a number Previously, flagship magazine, daily news service and global events business. LatinFinance’s newspaper at the at LatinFinance, Editor at Emerging Markets, the daily inlcuding Editor-in-Chief of other media roles, well as G20 summits, as well as positions at EuroWeek, development bank meetings as Bank and regional World IMF, Finance. Global Agenda, SDI Magazine, and Project 4 PARTICIPANTS Awidelytravelledman,Dr. Ahmedismarriedand hasoneson. Economics from PrincetonUniversity, whileonleavefrom hiscivilserviceappointment. University. Hesubsequentlyreceived College, USA,andaPhDin anotherMAinDevelopmentEconomicsfrom Williams Dr. Ahmedobtainedthefirstpositioninhisclass(firstfirst) in bothBA(Hons.)andMAEconomics fromDhaka Ahmed beganhisprofessional career asaLecturer inEconomicsatDhakaUniversity. ofBangladesh, lastlyasJointSecretaryin theGovernment of theEconomicRelationsDivisioninMinistryofFinance.Dr. Prior to joining the World Bank, he served for over fifteen years in the erstwhile Civil Service of Pakistan and after independence in KenyaasChiefoftheWorld Bank’s RuralDevelopmentandenvironment Africa. OperationsforEastern Asia, EastAsiaandAfrica,retiring asaCountryDirector. Histenure includedfiveyearsinthe World Bank’s resident mission as wellonothersectoralandpolicyissuesrelated todevelopment.Heworkedacross anumberofcountriesinSouth Previously, Dr. Ahmedservedforovertwentyyears at theWorld Bank,where hisworkfocusedonmacroeconomic issues significantly contributedtomacroeconomic andfinancialsector growth andstability. (d) making the Bangladesh Bank an effective regulator and enforcer. The reforms implemented during Dr. Ahmed’s tenure investment, (c)introducingmeasures majorcorporategovernance forthefirsttimeinBangladeshicorporatesector, and flexibility and bringing down the interest rate substantially, contributedtoa significantincrease which in turn in industrial Dr. Ahmed’s majorachievementsincluded:(a)floatingtheexchangeratewithminimalvolatility, (b)introducing interest rate new financialmarkets(bondmarket)andinstruments(securitization),intheoperationofsystem. Dr. Ahmedintroduced wide-rangingreforms intheconductofmonetary andexchangeratepolicy, inthedevelopmentof From November2001to April 2005,Dr. oftheBangladeshBank.WhilehewasGovernor, AhmedservedasGovernor building assistancetoovertwohundred micro-finance institutions. 2005 toJanuary2007.PKSFisthelargestapexfundformicro credit intheworld,currently providing financialandinstitution- Prior to this appointment, Dr. Ahmed worked as Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) from June will servetoensure thatfuture electionsare similarlysuccessful. million votersinBangladesh,agloballyunprecedented featwhichensured theintegrityofDecember2008voteandwhich administration, theECwithhelpofBangladeshArmycreated anelectronic voters’listwithphotographsforover80 thefullsupportofDr. Commissiontostrengthen .With Commission, aLocalGovernment goodgovernance Ahmed’s and(e)establishingnewinstitutionssuchasaNationalHumanRightsCommission, anInformation local governments; society; (c)givingfullindependencetotheElectionCommission(EC)runelectionaffairs inBangladesh;(d)strengthening (b) creating an independent Anti-Corruption Commission to serve as an institutional bulwark against corruption throughout numerous policies and reforms aimed at strengthening democracy, including (a) separating the judiciary from the executive; freest andfairest inthehistoryofBangladesh.Under Dr. Ahmed’s ofBangladeshenacted leadership,theGovernment parliamentary elections(on29thDecember2008),whichwere asthe widelyhailedbothdomesticallyandinternationally Republic ofBangladeshfrom January12,2007to6,2009.Hisadministrationpresided overtheholdingof Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed took the oath of office as Chief Adviser (Prime Minister) of the Caretaker of the People’s Government Fakhruddin Ahmed Former PrimeMinister Bangladesh PARTICIPANTS 5 Malaysia Services Board Services Board Jaseem Ahmed Jaseem Secretary-General, Islamic Financial Islamic Secretary-General, He is the co-editor of a book on Islamic Finance, and the editor of a book on Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia. He is the co-editor of a book on Islamic Finance, and the editor of a book on Regional Yale from both (Econ.), M.Phil and (Econ.) M.A. a also and Sussex of University the from economics in BA a has Ahmed Mr. University. Mr. Ahmed is a member of the Governing for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), the Council of the International Centre Mr. global university for Islamic finance. He is a member of the Consultative Group of the Basel Committee for Bank Supervision (BCBS), and also sits on the of the Basel Committee for Bank Supervision He is a member of the Consultative Group (IAASB) and the International Board of the Internationaland Assurance Standards Auditing Consultative Advisory Group established Advisory Ahmed is a member of the recently for Accountants (IESBA). In addition, Mr. Board Ethics Standards of the InternationalHe is a member of the UK governments Monetary Fund which is focusing on Islamic finance. Group an advisory body. Global Islamic Finance Investment Group, He was a member of the IFSB High Level Task Force on Liquidity Management, which proposed the establishment of the on Liquidity Management, which proposed Force Task He was a member of the IFSB High Level International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation. Prior to his appointment to the IFSB, Mr. Ahmed served as the Director, Financial Sector, Public Management and Trade, Public Management and Trade, Financial Sector, Ahmed served as the Director, Prior to his appointment to the IFSB, Mr. managing the for was responsible he capacity, In this Bank (ADB). Development the Asian of Asia Department Southeast of sound banking Asia for the promotion lending, technical assistance, and capacity building operations in Southeast ADB’s Ahmed led the regulatory capacities. Mr. of supervision and for the strengthening and non-banking financial sectors, and financial and macroeconomic of number a of design the through Asia Southeast in crisis financial global the to response ADB countries. to affected programs sector stabilization reform He has 25 years experience in financial sector reform issues and in the field of governance. sector He has 25 years experience in financial He leads the IFSB’s coordination and collaboration programs with other global standard setters including the Basel Committee with other global standard programs and collaboration coordination He leads the IFSB’s for Banking Supervision, the International (IOSCO) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Jaseem Ahmed assumed the position of the Secretary-General of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) on 1st May (IFSB) on 1st Islamic Financial Services Board of the the position of the Secretary-General Jaseem Ahmed assumed for the standards and adoption of the IFSB’s for the formulation, issuance, dissemination is responsible 2011. As the SG he markets. and supervision of Islamic finance covering banking, insurance and capital prudential regulation 6 PARTICIPANTS Development andInfrastructure. approach aswelltheHIPC DebtInitiative.Healsoservedconcurrently President forayearasActingVice forPrivateSector Mr. Ahmedwas theseniorWorld Bankmanagerresponsible forthe developmentofthePovertyReductionStrategyPaper effectiveness, tradeandglobal economicprospects. President AsVice forPovertyReductionandEconomicManagement, programs and projects in different regions economicpolicyrelating and, for a further 10 years, on international to debt, aid Between 1979and2000,Mr. AhmedheldanumberofpositionsintheWorld Bank.Heworkedforabout10yearsoncountry its relationship withtheWorld Bankandotherdevelopmentagencies. served astheseniorstaff focalpoint fortakingforward theIMF’s policyworkinsupportoflowincomemembercountriesand Between 2000-03,Mr. AhmedwasDeputyDirector intheIMF’s PolicyDevelopmentandReviewDepartment.Inthisrole, he Government’s Development(DFID). DepartmentforInternational 1, 2006.Between2003-06,Mr. AhmedservedasDirectorDevelopmentattheUK GeneralforPolicyandInternational Before takingupthisposition,Mr. AhmedwastheDirectorRelationsDepartmentinIMFsinceMay oftheExternal economics faculty. andbrought Hewasborn upinPakistan. his graduateandpost-graduatedegrees inEconomicsfrom theLondonSchoolofEconomics,where healsoservedonthe Masood Ahmed has been Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department since November 1, 2008. He obtained Director, MiddleEast andCentralAsia Department, International Monetary Department, International International Organization Masood Ahmed Fund (IMF) PARTICIPANTS 7 Kazakhstan Aktoty Aitzhanova Chairperson, National Analytical Center National Analytical Center Chairperson, Aktoty Aitzhanova was bornAktoty Aitzhanova was Exeter University in the United the Eurasian National University and in 1985. A graduate of has also and innovation. She MSc in InternationalKingdom, she holds with specialization in entrepreneurship Management are expertise of areas Her main Italy. in Cuore Sacro del Cattolica Università the at Science Political in studies completed and corporate governance. long-term strategic planning, economic research policies review, innovation, entrepreneurship Aitzhanova has served in both the private and governmentShe is fluent in English and Italian. Ms. sectors. Among them She has served as an institute, and Statistics Agency. International Relations and Geopolitical Researches LLC Synergy, are the Republic of Kazakhstan. She has been the Deputy Chairperson at the National advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of of the Government of Kazakhstan since June 2012. of the Republic Analytical Centre 8 PARTICIPANTS In addition,Mr. Aleksishvili waselectedasaChairmanofUNCommissionforSustainabledevelopmentin2005-2006. - 9.4%and200712.3%).FDIhasbeenincreased from 250mUSDin2004to2,1002007. comprehensive policyreforms, Georgia’s GDPgrowth ratein2005-2007overreached 10% onaverage(2005-9.6%,2006 As aMinisterofFinance(2005-2007),conductedPublicManagement,Tax andCustomsreforms. Asaresult of improved from 132ndplaceto18thintherankingof“EaseDoingBusiness”byWorld Bank. Bank “DoingBusiness”surveyastheworld’s #1reformer countryin2005-10.Duringthisperiod(2004-2007),Georgia Customs PolicyandAdministration,EconomicDeregulation andLiberalizationdomains.GeorgiawasrankedbytheWorld While workingasaMinisterofFinanceGeorgia,successfullyconductedseriesreforms inPublicFinance,Tax and and improving investmentclimate. adviser responsible forbudgetandfinancialpolicy, tax andcustomspolicy reform, simplificationofdoingbusinessenvironment official experience inpublicfinanceandeconomicdevelopmentpolicysectorasahighlevelgovernment the Mr. Aleksishvili,ChairmanoftheBoard atPolicyandManagementConsultingGroup (PMCG),has15yearsofworking Chairman, PolicyandManagement Consulting Group (PMCG);Former Alex Aleksishvili Minister ofFinance Georgia PARTICIPANTS 9 Mongolia Alisher Ali Chairman, Silk Road Finance Chairman, Silk Alisher has 20 years of investment management, investment banking and advisory experience in emerging and frontier emerging and frontier banking and advisory experience in of investment management, investment Alisher has 20 years Founder of Silk Road Myanmar and Mozambique. He is Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, markets including Russia, Silk Road Finance, Alisher founded Eurasia markets. Through frontier focused on high growth Finance, an investment group investment banking & corporate finance advisory firms dedicated to Mongolia, Capital, Mandalay Capital, Africa Asia Capital, investment Partner of Silk Road Management, the Group’s Alisher is Managing Myanmar and Mozambique respectively. of Auerbach Grayson & Co., a brokerage He was Vice President markets globally. management subsidiary investing in frontier markets in Europe, and frontier advising US institutional investors on portfolio investments in emerging house in New York as Head of Corporate Finance in Central Asia and the Caucasus at ErnstMiddle East and Africa (EMEA). He was & Young in Zurich and London. Alisher Suisse First Boston Capital in Moscow and Credit well as investment banker at Renaissance University. Oxford and an MBA from Columbia University from his Master of International Affairs received 10 PARTICIPANTS Council (PovertyandEconomicDevelopment),theWorld EconomicForum. 2007, thenasExecutiveDirector oftheJBICInstitute(JBICI)from 2007to2008.HehasbeenamemberofGlobalAgenda Asian DevelopmentBank,firstasExecutiveDirector responsible fordevelopmentpartnercollaborationatJBICfrom 2005to tional strategyfortheorganization’s ODAportfolio.Later, heinitiatedvariousjointresearch projects withtheWorld Bankand As Director GeneralofJBIC’s Development Assistance Strategy Department from 2003to2005,hesupervisedoverallopera- activities. tions, heworkedinavarietyofdepartmentschargedwithhandlingODAloanoperations,planningandstrategy, andresearch Cooperation (JBIC)andtheOverseasEconomicFund(OECF).DuringMr. Arakawa’s timeattheseorganiza- CooperationAgency)inOctober2008followingdistinguishedcareers (Japan International attheJapanBankforInternational Mr. Hiroto ArakawaisadvsorinSumitomoCorporation.Priotothis,hewasappointedasSeniorSpecialAdvisorofJICA Advisor, SumitomoCorporation Hiroto Arakawa Japan PARTICIPANTS 11 United Kingdom Cyrus Ardalan Chairman, OakNorth Bank Chairman, OakNorth Mr. Ardalan is a graduate of University College London and Balliol College University of Oxford. He is a member of the He is a and Balliol College University of Oxford. is a graduate of University College London Ardalan Mr. He has published a number of articles including co-authoring a book on the Campaign Committees of both institutions. Yugoslavia principals of workers self-management in He has previously served as a member of the board of the Dubai International Financial Centre (Dubai’s onshore banking onshore International (Dubai’s of the Dubai Financial Centre served as a member of the board He has previously Committee. Exchange Foreign York facility) and on the Federal Reserve of New Mr. Ardalan is currently Chairman of the Board of the International of the Capital Markets Association (ICMA) and Chairman Chairman of the Board is currently Ardalan Mr. of Financial Market He is also an Honorary Adviser to the National Association British Banking Association Strategy Group. of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation and a Member of the Board Institutional Investors (NAFMII) in China, (IFFI). Mr. Ardalan joined Barclays in 2000 from BNP Paribas, where he held a number of senior positions between 1990 and 2000 BNP Paribas, where in 2000 from joined Barclays Ardalan Mr. Fixed Income Marketing, and President These included the Global Head of Bonds, Global Head of in London and New York. at Chemical Bank. He joined was a Managing Director Ardalan dealer in the US. Prior to this, Mr. and CEO of Paribas broker including Division Chief of Treasury he spent 12 years in a variety of roles, Bank, where the World Chemical Bank from Operations. Cyrus Ardalan was a Vice Chairman of Barclays and Head of EU and UK Public Policy and Government and Head of EU and UK Public was a Vice Previously Relations. Chairman of Barclays Cyrus Ardalan including Head of Public Sector of roles, he has had a variety Investment Bank, where he was a Vice of Barclays’ Chairman of Investment Banking for and Head East, Africa and Emerging Europe; EEMEA; Head of Investment Banking, Middle Continental Europe. 12 PARTICIPANTS Universidad CatólicaAndrés Bello(Venezuela) withanundergraduatedegree inEconomics. She holdsaMasterofPublicPolicydegree (2008)from theInstituteforAdministrativeStudies(IESA)andgraduatedfrom assistant atCAF. Andina deFomento(CAF).Hercurrently roleeconomy. istoanalyze theinternational Previously, sheservedasaresearch Jennifer Arencibia Presidency wasaneconomistoftheVice forDevelopmentStrategiesandPublicPolicyattheCorporación Senior Executive,President’s Office, CAF- Development BankofLatinAmerica Jennifer Arencibia International Organization PARTICIPANTS 13 International Organization International Ainara Bacaicoa Executive, President’s Office, CAF- Office, Executive, President’s Development Bank for Latin America Development Ainara Bacaicoa is an executive at CAF-development bank of Latin America who assists CAF’s Executive President. She is Executive President. Latin America who assists CAF’s executive at CAF-development bank of Ainara Bacaicoa is an at the (2014) in Public Policy degree her Master’s (2010) and obtained Central University of Venezuela an economist at the in issues on macroeconomic She has held positions as a researcher in Venezuela. Institute of Higher Administration Studies sector on issues of strategic planning and budget. Latin America, also has served in the public 14 PARTICIPANTS and magazinesinIndonesia. and activelywritesforvariousleadingnewspapers academicjournals He istheauthorofanumberpapersininternational has actedasaconsultantfortheWorld Bank,theAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB),USAID,AUSAID,OECDandUNCTAD. Director forAxiataGroup Bhd.Dr. Basriwasalsoamemberofthe RegionalAdvisoryBoard forToyota MotorAsiaPacific.He Semen Gresik, Tbk,PTAstra OtopartsandPTIndikaEnergy. From 2010-1012 DrBasriwasanIndependentNon-Executive PT He wasalsotheIndependentCommissionerinmajorpubliccompaniesIndonesiaincludingPTAstraInternational, Trade,His expertiseisInternational Macroeconomics andPoliticalEconomy. Sutherland Monetary Fund(IMF).HewasamemberoftheHighLevelTrade ExpertsGroup co-chaired byJagdishBhagwatiandPeter based economicconsultingfirmin2010.HewasamemberoftheAsiaPacificRegionalAdvisory Group oftheInternational Basri teachesattheDepartmentofEconomics,UniversityIndonesia.Heco-foundedCRecoResearch Institute,aJakarta now theChairmanofIndonesiaInfrastructure FinanceandanIndependentNon-ExecutiveDirector forAxiataGroup Bhd.Dr ChairmanoftheNationalEconomicCommitteePresidentas aVice oftheRepublicIndonesia2010-2012.Heis the ChairmanofInvestmentCoordinating Board of the RepublicofIndonesia(14June2012-1October2013.Heserved Dr. MuhamadChatibBasri,isIndonesia’s formerMinisterofFinance(20May2013-20October2014).Previously hewas Muhamad ChatibBasri Former MinisterofFinance Indonesia PARTICIPANTS 15 Economics United States Fred Bergsten Fred Peterson Institute for InternationalPeterson Institute Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Emeritus, and Director Senior Fellow

C. Fred Bergsten is Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus at the Peterson Institute for International Emeritus at the Peterson Institute of which he Economics, and Director Bergsten is Senior Fellow C. Fred economist in the He was the most widely quoted think-tank 2012. through in 1981 its creation from was Founding Director Bergsten was Dr. of the ten people who can change your life” by USA Today. world for eight years and was called “one for Monetary Affairs (1977-81), functioned as Under Secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs Assistant Secretary the National Security Council (1969- Henry Kissinger at to Dr. (1980-81) and was assistant for international economic affairs Policy and Negotiations. He was Advisory Committee on Trade of the President’s 71). He is in his second term as a member APEC the of chairman and 1995 to 1991 from Congress US the by created Council Policy Competitiveness the of chairman or editor of 44 books on a wide range of international coauthor, 1993 to 1995. He is the author, from Eminent Persons Group After Thirty the Plaza Accord International Monetary Cooperation: Lessons from economic issues, including most recently States (2014) and The Trade and Investment Between China and the United Free Toward (2016), Bridging the Pacific: Years International Institute include Position of the United States (2009). His latest short publications by the Economic Long-Term Manipulation Currency Addressing (2015), Growth Rise: A Strategy for Trade-Led TPP and Exchange Rates (2016), India’s Bergsten has received Crisis (2012). Dr. (2014), and The Coming Resolution of the European Agreements Trade Through Department Treasury US the of Award Service Exceptional (1965), State of Department the of Award Honor Meritorious the Governmentthe of Academy Chinese the in fellowship honorary an (1985), France of from d’Honneur Legion the (1981), the Polar of Order the (2010), the Fletcher School from Award Leadership Alumni Distinguished (1997), the Social Sciences Council (2013), the Trade of the National Foreign Award the Government Trade the World Star from of Sweden (2013), Year for 2014 and of Germany (2014), Swedish American of the of Merit of the Federal Republic of the Order Cross Officer’s (2016). Korea of Diplomatic Service Merit “Gwanghwa Medal” of the Republic of the 1st Class of the Order 16 PARTICIPANTS United StatesNavalAcademy. ErikisaformerU.S.NavalOfficer andspeaksEnglish,Spanish,Portuguese,Mandarin. MBA degree from TheWhartonSchool,UniversityofPennsylvania,andaB.S.inEconomicsPoliticalSciencefrom the Morgan PartnersandFinancialAnalystintheLatinAmericanInvestmentBankinggroup atMorganStanley. an Erikearned infrastructure andlogisticscontractorintheUnitedStates.Earlierhiscareer, ErikworkedasPrivateEquityAssociateatJ.P. office. Erik also worked as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Granite Construction, Inc., the second largest highway earliest privateequity/venture capitalfirms,andPartneratCompassPointCapitalPartners,theprivateequityarmofafamily and capitalflowsbetweenLatinAmericaChina.Previously, hewasManagingDirector ofChinavestLtd,oneChina’s this, hewasManagingPartnerandCo-founderofSinoLatinCapital,aPEfirmbasedinShanghaifocusedontransactions US. Prior to joining Interval, Erik was Managing Director at Darby Private Equity, the PEarm of Franklin Templeton. Prior to has 22yearsofprivateequityandM&Atransactionexperienceinabroad rangeofindustriesinLatinAmerica,Chinaandthe Erik Bethel joined Interval Ventures in 2016 as Managing Director, Latin American Private Equity, based in Miami. Erik Bethel Managing Director, IntervalVentures Erik BethelGonzalez United States PARTICIPANTS 17 Switzerland Surveillance Pascal Pascal Besençon Regional Manager, North & South North Regional Manager, Services, SGS - Société Générale de Services, SGS Americas, Government & Institutions SGS values show a commitment to corporate sustainability and we seek to be epitomized by our passion, integrity, be epitomized by our passion, integrity, SGS values show a commitment to corporate sustainability and we seek to do we that all in us guide values These vision. our fulfill to strive continually we as spirit, innovative our and entrepreneurialism upon which our organization is built. the bedrock and are SGS is constantly looking beyond customers’ and society’s expectations in order to deliver market leading services wherever to deliver market leading services wherever expectations in order SGS is constantly looking beyond customers’ and society’s and safety and productivity quality, specialized business solutions that improve needed. As the leader in providing they are world. Our independent services add significant value to regulated risk, SGS help customers navigate an increasingly reduce business sustainability. our customers’ operations and ensure The SGS Group The SGS Group recognized as the global are We leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is the world’s and than 1,800 offices Withnetwork of more than 85,000 employees, we operate a more benchmark for quality and integrity. the world. laboratories around Pascal was the Managing Director of SGS Cote d’Ivoire where he managed a project of Electronic Single Window of Electronic with the he managed a project where of SGS Cote d’Ivoire Pascal was the Managing Director such as the automotive statutory and other programs and the Port Community, Port of Abidjan, the Customs Administration and minerals petroleum and testing services on agricultural products, inspection services or the traditional inspection commodities as well as services’ of system certification such as ISO 9001. Prior to this position and during 14 years, Pascal held several positions in emerging economies, namely Cameroon, Cote Cameroon, namely economies, emerging in positions several held Pascal years, 14 during and position this to Prior of the execution and development of SGS activities. in charge and Madagascar as a Managing Director Mauritius d’Ivoire, development of a suite of solutions to sustain the modernisation was the management and of project, One of his most recent “Malagasy or S.A.” “GasyNet called structure a under managed is Program The Madagascar. of Administration Customs the Ministry of Finance. It aims at jointly with the Public-Private Partnership created Community Network Services S.A.”, a technology, of intensifying the use of information the efforts to pursue resources mobilizing the technological and financial the dissemination promote achieved to dematerialize administrative processes, trade. This project especially in cross-border for both the Government and the Private Sector. controls border efficient in a more and use of EDI and resulted Pascal is presently responsible for the development of services to Government for the development of services (GIS) for North and South responsible and Institutions Pascal is presently enhance requirements, to the Public Sector a range of services to assess compliance with regulatory America. SGS proposes good governance with sustainable development. and promote along efficiency government facilitate trade, support revenue, monitoring, as scanning operations, price verification, and business processing, e.g. electronic SGS achieve this through of legislation, enforcement trade information. SGS’ commitment is to sustain the fair and proper well as validation of declared market visibility and accountability for our client governments, institutions and partner organizations across economic growth, the public and private sectors. Pascal Bezencon, a swiss national, held several positions within the SGS Group for the past 20 years. the SGS Group swiss national, held several positions within Pascal Bezencon, a 18 PARTICIPANTS movies, andplaybridge. Anjana, workswiththeWorld HealthOrganization.Hehastwodaughters,DevikaandAmbika.lovestowatchsports An electricalengineerbytraining,hehasmaster’s degree inhealthsciencesandPhDpubliceconomics.Hiswife, worked inSoutheastAsiaandPacific regions. Before joiningADB,hewasamemberoftheIndianAdministrativeService. Indu Bhushan is currently Director General of the Strategy and Policy Department at ADB. Prior to this appointment, he has Department, AsianDevelopmentBank Director General,StrategyandPolicy International Organization Indu Bhushan (ADB) PARTICIPANTS 19 United States Jack Boorman Jack and Former Director of Policy and Former Director Distinguished Fellow, Emerging Emerging Fellow, Distinguished International Fund (IMF) Monetary Markets Forum; Former Counselor Markets Forum; Development and Review Department, and Review Department, Development Jack T. Boorman was the Director of the Policy Development and Review Department of the International of the Policy Development Monetary Fund for was the Director Boorman Jack T. and Special Advisor to the Managing with the Fund, he was Counsellor years of his career than a decade. In the latter more his Boorman taught at the University of Southern California, which he received from Mr. in the IMF, his career Before Director. number of books and many papers on Boorman is the author of a Mr. of Maryland. at the University Economics, and Ph.D. in adjustment, and developing country debt; emerging market country issues; diverse topics including development, structural member as serves currently Boorman internationalgovernance;insolvency; Mr. operations. country and policies IMF and to write on global governance, of LeMoyne College, and continues emerging markets, and other of Trustees of the Board topics. 20 PARTICIPANTS SA –Unibanco. Before joining BNDES, in 2001, he worked as a Legal Consultant for Banco do Itaú SA and União de Bancos Brasileiros Leonardo Botelhoisalawyer, post-graduatedinEconomicDevelopmentfrom theFederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro. Brazilian goodsandservicesdestinedtoinfrastructure projects inSouthAmerica. Head oftheBNDESoffice fortheLatinAmerica,inMontevideo,Uruguay. Also,heledateamdedicatedtothefinancingof led a team of analysts that study direct investments of Brazilian companies abroad. Prior to this position, Mr. Botelho was the Financial Division.Inhisprevious position,hewasresponsible offices forthemanagementofinternational oftheBankand Mr. Leonardo BotelhoFerreira iscurrently RelationsDepartment,atBNDES theHeadofInstitutionalFundingandInternational Head oftheInstitutionalFundingand International RelationsDepartment, International Financial Division,TheBrazilian Development Bank(BNDES) Leonardo Botelho Brazil PARTICIPANTS 21 United States Monetary Fund (IMF) Monetary Fund Former Historian, InternationalFormer Historian, James M. Boughton James M. James is the author of two volumes of IMF history: Silent Revolution, covering 1979-89; and Tearing Down Walls, covering Walls, Down Tearing and 1979-89; covering Revolution, Silent history: IMF of volumes two of author the is James a textbook on money and banking, a book on the U.S. Federal funds market, three 1990-99. His other publications include journalsand articles in professional on internationalbooks on IMF topics that he co-edited, finance, monetary theory and and the history of economic thought. international policy coordination, policy, James M. Boughton is a former historian of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a role he held from 1992 to 2012. From 2012. From 1992 to he held from is a former historian of the InternationalJames M. Boughton Monetary Fund (IMF), a role 1981 until From Department at the IMF. and Review Policy, in the Strategy, served as assistant director 2001 to 2010, he also James was joining the IMF, Department. Before Research positions in the IMF’s he was appointed historian, he held various the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. an economist in the Monetary Division at 22 PARTICIPANTS Mayu hasbeenmarriedforover37yearsandthree children andtwogranddaughters. presented toherbythePresident oftheRepublic. years of entrepreneurial activity, the Palma de Oro in 2007, maximum recognition granted by the private sector in the country, honor She wasthefirstwomaninCentralAmericatobeadmittedinto YPO, Young Presidents Organization.She received, uponher30 José MatíasDelgado,DistinguishedGraduate2009byINCAEand theMostAdmired Woman Entrepreneur inCentralAmerica2010. with“WomanCalifornia oftheyear2005”recognition. MayuwaselectedDistinguishedProfessional 2006bytheUniversidad Dr. The RotaryClubMaquilishuathonored herwith“Galardón alOrgulloSalvadoreño2005”; DíaaNewspaperinLosAngeles the ElSalvadorChapterofWorld EconomicCouncilforSustainableDevelopment;andvariousotherservices. of IEESFORDDiplomaticAcademytheChancery;Board MemberoftheQualityCouncilElSalvador;Board MemberofCEDES, She isChapterChairofWPOElSalvador. Board MemberandFounderoftheCentralAmericanLeadershipInitiative;Board Member Board,International andChairoftheAmericasBoard JuniorAchievementcovering31countries,alsoservingontheirglobalBoard. and becamememberoftheConsejoEjecutivodelTrienio delaAlfabetización.SheisthefirstLatin-AmericanmemberofPLAN’s Mayu witnessed the number of elderly clients in the Bank who could not read or write, she helped launch a national literacy campaign was oneofthefirstwomanmembersitsBoard; InstitutoSalvadoreño delSeguro Social;andFondodeInversiónSocial.When Instituto Tecnológico Centroamericano; FEPADE foundationoftheprivatesectorforeducation;INCAEBusinessSchool,where she tank; UniversidadJoséMatíasDelgadowhere sheisTreasurer; Escuela AgrícolaPanamericanaZamoranoinHondurasasaTrustee; Voicesand Vital forwomendevelopment(IncomingPresident March 2016);FUSADES,themostprestigious prívatesectorthink has activelyparticipatedinsociallyorientedserviceinstitutionBoards suchasPatronato delHogarNiño;FUDEM,EMPREPAS association; President ofAIDA,insurancelawassociationfrom 1995to1998,firstwomaninLatinAmericaholdthisposition.She Distinguida” in1990;Centro deEstudiosJurídicosmembersince1989;InstitutoSalvadoreño deDerecho Notarial;ASESinsurance She servedvariousprofessional associations:AsociacióndeAbogadosElSalvador, membersince1985,conferred her“Socia the UniversityofCambridge.ShetaughtattwoUniversitiesinElSalvador, andlectured atINCAEBusinessSchoolinCostaRica. Delgado), withaMasterinBusinessAdministrationfrom INCAEBusinessSchoolandaPostgraduateinSustainablefrom Mayu hasasolidacademicbackground inArt,Insurance(SwissInstituteZurich)andLaw(UniversidadDr. JoseMatias Member innonprofits, suchasJuniorAchievementandPlanatgloballevel. Director onseveralBoards, suchasASSAElSalvador, memberofthelargestinsurancegroup intheregion. SheisalsoaBoard Mayu iscurrently herCoachingandConsultingfirminElSalvador. engagedwithInversionesVision, SheservesasNonExecutive becoming CorporateSustainabilityHeadforHSBCLatinAmericauptoMarch 2015.Regarding present formalworkingrelations, world’s largest financial conglomerates, acquired a controlling majority in 2006. In 2007 she pioneered a new function in the region the biggestregional bank,forgedastrategicalliance,shewaselectedCEO,keepingthispositionevenwhenHSBC,oneofthe August 2004 she was elected first woman President ofa private bankin El Salvador. When her Banco Salvadoreño and Banistmo, deSegurosShe hadfoundedInternacional in1997becomingthefirstwomanpresident ofaninsurancecompanyaswell.On became thefirstwomantobedesignatedMinisterofForeign Affairs inhercountryElSalvador, serving hercountryfor5years. Mayu’s initialyearswere withfamilybusinesses,suchasLaAuxiliadoraFuneralHome,becomingCEOandPresident. In1999she President, BancoSalvadoreño; Former Director, Inversiones Vision;Former Mayu BrizueladeAvila Minister ofForeign Affairs El Salvador PARTICIPANTS 23 Brazil Vinicius Carrasco Vinicius Development Bank (BNDES) Development Research Division, The Brazilian Research Director for the Planning and Economic for the Planning Director In 2014, he assumed the Vice Presidency of the Advisory Board of PretoRio SA. He has done consulting works for several of PretoRio Advisory Board of the In 2014, he assumed the Vice Presidency and Exchange Commission, Abrasca (Brazilian Association of Publicly-traded entities, including the Brazilian Securities an of Electrical Energy Distributors), and for companies too. He has Companies) and ABRADEE (Brazilian Association press. and has published articles in major vehicles of the Brazilian extensive academic production Economist, he is an associate professor of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), with (PUC-Rio), Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro of Economics at the Pontifical associate professor Economist, he is an in the degree a bachelor’s PUC-Rio and in Economics from degree a master’s University, Stanford from a PhD in Economics (UFRJ). In 2012, he joined the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, University of Rio de Janeiro the Federal from same program 2013 to 2017. period from elected as an associate member for the 24 PARTICIPANTS Amis duChateaudeFontainebleauandmemberoftheAdvisoryCouncilTompkins PublicLibrary Forum. Board memberofthe BoyceTompson Institute,thestart-upDocumenta,foundingBoard MemberoftheSocietédes Member ofLatinAmericaGlobalAgendaCouncilandtheCompetitivenessintaskforce oftheWorld Economic and Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica. includingBeijingBusinessReview,journals ofHumanResource Journal Management,Businessand Politics International coauthor ofInnovalatino,FosteringInnovationinLatinAmerica,Ariel2011,opinioncolumnatTrade andarticlesin Palgrave Macmillan2014,authorof‘GlobalLatinas:LatinAmerica’s emergingmultinationals’PalgraveMacmillan2009, Co-author withJulianKassumof:ThePoliticalEconomyofanEmergingGlobalPower:InSearch oftheBrazilDream, Telefónica, BBVA andCemextheBrazilianConfederationofIndustries. intellectuals byEsglobalin2014and2015.Directed executiveprograms forseniormanagersfrom multinationalsincluding businesswithafocusonemergingmarketsmultinationals.Oneofthe50mostinfluential Iberoamericanin international University,Business atCornell FacultyFellowattheAtkinsonCenterforaSustainableFuture, formerlyatINSEAD,specializes Lourdes Casanova,SeniorLecturer andAcademicDirector oftheEmergingMarketsInstituteatJohnsonSchool Institute attheJohnsonSchoolof Director, theEmerging Markets Senior Lecturer andAcademic Lourdes Casanova Business, Cornell University Business, Cornell United States PARTICIPANTS 25 Peru Economy and Finance Economy and Luis Miguel Castilla Luis Miguel United States; Former Minister of United States; Former Ambassador of Peru to the Former Ambassador Dr. Luis Miguel Castilla was appointed Ambassador of Peru to the United States on February 01 2015 by President Ollanta President United States on February 01 2015 by appointed Ambassador of Peru to the Luis Miguel Castilla was Dr. the past July 2011 to September 2014. During of Peru from as Minister of Economy and Finance Humala. He had served rating agencies (classified as the second highest investment upgraded by all major credit ratings were credit 3 years, Peru’s his appointment, Castilla held several positions at the Ministry of Economy and rated country in Latin America). Prior to year experience at multilateral In addition, he has over fifteen and Chief of Staff. Finance, including Deputy Finance Minister Castilla holds at CAF -Development Bank of Latin America, among others. Dr. development banks, holding senior positions the Johns Hopkins University. a Ph.D. in Economics from 26 PARTICIPANTS in Italy. Programs. Prof.Chen Taotao also taught“DoingBusinessinChina”forFGVSchoolBrazilandBocconiUniversity programs, and“ChineseCompany investingAbroad”“Business Valuation &Cross-border M&A”etcforExecutiveTraining University. Theyare Economics”,“CorporateFinance”forMBA mainly“ManagementofGlobalEnterprise”,“International There are different typesofcoursesthatProf.Chen Taotao deliversinSchoolofEconomics&Management,Tsinghua attends theconferences inandout China,makingspeechesandbeingengagedintodifferent kindsofdebates. companies, ChinesecompaniesinvestinginEurope andthecontributionofMNCstoRegionalIntegrationetc.Andshe Mechanism ofChineseCompaniesInvesting in US,TheBusinessEnvironment inLatinAmericaandThecapabilityofChinese in China,World EconomicForum,UNESCAP, ECLAC,etc,Prof.Chen Taotao putmore efforts onthetopicssuchasThe Foundation, MinistryofEducationandCommerce etc.Inrecent years,cooperatingwithMinistryofCommerce FDI spillover, ChineseCompaniesinvesting abroad, andhaspresided research projects supportedbyNationalScience Business”and“GlobalizationStrategy”.Shehaspublishedmore(FDI)” “International than30papersonthetopicof China &LatinAmericaManagementStudies,Tsinghua University. Hermainresearch areas are “Foreign Direct Investment Dr. CHENTaotao isprofessor ofSchoolEconomics&Management,Tsinghua Universityanddirector ofCenterfor Professor, SchoolofEconomicsand China-Latin AmericaManagement Management; Director, Centerfor Studies, Tsinghua University Taotao Chen China PARTICIPANTS 27 Mali Tiena Coulibaly of Economy and Finance of Economy Ambassador of Mali to the United Ambassador States and to Mexico; Former Minister Mexico; Former Minister States and to He earned a bachelor’s degree from Laval University in Quebec and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Purdue Purdue in agricultural economics from degree in Quebec and a master’s Laval University from degree He earned a bachelor’s University. Tiéna Coulibaly is the Ambassador of Mali to the United States and to Mexico as well as Mali’s representative to the Interna- representative TiénaUnited States and to Mexico as well as Mali’s is the Ambassador of Mali to the Coulibaly June to September 2013 and Industry from of Trade Bank. He served as Malian Minister and the World tional Monetary Fund Development Textile he served as CEO of the Malian Finance, and Budget in 2012. Previously, and as Minister of Economy, and the Mission Restructuring the Cotton Sector (MSRC), 2001; Minister of Finance Advisor to 2008; Technical Company, Society of Livestock Development, 1987–1988; and Technical General of the Libyan-Malian 1988; Deputy Director Trade, Advisor to the Ministry of Livestock, 1981–1987. 28 PARTICIPANTS He ismarriedwithtwochildren andisan activeabstractpainter. Mr. deLonguemar isaFrench nationalandhasanMBAdegree from ESSECinParis. Group); andseveralTreasury positionswithintheParibasGroup. Amro Bank;HeadofCapital MarketsatBanquedeGestionPrivée(Crédit Agricole)andatBanqueRégionaledel’Ouest(CIC In investmentbanks,Mr. deLonguemarheldthepositionsofGlobalHeadCentralBanksandSupranationalsatABN at theAfricanDevelopmentBank(2004-2010),aninstitutionwhere hehadalsoservedasTreasurer (1996-2001). Mr. deLonguemarservedtwiceasADBTreasurer President (2002-2004and2010-2011)and,inbetween,wasVice Finance Mr. deLonguemarhasover28yearsofexperienceinbothmultilateralfinancialinstitutionsandprivatebanking. 2011. Presidentbetweem 2013-2016afterhavingservedasVice (FinanceandAdministration),apositionheassumedinNovember Mr. President Thierry de Longuemar was the Vice (Finance and Risk Management) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President andChiefFinancial Thierry deLonguemar Officer, AsianInfrastructure International Organization Investment Bank(AIIB) PARTICIPANTS 29 Japan Shin Donowaki Corporation of Americas Corporation Washington Office, Sumitomo Sumitomo Office, Washington Vice President & General Manager, Manager, & General Vice President

He now also serves as President of Japan Commerce Association of Washington D.C., Inc. from January, 2015. January, D.C., Inc. from of Washington Association of Japan Commerce He now also serves as President Shin Donowaki is a graduate of Waseda University, with a BA in Political Science & Economics. During his childhood, he lived University, Shin Donowaki is a graduate of Waseda DC (1973-1975) with his family. (1965-1967) as well as in Washington in New York Since joining SC in 1984, Shin Donowaki has worked in its Grain & Oils business department for the majority of his professional has worked in its Grain & Oils business department for the majority of his professional Since joining SC in 1984, Shin Donowaki business related food of pieces various of activity development business and trading the for responsible been has and career, from Head Office New York in SCOA’s he served capacity, In this countries. overseas Japan and in both investments and 2005 to 2010. from Istanbul office of Turkey, 1997 to 2002, and Sumitomo Corporation The SCOA’s Washington Office engages in government affairs and research activities covering the Americas with a mission to activities covering the research engages in government and affairs Office Washington The SCOA’s economic, trade, security, various business departments on political, regulatory, advise our top management as well as our our activities. and cultural issues, etc., affecting Shin Donowaki has been the general manager of SCOA’s Washington Office since April of 2012. SCOA is a wholly-owned since April of 2012. SCOA Office Washington been the general manager of SCOA’s Shin Donowaki has started out as the international in Japan, which trading arm of Corporation (SC) headquartered subsidiary of Sumitomo and affiliates centuries. Among others, SCOA and its whose history goes back four companies group the Sumitomo family construction materials, automobiles, infrastructure, power generation, resource, of energy, subsidiaries engage in the areas consumer goods businesses in North America. estate, and real foodstuffs, transportation systems, chemical, steel, 30 PARTICIPANTS University) andalsocompletedExecutiveDevelopmentProgram atHarvard Business School. inSydney,Party (LDP).Born Australia,Eguchigraduatedfrom OsakaUniversityofForeign Studies(Currently, Osaka currently inWashington, DC.Hewasalsoaseniorresearcher attheInstituteforPolicyResearch attheLiberalDemocratic 1989, Eguchihashadanextensiveexperiencestationedabroad, includingAlgeria,Senegal,Germany, NewYork, and Corporation (Americas),oneofthebiggestgeneraltradingcompaniesinJapan.SincejoiningMitsubishi Go Eguchicurrently President servesasSeniorVice andGeneralManageratWashington DCoffice ofMitsubishi Mitsubishi Corporation(Americas) Senior VicePresident andGeneral Manager, Washington Office, Go Eguchi Japan PARTICIPANTS 31 Argentina Trade and Production and Trade President, Inter-American Council for Council for Inter-American President, Antonio Estrany y Gendre Antonio He has directed the UNDP PROGRAM to advise the Latin-American countries regarding the GATT negotiations in Geneva the GATT UNDP PROGRAM to advise the Latin-American countries regarding the He has directed Clauses “, in International Economic Relations “ and “Safeguard “Reciprocity and has written two books as UNDP Counsel: among many other publications. Dr. Estrany y Gendre is a member of the “Group of Personalities “ designed by the Secretary General of the U.N. to study the of Personalities “ designed by the Secretary is a member of the “Group y Gendre Estrany Dr. Economic Relations. multinational corporations in World of effects During seven years he has been Secretary of State for International Economic Relations and ambassador in Geneva for the During seven years he has been Secretary negotiations. He became Alternate on many opportunities over the Governor Bank and has presided the World of GATT Latinoamericana). CECLA (Comisión Especial de Coordinación In the business activity he is President of TRADCO and member of the Board of Bridas Corporation and other private of TRADCO and member of the Board In the business activity he is President companies. Additionally he is member of the Executive Committee of the CARI (Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales),Relaciones (Consejo Argentino para las CARI the Committee of the Executive of is member he Additionally of the Argentine National Committee of the International Stock Exchange, member of Buenos Aires member of the Board Colón”. Teatro of “Fundación and member of the Board Chamber of Commerce Dr. Antonio Estrany y Gendre is an Argentine economist and diplomat, specialized in international affairs. He is the President President the is He internationalin specialized diplomat, and economist Argentine an is affairs. Gendre y Estrany Antonio Dr. of the of the Advisory Board in Latin America and member y Producción), de Comercio Interamericano of the CICYP (Consejo European of the Mercosur He is too the Co-President Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in Washington. Investments and Services. on Group Working the has been presiding Union Business Forum (MEBF); previously 32 PARTICIPANTS National UniversityofCuyo,LicenciadoenEconomia,1972 University ofChicago,MAineconomics,1978 University ofChicago,completedstudiesforPhDineconomics, 1979 Education Researcher andProfessor, EconomicsDepartment,1972–1976 National UniversityofCuyo,Argentina Economist/lecturer intheEconomic DevelopmentInstitute,1981 World Bank Assistant andAdvisortoanExecutiveDirector, 1979–1980 Economist, SeniorandDeputyDivisionChief,WHD,1982–1986 Deputy DivisionChief,ExchangeandTrade RelationsDepartment,1987–1988 Advisor, Division ChiefandAssistantDirector, WHD,1989–1995 Assistant Director andDeputyDirector, AfricanDepartment,1995–2002 Deputy Director, European Department,2003–2004 Deputy Director, WesternHemisphere Department(WHD),2004–2009 Tobago. supported bytheIMF, suchasBrazil(early1990s),theDominicanRepublic,Kenya,Malawi,Peru,andTrinidad and to surveillancecountries,suchasBrazil,Israel,Russia,andSouthAfrica,wellcountrieswitheconomicprograms Served attheIMFforsome30years,progressing from economisttoDeputyDirector. Keyroles includedleadingmissions MonetaryFund International Employment Jose Fajgenbaum Director, Centennial Group Argentina PARTICIPANTS 33 Switzerland Marco Ferroni Marco for Sustainable Agriculture for Sustainable Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation Syngenta Foundation Executive Director, Marco Ferroni is Executive Director of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. The Foundation’s mission is to Foundation’s The Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. of the Syngenta is Executive Director Ferroni Marco to markets. intensification, diversification and links of sustainable and small-scale farming by route modernizeagriculture in six work thrusts: R&D, market-led extension, seed systems incubation, risk Scalable solutions for farmers is the motto held executive and Ferroni joining the Foundation in 2008, Dr. Before outreach. management, policy development and his career, Earlier in DC. Washington, Bank in the World Bank and Development Inter-American at the positions advisory agricultural in degree a doctoral holds Ferroni Switzerland. Mr. his native diplomat in trade finance and worked as a he Cornell University. economics from 34 PARTICIPANTS Technology. S DSchoolofMinesandTechnology andanMSfrom theSloanSchoolofManagementatMassachusettsInstitute a Bronze He Mr.earned Star for his service as Captain in Vietnam. Frank holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Finance;Brettonof International Woods CommitteeandformerChairmanoftheLatinAmericanVenture CapitalAssociation. Strategic BoardGeorgetown University; the International of Banco Finantia, S.A. (Portugal); Inter-American Dialogue; Institute egies, Inc.aswellon the Boards ofseveralLatin American companiesandbanks. Mr. FrankservesontheBoard of Mr. Frankisa Director ofTempleton FundsandmemberoftheBoard International ofFranklinTempleton Strat- Alternative work throughout Europe. LatinAmerica, Asia,theMiddleEastandEastern AAA borrower andsecuringtwo capitalincreases. EarlierinhisBankGroup career, hewasactiveinproject andinvestment tions andchaired theBanksFinanceCommittee.AtIFC,Mr. FrankservedasCFOleadingtheCorporationtobecomean During hiscareer attheWorld BankGroup asManagingDirector, Mr. FrankoversawtheSouthAsiaandLatinAmericaopera- and theMultilateralInvestmentGuaranteeAgency(MIGA). In his last assignment he chaired the Private Sector Group, coordinating the private sector activities of the World Bank, IFC, 1997 afteralonganddistinguishedcareer attheWorldFinanceCorporation(IFC)inWashington, BankandInternational D.C. on thefirm’s PrivateEquity, MezzanineFinanceand Venture CapitalInvestmentCommittees.Mr. FrankjoinedDarbyinJuly Mr. FrankisDarby’s President andChiefExecutiveOfficer, responsible formanagement offirm-wideactivitiesandChairman Darby OverseasInvestments-Franklin President &ChiefExecutiveOfficer, Templeton Investments;Former Managing Director, World Bank Richard Frank United States PARTICIPANTS 35 Zimbabwe Caleb Fundanga Caleb Executive Director for Eastern and Executive Director Former Governor, Bank of Zambia; Former Governor, Southern Africa, Macroeconomic and Southern Africa, Macroeconomic Financial Management Institute (MEFMI) Institute (MEFMI) Financial Management Caleb Fundanga has since July, 2014 been the Executive Director of the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute and Financial Management Institute of the Macroeconomic 2014 been the Executive Director since July, Caleb Fundanga has and Macroeconomic of (MEFMI) for Eastern areas capacity building institution in the and Southern is a regional Africa. MEFMI planning. and and ministries of finance banks central are Clients main Its Zimbabwe. in Harare, based Management Financial worked as Senior Advisor to the Prior to joining MEFMI, he worked as Governor He has previously of the Bank of Zambia. of the African Development Bank (1998- of the African Development Bank (1995-1998) and as Executive Director President 2002). 36 PARTICIPANTS University. Mr. García holdsaB.S.andanM.A.inEconomicsFinancefrom St.LouisUniversityanddoctoralstudiesatAmerican Regional IntegrationAward byAméricaEconomía.Mr. Garcia waselectedManoftheYear 2005byLatin FinanceMagazine. received theLatinAmerican RegionalIntegrationAward bytheConsejoEmpresario deAméricaLatina-CEALandin2004the ofArgentina,Bolivia,Brasil,Colombia,Ecuador,Governments Perú,Venezuela andtheSovereign Order ofMalta.In2001he Mr. Garcia hasreceived doctoralandotherhonorarydegrees from severaluniversitiesandhasbeendecoratedbythe University’s LatinAmericanandCaribbeanCenter, andtheInstituteforAdvancedStudiesinAdministration(IESA,Caracas). Politics ofGeorgeWashington University, theAdvisoryBoards oftheCIDatHarvard University, theFloridaInternational PresidentHe isVice ofCanningHouse, member oftheInter-American Dialogue,theGroup of 50,theCouncilonAmerican of Bolivia.Authorseveralpublications. Member oftheAcademyEconomicSciencesandCouncilScienceTechnology oftheNationalAcademySciences He taught at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Catholic University in Bolivia (1973–1978). Mr. García is a Preferred and LoanOfficer oftheInter-American DevelopmentBank (1966–1973). of BancoIndustrialS.A.(Bolivia,1973–1975).SeniorOperationsOfficer, AdvisortothePresident, Area ChiefLoanDivision, Ministry of Planning and Coordination and Board member of the Central Bank of Bolivia (1975–1978). Managing Director Finance DepartmentsandRepresentative inArgentina(1979–1989).Under-Secretary ofPlanningandCoordination ofthe at theInter-American DevelopmentBankincludingTreasurer oftheInstitution,Division HeadintheProject Analysisand the IMF-IBRDDevelopmentCommitteerepresenting Bolivia, Chile,Argentina,Perú,UruguayandParaguay. Seniorpositions (1989–1991). Inthiscapacity, attheWorld Governor BankandtheInter-American DevelopmentBankaswellmemberof Previous positionsinclude:MinisterofPlanningandCoordination andheadoftheEconomicSocialCabinetBolivia Tobago andUruguay, aswell16privatefinancialinstitutions. Venezuela, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, Jamaica, México, Panamá,Paraguay, DominicanRepublic,Trinidad & committed tosustainabledevelopmentandregional integration.MembercountriesincludeBolivia,Colombia,Ecuador, Perú, L. Enrique García has been President and CEO of CAF since December 1991. CAF is a multilateral financial institution and GlobalEmergingMarketsForums America; Co-Chairman,LatinAmerica President &ChiefExecutiveOfficer, CAF -DevelopmentBankofLatin International Organization Enrique Garcia PARTICIPANTS 37 Switzerland for Economic Affairs (SECO) Affairs for Economic Jean-Daniel Jean-Daniel Gerber Fund in Emerging Markets (SIFEM); Fund in Emerging Chairman, Swiss Sustainable Finance; Sustainable Finance; Chairman, Swiss Former State Secretary, State Secretariat State Secretariat Secretary, Former State Chairman of the Board, Swiss Investment Investment Swiss of the Board, Chairman Jean-Daniel Gerber currently holds various positions: He chairs the Board of SIFEM (Swiss Investment fund for Emerging holds various positions: He chairs the Board Jean-Daniel Gerber currently chairman of the Swiss Society for Public Good and the association AG. He is member of Lonza Group Markets) and is a Board the University of doctorate from an honorary of AOAF-Fundation. He received “Swiss Sustainable Finance” and a member Berne. The maxim of Jean-Daniel Gerber is “Ut melius fiat” (turn it to the better). In the mid-1990s, Jean-Daniel Gerber spent five years as an Executive Director and as Dean of the World Bank Board, World Bank Board, Dean of the and as five years as an Executive Director In the mid-1990s, Jean-Daniel Gerber spent Federal Department of Justice and Police for Migration at Switzerland’s of the Federal Office appointed Director being before for Economic State Secretariat of Switzerland’s and Director State Secretary in November 1997. In April 2004, he became 2011. post in March this from retiring (SECO), Affairs In the late 1970s, Jean-Daniel Gerber was a Swiss delegate to the World Trade Organization (WTO). He subsequently Trade a Swiss delegate to the World In the late 1970s, Jean-Daniel Gerber was He then Economic Affairs. for Foreign Office then Federal at Switzerland’s headed up the Developing Countries Section Division. Trade as head of the Finance, Economics and moved to the Swiss Embassy in Washington Jean-Daniel Gerber was born in 1946. He is married to Elisabeth Gerber-Graber, with whom he has two grown-up children. children. two grown-up whom he has with bornwas Gerber Jean-Daniel Gerber-Graber, Elisabeth to married He is in 1946. in government at the University of Berne,After studying economics service, during the he embarked upon a long career finance, migration and of trade, development co-operation, diplomacy, the spheres course of which he held key positions in economics. 38 PARTICIPANTS He ismarriedandhastwochildren. Gerardo Gil-Valdivia isanactivememberoftheClub ofRomeandChairmantheMexicanChapterforClubRome. He publishedseveralbooksandarticlesabouttheenergy, sustainabledevelopmentandhumanrightstopics. Secretary oftheNationalInstitute ofPublicAdministration. Among otherpositionshewasExecutiveSecretary oftheMexicanNationalInstitutionforHumanRights.Nowheis corporation. He alsohasbeenanofficer oil inthedevelopmentbanksystemMexico,andChairmanofMEXPETROL,aninternational throughout Mexicoandabroad. Mr. Gil-Valdivia Professor andResearcher hasbeenaFullTime attheUniversityofMexico,andlecturer inotheruniversities Gerardo Gil-Valdivia is a Lawyer. He studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and Harvard University. President, ClubofRomeMexicanChapter; Member ofCOMEXI-MexicanCouncilfor Gerardo Gil-Valdivia International AffairsInternational Mexico PARTICIPANTS 39 Diwakar Gupta Diwakar International Organization Development Bank (ADB) Development Vice President for Private Sector for Private Vice President and Cofinancing Operations, Asian and Cofinancing He holds a Master of Science degree in Physics from the University of Delhi, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in of Delhi, and a Bachelor of Science degree the University in Physics from He holds a Master of Science degree College in Delhi. St. Stephen’s (with Honors) from Mr. Gupta also worked as Independent Director on the boards of various business councils, financial services companies of various business councils, financial services on the boards also worked as Independent Director Gupta Mr. and other private organizations in India. Mr. Gupta was Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the State Bank of India, where he was responsible for he was of the State Bank of India, where and Chief Financial Officer was Managing Director Gupta Mr. Central Management Committee. He joined alongside other members of the State Bank’s setting strategies and direction several positions at its various units and subsidiaries. the State Bank of India in 1974 and held Mr. Gupta oversees ADB’s assistance to private sector projects with a clear development impact but limited access to with a clear development impact private sector projects assistance to oversees ADB’s Gupta Mr. organizations and financial for building and maintaining cofinancing partnerships with various capital. He is also responsible of activities. up its support in these two areas long-term Strategy 2020 framework, ADB is scaling institutions. Under ADB’s Diwakar Gupta is the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Vice-President for Private Sector and Cofinancing Operations. He for Private Sector and Cofinancing (ADB) Vice-President Asian Development Bank’s Diwakar Gupta is the in August 2015. assumed office 40 PARTICIPANTS Mr. Gyohten is co-authorofthebook“ChangingFortunes”withMr. PaulVolcker. Secretariat (specialenvoy to P.M.). HenowservesasSpecialAdvisortothe MinisterofFinance. (1994-97). HewasappointedtoaspecialadvisorP.M. Obuchiin1998andmore recently wasanadvisortotheCabinet In themeantime,Mr. Gyohtenalsochaired Finance Working PartyoftheOECD(1988-90)andInstituteInternational has beenPresident oftheIIMAandconcurrently servesasSeniorAdvisor totheBankofTokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd. 1992 he became the Chairman of the Bank of Tokyo, Ltd (currently the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.). Since 1995, he retirement in1989hewasavisitingprofessor atHarvard University, PrincetonUniversityandtheofSt.Gallen.In Finance BureauGeneral of International at the Ministry of Finance and also served for the IMF and the ADB on lease. After his Affairs Minister of Finance for International in 1986, pointed he to occupied Vice various senior positions including Director- After graduatedfrom theUniversityofTokyo, Mr. GyohtenjoinedtheMinistryofFinance(MOF)in1955.Before hewasap- International MonetaryAffairs;International Former Honorary Advisor, Institutefor Vice MinisterofFinance Toyoo Gyohten Japan PARTICIPANTS 41 China University Biliang Hu Professor and Dean, Emerging and Dean, Professor Markets Institute, Beijing Normal Markets Institute, He received his Doctorate of Economics from the School of Economics and Management, Witten/Herdecke the School University in his Doctorate of Economics from He received Kennedy School. His main academic at Harvard program and he conducted a two and half year post-doc research Germany, analysis. and Chinese macroeconomic development economics, institutional economics are interests His latest publications include Informal Institutions and Rural Development in China (London and New York: Routledge, 2007) Routledge, York: New and (London China in Development Rural and Institutions Informal include publications latest His 2007). His works Panich Press, (Bangkok: Thai Watana Model Chayanov’s and A Village Economy in Central Thailand: Testing won Zhang in China. He also award highest economics research is the Economic Prize which Yefang the Sun twice won in 2009. Peigang Development Economics Award Biliang Hu is is Professor of Economics at Beijing Normal University and was the Dean of School of Economics and Resource and Resource was the Dean of School of Economics at Beijing Normal University and of Economics Biliang Hu is is Professor outsourcing IT offshore a Delaware-based he cofounded his professorship, University in China. Before Management of the that, he was the chief China economist of SG Securities Asia, as well Inc.; Before company – DoubleBridge Technologies he worked with his investment bank experience, years. Before of the company in Beijing for four as the chief representative in the Chinese years. He also taught Economics of Development as an economist for three Bank Beijing Office the World Academy of Social Sciences for some years. 42 PARTICIPANTS INSEAD. Boston University in 1978. He is a graduate of Executive Development program jointly sponsored by Harvard, Stanford and Ishrat Husainobtained Master’s degree College andDoctorateinEconomicsfrom inDevelopmentEconomicsfrom Williams research institutes,philanthropic andculturalorganizations. 2006. HeistheDistinguishedNational Professor ofEconomics andPublicPolicychairs/servesontheBoards ofseveral conferencesa speakertointernational andseminarshasattendedmore than100sucheventsallovertheworld since contribution isthebook”GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCEANDGROWTH”publishedin2015.Heisregularly invitedas Economy oftheElitistState”publishedbyOxford UniversityPress iswidelyread inPakistanandoutside.Hismostrecent and contributedmore thanthree dozenarticlesinrefereed and27chaptersinbooks.Hisbook“Pakistan:The journals Mr. Husainhasmaintainedanactivescholarlyinterest indevelopmentissues.Hehasauthored 18booksandmonographs and Member, AdvisoryCounciltotheMinisterofPlanning,DevelopmentandReforms. Economic Advisory Council, Ministry of Finance; Member, Monetary and Fiscal Coordination Board of Pakistan; , Government safety net and conditional cash transfer program targeted at the poor households of Pakistan. He is currently Convener, 14 heservedasanindependentDirector ontheBoard ofBenazirIncomeSupportProgramme (BISP)--thelargestSocial ofPakistantochairthePayandPensionCommission.Between2011- During 2009-10hewasappointedbytheGovernment June 2014. the President AdvisoryCouncil ofIDBandwasChairmanWorld EconomicForumGlobalAdvisoryCouncilonPakistanuntil restructure theAccountabilityMechanism.Heiscurrently amemberofMiddleEastAdvisory Group oftheIMF, amemberof poverty reduction fund.He wasappointedbytheBoard ofAsianDevelopmentBanktoatwomemberindependentpanel of theMahathirCommission2020visionforIslamicDevelopmentBank(IDB).HealsoadvisedIDBcreating its 2005-06 he was appointed by the Board of IMF as a member of a three person panel to evaluate the IEO. He was a member Since hisretirementassignments.During hehasbeenactivelyinvolvedinmanynationalandinternational astheGovernor Director PovertyandSocial Departmentandin1997hewasnamedtheCountryDirector forCentralAsianRepublics. Economist forAfricabetween1991-94andlaterasChiefEastAsiaPacificRegion.HebecametheBank’s held attheBankwere Resident Representative toNigeria,headoftheBank’s FinanceDivision,Chief DebtandInternational Dr. Husainhad adistinguishedcareer attheWorld Bankforovertwodecades 1979-1999.Amongthekeypositionshe outstanding publicservice. award in2006.ThePresident ofPakistanconferred uponhimthehighestcivilian award ofNishanePakistanin2016forhis declared oftheyearforAsiain2005.Hereceived himastheCentral BankGovernor theAsianBankerLifetimeachievement conferred theprestigious award of“Hilal-e-Imtiaz”bythePresident ofPakistanin2003.TheBankerMagazineLondon he playedakeyrole inthe impressive economicturnaround ofPakistan.Inrecognition of hismeritoriousserviceshewas Bank andsteered thereforms ofthebankingsector. Asamemberofthe economicmanagementteamoftheGovernment, Central BankinDecember1999.Duringthenextsixyears,heimplementedamajorprogram ofrestructuring oftheCentral Commission produced atwovolumereportreforms ofPakistan’s ongovernance inPakistan.HewasappointedtheGovernor from 2006to2008withthestatusofFederalMinisterreporting directly tothePresident andPrimeMinisterofPakistan.The Reformsfortwoyears ranking GlobalBusinessschools.HeservedastheChairman,NationalCommissionforGovernment and 2016.Duringhistermofoffice hewasactivelyengagedinthetransformationofInstitutetobecomeone of BusinessAdministration,Karachi-theoldestgraduatebusinessschoolinPakistanestablished1955--between2008 Emeritus at IBA and Chairman, Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance (CEIF).Heserved as Dean&Director ofInstitute Dr. IshratHusainiscurrently PublicPolicyFellowattheWoodrow CenterinWashington Wilson DC.HeisalsoProfessor Administration; FormerGovernor, Director, Instituteof Business State BankofPakistan Ishrat Husain Pakistan PARTICIPANTS 43 Azerbaijan Emin Huseynov Deputy Minister of Finance Deputy Minister Mr. Huseynov holds two Master degrees, in Economics from Florida State University (1998) and in Public Administration from Administration from Florida State University (1998) and in Public from in Economics holds two Master degrees, Huseynov Mr. He is a Baku State University. School (HKS, 2009). In 2014, he completed his PhD in Econometrics from Kennedy Harvard S. Mason for graduate studies in the US, as well as Edward scholarships of Edmund S. Muskie and Presidential recipient on Public Sector Management and Policy at HKS. fellowship to pursue a Program Mr. Emin Huseynov is a professional economist having been involved in economic policymaking in Azerbaijan for over 15 economic policymaking in Azerbaijan for economist having been involved in professional Emin Huseynov is a Mr. at Internationalthe World such as the United Nations, career Organizations, his professional Huseynov started years. Mr. to head the newly established September 2005, he joined the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) From Bank, and the IMF. and Development was established on the basis of the Research Department. In 2010, a new Center for Research Research as serving simultaneously while Center the of Director a appointed was Huseynov Mr. and CBA the within Department Vicea as ADA joined has and Huseynov Development, and Strategy of Rector Mr. 2013, In CBA. the of Director Executive Huseynov was appointed a Deputy Minister of Finance on June Mr. and Strategy. later as Vice Rector of Academic Affairs 24th, 2016. 44 PARTICIPANTS Swarthmore College. a B.A.andM.A.inphilosophy, politics,andeconomicsfrom Oxford University;andaB.S.incivilengineeringfrom Associate Professor ofEconomicsatHarvard University. Mr. IngramholdsaPh.D.ineconomicsfrom Harvard University; Development, andEconomicAdviserintheUrbanProjects Department.PriortojoiningtheWorld Bank,Mr. Ingramwas of theDevelopmentResearch Department,Staff Director fortheWorld DevelopmentReport1994,Infrastructure for formerly Director-General, OperationsEvaluationattheWorld Bank.AttheWorld Bank,healsoheldpositionsasDirector Gregory IngramwasPresident andCEOoftheLincolnInstitute ofLandPolicyfrom June2005through June2014and Former President, LincolnInstituteof Gregory Ingram United States Land Policy PARTICIPANTS 45 Chile Jose Miguel Insulza Jose Miguel Chile to the International Court of Justice Former Secretary-General, Organization of Organization Former Secretary-General, American States (OAS); Ambassador Agent of (OAS); Ambassador Agent American States In early 1988, Mr. Insulza returned to his home country and joined the Coalition of Democratic Parties, the coalition to his home country Insulza returned In early 1988, Mr. and in all democratic elections in the of Pinochet in October of that year, that won the plebiscite against the regime Insulza has held a number of high-level government Mr. Socialist Party, country since 1990. A member of Chile’s posts. In the early 1970’s, Mr. Insulza actively participated in the Popular Unity Government Allende. Following of Salvador Mr. In the early 1970’s, 15 years, first in Rome Insulza went into exile for Mr. Augusto Pinochet into power, General the coup that brought of the United States Studies as Director he served In Mexico City, (1974-1980) and later in Mexico (1981-1988). National Autonomous He also taught at Mexico’s and Teaching. Institute in the Center for Economic Research the Institute for Diplomatic Studies. University and the Ibero-American University, A lawyer by training – Insulza has a law degree from the University of Chile, did postgraduate studies at the Latin the University of Chile, did postgraduate studies from degree A lawyer by training – Insulza has a law the University of Michigan. in political science from and has a master’s American Social Sciences Faculty (FLACSO) Catholic University Theory at the University of Chile and of Political Science at Chile’s of Political He was Professor and Director Affairs Advisor to the Chilean Ministry of Foreign he also served as Political until 1973. In the same year, of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile. The recognized Chilean politician has an accomplished record of public service in his country. When Mr. Insulza was Mr. When public service in his country. of record Chilean politician has an accomplished The recognized “political relevance the Organization’s Insulza pledged to strengthen of OAS in 2005, Mr. elected Secretary-General and its capacity for action.” 46 PARTICIPANTS Nigeria. Economic IconoftheYear Award 2011”andanhonorarydoctoratedegree from theLeadCityUniversity(LCU),Ibadan, He istheauthorofbook“IntegratingAfrica”andrecipient ofvarioushonors/awards includingthe“DistinguishedAfrica Institute. notably theAfricaForumofFormerHeadsStateandisPresident Board oftheGoverning oftheAfricaGovernance Mr. JannehisanactiveparticipantontheBoards/Advisory PanelsofseveralorganizationsinvolvedinAfrica’s development, to October2005. Senegal. HehadearlierservedasUNAssistantSecretary-General andUNDPRegionalDirector forAfricafrom June2000 (2005-2012), Mr. AbdoulieJannehiscurrently aBoard Member/ExecutiveDirector attheMoIbrahimFoundation inDakar, Former UnitedNationsUnder-Secretary GeneralandExecutiveSecretary oftheUNEconomicCommission forAfrica(ECA) Mo IbrahimFoundation;FormerExecutive Secretary, UNEconomicCommissionfor President, Institute; AfricanGovernance Executive Director andBoard Member, Abdoulie Janneh Africa (UNECA) Senegal PARTICIPANTS 47 Japan Naoya Jinda Development Bank (ADB) Development Chief Advisor to the President, Asian to the President, Chief Advisor He also carried out positions of increasing responsibility in various capacities in International of the MOF Finance Bureau responsibility He also carried out positions of increasing the Asia and Pacific Region. development issues as well as multilateral and bilateral financial cooperation in to related Prior to joining ADB, he was a Deputy Director of the International Tax Policy Division of Tax Bureau, the Ministry of Finance Bureau, Division of Tax Policy of the International Tax Prior to joining ADB, he was a Deputy Director for the international financial and taxation policies of the Ministry including fight against (MOF) of Japan. He was responsible tax evasion and avoidance. Naoya Jinda is a national of Japan. He obtained his Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, USA in 2000 University, Harvard in Public Policy from degree of Japan. He obtained his Master’s Naoya Jinda is a national in 1996. Japan The University of Tokyo, in Law from degree and his Bachelor’s 48 PARTICIPANTS University. Donald KaberukawaseducatedatuniversitiesinTanzania andScotland.HeholdsaPhDinEconomicsfrom Glasgow USD 12.6billion. global financialcrisis,theAfricanDevelopmentBankGroup made record approvals ofloansandgrantstotalingmore than During Mr. Kaberuka’s periodofoffice, theAfDBhasbecomeAfrica’s premier financialinstitution.In2009,in responsetothe in promoting regional integrationinAfrica. major infrastructure developments inareas suchasroad, railways,powerplants andcommunications,especiallyintheirrole reduction inAfrica.To thatend,theAfDBhasplacedincreased emphasisontheprivatesector, andontheimportanceof During hisserviceattheAfDB,Mr. Kaberukahaspresided overamajorredirection initsstrategyfordevelopmentandpoverty enabled RwandatoobtaindebtcancellationundertheHeavilyIndebtedPoorCountriesinitiativeinApril2005. These reforms ledtothe widely-recognized revival ofRwanda’s economy, andtothesustainedeconomicgrowth that layingspecialemphasisontheindependenceofRwanda’sgovernance, centralbank. He initiatedandimplementedmajoreconomicreforms andintroduced newsystemsofstructural,monetaryandfiscal end ofthecivilwarthere. Planning between1997and2005.Duringthisperiod,heoversawRwanda’s successfuleconomicreconstruction afterthe serviceAnationalofRwanda,hewasthecountry’sand developmentgovernment MinisterofFinanceandEconomic Before joiningtheAfricanDevelopmentBank,Mr. Kaberuka,61,hadadistinguishedcareer trade inbanking,international temporarily from Abidjanin2003duetothesecuritysituationthere. oath forhissecondterminSeptemberofthatyearTunis, theBank’s current temporaryrelocation city. TheBankmoved He wasre-elected inMay2010attheAfDB’s headquartersinAbidjan,Côted’Ivoire, forasecondfive-yearterm.Hetookthe elected in2005,becomingtheseventhpresident oftheBankGroup since itsestablishmentin1963. Mr. DonaldKaberukaservedtwicefive-yeartermasPresident oftheAfricanDevelopmentBankGroup (AfDB).Hewasfirst Former President, AfricanDevelopment Donald Kaberuka Rwanda Bank PARTICIPANTS 49 United States Gautam Kaji Gautam Emerging Markets Forum; Emerging Markets Managing Director, World Bank World Managing Director, Chairman of the Advisory Board, the Advisory Board, Chairman of Chairman, Centennial Group; Former Group; Chairman, Centennial Prior to his appointment as Managing Director in 1994, he was the Bank‘s Vice President for operations in East Asia and the and in East Asia for operations the Bank‘s Vicehe was in 1994, President Director as Managing appointment to his Prior has allowed him to develop a region with which he was closely involved for well over a decade. This involvement Pacific – a practical policy formulation and implemen- keen insight into the social, institutional and political considerations that influence Asia. He continues to maintain close personal contact with the senior policy makers and business leaders tation throughout banking Kaji worked for a number of years in the commercial Bank, Mr. joining the World Before within and outside the region. Finance. of School Wharton the from MBA an has He States. United the and Kingdom, United the Kong, Hong India, in sector When he retired from the World Bank in November 1997, Mr. Kaji was Managing Director for Operations, with specific re- for Operations, with specific Kaji was Managing Director Bank in November 1997, Mr. World the from When he retired all the Operations Committee, which reviews in Asia and Africa. He also chaired sponsibility for the institution‘s programs encompasses which of the Private Sector Development Group, for Bank support and served as co-chair forward put projects addition, he was a member of the IFC and MIGA, as well as the IBRD itself. In the work of the Bank‘s private-sector affiliates, Mr. Earlier, institution. the of direction strategic the guiding team management senior core the Committee, Executive Bank‘s the Middle East, and as Director and with the Bank—including in Africa, Europe Kaji served in various operational positions for Human Resources. Mr. Kaji currently serves on the Board of Directors of listed and privately held companies including: The Cabot Corp., Boston of listed and privately held of Directors serves on the Board currently Kaji Mr. Systems, Inc., Netherlands; Synergy Power Co. Ltd., Development Finance Co. Ltd., India; HCL Perot MA; The Infrastructure services to a number D.C. In addition, he has provided Asset Management, Inc., Washington, Hong Kong; and Washington spanning almost 30 years in economic Bank. In a career the World Morgan since leaving of private institutions such as J.P. in helping Kaji played a key role Bank, Gautam S. implementation with the World and development policy formulation and he earned a worldwide process, than 180 member nations. In the of its more the institution meet the development needs as a leading expert on global economic and financial issues. reputation Mr. Kaji is the Chairman of the Centennial Group, a strategic advisory firm created by internationally recognized figures from by internationallyrecognized figures created a strategic advisory firm of the Centennial Group, Kaji is the Chairman Mr. and senior strategic advice to top business executives high-level policy and sectors. The firm provides the public and private from opportunities in today‘s global economy. on how to derive maximum benefits while minimizing risks public officials 50 PARTICIPANTS creation oftheNationalInstitute fortheDevelopmentofAndean,AmazonianandAfro-Peruvian Peoples(INDEPA). the democraticprocess. This commissionwastheninstitutionalizedandacquired ministerial rank in2005,withthe participated informalmeetingstodiscussgrievances,claims, participationandrightsoftheIndigenousPeoplesin called onelectedrepresentatives from mostethnicpopulations,ministries,Congress people,andacademicianswho and Afro-Peruvian Peoples(2001-2003),whichwascreated asanad-hocinstitutionin2001.Thecommission Professor Karp-Toledo alsoservedasHonoraryPresident oftheNationalCommissionforAndean,Amazonian that period. sourcesknowledge, culturalheritage,biodiversityandalternative ofincome, were allreviewed andpromoted during exploitation ofnaturalresources, royalties fortheIndigenousPeoples,rightstopatentsandownershipofcollective extreme povertyandpeoplefacingethnicdiscrimination.Keyareas suchasconstitutionalandterritorial rights,the was todesignapublicagendaleadingpromoting thesocialandeconomicempowerment ofpeoplelivingin Professor Karp-Toledo was FirstLadyof theRepublicofPeru from 2001 to2006. AsFirstLady, hermaingoal of Peru,Alejandro Toledo, in2006. The SocialAgendaisapolicy-orientedresearch initiative oftheCGDD,whichwasfoundedbyformerPresident citizenship. This project ispartoftheimplementation20-yearSocialAgenda for DemocracyinLatinAmerica. Movements andtheirclaimstoimprove publicandprivatepoliciesinfavorofincreased socialinclusionandequal Andean FinancialCorporation.ThisstudywillleadtothepublicationofanewbookwhichfocusesonIndigenous of EducationStanford University, theUniversityofSalamanca,Spain,andCGDD,withsupport The NewChallengesforLatinAmericanDemocracies.Thisproject istobeconducted jointlywiththeSchool Professor Karp-Toledo is currently engagedinabookproject related toIndigenousPeoples’Empowerment: Maria Arguedas”attheIbero-American Institute,UniversityofSalamanca,Spain. ProfessorGlobal CenterforDevelopmentandDemocracy(CGDD)and Visiting Member oftheIndigenistChair“Jose Her othercurrent academicexperienceincludeherrole asDirector ofProjects andPoliciesofSocialInclusionatthe ScholarintheGraduateSchoolofEducation,Stanford2013-2014. ShewasalsoVisiting University, 2012-2013. Professor Eliane Karp-Toledo is ScholarattheCenterforLatinAmericanStudies(CLAS),Stanford Visiting University Global CenterforDevelopmentandDemocracy Studies (CLAS),Stanford University; Director, Visiting Scholar, CenterforLatinAmerican Projects andPoliciesofSocialInclusion, Eliane Karp-Toledo Peru PARTICIPANTS 51 Japan Hiroshi Kato Hiroshi Cooperation Agency (JICA) Cooperation Vice-President, Japan International Japan Vice-President, Hiroshi Kato is Vice-President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Since joining JICA in 1978, he has served at Since joining JICA in 1978, he has Japan International of the Kato is Vice-President Agency. Cooperation Hiroshi the Southeast Asia Department. the Planning Department, and Department, General Affairs the various positions, including He graduated Coast). Ivory in the and (in Tokyo Japan of Affairs Foreign of Ministry at the working experience an also has He in Public Administration degree He later earned his master’s in Asian History. in 1978 majoring University of Tokyo the from at Kobe and Professor Kennedy School of Government, University in 1988. He is Visiting Lecturer Harvard John F. the from of the Japan Society of directors University (Graduate School of International been on the board Studies) since 2003. He has for International Development since 2002. 52 PARTICIPANTS the board. mainstreaming oftheYouth AgendainnationaldevelopmentstrategiesmainlytheAfricancontinent.Hestillismemberof as thechairofUSBoardNGOthatfocusesonYouth ofRestlessDevelopment,aninternational developmentand andcollaboratedwiththinktanksnot-for-profitadvised governments, organizations.During2011-2012Mr. Katsuserved In additiontotheabove,during2010-2011,Mr. KatsuconsultedwiththeAsianDevelopmentBankandWorld Bank, Managing Directors before retirement inDecember2009. PresidentVice oftheECARegion,inwhichpositionheservedforsixyearsfollowedbyashortstintasSpecialAdvisorto 1995-1999), andtheEurope and CentralAsiaRegion(RegionalDirector, OperationsandStrategy, 1999-2003)hebecame China Department(responsible forenterpriseandfinancialsector reforms, 1992-1995),Coted’Ivoire (asCountryDirector, Bank ofJapanasDeputyDirector, CountryEconomicPolicyAnalysisDepartment.Followingsuccessiveassignmentsinthe Bank’s ResidentRepresentative inBenin.Betweenfall1989andend1991,Mr. KatsuwassecondedtotheExport-Import Professional in1979,andsoonwasassignedtotheWest AfricaRegionasaninfrastructure economist,thenin1985,asthe Prior tothisappointment,Mr. Katsuworkedforthree decadesattheWorld Bank:hejoinedtheWorld Bank asaYoung aspirations tobecomeagloballevelresearch university. a nationaluniversity founded in June of the same year, designed to serve as the country’s flagship academicinstitutionwith Since December2010ShigeoKatsuhasservedasPresident oftheNazarbayevUniversityinAstana,RepublicKazakhstan, President, NazarbayevUniversity;Former Regional VicePresident, World Bank Shigeo Katsu Kazakhstan PARTICIPANTS 53 South Africa Lesetja Kganyago Governor, South African Reserve Bank South Governor, Prior to his elevation as Governor, Lesetja Kganyago served as Deputy Governor Lesetja of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Prior to his elevation as Governor, encompasses which supervision, and regulation prudential for responsible was he role, that In 2011. May 16 from effect with and the Financial Surveillance Department. He was the Chairperson Financial Regulatory Reform; Banking Supervision Ethics and Risk Board the Board, the of member a was and Act Banks the of Revision the on Committee Standing the of Financial the and (MPC) Committee Policy Monetary the (GEC), Committee Executive Governor’s the (BREC), Committee Committee on Standards Standing a member of the Financial Stability Board Stability Committee (FSC). He was also for Sub-Saharan Africa. Group Regional Consultative the Financial Stability Board Implementation (SCSI) and Co-Chair of South at the SARB. He represented 2004 until his appointment from of the National Treasury He was the Director-General the G20 and the African Development Bank. In this role Bank, the IMF, Africa in international organisations such as the World on the reform Group Working a G20 Committee Deputies and also co-chaired he served as the Chair of the Development of the IMF. Lesetja Kganyago was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1965. He holds a MSc in Economics from SOAS London SOAS London Lesetja Kganyago was born holds a MSc in Economics from in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1965. He in Finance, various training UNISA. He also received in Economics and Accounting from University and a BCom degree Economics and Management. Lesetja Kganyago was appointed Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) with effect from 9 November 2014. 9 November from appointed GovernorLesetja Kganyago was African Reserve Bank (SARB) with effect of the South 54 PARTICIPANTS three children. Mr. Koch-Weser studiedeconomicsinGermany. inBrazil.Heismarriedwith HeisaGerman andBraziliannational,born (CER) inLondon. the GlobalCommissiononEconomyandClimate(NCE);aMemberofBoard oftheCentre forEuropean Reform Other current activitiesincludeMember oftheBoard attheWorld Resources Institute(WRI)inWashington; a Memberof tions andMemberoftheExecutiveCommittee(1996-99). PresidentOperations (1990-91),RegionalVice forMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(1991-95),ManagingDirector Opera- Division ChieffortheChinaProgram (1980-86),Director forWest Africa(1986-90), DeputyTreasurer andDirector Treasury From 1973until1999,Mr. Koch-Weser heldanumberofhigh-level positionsintheWorld BankinWashington, notablyas Chairman oftheSupervisoryBoard of BaFin (GermanBankingandSecuritiesSupervisoryAgency). treasury directors and deputy central bankers that prepares EU ministerial meetings (EURO Group andECOFIN). Hewasalso 2003-2005, Mr. Koch-Weser held the position of Chairman of the EU’s Economic and Financial Committee, a committee of finance (G-7Deputy),European economicandfinancial affairs, aswellcapitalmarkets,bankingandinsurance. From From 1999-2005, he was German Deputy Minister of Finance (State Secretary). His responsibilities included international also servedasaNon-ExecutiveDirector ontheBoard ofBGGroup (2010-2016) regulatorygovernment, andcorporateadvisory;coordination andimplementationofgroup-wide businessinitiatives.He From 2006–2016Mr. Koch-Weser ChairmanofDeutsche BankGroup, wasVice withglobalresponsibilities forstrategy; Mr. CaioKoch-Weser isChairmanoftheBoard oftheEuropean ClimateFoundation. Chairman, European ClimateFoundation Caio Koch-Weser Germany PARTICIPANTS 55 Germany Maritta Koch-Weser Founder and President, Earth3000 President, Founder and Dr. Koch-Weser worked as social scientist and in managerial positions for some 20 years at the World Bank, in Washington positions for some 20 years at the World worked as social scientist and in managerial Koch-Weser Dr. and Founder is Koch-Weser Maritta Union. Conservation World -The IUCN of General Director as subsequently and DC., strategic innovations in governance and organization supporting for environment of Earth3000, a non-profit President in a number of Supervisory and Advisory responsibilities she shares In this context development (www.earth3000.org). Germany. NGOs, Companies, and Academia. She is Vice of Chair of the WWF Supervisory Board, Boards Maritta Koch-Weser has a distinguished career spanning four decades in international development, as anthropologist, spanning four decades in international development, as anthropologist, career has a distinguished Maritta Koch-Weser & East Asia, and in parts of Sub- experience in Latin America, South She has field and social entrepreneur. environmentalist, Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. 56 PARTICIPANTS Tsukuba University. graduated from theUniversity ofTokyo, Japan.HehasaBachelor’s degree inLawandaMaster’s degree inEconomicsfrom financeandFirstSecretary forinternational attheJapaneseEmbassyinU.S.Mr.cluding DeputyVice-Minister Kodera Mr. Koderastarted hisprofessional career intheMinistryofFinance ofJapanin1974andhasassumedvariousposts,- partnerships betweenJICA,andtheMDBsIMF. ing from global health, disaster risk management, and climate change to infrastructure. He also contributed tostrengthening organizations, theWorld Bank, theAsianDevelopmentBank,andAfricanBankonvarioussubjectsrang- largest bilateralaidinstitutions(2010-2016).DuringhisdaysinJICA,hehasbeeninvitedtomanyeventsasapanelistbyUN velopment Bank.From CooperationAgency(JICA),oneofthe 2010 to2016,hewasVice-President ofJapanInternational in 2010. He also served as board member of the World Bank, Inter-American Investment Corporation, and the African De- World BankPresident, andIMFManagingDirector. Onenoteworthyresult waschangeofvotingshares intheWorld Bank mittee andeffectively assisted theChairmen,formerFinanceMinistersofMexicoandColombia,MinisterBahrain, MonetaryFund,2006-2010).AsExecutiveSecretary,Bank andtheInternational Mr. Koderasteered theDevelopmentCom- 1997-2001), aswellacorporatemanageroftheBank(ExecutiveSecretary oftheDevelopmentCommitteeWorld deputy forJapan,2001-2005),butalsoasanoperationalmanageroftheWorld Bank(CountryDirector forCentralAsia, media calledhim‘Mr. Development’.Heisoneofthefewofficials whohasexperiencenotonlyasakeyshareholder (IDA opment issuesfrom hisWorld Bankpositionsand hisvariousassignmentsattheMinistryofFinanceJapan.TheJapanese Mr. Kodera has accumulated broad economics,financeanddevel- andin-depth knowledge and experience oninternational Japan sinceJune2016. Mr. KiyoshiKoderaisanAdvisortoSompo-Japan-NipponkoaInsuranceInc.,thesecondlargestinsurancecompanyin Japan International CooperationAgency Japan International Insurance Inc.;FormerVice-President, Advisor, Sompo-Japan-Nipponkoa Kiyoshi Kodera Japan PARTICIPANTS 57 United States Centennial Group Harinder Kohli Harinder Founding Director and Chief Founding Director Executive, Emerging Markets Forum; Executive, Emerging President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Officer, and Chief President Harinder S. Kohli is the Founding Director and Chief Executive of Emerging Markets Forum as well as Founding Director, Director, Markets Forum as well as Founding and Chief Executive of Emerging the Founding Director Harinder S. Kohli is Journal D.C. He is the Editor of Global of International, both based in Washington, Group and CEO of Centennial President, he served over 25 years in various senior managerial ventures, his current Emerging Markets Economies. Prior to starting sector in India and France. He has written extensively on the then in the private Bank and before positions at the World and other emerging market economies; financial development; and infrastructure. emergence of Asia, Latin America, Africa Latin America 2040—Breaking society in one generation (2010), 2039—An affluent He is a co-author and co-editor of India and Islamic Asia amidst global financial crisis (2010), A resilient (2010), complacency: An agenda for resurgence away from for all Asian century (2011), A new vision for Mexico 2042—Achieving prosperity Finance (2011), Asia 2050—Realizing the potential Asia 2050: Unleashing the region’s full potential (2014), and Central (2012), Africa 2050—Realizing the continent’s Kohli Mr. strategies. corporate term develop their long CAF and ADB that helped teams Group Centennial He led (2016). and harmonious global book The world in 2050: Striving for a just, prosperous is the editor and co-author of the latest in Paris on April 12. community which was released 58 PARTICIPANTS and MonetaryAffairs. and finally, sinceDecember2010,hasservedastheSpecialAdvisortoPresident oftheRepublic,inchargeEconomic 1991 to1998.From 2007-2010,Mr. KonésuccessivelyservedastheMinisterofConstruction,UrbanizationandHousing, He wasalsotheNationalDirectorfrom oftheBCEAOforCôted’IvoireMonetaryFundDeputyGovernor andtheInternational of theBCEAOforCôted’Ivoire andCentralDirector ofprogram andfinancialoperationsatBCEAOheadquartersinDakar. after graduate school, and has spent most of his career at the BCEAO. Previous positions include, DeputyNational Director ofthecentralbank.Aneconomistbytraining,Koné wascompetitivelyrecruitedof AlassaneOuattara,whenhewasgovernor MeylietKoné,ismarriedwithfivechildren. AveteranoftheBCEAO,hehasworkedasanassociate in1949,Tiémoko Born Governor, CentralBankofWest African Tiemoko Kone States (BCEAO) Senegal PARTICIPANTS 59 Japan Trade and Industry and Industry Trade Hidehiro Konno Hidehiro Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Board, Member of the Corporation; Former Vice Minister of Corporation; He is married to Junko with a daughter. He is married to Junko with a daughter. In 2010, he was appointed to the board of the Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s leading trading and investment firm. of the Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s In 2010, he was appointed to the board He lectured on Japan’s trade policy at Graduate School of Waseda University as visiting professor in 2002 through 2008. in 2002 through visiting professor University as School of Waseda trade policy at Graduate on Japan’s He lectured National Graduate School of University, at various academic institutions including Tokyo He was also invited to give lectures of British Columbia. and University Diego, Princeton University, UC San University, Policy Studies, Tsinghua February 2003 through July 2009, Hidehiro Konno served as Chairman and CEO of Nippon Export and Investment Insurance Konno served as July 2009, Hidehiro February 2003 through of the Berne the International Union, elected President capacity he was In that institution. administrative an independent (NEXI), in 2007 and 2008. and Investment Insurers Union of Credit Hidehiro Konno joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1968, and served in a variety of key positions and Industry (MITI) in 1968, Konno joined the Ministry of International Trade Hidehiro (1983 – 1986), including Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in USA in the economic and trade policy area, – 1998), and (1997 Administration Bureau of International Trade Director-General (1998 – 2000). Policy Bureau of International Trade Director-General he was appointed Vice- and Industry (METI), Trade as the Ministry of Economy, In January 2001 when MITI was reorganized Minister for International Affairs. United the Japanese government in various international meetings under GATT/WTO, While in public service, he represented Meeting in 1995, in which year served as chairman of the APEC Senior Officials Nations, APEC and other institutions. He Japan hosted the APEC summit. the government service in July 2002. from He retired Born in 1944, Hidehiro Konno holds M.P.A. from Woodrow Wilson and B.A. in international School of Princeton University Woodrow from Konno holds M.P.A. Born Hidehiro in 1944, the University of Tokyo. from relations 60 PARTICIPANTS investment. performance andvolatility, policycoordination, emergingmarketrisks,international fiscalpolicy, andcorporatemergers He haspublishedanumberofbooksandpapersinbroad rangeofareas includingeconomicgrowth, financialmarket Mr. Kumarstudied attheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandobtainedaPh.D.from Trinity College,CambridgeUniversity. Bank, ILOandNERA. at CambridgeUniversityforfiveyearsandwasaFellowofSidneySussexCollege.HehasbeenConsultanttothe World Georgetown University, andavisitingFellowattheKennedySchool,Harvard University. PriortojoiningtheIMF, hetaught and strategyforemergingmarkets.Hehasalsobeenavisitingprofessor attheMcDonoughSchoolofBusiness, While onleavefrom theIMF, Mr. KumarworkedatCredit Suisseforseveralyearswhere hewasresponsible forresearch and G20Ministerialmeetings.HealsoheadedtheFund’s taskforce onglobaldeflation. Counsellors, hewasresponsible fortheworkonmultilateralSurveillanceissuesincludingpreparation ofmaterialfortheG7 Fiscal Department.AbulkofhistimewasspentintheResearch Departmentwhere asanadvisortoseveralEconomic Director intheFinanceDepartment,andChiefofFiscalPolicySurveillanceDivisionAssistantDirector inthe variety ofseniorpositionsovermanyyears,includingChieftheGeneralResources andSDRDivisionAssistant the largestinstitutionalfundmanagersinCanadaandNorthAmerica.Hewaspreviously attheIMFwhere hehelda Manmohan SinghKumaristheChiefEconomistGrowth MarketsatCaissededépôtetplacementduQuébec,oneof Chief Economist,Growth Markets, Manmohan Kumar United States CDPQ INC. PARTICIPANTS 61 United States Johannes Linn Johannes Distinguished Resident Scholar, Resident Scholar, Distinguished Emerging Markets Forum; Former Emerging Markets Regional Vice President, World Bank World President, Regional Vice Johannes F. Linn is a Distinguished Resident Scholar at the Emerging Markets Forum in Washington, D.C., and a Non- Emerging Markets Forum in Washington, Distinguished Resident Scholar at the Linn is a Johannes F. 10th Replenishment Consultations serves as the chair for the and currently Institution, Senior Fellow at the Brookings resident Center for of the Wolfensohn 2005-2010 he was Director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. From various in Bank World the at decades three for worked he 2003, in Brookings joining to Prior at Brookings. Development Mobilization (1991-1995) and Vice for Financial Policy and Resource Vice President capacities, including as the Bank’s Linn has published extensively on development and global and Central Asia (1996-2003). Johannes for Europe President in the 21st Century (co-editor; of Eurasia governance issues, including Central Asia and the Caucasus: At the Crossroads Press Development Solutions to Millions of Poor People (co-editor; Brookings Sage, 2011), Getting to Scale: How to Bring GovernmentsHe in Developing Countries (co-editor; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy). 2013) and Financing Metropolitan University Press, a Modernfor All (Oxford Society 2050: Toward and co-editor for the book Kazakhstan director was project successful up scaling on focus special a (with effectiveness aid of areas the in are interests research current His 2014). Asia). Central on focus special a (with cooperation regional on and governanceglobal on interventions), development reform, Cornell (1973). University University (1968) and a doctorate in economics from Oxford from Linn holds a Bachelor degree 62 PARTICIPANTS integrated economic-cum-environmental sustainabledevelopmentthrough protection ofnatural/socialresources. Association fortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS)Council forworldleadershipindevelopmentcountryplanning engineering) andisalicensedprofessional engineer. Dr. LohaniwaselectedtotherankofAAASFellowby American is aDiplomateoftheAmericanAcademyEnvironmental Engineers(awarded forexcellenceinthepracticeofenvironmental distinction accorded toanengineer–forhisworkoneconomic-cum-environment approach tosustainabledevelopment.He Dr. LohaniisanelectedmemberoftheNationalAcademyEngineering (NAE)ofUnitedStates–thehighestprofessional Development (China).Hehaspublishedeightbooksandmore than250publications. School of Public Policy(Singapore); andCouncil member, Cooperation on Environment China Councilfor International and Solutions, Centre for Livable Cities (Singapore); Advisory Panel for the Institute of Water International Policies, Lee Kwan Yew, ofUrban bodies suchasEnvironmental (UnitedKingdom),AdvisoryPanel;Journal ImpactAssessmentReviewJournal (China) andDistinguishedAdjunctFacultyofAsianInstituteTechnology. advisory Heisamemberofseveralinternational Dr. Professor Lohaniis Visiting ofTsinghua University, Beijing(China)andProfessor (Research) ofTongji University, Shanghai Arthur D.LittleSchoolofManagement,andCorporateLeadershipprogram atYale University. Business School of the University of Chicago, Management Development Program University; and programs by Cornell by He hasalsocompletedseveralmanagementdevelopmentprograms, includingtheExecutiveProgram conductedbythe contributions toenvironment. Degrees includingtheDegree ofDoctorUniversitybytheGriffith University, Australiain recognition ofhisdistinguished Dr. Lohaniholds Doctoraldegree inEnvironmental Engineering.Dr. Lohanihasbeenconferred withseveralHonorary Doctoral Institute ofTechnology (AIT),anindependentpost-graduateinstitutionlocatedatBangkok. departments) andwasAssociateProfessor andDivisionChairmanoftheEnvironmental EngineeringProgram attheAsian and sustainabledevelopment.BeforeofNepal(relating joiningADB,heworkedfortheGovernment toinfrastructure the President onCleanEnergy, ClimateChangeandEnvironment. Hehadworked invariouscapacities,mostlyinfrastructure urban development, education, environment, and knowledge management), and Special Advisor to gender and governance, Regional andSustainableDevelopmentDepartment(responsible forsectoralandthematicareas likeenergy, transport,water, In hisalmost30yearsinADB,hehasheldseveralpositions,includingDirector GeneralandChiefComplianceOfficer ofthe Chair ofCrisisManagementCommittee. of InvestmentCommitteethePensionFund(more than$2billion);ChairofAssetLiabilityManagementCommittee;and Prior totheaboveposition,Dr. LohaniwasVice-President (FinanceandAdministration)ofADB.Dr. LohaniservedasChair Systems andTechnology. (Office oftheChiefEconomist),SustainableDevelopmentandClimateChangeDepartment,Office ofInformation Sustainable Development.Hewasresponsible fortheADB’s EconomicResearch andRegionalCooperationDepartment Dr. BinduN.LohaniwasRankingVice-President oftheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)forKnowledgeManagementand Forum; FormerVice-President, Knowledge Distinguished Fellow, EmergingMarkets Management andSustainable,Asian Development Bank(ADB) Bindu Lohani Nepal PARTICIPANTS 63 Argentina Claudio Loser Claudio Centennial Group Latin America Centennial Group Director, Centennial Group; President, President, Group; Centennial Director, Claudio Loser is Founding Director and Chief Executive Officer of Centennial Latin America. He is a well-known authority on America. He is a well-known authority of Centennial Latin and Chief Executive Officer Director Claudio Loser is Founding at the International many senior positions, Monetary Fund he held and institutions. During his career Latin American economies Under his leadership, the Department was actively involved in a Department. of the Western Hemisphere including Director activities. Recently he has worked closely with Latin American and research wide range of surveillance, technical assistance, Bank, JICA, JBIC, and with a number of other financial corporations, dealing Development Bank (CAF), Asian Development Fellow Senior a is He IMF. the and countries these between relations evolving the and America Latin in developments with Hemisphere Western on policymakers and leaders opinion for forum Washington-based a Dialogue, Inter-American the at He has published Washington University. teaches Latin American Development issues and finance at the George He affairs. the University of Cuyo, Argentina and in many journals, from mostly on Latin American economic issues. He graduated in 1967 and 1971, respectively. the University of Chicago his Masters of Arts and PhD from received 64 PARTICIPANTS He isaYale 1971 graduateandaPrincetonPh.D.ineconomics. published inAugust2011. His latestbook,“Growth withFinancial Stability:CentralBankinginanEmergingMarket”(Oxford UniversityPress, 2011)was Strengthening Transparency” (2009),andtheCGFSWorking Group onCapitalFlows(2008-09). India between2002and2009.Inthiscapacityheco-chaired theG20Working Group “EnhancingSoundRegulationand of State2010-2014.HewasSecretary, oftheReserveBank oftheIndianMinistryFinance,andalsoDeputyGovernor He wasChairmanoftheNationalTransport ofIndia,withrankMinister DevelopmentPolicyCommitteeoftheGovernment India, andSriLanka. He wasuntilrecently ExecutiveDirector ontheBoard MonetaryFundrepresenting oftheInternational Bangladesh,Bhutan, He isalsoaSeniorAdvisertotheMcKinseyGlobalInstituteandNonResidentResearch FellowofStanford University. Brookings India. Dr RakeshMohanisSeniorFellowattheJacksonInstituteforGlobalAffairs, Yale UniversityandDistinguishedFellowat Deputy Governor, ReserveBankofIndia Global Affairs, Yale University;Former Senior Fellow, JacksonInstitutefor Rakesh Mohan India PARTICIPANTS 65 Botswana Bank of Botswana Linah Mohohlo Governor and Chairman of the Board, Governor of the Board, and Chairman Mrs Mohohlo has read accounting and business, economics, finance and investments at the University of Botswana, The Mrs Mohohlo has read executive management training from and has received respectively, of Exeter, University and University George Washington papers and book chapters in economics, finance, investments, and/or published several She has authored University. Yale management and governance. reserves Mrs Mohohlo is a recipient of a number of national and international awards, among which is Botswana’s highest public highest Botswana’s among which is and internationalnational of number of a awards, recipient is a Mohohlo Mrs Both the Financial Magazine (the Times Honour. of Order and devoted service, the Presidential for efficient service award and 2003 & 2008, in 2001 Africa Award for bestowed on her the Central Bank Governor of the Year Banker) and Euromoney Monetary and Financial institutions Forum the Official from the Lifetime Leadership Award In 2011, she received respectively. with in Africa for 2011 by Forbes Africa. She was honoured (OMFIF). She is ranked among the 10 Most Powerful Women in 2014. the Africa Banker Award In addition to having been a member of the inaugural Botswana Economic and Advisory Council, Mrs Mohohlo serves on the inaugural Botswana Economic and Advisory Council, Mrs Mohohlo serves In addition to having been a member of her several international Among engagements, she was appointed major corporations in Botswana and abroad. of boards responsibility charged with the General of the United Nations (Kofi Annan), Eminent Person in 2002 by the former Secretary Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. She also served of overseeing the evaluation of the United Blair; the Commission’s Tony by the former UK Prime Minister that was chaired as a member of the Commission for Africa Panel, a member of the Africa Progress was published in 2005. Mrs Mohohlo is currently Report, “Our Common Interest”, of the Investment Climate Facility for she is also Trustee the Poor Advisory Board; Gates Foundation Financial Services for is a member of UN High Level Pension Fund, of the United Nations Joint Staff Africa. She sits on the Investment Committee Economic Forum for Africa in Cape the meeting of the World has co-chaired Panel on Humanitarian Financing. Mohohlo Regional the and Finance Development and Poverty on Council Agenda Global the chaired Having 2011. May in Town to Forum activities as they relate Economic to be actively engaged in other World agenda Council for Africa, she continues Agenda Councils. Linah Mohohlo has been the Governor of the Bank of Botswana since 1999, following a 23-year career with the Bank, been the GovernorLinah Mohohlo has 23-year career of Botswana since 1999, following a of the Bank and Financial Research Resources, Human Secretariat, (e.g., Board in operational and policy areas during which she worked management and was among others, reserves for, in the latter Department, she was responsible Markets Departments); a template for fund manager appointment and monitoring, in the the Pula Fund and developing instrumental in establishing equity mandates. She has also worked for the Internationalcontext of diversified fixed income and Monetary Fund (IMF) as Governoras a Special Appointee. In her capacity she has been a member of the International of the IMF for Botswana, 21 Sub- 1 Constituency comprising the Africa Group 2000-02), representing Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC: Saharan African countries. 66 PARTICIPANTS 2000 to2004. Economic Associationfrom 1995to2002,andamemberoftheeditorialboard oftheWorld BankEconomicReviewfrom Countries, Turkey andIranfrom 1996to2006,anadvisorandmemberoftheexecutivecommitteeInternational Previously, Mr. NabliservedasamemberoftheBoard ofTrustees oftheEconomicResearch Forum(ERF)fortheArab development group oftheMiddle EastandNorthAfricaregion. Presidencyadvisor in theDevelopment Economics Vice and the chief economist and director of thesocialandeconomic oftheArabMonetaryFund.FromMonetary Fund,andagovernor 1997to2010,heworkedattheWorld Bankasasenior From January2011toJuly2012,Mr. oftheCentralBankTunisia, Nabliwasagovernor oftheInternational agovernor Iran. and Economic Policies, andasenior research fellowof the EconomicResearch ForumfortheArabCountries,Turkey and of theEditorialBoardmemberAdvisoryDevelopment oftheJournal oftheMiddleEastDevelopmentJournal, Arab World attheWorld EconomicForum,amember oftheBoard ofTrustees oftheGlobal DevelopmentNetwork,member Mustapha Nablicurrently worksasanindependentconsultantandactschairmanoftheGlobalAgendaCouncilon Former Governor, CentralBankof Mustapha Nabli Tunisia Tunisia PARTICIPANTS 67 Markets Forum Takehiko Nakao Takehiko International Organization International President, Asian Development Asian Development President, Bank (ADB); Co-Chair, Emerging Emerging Co-Chair, Bank (ADB); He has published books and numerous papers on financial and economic issues, and in 2010 and 2011 was a and economic issues, and in 2010 and 2011 papers on financial Visiting and numerous He has published books and a University of Tokyo the from in Economics degree a Bachelor’s Nakao holds Mr. Tokyo. of at the University Professor the University of California, Berkeley. Master of Business Administration from He was assigned as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C., between 2005 and 2007, and from 1994 to 1997 2005 and 2007, and from D.C., between of Japan in Washington He was assigned as Minister at the Embassy served as economist and advisor at the International Monetary Fund. In a career spanning more than three decades, Mr. Nakao has gained extensive experience in international Nakao has gained finance and decades, Mr. than three spanning more In a career in the Ministry of Finance in Japan, which he joined in 1978, including Director development. He has held senior positions region, and G20 in the Asia-Pacific ties with leading figures close he fostered where General of the International Bureau, nations. Takehiko Nakao is the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He of Directors. Board (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s of the Asian Development Bank is the President Nakao Takehiko Nakao was joining ADB, Mr. in April 2013. Before of Governors office Board and assumed by ADB’s was elected President the Vice at the Ministry of Finance of Japan. Minister of Finance for International Affairs 68 PARTICIPANTS the ItalianChamberofCommerce inParis. SheiscertifiedinEnglishbyCambridgeUniversity. Commerce from theUniversityJeanMoulinLyon III,togetherwithDiplomasfrom theSpanishChamberofCommerce and She graduatedinPhilosophyandLiterature andhasaMaster’s Degree inForeign LanguagesAppliedtoBusinessand Europe, andresponsiblein SpainandSouthern/Eastern fortheEngineeringandConstructionIndustries. enlarging theparticipationofcivilsocietyinLatinAmericaSummits.Before that,shewasinchargeofinstitutionalrelations From 2001,inadditiontotheinvolvementofbusiness,academia,mediaandpoliticalleaders,shetookinitiative Latin America. organization, involved inthe Mercosurthan 15 yearswiththis international EconomicSummitandotherbusinessactivity in Economic Forum, she was responsible for strategy, activities and communitybuilding in theregion. She workedformore February 2007toleadthemanagementofForum‘sactivities.FormerAssociateDirector forLatinAmericaattheWorld Specialized instrategiccommunicationandproject management,SylvieNavillejoinedtheEmergingMarketsForumin Director, Emerging MarketsForum Sylvie Naville France PARTICIPANTS 69 Argentina Beatriz Nofal President, Eco-Axis; Director, Director, Eco-Axis; President, International Women’s Forum (IWF) Forum International Women’s Dr. Nofal is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue and counselor of the Centro Argentino para las Relaciones Argentino and counselor of the Centro Dialogue Nofal is also a member of the Inter-American Dr. Internacionales (CARI). In October 2008 the French Republic conferred Dr. Nofal the insignia of Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor. of the Legion of Honor. Nofal the insignia of Knight of the Order Dr. Republic conferred In October 2008 the French In April 2003 she received from the Republic of Chile a Decoration of the Great Order of Merit Order the Republic of Chile a Decoration of the Great from In April 2003 she received and to economic development in the region. for her contribution to the bilateral relations in recognition Among the international honors awarded, Dr. Nofal received in 1989, from the Republic of Brazil a Decoration of the Order of the Republic of Brazil a Decoration of the Order in 1989, from Nofal received Among the international Dr. awarded, honors granted by Brazil “in April 14/89). These honors were Decree, Rio Branco with the rank of “Knight Commander” (Presidential In 1999 she was also granted the of her excellent performance in the Argentine-Brazilian Integration Program”. recognition of MERCOSUR. for her academic and institutional contribution to the consolidation Investors Group of Brazil’s Annual Award Dr. Nofal has authored several publications (including books) in Argentina, Brazil, and USA. Nofal has authored Dr. From May 1999 up to December 2000, she also was Managing Director of Arthur D. Little in Argentina. Since 1991, Dr. Nofal of Arthur D. Little in Argentina. Since 1991, Dr. 1999 up to December 2000, she also was Managing Director May From Bank. Development Bank and the World has been an external the Inter-American consultant to She is the founding partner of Eco-Axis S.A., a consulting firm specialized in economic analysis, investment, trade, and trade, investment, analysis, economic in specialized firm consulting a S.A., Eco-Axis of partner founding the is She during 1991- 1999 and she was of the co. She has been the President business strategy in Argentina and MERCOSUR. Dr. September 2010. in 2006 and reappointed October and 2002 March same position between the in again appointed publication called “MERCOSUR JOURNAL” during 1995-2000. Nofal also became the editor of a quarterly Dr. Nofal received her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1983 with specialization in development and planning. She Johns Hopkins University in 1983 with specialization in development her Ph.D. from received Nofal Dr. the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, University postgraduate diplomas in development planning from received Nofal is considered Dr. Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands (1976). Presently, of Paris, France (1977) and the Institute of private sector development and development issues in general. investment, trade, to be one of the main experts on Mercosur, She is at present President of Eco Axis, Director of Bodega Nofal, Director of the International Women’s Forum, and President President Forum, and International of the of Bodega Nofal, Director Women’s of Eco Axis, Director President She is at present Council globally, member of the IWF’s Board Chapter of the International Forum (IWF). She was elected Women of Argentina’s 2011, for a two year term. position which she assumed after October Dr. Beatriz. Nofal was, since October 2006 until the end of August 2010, Head of Argentina’s National Investment August 2010, Head of Argentina’s since October 2006 until the end of Beatriz. Nofal was, Dr. was built, showing The Agency ProsperAr of State. Under her leadership, rank of Secretary with Development Agency, work done won wide and generation and private sector development. The in terms of investment attraction important results Interamerican the Bank, UNCTAD), organizations (OECD, World multilateral sector, among the private international recognition for South Director as regional investment agencies, being elected and re-elected Development Bank, and her peers in other Agencies (WAIPA). Investment Promotion Association of Committee of the World America in the Directive 70 PARTICIPANTS development andinvestment. 1997. Mr. Otorbaev hasbeenhonorarymemberandinvitedspeakeratnumerous boards andforumsonemergingmarkets liberalartsuniversityintheregionof theAmericanUniversityinCentralAsia,onlyself-governing sinceitsinceptionin andbusiness,Mr.In additiontohisinvolvementingovernment OtorbaevisthefoundingmemberofBoard ofTrustees for ReconstructionandDevelopment(EBRD),basedinLondon(2006-2011). worked asaDeputyPrimeMinisteroftheKyrgyzRepublic.AfterthatheSeniorAdviserinEuropean Bank NGO whichisknownforitscontributiontotheeconomicreform progress inthecountry. Between2002and2005he same timehefounded,andbecamethefirstExecutiveDirector ofthePublicAssociation“InvestmentRound Table”, the he wasappointedasaSpecialrepresentative ofthePresident oftheKyrgyzRepubliconForeign Investments,andatthe is theCEOofPhilipsElectronics Representative office,Vice-president the ofPhilipsElectronics inCentralAsia.In2001 institutions, includingvisitingprofessor positionattheEindhovenUniversity(TheNetherlands)(1992-1996).From 1996he Physical Institute(Moscow)(1981),andhisResearch Professorship inMoscow (1989).Heworkedinfewresearch Mr. Otorbaevhasbeengraduatedwithhonorsfrom theLeningradUniversity(1978),received hisPh.D.from Lebedev worked asaDeputyPrimeMinister, andaFirstDeputyPrimeMinisteroftheKyrgyzRepublic. Djoomart OtorbaevisaformerPrimeMinisteroftheKyrgyzRepublic(April2014–May2015).Between2011andhe Djoomart Otorbaev Former PrimeMinister Kyrgyz Republic PARTICIPANTS 71 China Tsinghua University Tsinghua Qingzhong Pan Qingzhong Executive Dean, Schwarzman College, Executive Dean, David received a BE in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Tsinghua University in 1985. He then studied a University Tsinghua a BE in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from David received earningEconomic SEM, before an MS in Engineering in Economics and Ph.D. in Finance (1985-1990) at Tsinghua Master’s University (1993). Stanford Systems from He worked in the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University (2004-2014), serving as the Director of the (2004-2014), serving as the Director University Management at Tsinghua He worked in the School of Economics and Corporate Managerial Economics, and also taught Advisory Board, of School’s activities coordinated He Office. Development of corporate governance, development, and in the areas corporate Governance, FDI and MIS, and conducted research Chinese economic history. Prof. David Qingzhong Pan is the Executive Dean of Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University, where he not only oversees not only he where University, at Tsinghua College Schwarzman Dean of the Executive is David Qingzhong Pan Prof. leaders an innovative course that will invite industry for organizing of the college, but is also responsible all the daily operations to have intimate interactions with students. 72 PARTICIPANTS Alejandro ismarriedwithtwoyoung children, andlivesinBethesdawithhisfamily. His multiculturalandwiderangingindustryexperienceallowhimakeenunderstandingofbusinessgoalschallenges. forsalestotaling8Millionperyear.and California, Colombian company specialized in wholesale gold pieces. During this time, he opened markets in New York, Florida, Texas as project manager. Afterthisexperience,hespent8yearsasU.S.GeneralManagerofG&SJewelryManufacturers, Inc.a In 2000, Alejandro moved to South Florida, where he joined Yanbal cosmetics and jewelry company, LLC, an international headquarters inBogotáfrom 1995to1999. Andersen Consulting,NestléandKnollsystemsinColombia,aswellbeingPrograms Director atProexport Colombia´s over fifteen yearsintheprivatesector. AgraduateofUniversidaddelRosarioinBogotá,Colombia,Alejandro hasworkedin Alejandro Pardo joinedProexport-Colombia´s Washington bureau in2013astheheadforMidAtlanticRegion,after Investment andTrade Representative, Alejandro Pardo ProColombia –USA Colombia PARTICIPANTS 73 Switzerland WWF Switzerland Britta Rendlen Head, Sustainable Finance, Finance, Head, Sustainable Britta Rendlen joined WWF Switzerland in March 2015 as Head, Sustainable Finance. Before that, she served in various she served that, Finance. Before Sustainable as Head, 2015 in March Switzerland WWF Rendlen joined Britta Political Risks. In this last one being Head, Sustainability and Re in both asset and risk management, the positions with Swiss Initiative that drafted the Principles for Sustainable Insurance. Prior to this, function she was part of the UNEP FI Insurance she Council for Sustainable Development. The 8 years before, Business Member Relations with the World she was Manager, She also followed Orchestras. she worked as a fundraiser for the Chicago and St. Louis Symphony lived in Chicago, where Encounter. Swiss Theatre of the first when she served as festival director the passion of arts management in 2014 She is further certified as an the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Ms. Rendlen holds an MBA from international Movers Program. investment analyst (CIIA) and a fellow of the Aspen Institute First 74 PARTICIPANTS from SeoulNationalUniversity. papers inthesefields.Dr. RheeobtainedhisPh.D.inEconomicsfrom Harvard University, andhisBachelordegree inEconomics His keyresearch interests includemacroeconomics, financialeconomics,andtheKorean economy. Hehaspublishedmany the MinistryofFinanceandEconomy, theBankofKorea, theKorea SecuritiesDepository, andtheKorea DevelopmentInstitute. Rochester. HewasalsoafrequentofKorea, andactivepolicyadvisortotheGovernment includinginOffice ofthePresident, at theFSC,Dr. RheewasaProfessor ofEconomicsatSeoulNationalUniversityandAssistantProfessor atUniversityof Dr. Rheewasthesecretary-general oftheG20summit’s Presidential CommitteeintheRepublicofKorea. Priortohisappointment the chiefspokespersonforADBoneconomicanddevelopmenttrends, andoversawtheEconomicsResearch Department. (IMF) inFebruary2014.PriortocomingtheFundDr. RheewaschiefeconomistattheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB).He Changyong Rheeassumedhiscurrent positionasDirectorMonetaryFund oftheAsiaandPacificDepartmentInternational Director, Asiaand Pacific Department, International MonetaryFund(IMF) International Changyong Rhee United States PARTICIPANTS 75 Andres Rugeles Andres International Organization International Corporate Secretary, CAF - Corporate Secretary, Development Bank of Latin America Development He did his MSc in international (LSE) and his undergraduate studies in political economy at the London School of Economics and Latin American Studies, at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. political science, majoring in economics Previously, he served as Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Chief of Cabinet of the Secretary- Affairs of Foreign he served as Chief of Cabinet of the Minister Previously, Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Alternate for Latin America and the Caribbean Director General of the Andean Community, in the Netherlands. and diplomat in the Embassy of Colombia Andres Rugeles is the Corporate Secretary of CAF - Development Bank of Latin America. of CAF - Development Bank of Latin America. Secretary Rugeles is the Corporate Andres 76 PARTICIPANTS worked. a LifetimeAward forDiversityandInclusionbytheWorld Bank.Hereceived numerous honorsfrom thecountrieswhere he In 2006,Mr. Sarbib wasawarded anhonorarydoctoratebytheUniversityofOuagadougouinBurkinaFaso,andreceived the Negev, andtheboards oftheAfricanUniversityScienceandTechnology andtheNelsonMandelaInstitution. 2010). Heservesonnumerous non-profit boards andisamemberoftheboard oftheBen-GurionUniversity ofgovernors He wasanon-resident seniorfellow atTheBrookings Institution(2006-2011)andtaughtatGeorgetownUniversity(2009- Upon leaving the Bank, Mr. Sarbib joined Wolfensohn & Company as a managing director from October 2006 to March 2009. responsibilities fortheWorld Bankactivitiesineducation,health, socialprotection, andHIV/AIDS. Presidentand NorthAfrica(MENA).Hislastposition(2003–2006)wasasSeniorVice forhumandevelopment,withglobal Mr. SarbibwastheWorld Bank’s President Vice forAfricaandfrom President 2000to2003,theVice fortheMiddleEast From 1980to2006,Mr. SarbibwasattheWorld Bankwhere heoccupiedanumberofseniorpositions. From 1996to2000, through informationtechnology. HecontinuestoadviseJamesWolfensohn, theformerPresident oftheWorld Bank. with the mission to reduce poverty in developing nations by improving aid effectiveness, and transparency governance, Jean-Louis Sarbibiscurrently ChiefExecutiveOfficer atDevelopmentGateway, nonprofit aninternational socialenterprise Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Development Jean-Louis Sarbib United States Gateway PARTICIPANTS 77 - United States Michael Shifter Michael President, Inter-American Dialogue Inter-American President, Shifter graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Oberlin College and holds a MA in sociology from Harvard Harvard Oberlin College and holds a MA in sociology from Shifter graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from he taught Latin American development and politics for four years. where University, Shifter has consulted for the Ford Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, Agency World Development Bank, Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Inter-American Shifter has consulted for the Ford an In 2000, he directed for International Development, Oxfam America, and the Swedish International Development Agency. and Relations Foreign on Council the and Dialogue the by organized Colombia, towards policy US on force task independent inter regularly Shifter is Scowcroft. by Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) and former national security adviser Brent co-chaired Relations and the Latin American Studies Association and is a contributing Shifter is a member of the Council on Foreign on Latin America and on the Office of the Washington of Directors He has served on the Board History. editor to Current Division, and the Social Science Foundation of the Graduate School Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch/Americas of International of Denver. Relations at the University Shifter writes and talks widely on US-Latin American relations and hemispheric affairs. His recent articles have appeared in appeared articles have His recent and hemispheric affairs. American relations Shifter writes and talks widely on US-Latin Post, The Los Angeles Times, Miami The Washington History, Current Policy, Foreign Times, Affairs, Foreign The New York International Review and other publications. His writings on democratic governance, Harvard Herald, Journal of Democracy, also been published in many Latin security issues, and politics in the Andean countries have multilateralism, drug policy, He Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Panama, and Jamaica. American newspapers and magazines in along with Jorge Domínguez, of Constructing Democratic Governance Johns in Latin America, published by is co-editor, policy at leading universities in Latin America and Europe. about hemispheric Shifter has lectured Hopkins University Press. at the National Endowment for De- the Latin American and Caribbean program Prior to joining the Dialogue, Shifter directed and Southern Andean region governance in the and human rights program Foundation’s that, the Ford mocracy and, before in representative he was based, first, in Lima, Peru and then in Santiago, Chile. In the mid-1980s, he was a Cone, where and Evaluation. of Research he also worked in the Office Foundation, where Brazil with the Inter-American Michael Shifter was named president of the Inter-American Dialogue in April 2010. He was previously vice president for policy. for policy. vice president He was previously Dialogue in April 2010. of the Inter-American president Michael Shifter was named and articles policy-relevant commissioning agenda, Dialogue’s the shaping in role major a played has Shifter 1994, Since the Andean countries. Since 1993, he has to strategy in relation program organization’s the well as implementing as reports he teaches Latin American politics. Service, where School of Foreign at Georgetown University’s also been adjunct professor testified has he 1996, Since and BBC. CNN on appears often and media, American Latin and US both of variety a by viewed Latin America. US policy towards about Congress before regularly 78 PARTICIPANTS He isagraduateofKeioUnviersity’s FacultyofLaw. Business Division;andGeneralManager, HeavyMachineryDepartment,PlantProject Division. President,Vice Group COO,MitsubishiMachineryGroup; President, SeniorVice DivisionCOO, Plant&IndustrialMachinery and othermetals;plantship;industrialmachinerysegments.SeveralofhisnotablepositionsincludeExecutive His background isprimarilyinheavyindustry, withextensiveexperiencewithinMitsubishi’s non-ferrous metals;tin,lead,zinc, Mr. President, ShirakiwasSeniorExecutiveVice RegionalCEO,LatinAmericaoftheMitsubishiCorporationuntilrecently. Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Seiji Shiraki Corporation Japan PARTICIPANTS 79 United States Anoop Singh Anoop Monetary Fund (IMF) Monetary Fund Asia and Pacific Department, InternationalAsia and Pacific Head, Global Financial Markets and Banking Financial Markets and Banking Head, Global Practice, Centennial Group; Former Director, Former Director, Group; Practice, Centennial Mr. Singh’s publications include, China’s Economy in Transition: from External from to Domestic Rebalancing, “Rebalancing Economy in Transition: publications include, China’s Singh’s Mr. Crisis and Risks for Latin America”, in the Policy Package”, “The Financial Market China: The Role of the Yuan in Growth Institutions, and the Underground “Inclusive Growth, Latin America”, The Policy Lessons from Volatility: “Macroeconomic the Experience Since the 1990s”, Perspective on America: A Macroeconomic Economy”, “Stabilization and Reform in Latin Issues Facing ASEAN Countries.” Economic Reform”, and “Macroeconomic “Australia, Benefiting from Mr. Singh has worked and writen on macroeconomic, surveillance, and crisis management issues, helping design IMF- has worked and writen on macroeconomic, Singh Mr. South-East Asia, Eastern in emerging market, transition, and developing countries in South and Europe, supported programs Indonesia, and Malaysia during the Asian crisis, to Vietnam,and Latin America. He led missions to Thailand, Bulgaria, and he and to a number of other countries in Asia and in the Americas, including t Albania during their early transition experiences, and Argentina. Philippines, India, Australia, China, Japan, Mr. Singh, an Indian national, holds degrees from the universities of Bombay, Cambridge, and the London School of School London the and Cambridge, Bombay, of universities the from degrees holds national, Indian an Singh, Mr. includes: Special Advisor to the GovernorEconomics. His additional work experience of the Reserve Bank of India; and Bank. Region, the World Asia Senior Economic Advisor to the Vice President, Anoop Singh was Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Asia Pacific, for JP Morgan during 2014-2015. Before Before for JP Morgan during 2014-2015. Asia Pacific, and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Director Anoop Singh was Managing the of Director (2008-13) and Department Asia and Pacific of the Internationalat the that, he was Director Fund, Monetary Operations Special Director, included: have IMF the at appointments other His (2002-08). Department Hemisphere Western and Assistant Director, Policy Development and Review Department; Senior Advisor, of the Managing Director; in the Office Department. European 80 PARTICIPANTS 1974-1979: World Bank,Washington D.C(“West Africa” then“Europe, Middle-EastandNorthAfrica”region) 1979-1980: AssistantManager, Kredietbank S.A.Luxembourgeoise,Luxembourg 1980-1986: Head,FinancialRelations,European Office ofthe World Bank,Paris Communities, Brussels 1986-1988: EconomicAdviser, Directorate GeneralforEconomicandFinancialAffairs, CommissionoftheEuropean 1988-1991: ChiefofCabinettheBelgianMinisterFinance Kazakstan, Luxembourg,Slovakia,SloveniaandTurkey 1991-1994: ExecutiveDirector oftheWorld BankandAffiliates, forAustria, Belarus, Belgium,CzechRepublic,Hungary, representing Belgium,LuxembourgandSlovenia 1994 -2002:MemberoftheBoard ofDirectors oftheEuropean BankforReconstruction andDevelopment(EBRD),London, Europe,for SouthEastern Brussels July 2002-June2005:Director, Working Table II(EconomicReconstruction,DevelopmentandCo-operation),StabilityPact Cooperation inEurope (OSCE),Vienna July 2005-0ctober2008:Co-ordinator oftheEconomicandEnvironmental Activities,OrganisationforSecurityand Previous positions Belgium 1974-Ph.D.inEconomics,Harvard University, USA Belgium 1967-DoctorateinLaw, CatholicUniversityofLouvain, 1964 -B.A.inPhilosophy, CatholicUniversityofLouvain, Academic background Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac (B)-March 11th,1945 Baron Bernard Snoyetd’Oppuers President, TheRobertTriffin International Association International Bernard Snoy Belgium PARTICIPANTS 81 India Anil Sood Centennial Group Chief Operating Officer, Officer, Chief Operating Director, Emerging Markets Forum; Markets Forum; Emerging Director, Mr. Sood now focuses on issues of growth and global competitiveness, and on development evaluation. He has an MBA and global now focuses on issues of growth Sood Mr. Delhi Indian Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering from Business School (Baker Scholar) and BSc in Harvard from (Distinguished Alumni). Anil Sood is a Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Centennial Group International. Prior to joining the Centennial Group, International. Group, Prior to joining the Centennial of Centennial Group and Chief Operating Officer Anil Sood is a Principal Resource and Change Strategy, for responsible Viceincluding Bank, President World the at positions senior many held he He has advised of development issues, strategy and institutional effectiveness. Management. His expertise is on a wide range of a large number of multilateral and UN development organizations. chief executives and senior management 82 PARTICIPANTS Prizeman. Mr. Speechley hasaFirstClassHonorsdegree inLawfrom theUniversityofSheffield, UK,where hewasaFalconer action. Royal SocietyofArtsintheUnitedKingdom,aglobalnetworkpeoplecommittedtoenrichingsocietythrough ideasand impact entrepreneurs across Africa,Asia,theMiddleEast,Europe andtheAmericas.Mr. SpeechleyisalsoaFellowofthe them developessentialworkplaceskills,andasenioradvisortoEndeavor, anorganizationdedicatedtosupportinghigh member oftheGlobalBoard ofJunior Achievement(JAWorldwide), anorganizationwhichinvestsinyoungpeopletohelp Mr. Speechley isamemberoftheBoard ofDirectors oftheEmergingMarkets PrivateEquityAssociation(EMPEA),a several newgrowth markets. investment activities,Mr. SpeechleyhassatontheGroup InvestmentCommitteeandledtheexpansionofAbraajinto investments inanumberofcountriesacross growth markets.Inaddition tooverseeingvariouspartsoftheGroup’s Mr. SpeechleyjoinedtheGroup in2006asanInvestmentDirector andsincethenhasbeenresponsible forseveral York where heservesastheChiefExecutiveOfficer ofAbraajNorthAmerica,LLC. capital raisingandinvestorrelations. HeisamemberoftheGroup Management ExecutiveCommitteeandisbasedinNew Tom SpeechleyisaPartneratTheAbraajGroup andHeadofGlobalMarkets,responsible forstakeholderengagement, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Tom Speechley Abraaj NorthAmerica United States PARTICIPANTS 83 Representative Office, Office, Representative International Organization International Craig Steffensen Craig Steffensen Asian Development Bank (ADB) Asian Development Representative, North American North Representative, Mr. Steffensen holds a Master’s degree in development economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison,of the University from economics development in a and degree Master’s a holds Steffensen Mr. He successfully completed the AID International Development Intern University. Purdue in economics from degree Bachelor’s at the program studies area Asia Thai language and Southeast intensive DC, and a six-month in Washington, Program Institute. Service Foreign He has held long-term assignments with the World Bank in Washington, DC and Lao PDR; The Asia Foundation in Thailand Bank in Washington, the World He has held long-term assignments with in the rural DC and Thailand; and US Peace Corps and Cambodia; US Agency for International Development in Washington, Philippines. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Steffensen served as ADB’s Country Director for Thailand, leading ADB’s re-engagement with re-engagement for Thailand, leading ADB’s Country Director served as ADB’s Steffensen Prior to this assignment, Mr. by the international to assist in of efforts community for Afghanistan, serving at the forefront Myanmar; Country Director Unit, based in Almaty, Head, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation and reconstruction; recovery Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance in Bangkok at the height of the Asian financial crisis. Kazakhstan; and Resident Advisor to the Craig Steffensen has served as Representative to the Asian Development Bank’s North American Representative Office Office North American Representative to the Asian Development Bank’s as Representative has served Craig Steffensen finance, mobilize to efforts NARO’s leads Steffensen Mr. national, American An 2013. May since D.C. Washington, in (NARO) U.S. and in the of ADB public awareness partnerships, and raise deepen and establish experience, knowledge and share Canada. 84 PARTICIPANTS Shige earned aBAfromShige earned theUniversityofTokyo Affairs in1963andaMasterofInternational from ColumbiaUniversityin1967. president oftheAsianDevelopment Bank,headquartered inManila,Philippines,from 1976to1979. Affairsand deputyviceministeroffinanceforInternational from 1990to1991.Healsoservedaspersonalassistantthe Regional Taxation Bureau from 1992 to1993;deputydirectorFinanceBureau generaloftheInternational from 1991to1992; secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission from 1993 to 1994; commissioner of the Tokyo During Sugisaki’s precedingheheldvariouspositions,includingthatof thirtyyearsofserviceintheJapaneseGovernment, advisor tomanagingdirector, MichelCamdessus,fortwoandahalfyears. served asdeputymanagingdirector MonetaryFundfrom oftheInternational 1997to2004,afterhavingworkedasspecial Prior tojoiningGoldmanSachs,Mr. SugisakiwaschairmanofSompoJapanResearch Institutefrom 2004to2006.He the firmin2006asanadvisorandwasnamedmanagingdirector in2007. Mr. ChairmanofGoldmanSachsJapanCo.,Ltd.HeservesontheGSJCLExecutiveCommittee.joined SugisakiisVice Vice Chairman,GoldmanSachs Shigemitsu Sugisaki Japan Co.Ltd. Japan PARTICIPANTS 85 World Bank World International Organization International Marcus Svedberg Marcus Adviser to the Executive Director, Executive Director, Adviser to the Marcus Svedberg was until recently chief economist at East Capital, an independent asset manager specializing in emerging asset manager specializing in emerging economist at East Capital, an independent chief Svedberg was until recently Marcus and political analysis as well as economic for the macro was responsible under management. Marcus markets with USD 4bn traveled and team management asset the with closely worked He Easternon focus special a with assessments risk Europe. commentator on is also a regular interacting with policymakers, analysts and market participants. He extensively in the region, joining East Reuters and CNBC. Before Bloomberg, in international media, such as FT, emerging markets and the Eurozone focusing tank think leading a Economics, of Transition Institute Stockholm the at analyst chief was Marcus 2007, in Capital for governments,subjects these on extensively He has written Easternin development political and economic the on Europe. as well Council and Kreab Trade has also worked for the Swedish Marcus international organizations and the private sector. Economics. of School London the from economy political in degree master’s a has He institutes. research of number a for as 86 PARTICIPANTS He studiedSozialwissenschaftatSophiaUniversity. He isamemberofEconomicCooperationCommitteeJapanForeign Trade Council,Inc. power generationprojects inEurope, AfricaandMiddle-Eastcountries. and Telecommunication DepartmentinSumitomoCorporationEurope LimitedinLondon.WhileEurope, hepromoted for SumitomoCorporationDeutschlandinDuesseldorf,between1993and1996,from 1997to1999workedforPower geothermal powergenerationprojects andtransmission&distributionprojects allovertheworld.Hewasassignedtowork Prior tothecurrent position,asproject leaderhehas engagedanumberofpowerprojects, suchasfossilfuel,hydro & role since2013. PPP Projects, andMultinationalDevelopmentBanks.Hehasservedinthis utilizingthefacilitiesofJapaneseGovernment Development, responsible forenhancing Mr. Takatori isasGeneralManager, EconomicCooperation&Public-Private-Partnership(PPP)Promotion International Cooperation &Public-Private-Partnership General Manager, Economic International Promotion Department,Sumitomo Toshikazu Takatori Corporation Japan PARTICIPANTS 87 Japan Monetary Affairs Kikuko Takeda Department, Institute for InternationalDepartment, Senior Economist, Economic Research Economic Research Senior Economist, The IIMA was established in 1995, as a non-profit research organization, with a basic capital from the Bank of Tokyo (currently Tokyo (currently the Bank of basic capital from a organization, with research in 1995, as a non-profit was established The IIMA The Bank bank. merger to form a commercial UFJ) on the occasion of the Bank of Tokyo’s the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and the purposes had accumulated knowledge and experience in the field of international finance and currencies of Tokyo in the public and to utilize such expertise of the Bank of Tokyo generations to pass on to future of setting-up the IIMA were in the international monetary field. research through interest After graduating from Keio University, she entered the Bank of Tokyo in 1989. She has served mostly as a foreign currency currency in 1989. She has served mostly as a foreign the Bank of Tokyo she entered Keio University, After graduating from implemented in which was officially Research member of Global Currency economist for the bank. She was the founding she Headquarter (London) before European to 2014 at BTMU’s 2007 Economist from 1999. She served as a Senior Currency (IIMA) in October 2015. for Internationalwas appointed to Senior Economist of Institute Monetary Affairs Kikuko Takeda is Senior Economist of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs (IIMA) since October 2015. (IIMA) since October International is Senior Economist of the Institute for Monetary Affairs Kikuko Takeda 88 PARTICIPANTS Universidad CatólicadelPerú(CatholicUniversityofPeru). he also holds a MPhil in Economic Development from the University of Cambridge. He is Licentiate in Economics from Minister Alfredograduatedfrom Thorne theUniversityofOxford in1987where he obtainedaPhDinEconomics.Furthermore, and Kazakhstan. Mr. was the main economist of the World Thorne Bank, with great experience in most countries of Central Europe, Russia 1998, 2000,2001and2009. Chase Bank. During that time, LatinFinance magazine gave him the award asMexico’s best economist in the yearsof 1997, Financial Group, and General Director of Analysis for Latin America at the Global Investigation Department of JP Morgan He previously servedasaDirector ofPrimaAFP, GeneralDirector ofInvestmentandAnalysisBankingforBanorte-Ixe acquisitions consultingfirmwithoperationsinLatinAmerica. InPeru’s &Associates”,aneconomic,financial,mergersand CommitteeofConsultants.Inaddition,heisfounder“Thorne Development Bank. Before takingoffice, hewas anIndependent Director ofthe LimaStockExchangeandmemberof Pablo Kuczynski,onJuly2016.Heisalsothecurrent ofPeruintheWorld Governor BankGroup andtheInter-American Alfredo Vetter Thorne wasappointed Minister ofEconomy and FinancebythePresident oftheRepublicPeru,Pedro Alfredo Eduardo Thorne Minister ofEconomyandFinance Peru PARTICIPANTS 89 Fund (IMF) International Organization International Siddharth Tiwari Siddharth Department, InternationalDepartment, Monetary Director, Strategy, Policy, and Review and Review Policy, Strategy, Director, Siddharth Tiwari is the Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR), which is responsible for developing IMF’s IMF’s for developing (SPR), which is responsible and Review Department Policy, Siddharth Tiwari of Strategy, is the Director G-20, and G-24. interactions with G-7, IMF’s coordinating their application at country level, and also policies, overseeing International Tiwari Board, Monetary of the Fund (the Executive was the Secretary of SPR, Mr. Prior to becoming Director of Budget and Planning; Office of the of Governors). He has also served as Director and Financial Committee, and the Board a wide Tiwari has worked across At the Fund, Mr. office. the Managing Director’s headed country operations in Africa; and Asia and Pacific, and positions in the African, issues, and held previous and administrative country, range of strategic, policy, Departments. European 90 PARTICIPANTS published byStanford UniversityPress, March 2015. 2006, publishedbyPlanetaPress, July2014,Peru,andt he SharedSociety:aVisionfor theGlobalFutureofLatinAmerica, Dr. Toledo’s most recent books are Degrees from prestigious universitiesinPeruandaround theworld. Reduction andDemocracy, aswellontheBenefitsofHuman-CapitalInvestment. Hehas received 72 HonoraryDoctoral Dr. Toledo has lectured in more than forty five countries onissues related to Economic Growth, Poverty andInequality Ecuador andTunisia. Democracy. Mostrecently hehasledseveralElectoralObservationMissionswithNDIandtheCarter Center, in Nicaragua, Dr. Toledo, inrecent yearshaspublishedonpolicyorientedacademicissuesrelated toEconomicGrowth, Inclusivenessand Institution. D.C., andalsoaNon-Resident Senior FellowinForeign Policy andGlobalEconomyDevelopmentattheBrookings StudiesatJohns HopkinsUniversityinWashington, ScholarattheSchoolofAdvancedInternational Distinguished Visiting cgdd.org), whichisbasedinLatinAmerica,theUnitedStates,andEuropean Union.In2009-2010Dr. Toledo wasa Toledo foundedandcontinuestoserveasthePresident oftheGlobalCenterforDevelopmentandDemocracy(www. Lecturer attheFreeman SpogliInstitute’s CenteronDemocracy, Development,andtheRuleofLaw. Simultaneously, Dr. Residence attheUniversity’s CenterforAdvancedStudyintheBehavioralSciences,andalsoaPayneDistinguishedVisiting After finishinghistermasPresident, Toledo toStanfordreturned forthree years,where he wasaDistinguishedFellowin University inTokyo. During hisacademiccareer, Dr. Toledo ScholaratHarvard wasaVisiting UniversityandaResearch AssociateatWaseda Economics, andanMAPh.D.intheEconomicsofHumanResources from theSchoolEducation,Stanford University. Toledo received a BA in Economics and Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. He has an MA in hundred years. democratic leaders ofLatin America. Dr. Toledo isthefirst Peruvian president ofindigenousdescenttobeelected infive poverty andattendedthemostprestigious academiccentersoftheworld,laterbecomingonemostprominent poverty in a family of sixteen siblings. Thanks to a series of accidental opportunities, he was able to escape from extreme Toledo inasmallandremote wasborn villageinthePeruvianAndes,12,000feetabovesealevel.Hegrew upinextreme led abroad democraticcoalition thateventuallybrought downin2000theautocraticregime ofAlbertoFujimori. D.C., and the United Nations in New York. He first appeared political scene in 1996 when he formed and on the international Before becomingPresident, Dr. Toledo worked fortheWorld BankandtheInter-American DevelopmentBankinWashington, economy grew atanaveragerateof6percent, makingitone ofthefastestgrowing economiesinLatinAmerica. percent infiveyears,andemployment rose atanaverage rateof6percent from 2004-2006.From 2001-2006,thePeruvian economic growth anddeliberatesocialpoliciesdirected tothepoorest ofthepoor, extreme povertywasreduced by25 Toledo’s presidency wasthefightagainstpovertythrough investmentinhealthcare andeducation.Asa result ofsustained Dr. Alejandro Toledo wasdemocraticallyelectedPresident ofPeruin2001.Duringhisfive-yearterm,thecentralaim Former President ofPeru;President, Global CenterforDevelopmentand Economic Growth for Social Inclusion: Five Years in which We Planted the Future, 2001- Alejandro Toledo Democracy Peru PARTICIPANTS 91 (OIJ) Mexico Max Trejo Cervantes Max Trejo Ibero-American Youth Organization Organization Youth Ibero-American Futhermore, he has extensive experience in areas related to the youth. He is part of different social networks of youth to the youth. He is part of different related he has extensive experience in areas Futhermore, with by nature in 2009. Entrepreneur the National Prize of the Mexican Youth leadership in Latin America. He was awarded against political, engagement have allowed him to plan and implement remedies diplomatic skills, his political vocation and adaptability leadership, based on social equity, level, which are youth at regional economic and social challenges facing the and innovation. He has a oustanding career path of more than 10 years in international He has helped to build an cooperation. Since 2005, path of more He has a oustanding career 2012, he was 2007 to From space and to enhance the youth position in the political agenda of the region. Ibero-American General, Enrique Iglesias. Secretary Advisor of the Ibero-American He is a 33 year-old young Mexican leader and entrepreneur who has been working in the international, who has been working in the academic, public leader and entrepreneur young Mexican He is a 33 year-old foreign from recognition the University of Anahuac and he received in law from a degree He holds and private sector. in Politics, degree of Santiago de Compostela. He has a Master’s universities during his stay such as the University the University of Francisco de la Victoria and a doctorate in Government, from Institution Building and Citizen Engagement the Institute of Ortega y Gasset University. Administration and Public Policy from 92 PARTICIPANTS He holdsaPh.D.inDevelopmentEconomicsandTrade from theFletcherSchool,Tufts University, USA. Resources. Before joiningtheBank,Mr. Tuluy inthedevelopingworld. workedasaconsultantandadvisortogovernments Africa Region,ChiefOperatingOfficerVice President fortheMultilateralInvestmentGuaranteeAgency(MIGA), ofHuman the AfricaRegion,Director ofWorld BankCorporateStrategy, Director ofStrategy&Operations,MiddleEast andNorth Bank in1987asaneconomistandhassinceservedvariouspositionsofresponsibility including:CountryDirector in development solutionsformemberstatesthrough financial,knowledge,andtechnicalassistanceservices.Hejoinedthe career attheWorld Bankforovertwnetyyearshasfocused onpromoting theBank’s role asareliable partnerinfinding Hasan Tuluy wastheWorld President BankRegionalVice forLatinAmerica &theCaribbean(LAC)from 2012.Mr. Tuluy’s Senior Associate,CentennialGroup; Former RegionalVicePresident, Hasan Tuluy World Bank Turkey PARTICIPANTS 93 Japan Agency Ltd. Makoto Utsumi Makoto Chairman of the Global Advisory Advisory of the Global Chairman Inc.; Former President and Chief President Inc.; Former Executive Officer, Japan Credit Rating Japan Credit Executive Officer, Board, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Financial Tokyo Tokai Board, Mr. Makoto Utsumi is the Chairman of the Global Advisory Board, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc. He was President and He was President Financial Holdings, Inc. Tokyo Tokai Chairman of the Global Advisory Board, Makoto Utsumi is the Mr. for International at Japan Center May, Finance (2001- Ltd (2004- June, 2014), President Rating Agency, CEO, Japan Credit Utsumi had Japan (1992-2000). Mr. Tokyo, of Keio University, at the Faculty of Business and Commerce 2004), professor General of including Director 1957 to 1991, and held various positions from Ministry of Finance worked for Japan’s previously the International and Vice He also served as Minister Extraordinary Minister of Finance for International Finance Bureau Affairs. Utsumi with the Ministry of Finance, Mr. D.C. During his career in Washington, and Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of Japan the Japanese government of the in various international negotiations including G7 meetings, the preparation represented Utsumi in the late 1980s. Mr. and Latin American Debt Problem Initiative Structural Impediment U.S.－Japan Plaza Accord, of the Order by International He was also awarded Economy Magazine in 1989. Policy Maker of the Year was awarded France in 2007, etc. Japan in 2008, Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur from Gold and Silver Star from Treasure, Sacred in 1957. with a Bachelor of Law degree the University of Tokyo graduated from Utsumi Mr. 94 PARTICIPANTS policy, andis afrequent eventsandforums. speakeratinternational Distinguished Service of the Year 2012. He is the author of several books and articlesonmacroeconomics andeconomic the EmergingMarketsNewspaper, aspecializedfinancialmagazineofEuromoney InstitutionalInvestorandBravo Award for American MonetaryStudies(2007-2009).In2010hewasdesignatedLatinAmerica’s oftheYear CentralBankGovernor by Boardof theLatinAmericanReserveFund(2004-2006).HehasalsobeenChairmanGoverning Center 2001-2003 hewasamemberoftheCentralBankBoard. BeforeheservedasChairman becomingCentralBankGovernor Peru). Hehasservedasboard memberatseveralcommercial banksandnonfinancialcorporations.In1990-1992 career (1986-2003)hehasbeenSeniorProfessor and DeanoftheEconomicsDepartmentatUniversidaddelPacífico(Lima, reappointed forfivemore years.Mr. Velarde holdsaPhD(c)inEconomicsfrom Brown University(1978).Duringhisacademic Mr. JulioVelarde oftheCentralReserveBankPeru(BCRP).Afterafirstterm(October2006-July2011),hewas isGovernor Governor, CentralBankofPeru Julio Velarde Peru PARTICIPANTS 95 Chile Joaquin Vial Joaquin Board Member, Central Bank of Chile Central Bank of Member, Board Joaquin Vial has served as a member of the Policy Board of the Central Bank of Chile since February 2012. Previously, Previously, February 2012. of Chile since Bank Central of the VialJoaquin Board Policy of the member as a has served 2011. He has performed academic between 2004 and Group Division of BBVA in the Research he held various positions and the Universidad de (2000-2002), the Universidad de Santiago (1986-1987) activities at Columbia (2002-2003), Harvard between 1994 and 1996. He also he was executive director (1988-1992), where Chile (1978-1985), as well as in CIEPLAN and later as the National (1992-1994), Policy Coordinator Ministry of Finance, first as Macroeconomic worked at Chile’s (1997-2000). He has been a consultant to various international organizations and private enterprises, and Budget Director between 2009 and 2011. of the Pension Fund AFP Provida was the Chairman of the Board 96 PARTICIPANTS offering personalizedasset managementservicesforprivateandinstitutionalclientsinLatinAmericaaswellEurope. Walker vonGraffenried AssetManagementAGwasfoundedbyLindaWalker inZurich1998.Thecompanyspecializes WALKER VONGRAFFENRIED ASSETMANAGEMENTAG of English. Supervisory Authority).LindaWalker isfluentinFrench, German,Spanish,Greek, andItalianinadditiontohermothertongue Commerce andamemberofPolyReg,onetheregulatory organizationsrecognized byFINMA(SwissFinancialMarket Management inZurich.SheisamemberofthefriendsComexi,LatinAmericanSwissChamber in theareas ofcorporate,investmentandprivatebanking.InMay1998sheestablishedWalker vonGraffenried Asset Germany. She worked twenty-oneyears with Citibankwhere sheheldpositions in theUSA,Peru,Greece and Switzerland Paris; 1977 MBA at George Washington University, USA; Postgraduate studies at the universities of Munich and Saarbrucken, Linda Walker graduated in 1972 with a BA in French Literature at the University of Delaware, USA; 1975 MA at the Sorbonne, Managing Director, Walker vonGraffenried Asset ManagementAG Linda Walker Switzerland PARTICIPANTS 97 Japan Agency (JICA) Hideki Watanabe Hideki Japan International Cooperation Process Division, Africa Department, Division, Africa Process Deputy Director, Planning and TICAD Planning and TICAD Deputy Director, Hideki Watanabe is Deputy Director, Planning and TICAD Process Division, Africa Department, Japan International Division, Africa Department, Planning and TICAD Process Deputy Director, is Hideki Watanabe (grant) of lending (yen-loan) and non-lending coordination He is in charge of the (JICA), Tokyo. Cooperation Agency Initiative (Enhanced Bank and EPSA the strategic partnership with World operations in Sub-Sahara Africa including experience in African Development Bank. He also has extensive professional Private Sector Assistance for Africa) with reform, dialogue with governmentimplementation of public financial sector authorities and conceptualization and strategic training for public servants including his 3 year experience and human resources institutional development, management of a MSc Public Management and Governance at the London School of Economics and Political in Ethiopia. He received (Japan). (Law) at the University of Tokyo Science (UK) and a Bachelor Degree 98 PARTICIPANTS Brown University. Hitotsubashi UniversityinApril2008.Mr. Watanabe holdsanLLBfrom theUniversityofTokyo, andanMAinEconomicsfrom FellowatHarvardVisiting UniversityinFebruary2008andasProfessor atGraduateSchoolofcommerce andManagement, General andDirector-General. Affairs MinisterofFinanceforInternational in2004.HealsoservesasSenior HebecameVice played aninstrumentalrole intheenhancementofAsianmonetaryco-operationandbilateralassistanceasDeputyDirector- of Finance, KiichiMiyazawa as personal secretary Bureau, between 1998-2001. During his time in the International he affairs. Finance,hewentontosupportMinister Afterservingaschief economistwithintheJapanCenterforInternational beginning his professional career with the Ministry of Finance in 1972, hehas specialized mainly in taxationandinternational APEC, where hewastaskedwithraisingawareness of therecent Japaneseeconomicrecovery andstructuralreform. Since Japan’s representative conferences at international all over the world such as theG7, World Bank, IMF, ASEAN+3, ASEM and foreign monetarysystem.Inthisrole, developmentassistanceandJapan‘sinvolvementintheinternational heactedas responsible affairs foroverseeinginternational attheMinistryofFinance,withoversightforforeign exchangestabilization, Affairs MinisterofFinanceforInternational inJuly2007.InhispreviousJapan‘s Vice role Minister, asVice Mr. Watanabe was Watanabe servedasSpecialAdvisortothePresident Finance,havingsteppeddown as attheJapanCenterforInternational Hiroshi Watanabe Cooperation(JBIC).Previously, oftheJapan Bank forInternational served asCEOandGovernor Mr. Former Governor andChiefExecutive Former Governor Officer, JapanBank forInternational Institute for International Monetary Institute forInternational Cooperation (JBIC);President, Hiroshi Watanabe Affairs Japan PARTICIPANTS 99 Switzerland Relations, Nestlé Ghislaine Weder Ghislaine Head, Economics and InternationalHead, Economics BA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), University of Oxford; MSc, Development Studies, London School of MSc, Development of Oxford; and Economics (PPE), University BA, Politics, Philosophy Science (LSE); PhD, InternationalEconomics and Political Graduate Institute of International Economics, Studies, International Consultant, Monetary (EFTA); Association Trade Free Senior Economist, European Geneva. Formerly, current in 2013; since October 2015, Economic Forum. Joined Nestlé World Fund (Geneva); Senior Manager (Asia), position. Participants without Profiles

Peixin Li Dallara Chief Executive Officer, Polaris Investments LLC. United States

Ismaïla Dem Director General, Economy and Finance, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Senegal

Issa Djibo Director, Economic Outlook and Financial Analysis, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Senegal

Nobumitsu Hayashi COO, Senior Managing Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Japan

Guilherme Studart Manager, London office, The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Brazil

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NOVEMBER 3-5, 2015 TOKYO, JAPAN EMERGING MARKETS FORUM

2015 GLOBAL MEETING The Emerging Markets Forum was created by the Centennial Group as a not-for-pro t initiative to bring together high-level government and corporate leaders from around the world to engage in dialogue on the key economic, nancial and social issues facing Preliminary emerging market countries. Program

The Forum is focused on some 70 market economies in East and South Asia, Eurasia, Latin America and Africa that share prospects of superior economic performance, already have or seek to create a conducive business environment and are of near-term interest to private investors, both domestic and international. Our current list of EMCs is shown on the back cover. We expect this list to eveolve over time, as countries’ policies and prospects change.

Further details on the Forum and its meetings may be seen on our website at http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org

Emerging The Watergate Oce Building, 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 201 Markets Forum Washington, DC 20037, USA. Tel:(1) 202 393 6663 Fax: (1) 202 393 6556 A nonprofit initiative of the Centennial Group

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