OCTOBER 28-30, 201 8 TOKYO, JAPAN EMERGING MARKETS FORUM

2018 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 Participants’ emerging market countries. Pro les

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.

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PARTICIPANTS 1 United States Theodore Ahlers Theodore Senior Associate, Centennial Group Senior Associate, Theodore Ahlers is an economist with extensive experience in Europe & Central Asia, the Middle East & North Africa, and Asia, the Middle East & North Africa, & Central with extensive experience in Europe Ahlers is an economist Theodore at the World and senior management positions economist Over the last 25 years, he held numerous sub-Saharan Africa. (2002- Director Department & Central Asia (2007-12), Maghreb for Europe Director Bank, including Strategy and Operations Tufts Economics from for Africa (2000-02). He holds a PhD in Development 07), and Strategy and Operations Director Fletcher School. University, 2 PARTICIPANTS Economics, andPh.D.from the Massachusetts InstituteofTechnology (MIT),allineconomics. Dr. Ahluwalia received herB.A.(Hons)from Presidency College,CalcuttaUniversity, M.A.from theDelhiSchoolof (Steel AuthorityofIndia). Boards ofanumberResearch InstitutesinIndia,DrAhluwaliaisalsoanIndependentDirector ontheBoard ofSAIL titled “Towards aNewAsianDevelopmentBankinAsia”tothePresident, ADBin2007.Besidesbeingonthe member oftheEminentPersonsGroup oftheAsianDevelopmentBankfrom 2006to2007,whichsubmitteditsreport totherespectiveShewasalso a duringtheperiod2011-12,whichsubmitteditsVision governments. governments to 2006.ShewasamemberoftheEminentPersonsGroup onIndia-ASEAN,aGroup establishedbytherespective Chairperson, Board ofTrustees FoodPolicyResearch ofIFPRI(International Institute),Washington D.C.,from 2003 Dr. Ahluwalia iscurrently ontheBoard ofTrustees Water ofIWMI(International ManagementInstitute),andwas service delivery, industrial growth andproductivity, macro-economic reforms, andsocialsectordevelopment. Dr PKMohanty, former ChiefSecretary, AndhraPradesh.Herresearch hasfocusedonurbanisation,sustainablepublic Opportunities andtheWay Forward (SageIndia),whichshehasco-editedwithProf Universityand RaviKanburofCornell include Transforming OurCities:Postcards ofChange(HarperCollins),andavolume,UrbanisationinIndia:Challenges, Dr. Ahluwaliahaswrittennumerous booksandpublishedmanyarticlesinprofessionalHerlatest journals. of educationandliterature. Institute ofIndia.DrAhluwaliawasawarded PadmaBhushanbythePresident ofIndiain2009forherservicesthefields Expert CommitteeonUrbanInfrastructure andServicesfrom 2008to2011and iscurrently ontheBoard oftheUrban leads theResearch andCapacityBuildingProgram onUrbanisation inIndia.ShewasChairpersonoftheHighPowered Mrs. AhluwaliaisChairperson,IndianCouncilforResearch EconomicRelations(ICRIER),where onInternational shealso Chairperson andBoard ofGovernors, International EconomicRelations International Indian CouncilforResearch on Isher Ahluwalia India PARTICIPANTS 3 India Commission of India Commission Montek Ahluwalia Montek Former Deputy Chairman, the Planning Chairman, the Planning Former Deputy Shri Ahluwalia has received several honorary degrees including an honorary doctorate in Civil Law from the University of an honorary doctorate in Civil Law from including several honorary degrees Shri Ahluwalia has received of the Global Green of Directors and a Member of the Board is an honorary fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford He Oxford. Institute, South Korea. Growth Shri Ahluwalia has written on various aspects of development economics, including Indian economic policy and his articles of development economics, including Indian economic policy and his articles Shri Ahluwalia has written on various aspects Indian and international journals ‘Re-distribution have been published in a number of prominent and books. He co-authored which ‘Reforming the Global Financial Architecture’, also wrote to Policy’, published in 1975. He An Approach with Growth: London. No. 41 by the Commonwealth Secretariat, was published in 2004 as Economic Paper He joined the Government of Finance after which he held a series of of India in 1979 as Economic Adviser in the Ministry Economic of Department in the Secretary Secretary; Commerce Minister; Prime the to Secretary Special including positions of the Planning Commission and Member of the Economic in the Ministry of Finance; Member Secretary Finance Affairs; Independent newly created of the Director first the as appointed was he 2001, In Minister. Prime the Council to Advisory take up the position of Deputy resigned the position in 2004 to of the International Fund. He Monitory Evaluation Office position he holds at present. Chairman of the Planning Commission which Born on 24th November, 1943, Shri Ahluwalia received his Bachelors degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi University. Delhi University. St. Stephens College, from his Bachelors degree Ahluwalia received 1943, Shri Born on 24th November, After he was a Rhodes Scholar. where University, Oxford from in economics an M.A. and an M. Phil degree Later he received positions including and then held various Professional Bank in 1968 as a Young completion of studies, he joined the World Chief of the Income Distribution Division. Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia was until recently the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission for India. He has been a of the Planning Commission for India. He the Deputy Chairman was until recently Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia the mid 1980s onwards. from reforms economic in India’s key figure 4 PARTICIPANTS Analytical Centre oftheRepublicKazakhstansinceJune2012. oftheGovernment advisor totheDeputyPrimeMinisterofRepublicKazakhstan.ShehasbeenChairpersonatNational are LLCSynergy, RelationsandGeopoliticalResearches International institute,andStatisticsAgency. Shehasservedasan sectors.Amongthem She isfluentinEnglishandItalian.Ms.Aitzhanovahasservedboththeprivategovernment innovation, entrepreneurship policiesreview, long-termstrategicplanning,economicresearch andcorporategovernance. completed studies in Political Science at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy. Hermain areas of expertise are ManagementwithspecializationinentrepreneurshipKingdom, sheholdsMScinInternational andinnovation.Shehasalso in1985.AgraduateoftheEurasianNationalUniversityandExeter UniversityintheUnited Aktoty Aitzhanovawasborn Chairperson, NationalAnalyticalCenter Aktoty Aitzhanova Kazakhstan PARTICIPANTS 5 Georgia Minister of Finance Minister of Finance Alex Aleksishvili Consulting Group (PMCG); Former (PMCG); Former Consulting Group Chairman, Policy and Management Chairman, Policy Aleksishvili is a member of the Caucasus and Central Asia Advisory Group (CCAG) of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) (CCAG) of the International and Central Asia Advisory Group Monetary Fund’s Aleksishvili is a member of the Caucasus governments (MCD). He has advised numerous of countries such as Albania, Middle East and Central Asia Department business enabling environments and Kyrgyzstan to enhance their respective Mongolia, Kosovo, Mozambique, Afghanistan valuable assistance and delivering specialized experience of a transitional country. by providing Aleksishvili has accumulated exceptional knowledge of development challenges. As the Chairman of the United Nations knowledge of development challenges. As the Chairman of the United Nations Aleksishvili has accumulated exceptional climate change, air to energy, issues related (2005-2006), he has addressed Commission of Sustainable Development adopted by the Commission and UN General Assembly. pollution and industrial development, successfully As Minister of Finance, Aleksishvili conducted reforms in public finance management and tax and customs. As a result of tax and customs. As a in public finance management and reforms As Minister of Finance, Aleksishvili conducted - 9.6%, 2006 over 10% on average (2005 2005-2007 reached rate in GDP growth Georgia’s policy reforms, comprehensive 2.1 billion in 2007. USD 250 million in 2004 to USD from FDI increased - 9.4% and 2007 - 12.3%) while the country’s While working as Minister of Finance of Georgia between 2005 and 2007, he successfully conducted a series of reforms in between 2005 and 2007, he successfully conducted a series of reforms While working as Minister of Finance of Georgia and liberalization policy and administration as well as economic deregulation the domains of public finance, tax and customs country in top reformer “Doing Business” survey as the world’s Bank Georgia was ranked by the World domains. Notably, Bank by the World 132nd place to 18th in the ranking of “Ease of Doing Business” from Georgia also rose 2005-10. Similarly, between 2004 and 2007. Aleksi Aleksishvili, Chairman and CEO at Policy and Management Consulting Group (PMCG), has 20 years of working (PMCG), has 20 years Consulting Group and CEO at Policy and Management Aleksi Aleksishvili, Chairman and the government high-level a as sector policy economic development finance and the public in experience official reform, business climate improvement tax and customs policy and financial policy, government for budget adviser responsible and doing business environment. 6 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- egy, andresearch activities. these organizations,heworkedinavarietyofdepartmentschargedwithhandlingODAloanoperations,planningandstrat- Cooperation(JBIC)andtheOverseasEconomicFund(OECF).During Mr.for International Arakawa’s timeat CooperationAgency)inOctober2008followingdistinguishedcareersAdvisor ofJICA(JapanInternational attheJapanBank Mr. Hiroto Arakawawas,untilrecently, advsorinSumitomoCorporation.Priotothis,hewasappointedasSeniorSpecial Former Vice-President, JapanInternational Cooperation Agency(JICA);Former Advisor, SumitomoCorporation Hiroto Arakawa Japan PARTICIPANTS 7 - - India Technology Guwahati Technology Anamika Barua Barua Anamika Her work has been published in several internationalHer work has been published in several journals such as Journal Associate Professor of Ecological of Ecological Associate Professor Economics, Department of Humanities of Humanities Economics, Department and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Indian Institute of and Social Sciences, Dr. Anamika Barua is an Associate professor at the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, at the Dept. of Humanities and Associate professor Anamika Barua is an Dr. how political, social and eco- lies in understanding interest in Ecological Economics, her research Guwahati, India. Trained been she has years the last ten For to water. related particularly change, and decisions environmental shapes factors nomic inter climate change and water issues in South Asia. Her research to related involved in academic and consultancy project ests include – climate change and water security, ecological footprints, virtual water flow through trade and water governance through ecological footprints, virtual water flow security, ests include – climate change and water including transboundary water governance. International Journal Research, of Hydrology, Resources Water policy, change, Journal Water of of Regional environmental edited book on ‘Climate Change Governance and Adaptation: case Development etc. Her recent Resources Journal Water on climate gover Asia South together several cases from brings Francis, and Taylor by published Asia’ South from studies scales: local, state, and national. different and across approach nance and adaptation, with an interdisciplinary 8 PARTICIPANTS publicist, married,twochilden;blog:https://kurtbayer.wordpress.com Bank, EmeritusConsultantatWIFO,Seniorreseach associateWIIW; numerous publicationsoneconomicpolicyquestions; for Reconstruction and Development (2008-2012); at present member of Supervisory Board of the Austrian Development general atAustrianMinistryofFinance(1995-2008);executivedirector attheWorld Bank(2002-2004)andtheEuropean Bank researcher and member of management board at Austrian Institute ofEconomic Research (1971-1995);deputy director KurtBayer, studiesinlaw, relations international andeconomicsinGraz(Austria),Bologna(Italy)UniversityofMaryland(USA); Former Board Director, European Bankfor Reconstruction andDevelopment(EBRD) Kurt Bayer Austria PARTICIPANTS 9 Singapore Advisors Pte Ltd. Advisors Pte Manu Bhaskaran Chief Executive, Centennial Asia Chief Executive, Mr Bhaskaran was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University where he earned an MA (Cantab) and at the John Mr Bhaskaran was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University where he obtained a Masters in Public Administration. He is also a F Kennedy School of Government University where at Harvard Financial Analyst. Chartered Mr Bhaskaran holds a range of other positions. In terms of public service, he served as Chairman of a high-level governmentMr Bhaskaran holds a range of other positions. Appeals Board, and is also Member of the Competition of moneylenders in Singapore the regulation committee reviewing for Asia of the International Monetary Fund; Trustee In addition, he is a Member of the Regional Advisory Board Singapore. Management University; of Advisors, School of Economics, Singapore the Board of the Asia Foundation in Asia; Member of In Singapore. of Society Economics Vice-President, and (SIIA); Internationalof Institute Affairs Singapore Member, Council des with Le Cercle Economic Roundtable Mr Bhaskaran helped to organise the first French-Singapore the latter capacity, businesses span the ASEAN of several companies whose serves on the board Economistes of France. Mr Bhaskaran also region. Prior to Centennial, Mr Bhaskaran held senior positions at Societe Generale’s Asian investment banking division where he he Asian investment banking division where senior positions at Societe Generale’s Prior to Centennial, Mr Bhaskaran held charge in Committee, Executive the of member a was and analysis strategy investment and economic Asian supervised Southeast in helped to establish its business presence Bhaskaran In 12 years with the firm, Mr of Asian equity research. Prior to that, research. equity and economic highly-rated to develop the firm’s Asia and in South Asia while also helping strategic political and economic government, supervising a team that prepared Mr Bhaskaran worked for the Singapore government officials. assessments of Asia for senior Singapore Mr Bhaskaran is also Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies in Singapore where his main interests his main interests where Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies in Singapore Mr Bhaskaran is also Adjunct Senior Research policy frameworks in Singapore. macro-economic in analyzing are Mr Bhaskaran is a Partner of the Centennial Group, a strategic advisory firm headquartered in Washington DC and, as Washington DC in firm headquartered a strategic advisory of the Centennial Group, Mr Bhaskaran is a Partner which Group business of the Asian the co-ordinates he Advisors, Asia Centennial subsidiary Singapore its of CEO Founding governmentinstitutions, investment for agencies trends macro-economic and political Asian of analysis in-depth provides than 30 years of studying Asia. his more in Asia, leveraging off and companies with interests 10 PARTICIPANTS Haute ÉtudesEurope-Amérique Latine (IHEAL)from SorbonneNouvelleUniversity, Paris,France. by the DiplomaticAcademy of Peru and a Master Degree of European and Latin-American relationship by the Institute des Mr. Bustamante isalsoalawyerfrom LimaUniversityandownsaMasterDegree Relations inDiplomacyandInternational Secretary, Directorate GeneralofAsiaandOceaniaThird Secretary attheProtocol Division. Counselor attheDivisionofBoundaries,FirstSecretary MinisterofForeign anttheCabinetofVice Affairs, Second In theMinistryofForeign Affairs ofPeru,hehasbeen Subdirector ofAsia1,attheDirection GeneralofAsiaandOceania, Its current positionisasaMinisterCounselorattheEmbassyofPeruinJapan(sinceNovember2014). Embassy ofPeruinBrasilia,Brazil(1996–2001). (November 2011–April2013),inthePermanentDelegationofPeruatUNESCO,Paris,France(20052011)and Foreign Affairs ofPeruin1994.Duringhiscarrierhe hasservedintheGeneralSecretariat ofUNASUR,inQuito,Ecuador Minister CounselorMarioBUSTAMANTE ReáteguiisamemberoftheDiplomaticServicePeru. He joinedtheMinistryof Minister Counselor, EmbassyofPeru Mario Bustamente to Japan Peru PARTICIPANTS 11 India Foreign Trade Foreign Debashis Chakraborty Debashis Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Associate Professor, Dr. Debashis Chakraborty is a Faculty of Economics at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), which is a leading Deemed (IIFT), which Trade Institute of Foreign of Economics at the Indian is a Faculty Debashis Chakraborty Dr. investment flows, WTO trade and India’s trade agreements, includes regional interest His research to be University in India. Co- in both national and international forums. He is presently and published his research issues etc. and he has presented and empirical research theoretical disseminating forum for a comprehensive which is (Sage), Review Trade of Foreign Editor issues.. on international trade and investment related 12 PARTICIPANTS international journals inthefieldsoftrade,health,migrationandservices. journals international and regularly reviews postgraduatethesesforacademicinstitutionsinIndiaandabroad andisareviewer fornationaland in ServicesandTrade Agreements: IndiaandtheEU,215(Sage).Shehasservedoneditorialboards ofseveraljournals andco-editedIndia-EUMobility,Prospects andStrategies, 2006 (Wiley-India) 2015(CambridgeUniversityPress) andTrade Globalization ofLegalServicesandRegulatoryReforms2015(Sage),edited3bookstitled,India’s Trade in Services: in 2011(OUP)andGlobalizationofServices:India’s OpportunitiesandConstraintsin2002(OUP),co-authored onebook, internationally. Shehasauthored twobooks,namely, IntegratingServicesinSouthAsia:Trade, Investment,andMobility She haspublishedextensivelyandpresented herworkatconferences, workshops,andseminars,bothnationally Health Regulationsin2015-16. several committeesandcouncilsinIndiawasappointedasamemberoftheWHO’s ExpertCommitteeonInternational Indian organizationssuchastheILO,WHO,UNDP, UNCTAD, OECD,World Bank,ICRIERandIIFT. Sheisamemberof received severalresearch grantsandhasundertakenresearch and andconsultingassignmentsformanyinternational Her research tradeinservices,regional interests theWTO,international integrationandmigration.Shehas concern Washington, DC. is arecipient ofseveralteaching awards anddistinctions.Before joiningIIMB,sheworkedasaneconomist attheIMFin She received herPhDinEconomicsfrom ColumbiaUniversity, USAandherBachelorsfrom Harvard University, USA.She UNESCAP Subregional Office forSouthandSouth-West AsiainNewDelhi,whileonleavefrom IIMB. the instituteBoard andDepartmentChair. ofGovernors DuringApril-July2018,Prof. ChandabrieflyservedastheHead, Economics atIIMBangalore. ShehasservedtheinstituteinvariousadministrativecapacitiesincludingFacultyNomineeon teaches coursesinMacroeconomics Trade andInternational across variousprograms. SheistheRBIChairProfessor in Rupa ChandahasbeenafacultymemberintheEconomicsandSocialSciencesArea atIIMBangalore since1997.She RBI ChairProfessor ofEconomics,Indian Institute ofManagementBangalore Rupa Chanda India PARTICIPANTS 13 China Taotao Chen Taotao Studies, Tsinghua University Studies, Tsinghua Management; Director, Center for Center for Director, Management; China-Latin America Management China-Latin America Professor, School of Economics and School of Economics Professor, There are different types of courses that Prof. Chen delivers in School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University. University. Chen delivers in School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua types of courses that Prof. different are There and mainly “Management of Global Enterprise”, “International Economics”, “Corporate Finance” for MBA programs, They are Prof. Programs. M&A” etc for Executive Training & Cross-border Valuation “Chinese Company investing Abroad”“Business for FGV Business School in Brazil and Bocconi University in Italy. Chen also taught “Doing Business in China” Dr. Taotao Chen is a professor in School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University and director of Center for director University and Tsinghua in School of Economics & Management, is a professor Chen Taotao Dr. Investment Direct “Foreign are areas Her main research University. Management Studies, Tsinghua China & Latin America of than 30 papers on the topic (FDI)” “International published more Business” and “Globalization and Strategy”. She has by National Science supported projects research and has presided abroad, Chinese Companies investing FDI spillover, years, cooperating with Ministry of Commerce, etc. In recent of Commerce Foundation, Ministry of Education and Ministry Chen put more ECLAC, CAF and other international institutions and organizations, Prof. Forum, UNESCAP, Economic World in Latin Business Environment the topics such as The Mechanism of Chinese Companies Investing in US, The on efforts and the contribution of MNCs to Chinese companies investing in Europe America and The capability of Chinese companies, Regional Integration etc. 14 PARTICIPANTS Region” (BIMSTECSecretariat, publishedbySage. 2018). HeisalsotheEditorofSouthAsiaEconomicJournal, Macmillan, 2017);and“Twenty Years ofBIMSTEC:Promoting RegionalCooperationandIntegrationintheBayofBengal Economic Partnership(Routledge,2018);Myanmar’s IntegrationwiththeWorld: ChallengesandPolicyOptions”(Palgrave development. Hisrecent publications includeCelebratingtheThird DecadeandBeyond:NewChallengestoASEAN–India Kolkata, India.Hehascontributedseveralresearch andwrittenbooksontrade journals papersininternational organisations.Dr.of Indiaandseveralnationalinternational DehasaPh.D.inEconomicsfrom theJadavpurUniversity, Commission forAsiaandthePacific(UNESCAP),Bangkok.Hehasbeenconductingpolicy research fortheGovernment Chiba; AsianDevelopmentBankInstitute(ADBI),Tokyo; SeniorFellowofUnitedNationsEconomicandSocial andVisiting FellowoftheInstituteDevelopingEconomies(IDE-JETRO), tradeanddevelopment.HewasaVisiting in international the HeadofASEAN-IndiaCentre economicsandhas (AIC)atRIS.DrDeworksinthefieldofinternational research interests Dr. PrabirDeisaProfessor attheResearch andInformationSystemforDevelopingCountries(RIS),NewDelhi.Heisalso and InformationSystemforDeveloping Professor (SeniorFellow)andHeadof ASEAN-India Centre (AIC),Research Countries (RIS) Prabir De India PARTICIPANTS 15 Spain Gonzalo De Benito Gonzalo Ambassador of Spain to Japan Ambassador Consul General in Lille, France. Assistant Director General of Immigration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. General of Immigration at the Ministry of Foreign Assistant Director Ambassador of Spain to Switzerland. Affairs. Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Ambassador of Spain to Peru. Consul General in Houston, USA. Ambassador at large. 1979: First Secretary at the Embassy of Spain in Luxemburg. 1979: First Secretary 1984: 1988: 2000: 1996: 1992: Affairs. General of Personnel at the Ministry of Foreign 1990: Assistant Director 2003: 2008: 2009: Ambassador of Spain to the United Arab Emirates. 2009: Ambassador of Spain to the United 2012: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. of State for Foreign 2012: Secretary Since December, Ambassador of Spain to Japan. Since December, He has held the following posts: Joined the Diplomatic Service in June 1979. Bachelor in Law by the Complutense University in Madrid. Bachelor in Law by the Diploma in International School. Studies by the Madrid Diplomatic German, Italian. Languages: English, French, 16 PARTICIPANTS Economiques etCommerciales (ESSEC)in1978.HeisanationalofFrance. AMRO, Credit Agricole,CompagnieBancaire andTOTAL. Mr. deLonguemargraduatedfrom l’EcoledesSciences the privatesectorwhere heworkedinprogressively seniorroles inbankingandenergy, includingpostingsatABN President ofFinanceattheAsianDevelopmentBankandAfricanBank.Hiscareer extendsto including oversightoftheController andTreasury departments.Hepreviously servedasboththeTreasurer andVice Mr. ThierrydeLonguemarisresponsible forthedesignandimplementation ofAIIB’s financialstrategiesandpolicies, Officer, AsianInfrastructure Investment Vice President andChiefFinancial Thierry deLonguemar International Organization Bank (AIIB) PARTICIPANTS 17 Philippines Minister of Finance Roberto de Ocampo Roberto RFO Center for Public Finance and RFO Center for Chairman and CEO, Philippine Veterans Philippine Veterans and CEO, Chairman Regional Economic Cooperation; Former Cooperation; Former Regional Economic Bank; Chairman of the Board of Advisors, of the Board Bank; Chairman Dr. de Ocampo had been and is Chairman and/or Board Member of several private companies both in the Philippines and abroad Member of several private companies both in the Philippines and abroad de Ocampo had been and is Chairman and/or Board Dr. & Investment (Singapore), Ltd. Pte. Advisors Asia Centennial D.C.), (Washington, Group Centennial the others, among including, ABS-CBN of Companies, Alaska Milk Corporation, United Overseas Bank, Capital Corporation of the Philippines (ICCP) Group Seaboard Metrobank, Inc., Management Asset Philam Inc., Telecom Globe Meralco, Airlines, Philippine Corporation, Broadcasting Land Corporation, EEI Corporation, Banking Corporation, Robinson’s Eastern Insurance Co., House of Investments, Rizal Commercial Co-Vice Chairman of the Makati Business Club, a Past AES Corporation (Philippines) and Phinma Corporation, etc. He is presently Institute of the of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and an Emeritus member of Financial Executives President Reporting Global the of Director Board as elected Asian first the was He honor. his in office head its named who (FINEX) Philippines in Amsterdam. Initiative (GRI), the global Authority on Sustainable Development headquartered Dr. de Ocampo is a product of both De La Salle (grade school and high school) and Ateneo Universities. He received his MBA from his MBA from of both De La Salle (grade school and high school) and Ateneo Universities. He received de Ocampo is a product Dr. four Doctorates the London School of Economics and has been conferred the University of Michigan, a post-graduate diploma from of Angeles City in Public Administration, (Honoris Causa) by the De La Salle University in Business Administration, by the University in Humane Letters. University in Laws, and by the San Beda College by the Philippine Women’s Dr. de Ocampo is a recipient of many international and national honors. In September 2001, he was named to the Ordre National many internationalof Ordre to the named was he September 2001, In honors. national and recipient a de Ocampo is Dr. and initiatives to promote France with the rank of Chevalier for his successful efforts de la Legion d’ Honneur by the Republic of by Her Majesty Queen Diamond Jubilee, he was conferred On the occasion of the Queen’s closer Philippine-France relations. Philippine-UK relations in promoting (OBE) for his outstanding efforts of the British Empire Elizabeth II the Most Excellent Order been also has He Association. Alumni British the of Chairman as capacity his in recently more and service public in years his during of the Philippines in 1998 on Filipino civilians by the Republic the highest honor conferred the Philippine Legion of Honor, awarded Commission, an internationalTrilateral ASEAN members of the the first one of He is country. to the contributions his outstanding for Association the from Award Year the Man of of the recipient first also the leaders and was think-tank of distinguished global (Centennial founding Partner of a Global Advisory Group of Development Finance Institutions of Asia Pacific (ADFIAP). He is a established Global Economic Forum: The Emerging of a recently Founding Director D.C. and is a based in Washington Group) in the field of National Economic Men (TOYM) awardee Outstanding Young de Ocampo, who was the 1975 Ten Markets Forum. Dr. Asians in 2001 and had been cited as one of the 500 Great Development for pioneering the Philippine rural electrification program, one Board, of Advisors of the Conference In 2004, he was elected to the Board Who awards. Who’s of several Baron’s a recipient de Ocampo was conferred 2006, Dr. In leading authorities in international business economics (based in New York). of the world’s by the Asia HRD Congress. Development Award with the Asian Human Resources He is the past president of the Asian Institute of Management having retired from that position in May 2006 and until recently was a that position in May 2006 and until recently from of the Asian Institute of Management having retired He is the past president Bank and also Chairman of the Board he is the Chairman of the Philippine Veterans At present of Trustees. member of the AIM Board & Regional Economic Cooperation, which is an ADB Regional Knowledge Hub. of Advisers of the RFO Center for Public Finance Dr. Roberto F. de Ocampo, former Secretary of Finance of the Philippines, became the first Filipino to receive the most internationally to of the Philippines, became the first Filipino of Finance former Secretary de Ocampo, Roberto F. Dr. in 1995. In 1996, Euromoney Euromoney from award the “Global Finance Minister of the Year” to Finance Ministers, award prestigious this time of the year, as Asian Finance Minister In 1997, he was again recognized Year. named him as Asian Finance Minister of the is known nationally and internationally He for public and international and finance, having been Chairman of the APEC by Asiamoney. Manila landmark the in resulted that chaired he meetings whose Crisis Financial Asian the of onset the (at Ministers Finance ASEAN the and IMF, Governors Bank, of of World of the Boards well as member crisis) as exit the steps to the Framework that prescribed as a principal Ramos, and was widely recognized of Fidel V. of Finance (1994-1998) during the presidency ADB. He was Secretary Prior of the Philippine economy whose achievement was hailed by the international finance community. of the resurgence architect such rehabilitation its led and Philippines the of Bank Development the of CEO and Chairman as served also he posts, these to soundest banks.” “world’s international as one of the his tenure by the prestigious Banker Magazine during that it was recognized 18 PARTICIPANTS Caribbean, giving a new dimension to the international statureCaribbean, giving anewdimensiontotheinternational of theleaderofUFDG. of vicepresident Liberalofthe countriesofEurope, of theAllianceInternational America, Asia,Africa,thePacific andthe From thisstrategicposition,itmustnotesthepresence scenethrough oftheleaderUFDGon theinternational post and itsleader, theLeaderofthisopposition.Itwill help wintheopposition,everyfive(5)municipalitiesof capital. legislative electionsof2013,gave 37deputiestotheUFDG,makingthispoliticalparty, thefirstpoliticalforce oftheopposition to Mr. DIALLO among 24 candidates. At that time, the world will say that the victory is onlypostponed. As a premonition, the outside ofcountry. Thispositioningwillbeconfirmedduringthefirst free presidential electionwhosefirst roundwillgive44% new impulse will emerge and that will makethis party, the first interms ofimplantation bothin Conakry, and insideandthe later MamadouBhoyeBâ,Mr. DIALLOtooktheleadofUnionDemocratic Forces ofGuinea(UFDG). Itisthenthata On November 15, 2007, chosen by the former World Bank countries manager, also former leader’s of the political party, OMVG, andtheManoRiverUnionheldbetweendecember2004 andapril2006. oftheUnitedNations,AfricanUnion,OIC,ECOWAS,summits ofheadsStateandGovernment theWAMZ, road blockswithinthecountry. Inthiscapacity, hewillhavehadtheprivilegeofvalidlyrepresenting Guineanpeopleatall times attheprimature. Itwillmakeadecisivecontributiontotheliberalizationofairwaves (radioandTv)theremoval of tensions byestablishingafrankdialoguewithpoliticalparties andsocialpartners,includingleaderswillbereceived several From December2004,as primeminister, DIALLOfocused,firstofall,onimproving thepoliticalclimateandeasingsocial dominated byalong-standingillness). He willleaveonhispostofprimeministerinapril2006(thedecree wassignedbyapresident Lansanacontéwhowas from random.Itistheculmination ofaflawlessjourney, the result ofthirtyyearsefforts intheserviceofguineanstate. On December9,2004,Mr. DIALLOwasappointedprimeministeroftheRepublic.Thisappointment,aswecansee,isfar cooperation,planning,mines,agriculture,economic sector(finances,international trade,tourismandfisheries). for ensuring,duringthevacancyofpostrimeminister, thecoordination oftheeightministerialdepartments performance willleadhim,afewyearslatertobeappointedpresident oftheeconomicgroupresponsible ofthegovernment In July1996,hebecame,at44age,memberofthelaterLansanaConté’s asministeroftherepublic andhis government remarkable financingforcertainmajorenergyprojects contributionto themobilizationofexternal suchasGarafirior TomboIII. and programs.financialsystem,hemakes a Thanksto his experienceasabankerandknowledgeoftheinternational In thisposition,heismore familiar withthefinancingarrangementsandmonitoringevaluationofdevelopmentprojects In 1995,hewasappointedasdeputygeneral administrator ofmajorprojects (ACGP)locatedatthepresidency oftheRepublic. for publiccompanies(Oil,BankingandInsurance,Telecommunications). FAS-R, FRPC,PAGEN, CAS1,CAS2...).Heischairmanorreporter ofseveralprivatizationandrestructuring commissions programs ofreforms withthesupportofBretton implemented by theguineangovernment Woods Institutions(NOT, FAS, unit oftheCCEFand,inthiscapacity, participatesinthenewformulation,negotiationandfollow-upofall restructuring of the guinean central bank and the general guinean banking system. He becomes a member of the technical the Foreign ExchangeDepartmentandGeneralDirector ofEconomicandMonetaryaffairs. Hetakesanactivepartinthe Republic ofGuinea(BCRG)where hesuccessively held thepositionsofDirector of theAccountingDepartment,Director of In 1982,hejoinedtheguineanbankofforeign tradeasheadofthedesignoffice. In1985,hejoinedtheCentralBankof Administration, UniversityofConakry. Where hegotwithhonorhishightleveldiploma. in1952Labé(RepublicofGuinea),Mr.Born CellouDaleinDIALLOstudiedaccountingandmanagementattheSchoolof Cellou DaleinDiallo Former PrimeMinister Republic ofGuinea PARTICIPANTS 19 Colombia Gabriel Duque Ambassador of Colombia to Japan Ambassador

An accomplished academic career compliments Ambassador Duque´s public office appointments. He has collaborated compliments Ambassador Duque´s public office An accomplished academic career degree He has a bachelor’s and researcher. professor as guest speaker, Europe with universities in Colombia, the US and the London School of Economics the University of Los Andes, an M.Sc. in Economics from in Industrial Engineering from (NYU). University New York (LSE), and a Ph.D. in Economics from Ambassador Duque is an expert in economic diplomacy. In this field, he has held numerous official appointments appointments official In this field, he has held numerous diplomacy. Ambassador Duque is an expert in economic (2009-2013) and International Negotiator (2003- the Colombian government. He was Vice-Minister of Trade representing of Colombia to the and Ambassador & Permanent Representative Industry and Tourism 2006) in the Ministry of Trade, Competitiveness of on, Ambassador Duque was Adjunct Director Organization (WTO) (2013-2016). Earlier Trade World of Industrial Development in the in the Latin America Development Bank (CAF) (2006-2009), and Director Programs (DNP) (2001-2003). Colombian National Planning Department Gabriel Duque was accredited Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to Japan on and Plenipotentiary of the Ambassador Extraordinary Gabriel Duque was accredited September 2016. 20 PARTICIPANTS the UniversityofChicago,andcompletedhisDoctoralstudiesineconomicsatChicago. development andmacroeconomic issues.HeholdsaBAfrom theNational UniversityofCuyo,anMAineconomicsfrom early 1990s,theDominicanRepublic,Kenya,Malawi,PeruandTrinidad andTobago. Hisexpertiseisonawiderangeof countries, suchasBrazil,Israel,RussiaandSouthAfrica,welltocountriessupportedbytheIMF, suchasBrazilinthe various departments.InadditiontohelpingdefineandsupervisethesedepartmentsworkHeledmissionssurveillance Centennial Group, heworkedattheIMFforabout30years,where headvanced from economisttoDeputyDirector of Jose FajgenbaumisPartnerofCentennialGroup andDirector ofCentennial Group LatinAmerica.Priortojoiningthe Jose Fajgenbaum Director, Centennial Group Argentina PARTICIPANTS 21 China Xingke Feng Institute, Beijing Normal University Institute, Beijing Research Fellow, Emerging Markets Fellow, Research He has extensive experience working in think tanks and is the initiator and founder of the World Financial Forum, the BRICS think tanks and is the initiator and founder of the World He has extensive experience working in Summit, and the Belt and Road International Forum, the Belt and Road International Think Tank Economic Think Tank Committee. Affairs Foreign US the and Institution Brookings the including tanks, think many visited has He Forum. Financial comments in articles and and published numerous Financial Order New World He has organized the publication of the book Road cross-border of the Belt and researcher He also served as the lead Daily. many influential media such as Guangming Tsinghua University. at project research financial cooperation Mr. Feng Xingke currently is a research fellow at Emerging Markets Institute and the Belt and Road Research Institute of and Road Research Markets Institute and the Belt fellow at Emerging is a research Feng Xingke currently Mr. BRICS countries and the Belt and markets, namely on emerging mainly focus His interests University (BNU). Beijing Normal Economy of Tsinghua fellow at the Center for China in the World joining the BNU, he was a research Road countries. Before University. 22 PARTICIPANTS Merit Order withStar, KnightCommander(FederalRepublicofGermany–1993) Order “RíoBranco”,Knight(Brazil-1975) Decorations: Order “FranciscodeMiranda”,Third Class(Venezuela -1973) “Diplomatic challenger”(USILpublishers)2017 “Conversation withLuisBedoyaReyes”(Planetapublishers) 2016 “Conversation withJavierPérez deCuéllar”(2001) Books: Phoenix Club Alianza LimaClub Club deRegatas“Lima” Sanmartinian InstituteofPeru Bolivarian SocietyofColombia Founders oftheIndependenceSociety, the2ndofMay1866andQualifiedDefendersMotherland Victors Association oftheDiplomaticServicePeru AssociationofPeru(OrderJournalists No.1911) Memberships: Under Director ofLatin-American CooperationoftheMinistryForeign Affairs of Peru(1986) First Secretary, ChiefofEvaluationandControl oftheDiplomaticAcademyPeru (1984–1985) Chief ofCabinetthePermanentSecretary oftheLatin-AmericanEconomicSystem(SELA)(1982–1984) Second Secretary ofPeruthe EmbassyofPeruinVenezuela (1980-1982) Second Secretary andCharged` Affairs a.i.ofPerutothePeople`sRepublicBulgaria(1978–1979) Third Secretary oftheEmbassyPeruinChile(1977–1978) Member ofTheDiplomaticServicePeru Posts Undertaken: Relations,HonoraryProfessor Diplomat,LicensedinInternational oftheUtahValleyJournalist, University Academic Titles: Simón BolívarUniversity(Venezuela) Studies ofMasterinPoliticalScience Diplomatic AcademyofPeru Relations-Diplomacy International Pontifical CatholicUniversityofPeru Journalism University Studies: Ambassador ofPerutoJapan Harold Forsyth Peru PARTICIPANTS 23 Bolivia Latin America Enrique Garcia Enrique Former President & Chief Executive & Chief Executive Former President Officer, CAF - Development Bank of CAF - Development Officer, Co-Chair, Emerging Markets Forum; Emerging Markets Co-Chair, Mr. García holds a B.S. and an M.A. in Economics and Finance from St. Louis University and doctoral studies at American holds a B.S. and an M.A. in Economics and Finance from García Mr. University. Mr. Garcia has received doctoral and other honorary degrees from several universities and has been decorated by the several universities from doctoral and other honorary degrees has received Garcia Mr. of Malta. In 2001 he Order and the Sovereign Perú, Venezuela Governments Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, of Argentina, Bolivia, the de América Latina-CEAL and in 2004 Empresario by the Consejo the Latin American Regional Integration Award received 2005 by Latin Finance Magazine. was elected Man of the Year Garcia by América Economía. Mr. Regional Integration Award He is Vice President of Canning House, member of the Inter-American Dialogue, the Group of 50, the Council on American of 50, the Council on Dialogue, the Group member of the Inter-American of Canning House, He is Vice President International the Florida University, of the CID at Harvard Advisory Boards the University, Politics of George Washington and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Administration (IESA, Caracas). Latin American and Caribbean Center, University’s He taught at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Catholic University in Bolivia (1973–1978). Mr. García is a Preferred Preferred a is García Mr. (1973–1978). Bolivia in University Catholic and Andrés San de Mayor Universidad the at taught He of the National Academy of Sciences and Council of Science and Technology Member of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Bolivia. Author of several publications. Previous positions include: Minister of Planning and Coordination and head of the Economic and Social Cabinet of Bolivia positions include: Minister of Planning and Coordination Previous Bank as well as member of Development Bank and the Inter-American Governor at the World (1989–1991). In this capacity, Senior positions Chile, Argentina, Perú, Uruguay and Paraguay. Bolivia, the IMF-IBRD Development Committee representing Analysis and of the Institution, Division Head in the Project Treasurer Development Bank including at the Inter-American of the of Planning and Coordination in Argentina (1979–1989). Under-Secretary Finance Departments and Representative Director Managing (1975–1978). Bolivia of Bank Central the of member Board and Coordination and Planning of Ministry Chief Loan Division, Area Advisor to the President, Senior Operations Officer, of Banco Industrial S.A. (Bolivia, 1973–1975). Development Bank (1966–1973). of the Inter-American and Loan Officer L. Enrique García wasn President and CEO of CAF from 1991 to 2017. CAF is a multilateral financial institution committed to 1991 to 2017. CAF is a multilateral CEO of CAF from and wasn President L. Enrique García Perú, Venezuela, include Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, integration. Member countries and regional sustainable development & Tobago Republic, Trinidad Dominican Jamaica, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, as well as 16 private financial institutions. and Uruguay, 24 PARTICIPANTS on monetary policy and international economics. on monetarypolicyandinternational of Chile,andtheAdolfoIbáñezUniversity. Heisalsotheauthorofseveralpublications,chaptersbooksandworkingpapers Pablo García servesinthe academicarea, regularly deliveringcoursesonEconomics andMacroeconomics attheUniversity Catholic UniversityofChileand,in1999,hisPh.D.Economicsfrom theMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology (MIT). Mr. García graduated as Commercial his MA in Economic Sciences from Engineer in 1992. In 1993, he earned the Pontifical He workedasaresearcher (1991-1994)attheEconomicResearch CorporationforLatinAmerica (CIEPLAN). 2010), Director oftheFinancialPolicyDivision(August2006–December2007). Before that, Mr. García held different positions at the Central Bank of Chile, including: Director of the Research Division (2007- ExecutiveDirector, EvaluationCommittee.HewasAlternate Internal Cone,ofthesameorganization. Southern (IMF) sinceNovember2012.Between2010and2012,where hechaired theEthicCommitteeandwasalsomemberof Before beingappointedBoard Member, heservedasExecutiveDirector, MonetaryFund Cone,oftheInternational Southern PABLO GARCÍASILVA isaBoard MemberoftheCentral Bank ofChilesinceJanuary2014. Member oftheBoard, CentralBankof Pablo Garcia Chile Chile PARTICIPANTS 25 Switzerland Jean-Daniel Jean-Daniel Gerber Fund in Emerging Markets (SIFEM); Fund in Emerging Chairman, Swiss Sustainable Finance Chairman, Swiss Chairman of the Board, Swiss Investment Swiss Investment the Board, Chairman of 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-Foundation. 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 he became State for Migration in November 1997. In April 2004, of the Swiss Federal Office appointed Director being before 2011. this post in March from (SECO), retiring Affairs for Economic State Secretariat of Switzerland’s and Director Secretary 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 bornJean-Daniel Gerber in 1946. 26 PARTICIPANTS for EconomicTransformation. Mr. SeniorFellowattheCenterforGlobalDevelopmentandaAfrican Guptais also aVisiting Inequality andFiscalPolicy,” “FiscalPolitics”“DigitalRevolutionsinPublicFinance”,allpublishedbytheIMF. Subsidy Reform:LessonsandImplications”,“EquitableSustainablePensions:ChallengesExperience,”“Income the mostrecent onesare “TheEconomicsofPublicHealthCare ReforminAdvanced andEmergingEconomics,”“Energy andauthored/coauthored/co-editedlow-income countries, many publishedinwell-knownacademicjournals thirteenbooks; Mr. Guptahasauthored/coauthored over150papersonmacroeconomic andfiscalissuescovering advanced,emergingand Education Commission). and Industry. Mr. Guptahasbeen amemberofvarioustaskforces andcommissions(e.g.,LancetHealthCommission Staff CollegeofIndia,Hyderabad;andSecretary (Economic Affairs) oftheFederationIndianChambersCommerce fellow oftheKielInstituteWorld Economics,Germany;SeniorFaculty(equivalenttoafullProfessor) intheAdministrative than adecadeandworkedinitsAfricanEuropean Departmentsinearlieryears.Before hiscareer attheIMF, hewasa Sanjeev GuptawasaDeputyDirector attheFiscalAffairsMonetaryFund(IMF)formore DepartmentoftheInternational Head ofFiscalPractice,Centennial Sanjeev Gupta Group India PARTICIPANTS 27 Germany John Hauert Belt and Road Initiative, GIZ Belt and Road Head of Project, Eurasian Connectivity/ Eurasian Head of Project, From 2014 to 2017, he worked on legal and investment policy issues at the OECD’s Investment Division in Paris. to 2017, he worked on legal and investment policy issues at the OECD’s 2014 From John studied law, politics and economics at Sciences Po, the University of Edinburgh, and Columbia University. He completed Po, the University of Edinburgh, and Columbia University. politics and economics at Sciences John studied law, in on the legal and policy framework for investments in the extractive industries his doctorate at the University of Cologne He interned Africa. government,West with the German research and several international as a law firms in Paris and worked Investment. assistant with the Columbia Center on Sustainable John Hauert works for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), where he focuses on sustainability he focuses the Deutsche Gesellschaft für InternationaleJohn Hauert works for Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), where on sustainable and inclusive heads a project At GIZ, John in particular. and sustainable infrastructure in emerging markets Belt and Road Initiative. connectivity in Asia, covering, inter alia, the 28 PARTICIPANTS was ExecutiveDirector forJapanattheWorld BankGroup from 2010to2012. (Ministry ofFinance),President ofPolicyResearch Institute(MoF),aswell asExecutiveAssistanttothePrimeMinister. He ofJapan,includingCommissionertheNationalTaxthe Government Administration,Director-General ofFinanceBureau Previously, finance,macro-economic heheldvariousseniorpositionsoninternational policyandpublicadministrationat Nobumitsu Hayashiisrepresentative director anddeputydirector, Cooperation(JBIC). JapanBankforInternational Deputy Governor, JapanBankfor International Cooperation(JBIC) International Nobumitsu Hayashi Japan PARTICIPANTS 29 Japan Koki Hirota Koki Cooperation Agency (JICA) Cooperation and Social Sciences, Saitama University; Saitama University; and Social Sciences, Professor, Graduate School of Humanities Graduate School of Humanities Professor, Former Chief Economist, Japan InternationalFormer Chief Koki HIROTA is a professor at Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University. He has been engaging He has Social Sciences, Saitama University. at Graduate School of Humanities and is a professor Koki HIROTA of Operation General including Chief Economist, Director Assistance(ODA) for 35 years, Development Official in Japan’s the Pacific of Japan International General of Southeast Asia and Cooperation Agency (JICA). He and Director Strategy, Saitama University. University and Doctor of Economics from Tokyo a B.A. in Economics from received 30 PARTICIPANTS the Harvard KennedySchool. Mr. Ikedaholds abachelor’s degree inpoliticalsciencefrom Waseda Universityandamaster’s degree inpublicpolicyfrom addressing socialissues,and theWorld Bank’s results managementsystem,amongothers. Mr. Ikedahas publishedbooksandarticlesonBangladesh’s development,therole ofpublic–privatepartnershipsin promote public–privatepartnerships. Bangladesh CountryTeam. In2002,heco-foundedandremains ChiefofStaff forCrossover, acivilsocietynetworkto results managementsystem atitsWashington, DCheadquartersandhelpedreinforce aresults-based approach inthe as OperationsOfficer atthe World Bank,where heledtheprocess offormulatingtheorganization’s scorecard and Mr. developmentandcivilsocietyorganizations.From Ikedahas richexperienceininternational 2011to2014,heserved and ataxexaminerintheNationalTax Agency. andBudgetBureaus.International Inaddition,Mr. IkedahasservedasasectionchiefinJapan’s FinancialServicesAgency most recently SeniorDeputyDirector Tax oftheInternational DivisionintheMOF’s Tax Bureau andhasalsoworkedforits Before joiningADB,Mr. IkedaheldvariouspositionsatJapan’s MinistryofFinance(MOF)formore than15years.Hewas engagements, aswellliaisingwithseniorstaff andstakeholderswithinoutsidetheorganization. responsible foroverseeingallactivitiesinvolvingtheADBPresident including missions,policydialogues,andspeaking 2017, Mr.Ikeda worksdirectly withtheADBPresident tohelpachieveADB’s strategicandoperationalobjectives.Heis Yoichiro IkedaisChiefAdvisortothePresident oftheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB).Havingassumedoffice inJuly Chief AdvisortothePresident, Asian Development Bank(ADB) International Organization Yoichiro Ikeda PARTICIPANTS 31 Senegal Africa (UNECA) Abdoulie Janneh Abdoulie Executive Director and Board Member, Member, and Board Executive Director Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Economic Commission UN Secretary, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Former Executive Former Executive Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Mr. Janneh is the recipient of several awards and honors. of several awards is the recipient Janneh Mr. He also serves on the Boards/ Advisory Panels of a number of organizations involved in Africa’s development. Notably, he is development. Notably, Advisory Panels of a number of organizations involved in Africa’s He also serves on the Boards/ including the African Heads of State and Governmenta member of the Africa Forum of Former serves on several boards and Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), AO the International (ILFA), Lawyers for Africa Governance Institute (AGI) as Chair, (ASCENT). Alliance and Africa Sustainability Center In his various senior roles, Mr. Janneh has been striving to enhance partnership building for Africa, as a necessary vehicle Janneh has been striving Mr. In his various senior roles, cultivate to able been has he regard, this In objectives. development shared for inclusiveness build and support mobilize to as national, as well society, civil governments,ECA and between levels highest at the partnerships the private sector, strong international and organizations. regional Mr. Janneh successfully completed a seven-year tenure (2005-2012) at the helm of the ECA, an institution with the dual role (2005-2012) at the helm of the ECA, an institution with the dual role successfully completed a seven-year tenure Janneh Mr. the leadership of During his Pan-African Institution. a key as well Africa as in Nations United the of arm the regional being of development agenda. organization to better support Africa’s the Janneh took steps to strategically re-position ECA, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, a Gambian National, is a former United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the General and Executive Secretary Under-Secretary Gambian National, is a former United Nations Abdoulie Janneh, a Executive Director/ Janneh has been serving as 2012, Mr. for Africa (ECA). Since November UN Economic Commission Senegal. at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and he is based in Dakar, Member Board 32 PARTICIPANTS sector in India, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance. within andoutsidetheregion. Before joiningtheWorld Bank,Mr. Kajiworkedforanumberofyearsinthecommercial banking tation throughout Asia.He continuestomaintainclosepersonalcontactwiththeseniorpolicymakersandbusinessleaders keen insightintothesocial,institutionalandpoliticalconsiderationsthatinfluencepracticalpolicyformulationimpleme n- Pacific –a region withwhich hewascloselyinvolvedforwelloveradecade.Thisinvolvementhasallowedhimtodevelop Prior to his appointment as Managing Director President in 1994, he was the Bank‘sVice for operationsinEastAsia and the for HumanResources. Kaji servedinvariousoperationalpositionswiththeBank—includingAfrica,Europe andtheMiddleEast,asDirector Bank‘s Executive Committee, the core senior management team guiding the strategic direction of the institution. Earlier, Mr. the workofBank‘sprivate-sectoraffiliates, IFCandMIGA,aswelltheIBRDitself.Inaddition,hewasamemberof projects putforward forBanksupportandservedasco-chairofthePrivateSectorDevelopmentGroup, whichencompasses sponsibility fortheinstitution‘sprograms inAsiaandAfrica.Healsochaired theOperationsCommittee,whichreviews all When heretired from theWorld BankinNovember1997,Mr. KajiwasManagingDirector forOperations,withspecific re- reputation asaleadingexpert onglobaleconomicandfinancialissues. the institutionmeetdevelopmentneedsofitsmore than180membernations.Intheprocess, aworldwide heearned and developmentpolicyformulationimplementationwiththeWorld Bank,GautamS.Kajiplayedakeyrole inhelping of privateinstitutionssuchasJ.P. Morgan sinceleavingtheWorld Bank.Inacareer spanningalmost30yearsineconomic Hong Kong;andWashington AssetManagement,Inc.,Washington, D.C.Inaddition,hehasprovided servicestoanumber MA; TheInfrastructure DevelopmentFinanceCo.Ltd.,India;HCLPerot Systems,Inc.,Netherlands;SynergyPowerCo.Ltd., Mr. Kajicurrently servesontheBoard ofDirectors oflistedandprivatelyheldcompaniesincluding:The CabotCorp.,Boston public officials onhowtoderivemaximumbenefitswhileminimizingrisks from opportunitiesintoday‘sglobaleconomy. the publicandprivatesectors.Thefirmprovides high-levelpolicyandstrategicadvicetotopbusinessexecutivessenior Mr. KajiistheChairmanofCentennialGroup, astrategicadvisoryfirmcreated byinternationally recognizedfigures from Chairman, CentennialGroup; Former Chairman oftheAdvisoryBoard, Managing Director, World Bank Emerging MarketsForum; Gautam Kaji United States PARTICIPANTS 33 Japan International Strategy Sadaharu Kataoka Sadaharu President of Waseda Institute of Institute of Waseda President Professor, School of International Professor, Liberal Studies, Waseda University; Waseda Liberal Studies, Dr. Sadaharu KATAOKA is married with a son and is fluent in French and English. is married with a son and is fluent in French Sadaharu KATAOKA Dr. He wrote numerous articles on African and European issues in the academic publication: for African issues, “3.11 and issues, African for publication: academic the in issues European and African on articles numerous wrote He Af-rican French New and “Holland Intervention”(2013), French and “Mali Diploma-cy”(2012), Japanese of orientation New “Political AU(2016)”, the and Morocco “ Policy”(2015) African “Obama’s (2015), Africa” West and Haram “Boko Policy”(2014), Odinga”(2017) , “The Downfall elections in Kenya and the last battle of crisis of South Africa and Zuma”(2017), “Presidential the of member a also is He etc. Ethiopia”(2018), New and Ahmed “Aby and (2017) Zimbabwe” of future the and Mugabe of on “African Geopolitics”. Edito-rial Board He graduated from the school of the Political Sciences and Economics of Waseda University and completed the doctoral the school of the Political Sciences and Economics of Waseda He graduated from of the Univer-sity of Paris I and Paris II. He obtained a PhD (in Political Science) from course (Political Sciences) of Universi-ty the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale from obtained a special degree Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in 2000 and Paris twice (2008 and 2015). a Sciences-Po in 2005. He served also as a Visiting Professor Before appointing at this University, he served as a Research Fellow in charge of African and European affairs at the Japan at the Japan affairs Fellow in charge of African and European he served as a Research at this University, appointing Before of Japan Affairs of Foreign joining JIIA, he was in the Ministry Before (JI-IA)(2000-2004). Institute of International Affairs to deal France(1996-2000) Embassy of Japan in of the section the political within Assistant as a Special and served (MOFA) in the Middle East. and Peace Process with the African affairs Born in Tokyo in 1966, Dr. Sadaharu KATAOKA is currently President of Waseda Institute of International Institute and Strategy of Waseda President is currently Sadaharu KATAOKA in 1966, Dr. Born in Tokyo is actually He 2004. April joined he which in and University Interna-tionalof School of Waseda in Studies Liberal Professor of Japan and the of the Africa Society Director school. He is a cur-rently in this Affairs Politics and European teaching African AFRECO. 34 PARTICIPANTS for International Developmentsince2002. for International Studies)since2003.HehasbeenontheboardUniversity (GraduateSchoolofInternational directors oftheJapanSociety from theJohnF. Harvard Lecturer KennedySchoolofGovernment, Universityin1988.HeisVisiting andProfessor atKobe from theUniversityofTokyo in1978majoringAsianHistory. hismaster’s Helaterearned degree inPublicAdministration He also has an experience working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Tokyo and in the Ivory Coast). He graduated various positions,including the GeneralAffairs Department, the PlanningDepartment,andSoutheastAsiaDepartment. Hiroshi CooperationAgency. KatoisVice-President oftheJapanInternational SincejoiningJICAin1978,hehasservedat Vice-President, JapanInternational Cooperation Agency(JICA) Hiroshi Kato Japan PARTICIPANTS 35 Kazakhstan Shigeo Katsu Regional Vice President, World Bank World President, Regional Vice President, Nazarbayev University; Former Nazarbayev President, In addition to the above, during 2010 - 2011, Mr. Katsu consulted with the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, Bank and the World Katsu consulted with the Asian Development Mr. In addition to the above, during 2010 - 2011, Katsu served organizations. During 2011-2012 Mr. advised governments, and collaborated with think tanks and not-for-profit development and of Restless Development, an international NGO that focuses on Youth as the chair of the US Board strategies mainly in the African continent. He still is member of Agenda in national development of the Youth mainstreaming the board. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Katsu worked for three decades at the World Bank: he joined the World Bank as a Young Bank as a Young Bank: he joined the World at the World decades Katsu worked for three Prior to this appointment, Mr. in 1985, as the economist, then Africa Region as an infrastructure in 1979, and soon was assigned to the West Professional was seconded to the Export-Import Katsu Between fall 1989 and end 1991, Mr. in Benin. Resident Representative Bank’s Analysis Department. Following successive assignments in the Country Economic Policy Bank of Japan as Deputy Director, Country Director, (as reforms, 1992 - 1995), Cote d’Ivoire for enterprise and financial sector China Department (responsible 1999-2003) he became Operations and Strategy, and Central Asia Region (Regional Director, 1995-1999), and the Europe he served for six years followed by a short stint as Special Advisor to the of the ECA Region, in which position Vice President in December 2009. retirement before Managing Directors Since December 2010 Shigeo Katsu has served as President of the Nazarbayev University in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, University in Astana, Republic of of the Nazarbayev Shigeo Katsu has served as President Since December 2010 institution with academic flagship the country’s serve as designed to same year, of the in June founded a national university university. aspirations to become a global level research 36 PARTICIPANTS 1982), andtheInter-American InvestmentCorporation(1992-1994). Cooperation Agency(JICA)(2010-2016).HealsoservedasExecutiveDirector fortheAfricanDevelopmentBank(1980- Committee oftheWorld MonetaryFund(2006-2010),andVice-President ofJapanInternational Bankand theInternational (2001-2005), theWorld Bank’s CountryDirector forCentralAsia(1997-2001),ExecutiveSecretary oftheDevelopment financeinJapan2005.HisdevelopmentprofessionalMinister forinternational career includesMDBdeputyforJapan issues. HislatestarticleonMDBswastheDecember2017issueof‘DevelopmentFinance’.HeDeputyVice- Mr. Koderahasaccumulatedbroad financeanddevelopment andin-depthknowledgeexperienceoninternational Throughout hisprofessional career intheMinistryofFinance,World Bankandotherdevelopmentfinanceinstitutions, Japan. sanitation inJune2018,andservesasassociateboard memberofWaterAid HisworkbaseisinTokyo, International. November 2016.HeiselectedasChairoftheboard oftrustees,WaterAid Japan,non-profit organizationforwaterand Mr. KiyoshiKoderaisSeniorResearch Associatefordevelopmentfinance,OverseasDevelopmentInstitute,UK,since Senior Research Associate,Overseas the Board ofTrustee, WaterAid Japan Development Institute,UK;Chairof Kiyoshi Kodera Japan PARTICIPANTS 37 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 Africa and other emerging Bank. He has written extensively on the emergence of Asia, Latin America, positions at the World is an author and co-editor of India He private capital flows, and infrastructure. market economies, financial development, Complacency: An Agenda for Away from Society in One Generation (2010), Latin America 2040—Breaking 2039: An Affluent Realizing (2011), Asia 2050: Finance Islamic and (2010), Crisis Financial amidst Global Asia Resilient A (2010), Resurgence for All (2012). He led Centennial Group the Asian Century (2011), and A New Vision for Mexico 2042: Achieving Prosperity leading a year long EMF is currently Kohli their long term corporate strategies. Mr. teams that helped ADB and CAF develop and challenges faced by emerging market economies worldwide. study on the long term prospects 38 PARTICIPANTS Advisor tothePresident oftheRepublic,inchargeEconomicandMonetaryAffairs. the MinisterofConstruction,UrbanizationandHousing,finally, sinceDecember2010,hasservedastheSpecial from MonetaryFundDeputyGovernor 1991to1998.FromInternational 2007-2010,Mr. Konesuccessivelyservedas operations atBCEAOheadquartersinDakar. HewasalsotheNationalDirector oftheBCEAOforCoted’Ivoire andthe include, DeputyNationalDirector oftheBCEAOforCoted’Ivoire andCentralDirector ofprogram and financial competitively recruited aftergraduateschool,andhasspentmostofhiscareer attheBCEAO.Previous positions ofthecentralbank.Aneconomistbytraining,Konewas associate ofAlassaneOuattara,whenhewasgovernor MeylietKone,ismarriedwithfivechildren. AveteranoftheBCEAO,hehasworkedasan in1949,Tiemoko Born Governor, CentralBankofWest African Tiemoko MeylietKone States (BCEAO) Senegal PARTICIPANTS 39 Japan Hidehiro Konno Hidehiro International Affairs of METI International Affairs President, The Foundation for The Foundation President, International Trade and Industrial International Trade Cooperation; Former Vice Minister for Former Vice Minister for Cooperation; He served as member of the board of the Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s leading trading and investment firm from 2010 to leading trading and investment firm from Corporation, Japan’s of the Mitsubishi He served as member of the board and Industrial Co-operation. of the Foundation for International Trade 2018. In June 2018, he was appointed to President 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 40 PARTICIPANTS work atDukeUniversity, aB.A.inEconomics. earning an MBAinFinancefrom TheWhartonSchoolattheUniversityofPennsylvania.Hecompletedhisundergraduate Loeser co-foundedGreat AtlanticCapitalManagement,LLC,anequity-focusedfundoffunds.Mr. Loeserreceived of Ten-Sixty AssetManagementwhere hewasaManagingDirector ofHedgeFundInvestments.Previously Mr. Martin LoeserjoinedSilvercrest President AssetManagementasaSeniorVice asaresult ofSilvercrest’s acquisition Senior VicePresident, Silvercrest Asset Martin Loeser United States Management PARTICIPANTS 41 Nepal Bindu Lohani Bindu Development Bank (ADB) Development Management and Sustainable, Asian Management Distinguished Fellow, Emerging Markets Emerging Fellow, Distinguished Forum; Former Vice-President, Knowledge Vice-President, Forum; Former Dr. Lohani is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of United States – the highest professional Academy of Engineering (NAE) of United States – the highest professional Lohani is an elected member of the National Dr. to sustainable development. He approach to an engineer – for his work on economic-cum-environment distinction accorded for excellence in the practice of environmental Engineers (awarded is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Lohani was elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow by the American Dr. engineer. engineering) and is a licensed professional in development country planning for Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council for world leadership of natural/social resources. protection sustainable development through integrated economic-cum- environmental Dr. Lohani is Visiting Professor of Tsinghua University, Beijing (China) and Professor (Research) of Tongji University, Shanghai University, of Tongji (Research) Beijing (China) and Professor University, of Tsinghua Lohani is Visiting Professor Dr. a member of several international He is advisory (China) and Distinguished Adjunct Faculty of Asian Institute of Technology. Impact Assessment Review Journal Advisory Panel; Journal (United Kingdom), bodies such as Environmental of Urban Yew, Kwan Lee Policies, International Water of Institute the for Panel Advisory (Singapore); Cities Livable for Centre Solutions, and China Council for International on Environment Cooperation member, and Council Public Policy (Singapore); School of than 250 publications. Development (China). He has published eight books and more He has also completed several management development programs, including the Executive Program conducted by the Program including the Executive development programs, He has also completed several management by Cornell by programs and University; Program Development Management Chicago, of University the of School Business University. at Yale Arthur D. Little School of Management, and Corporate Leadership program Dr. Lohani holds Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering. Dr. Lohani has been conferred with several Honorary Doctoral with several Honorary Doctoral has been conferred Lohani Engineering. Dr. in Environmental holds Doctoral degree Lohani Dr. recognition of his distinguished Australia in University, the Griffith of Doctor of University by including the Degree Degrees contributions to environment. In his almost 30 years in ADB, he has held several positions, including Director General and Chief Compliance Officer of the Chief Compliance Officer General and several positions, including Director In his almost 30 years in ADB, he has held transport, water, like energy, areas for sectoral and thematic (responsible Regional and Sustainable Development Department governance,and gender to Advisor Special and management), knowledge and environment, education, development, urban infrastructure He had worked in various capacities, mostly Climate Change and Environment. on Clean Energy, the President to the infrastructure joining ADB, he worked for the Government of Nepal (relating and sustainable development. Before at the Asian Engineering Program and Division Chairman of the Environmental departments) and was Associate Professor at Bangkok. (AIT), an independent post-graduate institution located Institute of Technology Prior to the above position, Dr. Lohani was Vice-President (Finance and Administration) of ADB. Dr. Lohani served as Chair ADB. Dr. (Finance and Administration) of Lohani was Vice-President Prior to the above position, Dr. Management Committee; and than $2 billion); Chair of Asset Liability Fund (more of Investment Committee of the Pension Chair of Crisis Management Committee. Dr. Bindu N. Lohani was Ranking Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management and Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management of the Asian Development Ranking Vice-President Bindu N. Lohani was Dr. Department and Regional Cooperation Economic Research for the ADB’s He was responsible Sustainable Development. of Information and Office of the Chief Economist), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, (Office Systems and Technology. 42 PARTICIPANTS (2008-2010) andVice-President oftheNationalCommitteeonInstitutionalReforms(2013-2014). 2004 to 2015. Finally, as an active citizen, Mamadou Lamine Loum was the moderator of the National Assemblies of Senegal volunteer,As aninternational heservedastheRepresentative ofFrancophoneBorrowing CountriestoIDA(World Bank)from arbitrationbetweenstatesanddomesticorforeignworks ininternational privatecompanies. venture capital firms, aswellasinprivatefoundations involved inphilanthropy andeconomic social research. Healso Since 2006,inSenegalandabroad, hehasbeenanindependentdirector forcompanies,banks,insuranceand and more. public finances, banks andinsurances, management ofnatural governance, resources, agricultural development,mining, Bank, IMF, OIF, BID, UNDP, African Union, UEMOA, WADB, etc.) on various subjects, including economic development, Central AfricanRepublic,DRCongo,Burundi,Togo, organizations(World Algeria,Ghana,Guinea,etc.)andinternational (Chad,Cameroon, experienceasanindependentconsultanttoseveralgovernments Since 2001,hehasgainedinternational and thedevaluationofCFA franc,endingwithasubstantialeconomicandsocialrecovery andthefirstdemocraticelection. (from ApriltoJuly, 1998),andfinallyPrimeMinisterofSenegal(1998-2000),duringwhichbeganwiththeEmergencyPlan He began his political career of the Budget (1993-1998), then Minister ofEconomy, as Vice-Minister Finance and Planning (1991-1993). and afterrisingthrough theranks,becameGeneralTreasurer ofSenegal(1984-1991),then Managing Director oftheTreasury class prizeinallsections(LéonGontranDamas,1975-1977).Hebeganhisadministrativecareer asInspectoroftheTreasury, He hadhisvocationaltrainingattheNationalSchoolofAdministrationandLaw(ENAM),where hewastherecipient ofthe Legal SciencesandPoliticalin1977. of Dakar(SheikAntaDiop)where heobtainedaMaster’s degree inLaw1975,thentheDiplomaofHigherEducation After primarystudies(1958-1964)andhighschool(1964-1971)inKaolack,MamadouLamineLoumstudiedattheUniversity Mamadou LamineLoum Former PrimeMinister Senegal PARTICIPANTS 43 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 44 PARTICIPANTS Medical Doctor Internship Orthopaedic SurgeryResidency Lower Extremity Fellowship Fellowship Surgery Hand AO HandFellowship MBA MBA International Masters inEducation EDUCATION Apr. 1991-Sept.1995 Sept. 1995-Dec.1995 Sept. 1997-Dec.1998 Feb. 1999-June2000 Jan. 2002-Apr. 2003 May 2003-Dec.2003 Jan. 2004-Dec.2008 Jan. 2009-Sept.2010 AOTrauma hasgrown intotheworld’s largesttraumacommunity. and hasabranchoffice nearZürichand regional offices intheUSA,BrazilandHongKong.Inlastcoupleofyears, operating room personnelandscientistsinover100countries.AOFoundationisheadquartered inDavos,Switzerland Founded in1958,theAOtodayfostersoneofmostextensivenetworkscurrently more than10,000surgeons, groupinternational ofsurgeonsspecializedinthetreatment oftraumaanddisorders ofthemusculoskeletalsystem. AOTrauma is the leading clinical division of AO Foundation; a medically guided non-profit organization led by an Oct. 2010-present WORK EXPERIENCE McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (1979-84) Montreal GeneralHospital–Montreal Children Hospital,Montreal, Quebec(1984-85) Harvard MedicalSchool– Massachusetts GeneralHospital,Boston,(1996) University,Bern Switzerland(1997) LindenhofHospital,Bern, University ofTennessee atKnoxville,Tennessee (1998) Aviv, University–TelKellogg-Recanati SchoolofManagement,Northwestern Aviv University, Tel 2005-present (graduation in summer2012) Israel University ofCincinnatiCollegeEducation,Cincinnati,Ohio (2000-01) Martin OrthopaedicClinicPC,MuscleShoals,Alabama,USA Orthopaedic Surgeon Universite deSherbrooke, DepartmentofSurgery, Sherbrooke, Quebec Lecturer &OrthopaedicSurgeon North AlabamaBone&JointClinic,Florence, Alabama,USA Orthopaedic Hand&PeripheralNerveSurgeon ofQuebec,Workers’Government CompensationBoard, Montreal, Quebec Musculoskeletal Director &MedicalOfficer Discovery Laboratories,Inc.,Windsor, UKandDoylestown,Pennsylvania Medical Director &ClinicalTrial Monitor–EUROPE Canadian MedicalProtective Association,Ottawa,Ontario Medical Officer –PhysicianConsultingServices Canadian MedicalProtective Association,Ottawa,Ontario Physician RiskManager&Educator–ManagementServices Canadian MedicalProtective Association,Ottawa,Ontario Director, RegionalAffairs –ExecutiveServices AO Foundation,DavosandDübendorf,Switzerland Executive Director, AOTrauma –AOExecutiveManagement Managing Director, AOAlliance Gallie Program, UniversityofToronto, Toronto, Ontario(1985-90) University ofToronto –Toronto Hospital,Toronto, Ontario(1990-91) Claude Martin Switzerland Foundation PARTICIPANTS 45 Japan Megumi Muto Megumi Cooperation Agency (JICA) Cooperation Department, Japan InternationalDepartment, Director General, Global Environment Environment General, Global Director She holds PhD in development economics from GRIPS, Japan, MPA from Princeton University and BA from Keio University, Princeton University and BA from from GRIPS, Japan, MPA from She holds PhD in development economics FY 2014/2015. Associate member, School ofFmnticr Sciences), (Graduate of Tokyo the University at ,Japan. VisitingProfessor Science Council of Japan, FY 2014. Dr. Muto has also written extensively in the area of impact evaluation focusing on the effect of infrastructure at household of infrastructure focusing on the effect of impact evaluation has also written extensively in the area Muto Dr. Development and Journal published in academic journals of African Economies. While in such as World levels, which were and/or the Asian Development Bank on Bank books with the World arm of SB] C and ,IICA, she co·authored the research on Asian coastal mega cities, industrial clusters and SM Es in Africa. topics such as the impact of climate change For the Philippines, she authored the Country Strategy in fall 2010, which coincided with the start of the Ninoy Aquino the Country Strategy in fall 2010, which coincided with For the Philippines, she authored post inclusive job creation, of business included Public·Private Participation in Infrastructure, Administration. New areas and the and climate change finance. She fundamentally shifted the approach conflict management in Muslim Mindanao exceeding 250 billion yen in FY 2015. In parallel, Dr Muto set which led to an expanding portfolio allocation of resources, with the Philippines with key governmentup a framework of public policy dialogue institutions, ex·Ministers, and academe of government the market, in the role included policy dialogue this in covered Topics the Philippines. and both Japan from urban planning, reforn1 in energy/infrastructure, chain, regulatory SME developn1cnt) agricultural value through job creation line with a credit she introduced the market. For climate chang”E, finance, and mobilizing capital for development through risk pool for the catastrophic Bank with the World risks in the Philippines and co·reviewed a drawdown option for Typhoon the Pacific. Ms. Muto was the chief representative of JICA in Paris, Dr Muto represents JICA in OECD meetings, the Paris Club and other JICA in OECD meetings, of JICA in Paris, Dr Muto represents representative Ms. Muto was the chief portfolio in Ukraine, Moldova for JICA’s She is also responsible in Europe. with development partners bilateral discussions portfolio in the responsible for JICA’s transferring to Paris in Oct 2015, she was and Romania. During the five years before Philippines and the Pacific. 46 PARTICIPANTS London SchoolofEconomics. also hasMastersdegrees in BusinessAdministrationfrom UniversityofSaskatchewaninCanadaandEconomicsfrom the He holdsengineeringdegrees from theIndianInstitute of Technology, DelhiandUniversityofSaskatchewan(Canada).He firm before joiningADB. Mr. Nagbegan hisprofessional careerconsulting attheBankofCanadaand heldseniorpositionsinaleadinginternational of poorpeoplebeingleftbehind. regional cooperation and integration in Asia and bridging the gap between the region’s thriving economies and the millions financing, public-private partnerships and regional economic integration. His particular interest is in working to enhance Mr. Nag’s workhasgivenhimwide-ranginginsightintoseveralissuesandchallengesrelevant toAsia,includinginfrastructure countries reduce povertyandimprove thequalityoflifetheirpeople. role inproviding strategic and operational direction toADBsoitachievesitsmissionofhelpingdevelopingmember broadPresident experienceacross onRegionalEconomicCooperationandIntegration.With Asia,Mr. Nagplayedacritical other toppositionsattheADB,includingasheadofADB’s SoutheastAsiaDepartmentandSpecialAdvisertotheADB Rajat M.Nagwastillrecently theManagingDirector-General oftheAsian DevelopmentBank(ADB).Hehasalsoheldseveral General, AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB) Distinguished Fellow, EmergingMarkets Forum; FormerManagingDirector- Rajat Nag India PARTICIPANTS 47 Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao Takehiko International Organization International President, Asian Development Asian Development President, Co-Chair, Emerging Markets Forum; Emerging Markets Co-Chair, 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 48 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 49 Japan Yasushi Noguchi Yasushi Consul-General of Japan in São Paulo Consul-General In September 2015, he was assigned as Chief of the Prefectural Police Headquarters in Miyazaki, situated in the southern In September 2015, he was assigned as Chief of the Prefectural for the safety and security of the Miyazaki Prefecture. part of Japan. He was responsible in English, Spanish and Portuguese. He is married with two children. Noguchi is proficient Mr. In August 2013, Mr. Noguchi again started the portfolio of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation as Director for Arms as Director portfolio of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation Noguchi again started the In August 2013, Mr. Minister Kishida. under the instruction of Foreign and Disarmament at MOFA Control Mr. Noguchi was Director for International Peace Cooperation, responsible for Japan’s contributions to UN peacekeeping contributions for Japan’s for International Peace Cooperation, responsible was Director Noguchi Mr. was for peace-building until December 2009. Then he development programme operations as well as human resource relations he focused on Asian Economic Strategy and public where to National Policy Unit, Cabinet Secretariat, transferred for he served as Director organizations. After his assignment in Cabinet Secretariat, governments and foreign with foreign August 2011 to July 2013. from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division, MOFA, In August 2007, Mr. Noguchi was appointed as Director for G8 Summit at the Secretariat for Hokkaido Toyako Summit, for Hokkaido Toyako G8 Summit at the Secretariat for Noguchi was appointed as Director In August 2007, Mr. for Inspection for a year. finishing the Summit, he served as Director which Japan hosted in 2008. After successfully Mr. Noguchi was subsequently transferred to the Management and Coordination Division in the Minister’s Secretariat before before Secretariat Division in the Minister’s and Coordination to the Management transferred subsequently was Noguchi Mr. in the United States in August 2003, followed by a tour of two years in Peru. he was posted to the Embassy of Japan Mr. Noguchi was then assigned to the Arms Control and Disarmament Division, where he was promoted to the rank of he was promoted Division, where and Disarmament was then assigned to the Arms Control Noguchi Mr. and disarmament. he was in charge of nuclear non-proliferation In this role Principal Deputy Director. After joining the diplomatic service in 1990 he was assigned to the Embassy of Japan in Spain. Following the four-year he was assigned to the Embassy of Japan in Spain. Following the four-year After joining the diplomatic service in 1990 responsible Tokyo. In this capacity he was of economic cooperation back in tour in Spain he started working in the field of the First Latin In July 1997 he was appointed as Deputy Director development assistance. policy on official for Japan’s America and Caribbean Division. Mr. Noguchi currently works as Consul General of Japan in Sao Paulo since September 2017. General of Japan in Sao Paulo since works as Consul Noguchi currently Mr. Law Faculty of Kyoto the from Japan in May 1966. He graduated Prefecture, Noguchi was born in Yamaguchi Mr. 1990. University in March 50 PARTICIPANTS (Switzerland) andaBSinForeign Services from GeorgetownUniversity(UnitedStates). from EconomicsfromStudies the London School of Economics,aDES in International theGraduateInstituteofInternational (2000 to2001)andtheTrade PolicyReviewsDivision(1998to2000).MsOshikawaobtainedaMSinDevelopmentStudies Development Division(2003to2010),theTechnical CooperationDivision(2001to2002),theOffice oftheDirector-General based intheregion. Before joiningtheITTCin2010, sheworkedinseveraldivisionsattheWTOSecretariat, includingthe and observersintheAsiaPacific region, aswellofpartnershiparrangementswithorganizationsandinstitutions WTO. AttheITTC,shewasresponsible formanagingtrainingandtechnicalassistanceactivitiesthirtyWTOmembers she wasHeadoftheAsiaandPacificRegionalDeskatInstitutefor Training and Technical Cooperation(ITTC)ofthe Maika Oshikawa,from Japan,isDirector oftheAccessions DivisionoftheWTO.PriortojoiningAccessionsDivision, Director, Accessions Division,World Trade Organization(WTO) Maika Oshikawa International Organization PARTICIPANTS 51 Japan Corporation Shotaro Oshima Shotaro Economic Studies, Toyota Motor Toyota Economic Studies, Chairman, Institute for InternationalChairman, Institute 1968 Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law of Tokyo the University 1968 Graduated from Japan; of Affairs of Foreign 1968-2008 Ministry Minister and to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Deputy Foreign Bureau,Ambassador of the Economic Affairs Director-General to the International Organizations in Geneva including Permanent Representative “Sherpa” to PM Koizumi for G8 Summit, the WTO Ambassador to the Republic of Korea WTO Appellate Body, 2008 June-2012 April, Member, participating of the Government toward of Japan in charge of consultations “Special Representative 2012 May-2013 March concerned”in the TPP negotiations with the countries 2013 June Chairman, Institute for International Economic Studies of Tokyo University Graduate School of Public Policy, Visiting Professor, 52 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 53 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. 54 PARTICIPANTS Mr. Relationsfrom Sakaiholds aBAinInternational theTokyo UniversityofForeign Affairs Cooperation). Agency forInternational Before joiningADBin1987, Mr. Sakaiworkedfor11yearsintheOverseasEconomicCooperationFund(presently theJapan India, andtheSouthAsiaSubregional Economic CooperationProgram. of Economic Cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), and the Programs Manager for Bangladesh, Bhutan, covering ADB’s operationsinCambodia,LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic,Myanmar, NamandtheProgram Thailand,Viet Prior tothis,Mr. SakaiworkedinvariouscapacitiesADB,suchastheDeputyDirector GeneraloftheMekongDepartment, of AsianDevelopmentFund(ADFXandADFXI),thefifth generalcapitalincrease. capacity heledtheformulationofADB’s long-termstrategy, Strategy2020,negotiationsfortheninthandtenthreplenishment tional relations development community, with the international especiallyonmattersrelating to resource mobilization. In this sures policyandoperationscoordination, leadsmainstreaming ofmanagingfordevelopmentresults, andmaintainsinstitu- As Director General,Mr. Sakaiheadedtheteamthatprovides ADBwithastrategicplanningperspectiveanddirection, en- November 2004untilhisretirement inDecember2014. Mr. KazuSakaiwastheDirector GeneralofStrategyandPolicyDepartmenttheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)from Policy Department,AsianDevelopment Former Director General,Strategyand Kazu Sakai Bank (ADB) Japan PARTICIPANTS 55 World Bank World Chief Executive Officer, Development Officer, Chief Executive France Gateway; Former Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President, Gateway; Former Jean-Louis Sarbib Jean-Louis In 2006, Mr. Sarbib was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, and received Faso, and received an honorary doctorate by the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Sarbib was awarded In 2006, Mr. he the countries where honors from numerous Bank. He received Diversity and Inclusion by the World for a Lifetime Award worked Mr. Sarbib graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, before going on to the University of Penn- des Mines de Paris, before the Ecole Nationale Superieure graduated from Sarbib Mr. Ministry of Industry as Deputy planning. After working for the French in city and regional degree sylvania for a master’s returned (GRESI), he to teach in the United States, at the de Reflexion sur les Strategies Industrielles the Groupe of Director Chapel Hill. University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Carolina, Upon leaving the Bank, Mr. Sarbib joined Wolfensohn & Company as a managing director from October 2006 to March October 2006 to March from as a managing director & Company Sarbib joined Wolfensohn Upon leaving the Bank, Mr. Ben-Gurion University of the Links for Development, of World Sarbib serves on the boards national, Mr. 2009. A French (the Global Alliance The International of GAVI Center for Conciliation, and FXB International. He served on the board Negev, International Institute for Education Planning of UNESCO’s 2003 to 2009, the board and Immunization) from for Vaccines the Institute of Statistics (2004-2006), and represented of the UNESCO the governing board to 2006, chaired 2003 from He has taught at Georgetown at Head of Agency level at the UN-AIDS Committee of Co-Sponsoring Agencies. Bank World Institution (2006-2010) and adviser to fellow at the Brookings non-resident University (2008-2010), and served as senior (2006-2010). James Wolfensohn From 1980 to 2006, Mr. Sarbib was at the World Bank where he occupied a number of senior positions. From 1996 to a number of senior positions. From he occupied Bank where Sarbib was at the World to 2006, Mr. 1980 From for the Middle 2000 to 2003, the Vice President for Africa and from Vice President Bank’s Sarbib was the World 2000, Mr. for human development, with (2003 – 2006) was as Senior ViceEast and North Africa (MENA). His last position President and HIV/AIDS. health, social protection, Bank activities in education, for the World global responsibilities Jean-Louis Sarbib is currently Chief Executive Officer at Development Gateway, an international nonprofit social enterprise an international nonprofit at Development Gateway, Executive Officer Chief currently Jean-Louis Sarbib is governance, and transparency aid effectiveness, in developing nations by improving poverty with the mission to reduce Gateway in 2004 and was elected chair in of the Development Sarbib joined the board Mr. technology. information through executive officer. asked him to serve as chief 2009, the board 2008. In March 56 PARTICIPANTS at theInstitutd’EtudesPolitiquesdeParis. emy ofArtsinLondon.SheisalsoDirector Affairs GeneralforInternational attheScienceandTechnology inSocietyForum.Shestudied advisor tothepresident ofMoriBuildingCompanyandservedasthedirector oftheJapaneseCommitteeHonourRoyalAcad- lished FormaCorporation,shewasoneofthefoundingpartnersInfoPlus,Inc.andworkedforCrédit Lyonnais inParis.Ms.Serizawais programs forcorporateexecutives,particularlyinthearea ofcross-cultural managementandbusinessethics.Before Ms.Serizawaestab- business partnerships,leadershipandcommunications,mediarelations; Thecompanyalsoorganizeseventsaswelltraining Yu Serizawaisthefounder, president andCEOofFormaCorporation.Thecompanyprovides finance, strategicconsultingininternational President andCEO,Forma Yu Serizawa Corporation Japan PARTICIPANTS 57 India Gurjit Singh CII Task Force on the AAGC on the Force CII Task Former Indian Ambassador; Chairman, Ambassador; Chairman, Former Indian He is married and has two children. He is married and has two children. Mr Gurjit Singh is an avowed cinema buff and is extremely fond of cricket. He is a qualified umpire from the Kenya Cricket the Kenya Cricket from fond of cricket. He is a qualified umpire and is extremely Mr Gurjit Singh is an avowed cinema buff and trying out new cuisines. cultures Association. He enjoys travelling, learning about different He has frequently contributed on economic, developmental and trade issues to various journals and books. He has an He has frequently he was the Deputy in Nairobi, in developmental economics and issues of sustainable development. While abiding interest Chairs the Indore.He at the IIT, He is an Honorary Professor of India to UNEP and UN-HABITAT. Permanent Representative issues pertaining to International on current affairs, He also comments Corridor. on the Asia Africa Growth Force CII Task in India and abroad. development and investment promotion He is proficient in Japanese and has published The Abalone Factor An overview of India-Japan Business Relations in 1997 in Japanese and has published The Abalone Factor An overview of India-Japan He is proficient books included The His subsequent Service officer. by a Foreign for Research which also won him the Bimal Sanyal Award Prime Minister of Ethiopia in by the Ethio-India Relationship which was released Injera and the Parantha : Enhancing the in Jakarta in April by the Minister for External Affairs and Indonesia was released 2009. His book ‘Masala Bambu’ on India edited book “Opportunity His on the legacy of the India-Indonesia relationship. 2015. He is also author of a comic book in Berlin. in January 2017 Partnership” was released Beckons: Adding Momentum to the Indo-German Appointed to the Indian Foreign Service in 1980, he has served in Indian Missions in Tokyo (twice), Colombo, Service in 1980, he has served in Indian Missions in Tokyo Appointed to the Indian Foreign the ASEAN, Germany, and was the Ambassador of India to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Rome Nairobi, of India to the African Union, the Economic Commission for Africa and IGAD. Representative Mr Gurjit Singh schooled at the Mayo College, Ajmer and obtained his Bachelors Degree with Honours in Politics at the with Honours in Politics his Bachelors Degree at the Mayo College, Ajmer and obtained Mr Gurjit Singh schooled the School of InternationalKolkata. He is a Post Graduate in InternationalSt. Xaviers College, Studies, Studies from Indian Trade, at the Indian Institute of Foreign New Delhi. He has also attended programmes Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian School of Business. Institute of Mass Communications and the 58 PARTICIPANTS German Workshop PoliticsbytheDrägerfoundation.. onInternational Foundation, aresearch scholarshipatColumbiaUniversity, N.Y., awarded byDAADandafellowshipattheHarvard out through hercareer forseveralacademicawards includingapost-graduatescholarship by theKonradAdenauer- environmental organizations.SheholdsaPh.D.ininternational lawandhasbeensingled (UNDP) andotherinternational to GermanFederalMinistryofAgriculture andConsumerProtection (BMEL),theUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgram for Indonesia,MalaysiaandSingapore for severalyears.Inthecourseofhercareer shehasalsoservedasanadvisor coordinated variousprograms intheMiddleEastandworkedaslegaladvisorIndonesia,laterheadeddivision lawfirmWhite&Case(formerlyFeddersenLaule)inFrankfurtbeforewith theinternational joiningtheGIZwhere she comprehensive understanding ofChinesepolicy-making.MsSkala-Kuhmannbeganhercareer asanattorney-at-law in theP.R. issuesaswella China.Shehaslong-termexperienceinAsia,in-depthknowledgeglobal-governance Economies. Previously, from 2005to2011,sheservedastheGIZ’s chiefresident representative andcountrydirector From 2012to2015sheheldapositionasdirector generalofthe GIZdepartmentGlobalPartnerships–Emerging Semperit AG,Austria(stocklistedglobalcompanies). BMW Foundation)since2016.SinceseveralyearsMsSkala-Kuhmannisasupervisoryboard memberofLenzingAGand the “Zukunftsbrücke”(Sino-GermanYoung Professional Campus,jointlyimplementedbyACYFandMercatorfoundation/ furthermore onstrategicissuesfortheChinaportfolio,G20andotherglobalpartnershipissues.Sheactsasco-dean (GIZ) GmbH,inparticularontheBeltandRoadInitiative,where sheservesasfocalpointwithinGIZandaspecialenvoy, China. Shepresently actsasspecialadvisortotheboard Zusammenarbeit oftheDeutsche GesellschaftfürInternationale lawyer,Dr AstridSkala-Kuhmannisaninternational expertinemergingmarketsandsustainabilityissueswithfocuson Astrid Skala-Kuhmann Senior AdvisortotheBoard, GIZ Germany PARTICIPANTS 59 Japan Japan Co. Ltd. Shigemitsu Sugisaki Shigemitsu Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman, Shige earned a BA from the University of Tokyo in 1963 and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University in 1967. from in 1963 and a Master of International Affairs the University of Tokyo Shige earned a BA from During Sugisaki’s preceding thirty years of service in the Japanese Government, thirty years of he held various positions, including that of preceding During Sugisaki’s Tokyo the of commissioner to 1994; 1993 from Commission Surveillance Exchange and Securities the of secretary-general 1991 to 1992; general of the International from Bureau 1992 to 1993; deputy director Finance from Bureau Regional Taxation as personal assistant to the 1990 to 1991. He also served from and deputy vice minister of finance for International Affairs 1976 to 1979. Philippines, from in Manila, of the Asian Development Bank, headquartered president Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Sugisaki was chairman of Sompo Japan Research Institute from 2004 to 2006. He Institute from Sugisaki was chairman of Sompo Japan Research Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. after having worked as special 1997 to 2004, of the International Monetary Fund from served as deputy managing director and a half years. Michel Camdessus, for two advisor to managing director, Mr. Sugisaki is ViceCommittee. He joined He serves on the GSJCL Executive of Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. Chairman Mr. in 2007. an advisor and was named managing director the firm in 2006 as 60 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 & Development Banks.Hehasservedinthisrole since2013. Development, responsible for enhancing PPP Projects, and Multinational utilizing the facilities of the Japanese Government 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 61 Japan Finance Rintaro Tamaki Rintaro for International Affairs, Ministry of Ministry for International Affairs, General, OECD; Vice-Minister of Finance Vice-Minister of Finance General, OECD; President, Japan Center for International Center for Japan President, Finance (JCIF); Former Deputy Secretary- Finance (JCIF); Mr. Tamaki graduated in 1976, L.L.B. from the University of Tokyo and has held academic positions at the University of Tokyo and has held academic positions at the University of Tokyo the University of Tokyo from graduated in 1976, L.L.B. Tamaki Mr. He has published books and articles on international institutions, the international monetary system, and Kobe University. development, debt and taxation. During his prominent 35-year career at the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Mr. Tamaki has worked on various budget, taxation, Tamaki of Finance, Mr. at the Japanese Ministry 35-year career During his prominent Economic the in 1980 – 1978 from international Secretariat OECD the of part as worked He issues. development and finance for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Division of the Directorate 1983 – 1986 in the Fiscal Affairs Division and from Prospects for Japan and in 2002 Bank as Alternate Director Executive was posted to the World Tamaki In 1994 Mr. (DAFFE). Affairs (2005), before Deputy Director-General DC. He then became in Washington as Finance Minister at the Embassy of Japan (2007) and subsequently Vice-Minister for International (2009) at the Ministry of Finance. Affairs becoming Director-General Prior to joining the OECD Mr. Tamaki, a Japanese national, was Vice-Minister a of Finance for International at the Ministry Affairs Tamaki, Prior to joining the OECD Mr. of Finance, Government of Japan. Mr. Rintaro Tamaki was until recently, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD on August 1, 2011. His portfolio included the of the OECD on August Deputy Secretary-General until recently, was Tamaki Rintaro Mr. and Growth & Anti-Corruption, Green Affairs Financial and Enterprise policy on Environment, of OECD strategic direction meetings. the OECD at the Financial Stability Board with representing along Taxation 62 PARTICIPANTS served twiceasDirector forScience,Technology organization,OECD. andIndustry(DSTI)oftheParis-basedinternational trade issueswiththeUSasMinisterforIndustry, Trade andEnergyattheEmbassyofJapan,Washington DC.Hehasalso ranking positions,includingDirector-General oftheMultilateralTrade SystemDepartment.Hewasdeeplyengagedinbilateral He beganhiscareer in1973theMinistryofEconomy, Trade andIndustry(METI),hasservedinanumberofhigh- in thestrengthening oftieswithmajornon-Memberenergyplayers,includingChinaandIndia. (IEA) from 2007 to 2011, he initiated a collective release of oil stocks in June 2011. He also played a crucial and personal role Nobuo Tanaka istheChairmanofTheSasakawaPeaceFoundation.AsExecutiveDirectorEnergyAgency oftheInternational Director, Energy TheInternational Foundation; FormerExecutive

President, SasakawaPeace Nobuo Tanaka Agency (IEA) Japan PARTICIPANTS 63 Turkey World Bank World Hasan Tuluy Former Regional Vice President, Vice President, Former Regional Senior Associate, Centennial Group; Centennial Group; Senior Associate, Hasan Tuluy was the World Bank Regional Vice President for Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) from 2012. Mr. Tuluy’s Tuluy’s 2012. Mr. (LAC) from for Latin America & the Caribbean Vice Bank Regional President was the World Hasan Tuluy in finding partner reliable as a role the Bank’s years has focused on promoting Bank for over twnety at the World career services. He joined the financial, knowledge, and technical assistance through development solutions for member states in including: Country Director served in various positions of responsibility Bank in 1987 as an economist and has since & Operations, Middle East and North of Strategy Director Bank Corporate Strategy, of World the Africa Region, Director of Human for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Vice President Africa Region, Chief Operating Officer and advisor to governments worked as a consultant developing world. in the Tuluy joining the Bank, Mr. Before Resources. USA. University, the Fletcher School, Tufts from and Trade He holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics 64 PARTICIPANTS Mr. Utsumigraduated from theUniversityofTokyo withaBachelorofLawdegree in1957. Sacred Treasure, GoldandSilverStarfrom Japanin2008,CommandeurdelaLegiond’Honneurfrom Francein2007,etc. was awarded PolicyMaker oftheYear EconomyMagazinein1989.Hewasalsoawarded byInternational Order ofthe Plaza Accord, U.S.JapanStructuralImpedimentInitiativeandLatinAmericanDebtProblem inthelate1980s.Mr. Utsumi represented negotiationsincludingG7meetings,thepreparation invariousinternational ofthe theJapanesegovernment and PlenipotentiaryattheEmbassyofJapaninWashington, D.C.Duringhiscareer withtheMinistryofFinance,Mr. Utsumi Affairs. FinanceBureau MinisterofFinanceforInternational HealsoservedasExtraordinarythe International andVice previously workedforJapan’s MinistryofFinancefrom 1957to1991,andheldvariouspositionsincludingDirector Generalof 2004), professor attheFacultyofBusinessandCommerce ofKeioUniversity, Tokyo, Japan(1992-2000).Mr. Utsumihad CEO, JapanCredit RatingAgency, Ltd(2004-June,2014),PresidentFinance(2001-May, atJapanCenterforInternational Mr. MakotoUtsumiistheChairmanofGlobalAdvisoryBoard, Tokai Tokyo FinancialHoldings,Inc.HewasPresident and CChairman oftheGlobalAdvisoryBoard, Officer, JapanCredit RatingAgencyLtd.; Former President andChiefExecutive Tokai Tokyo FinancialHoldings,Inc.; Former ViceMinisterofFinance Makoto Utsumi Japan PARTICIPANTS 65 Colombia Hiroshi Wago Rojas Wago Hiroshi Executive Representative, Procolombia Executive Representative, Since March 2011, Hiroshi Wago Rojas is the Executive Representative of ProColombia in Japan, which is of ProColombia Rojas is the Executive Representative Wago 2011, Hiroshi Since March is Wago and country brand. Mr. investment, exports, tourism direct foreign agency for promoting Colombian national in China and South Korea. of ProColombia for the activities also responsible a Colombian multinational private Advisor for Chaidneme Group, had worked as Presidency Wago Mr. Previously, for Externado and Researcher University of Colombia, as well as Professor corporation. He also has experience as and Industry. Trade Japanese Chamber of Commerce, at the Colombian Assistant Director Japan), a bachelor´s University (Tokyo, Waseda in International Degree Relations from Master’s received Wago Mr. Externado in Finance and International from University of Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia), and degree Relations Canada). (Montreal, in Economics and Politics at the University of Montreal completed an exchange program 66 PARTICIPANTS in Economicsfrom Brown University. and Management, Hitotsubashi University in April 2008. Mr. Watanabe holdsanLLB from theUniversityofTokyo, andanMA FellowatHarvardserves asSeniorVisiting UniversityinFebruary2008andasProfessor atGraduateSchoolofcommerce Deputy Director-General andDirector-General. Affairs MinisterofFinanceforInternational in 2004.Healso HebecameVice Bureau, heplayedaninstrumental role intheenhancementofAsianmonetaryco-operationandbilateralassistanceas support MinisterofFinance,KiichiMiyazawaaspersonalsecretary between1998-2001.DuringhistimeintheInternational affairs. Finance, hewent on to and international After serving as chief economist within theJapan Center for International reform. Since beginning hisprofessional career withthe Ministry ofFinancein1972,hehasspecialized mainly intaxation ASEM andAPEC,where hewastaskedwithraisingawareness oftherecent Japaneseeconomicrecovery andstructural acted asJapan’s representative conferences atinternational allovertheworldsuchasG7,World Bank,IMF, ASEAN+3, stabilization, foreignmonetarysystem.Inthisrole, developmentassistanceandJapan‘sinvolvementintheinternational he Watanabe was responsible affairs for overseeing international at the Ministry of Finance,withoversightfor foreign exchange Affairs MinisterofFinanceforInternational inJuly2007.Inhispreviousdown asJapan‘sVice role Minister, asVice Mr. Mr. Watanabe servedasSpecialAdvisortothePresidentFinance,havingstepped attheJapanCenterforInternational Hiroshi Watanabe Cooperation (JBIC). Previously, currently of the Japan Bank forInternational serves as CEO and Governor Forum; President oftheInstitutefor International MonetaryAffairsInternational Co-Chair, EmergingMarkets Hiroshi Watanabe Japan PARTICIPANTS 67 Alan Wolff Organization (WTO) Organization International Organization International Deputy Director-General, World Trade Trade World Deputy Director-General, He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Peterson Institute for InternationalHe is a member of the Advisory Committee Economics (PIIE), is a lifetime National and Economic Policy served several terms on the Science, Technology Associate of the National Academies, having He is a member of the Council on the Academies and chairing its Committee on Comparative Innovation Policies. of Board (Innovation). Group Experts and the E15 Initiative’s Relations Foreign open rules-based multilateral and written extensively on trade topics including the need for a strong, He has lectured trading system. College. He is married to the Rev. Harvard from degree Columbia University and an A.B. from He holds a J.D. degree and six grandchildren. children and has three Helene N. Wolff, Alan Wolff, became WTO Deputy Director General on October 1, 2017. He was formerly in private law practice dealing on October 1, 2017. He was formerly General became WTO Deputy Director Alan Wolff, extensively with international served as the Chairman six years prior to joining the WTO he also trade matters. For the last supporting open international (NFTC), the oldest American association Council trade. Trade of the National Foreign Negotiations in the Carter for Trade served as United States Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Wolff Administration. He was acting Head of the U.S. in the Ford of the Office Administration and was General Counsel a mandate for trade negotiations. law creating Round, and a principal draftsman of the basic U.S. Delegation for the Tokyo OECD Steel Committee and its first chairman. He has served as a senior trade As Deputy USTR he was a founder of the and Democratic administrations. negotiator in, and advisor to, both Republican attorneyas staff for the National Advisory Committee on the U.S. Treasury Prior to his service at USTR, he served in participating in the work of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, International Monetary and Financial Policy, of participating in the drafting of the Articles of Agreement Bank, and lending policies in the IMF and the World reviewing Trade Negotiations. of Multilateral Office of the Treasury’s the African Development Fund. He was director 68 PARTICIPANTS American EconomicAssociation Japanese EconomicAssociation,President (2002) Membership Nikkei EconomicBookAward, 1984(NikkeiShimbun) Suntory Award, 1984 Economist Award, 1993(MainichiShimbun) Yomiuri-Yoshino SakuzoAward, 2000(Yomiuri Shimbun) The UFJBankMonographAward, 2002(NewYork University) The MedalwithPurpleRibbon,2010 Prizes andAwards Others Macroeconomics andthe Japanese Economy, Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 1995. Cambridge UniversityPress, 2007 (withMasanaoAoki). Reconstructing Macroeconomics: APerspectivefrom StatisticalPhysicsandCombinatorialStochasticProcesses, Japan’s LostDecade,RevisedandExpandedEdition,I-HousePress, 2008. Deflation (inJapanese), Tokyo: NikkeipublishingCo.,2013. Iyetomi, andWataru Souma). Macro-Econophysics, Cambridge UniversityPress, 2017(withHideakiAoyama,Yoshi Fujiwara,Yuichi Ikeda,Hiroshi Books andMonographs Selected PublicationsandPapers 1978 -1982AssistantProfessor, StateUniversityofNewYork, Albany 1982 -1988AssociateProfessor, InstituteofSocialandEconomicResearch, OsakaUniversity 1988 -1993AssociateProfessor, FacultyofEconomics,UniversityTokyo 1991 NissanFellow, St.Antony’s College,Oxford University 1993 -2016Professor, FacultyofEconomics,UniversityTokyo Scholar,1995 Visiting DepartmentofEconomics,UniversitySienna 2001 -2006Member, CouncilonEconomicandFiscalPolicy, CabinetOffice, Japan 2008 Chairman,CouncilontheSocialSecurityReform,CabinetOffice, Japan 2008 -2009Member, CouncilonEconomicandFiscalPolicy, CabinetOffice, Japan 2009 -2011Dean,FacultyofEconomics,UniversityTokyo 2011 Member, CouncilontheTax andtheSocialSecurityReform,CabinetOffice, Japan 2013 -present Member, CouncilonWages andEmployment,CabinetOffice, Japan 2016 -present Professor, FacultyofEconomics,RisshoUniversity Experience 1974 B.A.UniversityofTokyo 1978 Ph.D.Yale University Education Research Institute,MinistryofFinance University; HonoraryPresident, Policy Professor ofEconomics,Rissho Hiroshi Yoshikawa Japan PARTICIPANTS 69 China Rongrong Yu Rongrong Institute, Beijing Normal University Institute, Beijing Research Fellow, Emerging Markets Fellow, Research Prior to this position, Dr. Yu worked at the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center and the Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Office Center and the Minister’s Promotion worked at the Agricultural Trade Yu Prior to this position, Dr. co-operation in between developing countries. Dr. in studying trade of the PRC, specializing and Rural Affairs Agriculture in agricultural economics with a focus on Japan with a PhD degree of Agriculture, University Tokyo graduated from Yu agricultural development in Asia. Dr. Yu Rongrong is a research fellow at Emerging Markets Institute and Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, University, Normal Beijing of School Road and Belt and Institute Markets Emerging at fellow research a is Rongrong Yu Dr. Belt and the along countries in cooperation and develop-ment agricultural the on focus interests research main Her China. Road. OCTOBER 28-30, 201 8 TOKYO, JAPAN EMERGING MARKETS FORUM

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