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Box 11299 MANAMA Bahrain Dr. Jaffar AL SAYEGH Chief of Micro-Economic Planning Planning session Ministry of Finance P.O. box 333 Manama Bahrain Ms. Dana AL ZAYANI Senior Officer Projects Economic Development Board P.O. Box 11299 Al Manamah Bahrain Iraq/Iraq Mr. Afif ALRAYIS Economic Expert Ministry of Industry and Minerals Al Nadal Street Baghdad Iraq 3 Jordan/Jordanie Mr. Mohammad AL-SANIE Director of research and directorate studies and research Executive Privatization Commission Amman Jordan Mr. Hani NSOUR One Stop Shop Director Jordan Investment Board P.O. Box 893 11821 Amman Jordan Kuwait/Koweït Mr. ALI ALMETAIREF Head of Investment Treaties Section TAX LIABILITY&PLANNING DEPT. Ministry of Finance KUWAIT Kuwait Mr. Khalid AL HAMADI Financial Researcher Ministry of Finance PO Box 9 13001 Safat Kuwait Morocco/Maroc Mr. Said NOUMIR Senior Manager Direction Générale des Impôts Ministère des Finances et de la Privatisation Avenue Haj Ahmed Cherkaoui Rabat Morocco Mr. SAID MIFDAL Head of Tax Statistics and Estimates Service Général Tax Administration Rue Ahmed Cherkaoui, Agdal Rabat 4 Oman/Oman Mr. Suleiman Salim AL-ADI Director General Secretariat General for Taxation Ministry of Finance P.O. Box 285 113 Muscat Oman Qatar/Qatar Mr. Saleh Yousef AL MULLA Head of Survey and Follow-up Section Ministry of Finance P.O. Box 83 Doha Qatar Mr. Meteab Mubarak Z.M. AL-KUBAISI Senior Tax Assessor Ministry of Finance P.O. Box 83 Doha Qatar Saudi Arabia/Arabie Saoudite Mr. Nasser AL DEIBAN General Manager Department of Zakat & Income Tax Income Tax Department P.O. Box 6898 1487 Riyadh Saudi Arabia Mr. Fahad AL KHARASHI General Manager Zakat and Income Tax Department P.O. Box 6898 1487 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 5 Syrian Arab Republic/R.A. Syrienne Professor Moustafa ALKAFRY General Director of Syrian Investment Agency Council of Ministers PO Box 31396 Baghdad St Damascus Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Emirates/Émirats Arabes Unis Dr. Ibrahim KHOORI Executive Ministry of Finance Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Yemen/Yémen Mr. Ahmed GHALEB Chairman Tax Authority of Yemen near the Ministry of Finance Sanaa Yemen Mr. Tariq AL BARRAQ General Manager of Accounting Tax Authority of Yemen near Ministry of Finance Sanaa Yemen 6 OECD member states or permanent delegations Belgium/Belgique M. Christian VALENDUC Conseiller général des Finances SPF Finances -- Service d'Etudes Ministère des Finances Bld. Albert II, No33, Bte 73 1030 Belgium Japan/Japon Mr. Takuma HORI First Secretary Embassy of Japan 3rd, 8th and 9th Floors, Cairo Center Building 2 Abdel Kader Hamza Street, Garden City Cairo Egypt Mr. Nobuyuki MIKAMI Second Secretary Embassy of Japan 3rd, 8th and 9th Floors, Cairo Center Building 2 Abdel Kader Hamza Street, Garden City Cairo Egypt Spain/Espagne Mr. José Lorenzo GARCÍA-BALTASAR General Co-operation Coordinator Spanish Agency for International Co-operation- Spanish Embassy 21, El-Maahad El Swissry St.; Zamalek Cairo Egypt Mr. Bienvenido PASCUAL Area Coordinator Institute for Fiscal Studies Avda. del Cardenal Herrera Oria 378 28035 Madrid Spain 7 Turkey/Turquie Mr. Timur CAKMAK Head of Department Presidency of Revenue Administration of Turkey Gelir Idaresi BaskanligiIlkadam Caddesi - Dikmen 06100 Ankara Turkey United Kingdom/Royaume-Uni Mr. Graham MINTER OECD co-chair of Investment Programme Steering Group and UK government representative Foreign & Commonwealth Office Ringlestone, Goudhurst Road TN12 9JY Marden, Kent, United Kingdom Mr. Alan CARTER Senior Economist Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs 100 Parliament StreetRoom 2/53 SW1A 2BQ London United Kingdom EC/CE Mr. Vinod KALLOE Senior Policy Advisor DG Taxation and Customs European Commission Rue Montoyer 59 1049 BRUXELLES Belgium 8 International Organisations Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC Mr. Reggie MEZU Regional Tax Manager for the Middle East BIAC Dubai United Arab Emirates International Finance Corporation (IFC) Mr. Farid TADROS Operations Analyst - Business Enabling Environment Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East & North Africa International Finance Corporation (IFC) Nile City Towers - North Tower 2005 C, 24th Floor, Cornish El Nil Cairo, Egypt U.N. Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO Mr. Marco POTECCHI Investment Promotion Officer United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Salah Salem Street Cairo Egypt 9 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mrs. Aler GRUBBS Deputy Director Office of Middle East Programs USAID. Middle East Programs 1/A Ahmed Kamal, off El Lasilki St.New Maadi 11435 CAIRO, Egypt Union of Arab Banks (UAB)/Union of Arab Banks (UAB) Dr. Fouad SHAKER Secretary General Union of Arab Banks P.O.Box: 11-2416Riad El-Solh Lebanon World Bank/Banque mondiale Mr. Sebastian S. JAMES Tax Policy Consultant Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) World Bank Group H7-701, 600 -19th Street 20433 Washington United States 10 Private Sector Participants Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries (ATAIC Mrs. Farida AMJAD Chief (International Taxes) Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries (ATAIC) CBR House, Constitution Avenue 4400 Islamabad Pakistan Mr. Salman NABI Member (Direct Taxes)- Central Board of Revenue (CBR) Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries (ATAIC) CBR House, Constitution Avenue 4400 Islamabad Pakistan British Egyptian Businessmen Association Mrs. Laila EL-MAGHRABY Executive Director British Egyptian Businessmen Association 124 Nile St., El Agouza 12311 Giza Egypt Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA) Mr. Abdel Hamid ATTALLA Head of Taxation Sector at KPMG Hazem Hassan Public Accountants & Consultants Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA) Federation of Egyptian Industries Mr. Nabil Farid HASSANEEN Chairman Engineering Chamber Federation of Egyptian Industries 1195 Cornich El Nil Cairo Egypt 11 Mr. Khalid MANSOUR Senior Accountant Federation of Egyptian Industries 1195 Cornich El Nil Cairo Egypt Mrs. Sahar RAGAB Senior Economist Federation of Egyptian Industries 1195 Cornich El Nil Cairo Egypt Iraqi Businessman Union / Mr. Basem ANTON Vice-Chairman Iraqi Businessman Union Al Sadoon Street Baghdad Iraq Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA) M. Gerard ZOVIGHIAN Chairman Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA) Bank El-Rif Square, Baaklini Center, 4th FloorAin el Remmaneh P.O. Box 50 552 BAABDA Lebanon 12 OECD/OCDE M. Rainer GEIGER Deputy Director Head MENA-OECD Investment Programme OECD Annexe Ingres 265 2 rue André-Pascal 75016 Paris France Mr. Alexander BOEHMER Executive Programme Manager MENA-OECD Investment Programme OECD Annexe Ingres R06 2 rue André-Pascal 75016 Paris France Mr. William CLARK Head of Unit CTP/TPS OECD Annexe Ingres 170 2 rue André-Pascal 75016 Paris France Ms. Ana CEBREIRO GOMEZ Tax Expert CTP/TPS OECD Annexe Ingres 168 2 rue André-Pascal 75016 Paris France M. Patrice DUBUS Assistant MENA-OECD Investment Programme OECD Annexe Ingres R04 2 rue André-Pascal 75016 Paris France 13 .
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