Investment Advisory Council (IAC)

Luncheon (By invitation only)

Senior government officials and business leaders will exchange views on how developing countries can attract investment and maximize its benefits.

Participants

Private sector:

Mo Ibrahim, Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Founder of Celtel
Gengshu Miao, President of China International Investment Council and President SINOTRANS
Peter Barker-Homek, CEO, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
T.C. Venkat Subramanian, Chairman and Managing Director, EXIM Bank of India
Fumio Hoshi, Executive Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Deping Hu, President, China-Africa Business Council and Vice-President of the China Federation of Industry and Commerce
Rainer Koch, Managing Director and Technology Solutions Group Lead, Hewlett Packard Africa
Joseph Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, Bank of America
Art Reilly, Senior Director, Technology Policy, CISCO Systems
Razia Khan, Chief Africa Economist, Standard Chartered Bank
Pierre Cailleteau, Chief Economist, Moody's Investors Service Ltd
Pankaj Chawla, COO, 3i Infotech Limited
Charles Cofie, CEO, Unilever Ghana
Mamphela Ramphele, Chair, Circle Capital Ventures
Eliane Borges, Director, SEBRAE

Government:

H.E. Mrs. Tarja Halonen, President, Republic of Finland and Co-Chair of UN Millennium Summit
H.E. Mrs. Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar, Vice-President, Republic of El Salvador
H.E. Mr. Bert Van Koenders, Minister of Development, Netherlands
H.E. Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister for Export Development and International Trade, Sri Lanka
H.E. Mr. Semakula Kiwanuka, Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
H.E. Mr. Muktar Djumaliev, Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Kyrgyz Republic
Mrs. Dagmar Wöhrl, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
Secretary-General Jarmo Viinanen, Chief of Cabinet, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Mr. Russell Curtis, Head, Durban Investment Promotion Agency

Development partner institutions:

H.E. Mrs. Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Alessandro Teixeira, President, WAIPA
Karl P. Sauvant, Co-Director, Millennium Cities Initiative
Jacqueline Coté, Permanent Representative in Geneva, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

UNCTAD:

Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General
James Zhan, Officer-in-Charge, Division on Investment and Enterprise - Facilitator
Christiane Stepanek-Allen, Chief, Office of the Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise - IAC