Ministerial Meeting 2009: Who's Who

Last updated on August 17, 2009

Chair and Vice-Chairs
OECD Member Countries
Non-members, social partners, observers and experts
OECD Secretariat
OECD Committees

Chair and Vice-Chairs

Chair

Korea
            Mr. , Prime Minister

Vice-Chairs

Denmark
            Mr. Ulrik Knudsen, State Secretary for Strategic Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Ms. Kaare Barslev, Head of Division, Ministry of Finance

  Italy
            Mr. Giulio Tremonti, Minister of Economy and Finance
            Mr. Vincenzo Scotti, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Stefano Saglia, Secretary of State for Economic Development

United Kingdom
            Baroness Shriti Vadera, Minister for Economic Competitiveness, Small Business and Enterprise
            Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
            Mr. John Souttar, Deputy Director, Trade Policy Unit, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

OECD Member Countries

Australia
The Hon. Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade

Austria

            Ms. Christine Marek, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
            Mr. Andreas Schieder, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance
            Ms. Ulrike Magloth, Director, International Economic Affairs, Federal Chancellery

Belgium
            Mr. Didier Reynders, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Institutional Reforms
            Mr. Karel de Gucht, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
            Ms. Liliane Bloem, Deputy Director General, General Directorate for Coordination and European Affairs

Canada
Mr. Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Mr. Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, Department of Finance

Czech Republic
            Mr. Štefan Füle, Minister for the European Affairs
            Mr. Martin Tlapa, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade
            Ms. Rut Bízková, Deputy Minister, Director of the Section of Environmental Economics and Policy, Ministry of Environment

Denmark (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Ulrik Knudsen, State Secretary for Strategic Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Kaare Barslev, Head of Division, Ministry of Finance

Finland

Mr. Pekka Huhtaniemi, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Mr. Martti Hetemäki, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Finance

France
            Ms. Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment
            Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of State, Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development
            Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac, State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy, Industry and employment

Germany
Mr. Peter Hintze, Deputy Minister, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

Greece
Mr. Athanassios Bouras, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance

Hungary
Mr. István Varga, Minister for National Development and Economy

Iceland

Mr. Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Minister of Finance

Ireland
Ms. Mary Coughlan, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

  Italy (Vice-Chair)
            Mr. Giulio Tremonti, Minister of Economy and Finance
            Mr. Vincenzo Scotti, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Stefano Saglia, Secretary of State for Economic Development

Japan
            Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Toshihiro Nikai, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
            Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Yoshiro Okamoto, Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office, Economic and Fiscal Policy

Korea (Chair)
            Mr. , Prime Minister
            Mr. Kim Jong-hoon, Minister for Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
            Mr. Hur Kyung Wook, First Vice Minister, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

Luxembourg
Mr. Nicolas Schmit, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Immigration

Mexico
            Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Alfredo Gutierrez, Vice-Minister, Tax Administration Service
            Ms. Beatriz Leycegui Gardoqui, Vice-Minister, International Trade, Ministry of Economy
            Mr. Rogelio Granguillhome, Head of Unit, Economic Relations and International Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Netherlands
Mr. Frank Heemskerk, Minister for Foreign Trade
Mr. Hans Vijlbrief, Director General, Economic Policy Directorate, Ministry of Economic Affairs

  New Zealand
            The Hon. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, New-Zealand Parliament
            Mr. Nigel Fyfe, Director of Trade Negotiations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Norway
Mr. Geir Axelsen, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance
Ms. Elisabeth Walaas, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Poland
Mr. Marcin Korolec, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy
Mr. Pawel Wojciechowski, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Portugal
Mr. Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, Minister of State and Finance, Ministry of Finance
Ms. Maria Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Slovak Republic
            Mr. Dušan Čaplovič, Deputy Prime Minister for the Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities, Government Office
            Mr. Ivan Sramko, Governor, National Bank of Slovakia
            Mr. Peter Kažimír, Secretary of State, Ministry of Finance

Spain
Ms. Elena Salgado, Second Vice-President of Government and Minister of Economy and Finance
Mr. Alfredo Bonet, Secretary-General for External Trade, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade

Sweden

Mr. Mats Odell, Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets, Ministry of Finance
Ms. Ewa Björling, Minister for Trade, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Switzerland
Ms. Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs
Mr. Jean-Daniel Gerber, State Secretary, Director of the State Secretariat of Economy, Federal Derpartment of Economy

Turkey

            Mr. Ali Babacan, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister
            Ambassador Celalettin Kart, General Director for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Ms. Gülsüm Yazganarikan, Director General for Economic Researches, Undersecretariat of Treasury
            Mr. Hasan Yalcin, Deputy Director General, Under Secretariat of Foreign Trade

United Kingdom (Vice-Chair)
            Baroness Shriti Vadera, Minister for Economic Competitiveness, Small Business and Enterprise
            Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
            Mr. John Souttar, Deputy Director, Trade Policy Unit, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

United States
            Mr. Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative, Office the U.S. Trade Representative
            Mr. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, U.S. Department of State
            Mr. Peter Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

European Commission
            Mr. Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs
            Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland, European Trade Commissioner, Commission of the European Communities
           Mr. Peter Balas, Deputy Director General for Trade

Non-members, social partners and observers

Non-members

Chile, Estonia, Israel, the Russian Federation and Slovenia, the five candidate countries for Accession to the Organisation, as well as Brazil, India, Indonesia, the People's Republic of China and South Africa, the five candidates for Enhanced Engagement, are invited to attend all the sessions of the MCM.

Brazil
Ambassador Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim, Minister of State for External Relations
Mr. Luiz Eduardo Melin, Head of Office, Ministry of Finance

Chile
Mr. Andrés Velasco, Minister of Finance

Estonia
Mr. Marten Kokk, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

India
Mr. Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry

Indonesia
Ms. Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance
Dr. Mulia P. Nasution, Secretary-General, Ministry of Finance
Mahendra Siregar, Deputy Minister for Economic and Finance Cooperation

Israel
Mr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Finance
Ms. Irit Ben Abba, Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

People's Republic of China
Mr. Xiaozhun Yi, Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce
Ambassador Sun Zhenyu (Vice-Minister), Mission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO

Russian Federation
Ms. Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development

Slovenia
H.E. Mr. Janez Šumrada, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in France

South Africa
Dr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry
Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene, Deputy Minister of Finance
Ms. Thandi Vivian Tobias-Pokolo, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry

The following non-member economies, which are observers to the Trade Committee, are invited to attend the session on the Multilateral Trading System:

Argentina
Ambassador Alfredo Vicente Chiaradia, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Brazil
Ambassador Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim, Minister of State for External Relations
Mr. Luiz Eduardo Melin, Head of Office, Ministry of Finance

Chile
Mr. Andrés Velasco, Minister of Finance

Hong Kong, China
Mrs. Rita Lau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

Social partners

Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
Mr. , Chairman
Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
Mr. , President

Observers

The BIS, ILO, IMF, World Bank and WTO are invited to attend all sessions. The EFTA which takes part in the work of the Organisation is also invited.

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Mr. Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Mr. Kåre Bryn, Secretary-General

International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Mr. Philippe Egger, Head of Cabinet

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Mr. John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director

The World Bank
Mr. Otaviano Canuto, Vice-President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General
Ms. Maria Perez-Esteve, Counsellor

Experts

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mr. Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, Executive Office, and UN Under-Secretary-General

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC Secretariat

OECD Secretariat

Mr. Angel GURRÍA, Secretary-General
Mr. , Deputy Secretary-General
Mr. Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General
Mr. , Deputy Secretary-General
Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Mr. Roger Harmel, Director, Council Secretariat
Ms. Carolyn Ervin, Director for Enterprise and Financial Affairs
Mr. Jorgen Elmeskov, Acting Chief Economist, Director of Policy Studies Branch

OECD Committees

Mr. Nobuki Sugita, Vice-Chair, Economic Policy Committee (EPC)