United Nations
United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
TD/B/COM.1/EM.33/INF.1
Distr.: General
23 October 2007
English/French/Spanish only
Trade and Development Board
Expert meeting on trade and development implications
of financial services and commodity exchanges (first and second parts)
Geneva, 3 and 20-21 September 2007
List of participants
Note: The entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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Experts
Afghanistan
Mr. Noorullah Delawari, Governor, Central Bank of Afghanistan, Kabul
Algeria
Ms. Karima Aib, Technical adviser, Bank of Algeria, Algiers
M. Nacim Gaouaoui, Premier secrétaire, Mission Permanente, Genève
M. Athmane Mehadji, Attaché, Mission Permanente, Genève
Angola
Mme Uzia Joaquim Samunda, Coordinatrice du Département de la coopération et des relations
internationales de la commission sur des marchés de capitaux, Luanda
M. Luansi Lukonde, Ministre Conseiller, Mission Permanente, Genève
Argentina
Mr. Dario Celaya Alvarez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Azerbaijan
Mr. Adalat Muradov, Head of Services Negotiations Working Group, Inter-Ministerial
Commission on Accession to the WTO, Ministry of Economic Development, Baku
Mr. Elmar Mammadou, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Bahamas
Mr. William Jallen, Head of Delegation, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Nassau
Ms. Rowena Bethel, legal advisor, Ministry of Finance, Nassau
Mr. Hillary Deveaux, Executive Director, Bahamas Securities Commission, Nassau
Mr. Kevin Demeritte, Senior Policy Officer with the Central Bank, Nassau
Bangladesh
Mr. Kabir Ahmed Chowdhury, General Manager, Research Department, Bangladesh Bank, Head
Office, Dhaka
Mr. Chandra Barva Dipal, Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Dhaka
Barbados
Ms. Nathalie Burke, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Corlita Babb-Schaefer, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Denny Lewis-Bynoe, Chief Policy Analyst, Research Department, Central Bank of Barbados,
Bridgetown
Belarus
Mr. Dmitri Fomchenko, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Benin
M. Naim Akibou, Premier conseiller, Mission Permanente, Genève
M. Bléossi M. Dahoun, Ingénieur statisticien-économiste, Directeur général des politiques de
développement, Ministère du développement de l'économie et des finances, Cotonou
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Bhutan
Mr. Sherab Tenzin, Joint Director, International Trade Division, Department of Trade, ministry of
Trade and Industry, Thimpu
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr. Zlatko Bars, Director of Federal Banking Agency, Banking Agency of Federation of the
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Botswana
Ms. Kealeboga Shalaulo Masalila, Deputy Director, Research Department, Bank of Botswana,
Gaborone
Mr. Bothabelo Lucky Mafatlane, Bank of Botswana, Gaborone
Brazil
Mr. Pedro Luiz Dalcero, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Raphael Coutinho da Cunha, Public Policies Specialist, Ministry of Finance, Brasilia
Bulgaria
Mr. Christo Petrov Milenkov, Chairman, Commodity Exchange and Wholesale
markets State Commission, Sofia
Mrs. Kristina Paschaleva, Director, Commodity Exchange and Wholesale markets
State Commission, Sofia
Mr. Stefan Dimov, Commodity Exchange and Wholesale markets State Commission,
Sofia
Mr. Simeon Elazazov, Executive Director, Sofia Commodity Exchange, Sofia
Cambodia
Mr. Tan Yuvaroath, Deputy Chief of Services Bureau, ASEAN and International Organisations,
Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh
Mr. Sovann Ke, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Cameroon
M. Henri Nono, Chef de la cellule des relations financières internationales, Yaoundé
M. Louis René Tchatchouang, Chargé d’études à la direction des affaires économiques, Yaoundé
M. Michel Bebine Etoga, Chargé d’études, Direction des affaires économiques, Yaoundé
Canada
Ms. Colleen Barnes, Senior Chief, Financial Institutions Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch,
Ottawa
Mr. Corno Dean, DFAIT, Ottawa
China
Ms. Lin Xuan, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Mao Tianyao, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Congo
M. Constant Bikay Ntita , Expert, société nationale d'assurances SONAS, Brazzaville
M. Matadi Bumwene, Chef de division, Ministère du commerce extérieur, Brazzaville
M. Thishiku Tshimanga, Responsable du service accords internationaux, Banque Centrale,
Brazzaville
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Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Bakavy J. Bamba, Expert consultant attaché d’ambassade, Mission permanente,
Genève
Cuba
Mr. Fidel Ortega, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Geneva
Ecuador
Mr. Carlos Santos, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
M. Diego Caicedo, Attaché, Mission Permanente, Genève
Dominican Republic
Sr. Carlos Segura, Ministro Conserejo, Misión permanente, Ginebra
Egypt
Mr. Abdel Hamid Ibrahim, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Investment, Cairo
Mr. Ali El-Ashry, Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority, Cairo
El Salvador
Sra. Lilian Alvarado-Overdiek, Consejero, Misión Permanente, Geneva
Ethiopia
Mr. Tadesse Seifu Mogess, Team Leader, Trade in Services, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Addis
Ababa
Finland
Mr. Olli Paaja, Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, Helsinki
Gambia
Ms. Ndey Naffi Ceesay, Senior Industrial Economist, Investment and Industrial Division,
Department of State for Trade, Industry and Employment, Banjul
Ghana
Mr. Kwabena Baah-Duodu, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Mr. Kenneth Okwabi, Deputy Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Accra
Mr. Emmanuel Ashong-Katai, Senior Manager, Market Surveillance, Securities and
Exchange Commission, Accra
Mr. Daniel Keelson, Commercial Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Accra
Mr. Clement Nyaaba, Minister Commercial, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Aning Alexis Fritz Kwabena, Commodity Clearing House, Accra
Mr. Kalou Lou Gohi, Personal Assistant, Commodity Clearing House, Accra
Guatemala
Mr. Raul Monterroso, Economic Counsellor, Financial Services Negotiator, Ministry of Industry
and Commerce and Supplies, Guatemala
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Guinea
M. Ibrahima Bah, Chef de Division, chargé des activités commerciales, Conakry
M. Fodé Sékou Doumbouya, Chef de division, chargé des poids et mesures, Conakry
Mme. Aissatou Diallo, Chef de section, chargé des accords commerciaux, Conakry
Haiti
M. Henri Cassion, Conseiller du Ministre de l'économie et des finances, Port-au-Prince
M. Phillipe Gourgue, Economiste-conseil, Ministère du commerce et de l’industrie, Port-au-Prince
M. Jean Claude Pierre, Chargé d'affaires, Mission Permanente, Genève
Honduras
Sr. Mauricio Alfred Perez Zepeda, Segundo Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
India
Ms. Sonia Pant, Deputy Director, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
New-Dehli
Mr. Raj Singh, Director, Plantation, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, New Delhi
Indonesia
Mr. Jahja Wirawan Sudomo, Director, Jakarta Futures Exchange, Jakarta
Mrs. Dinar Sinurat, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Mr. Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative,
Geneva
Mr. Mohammad Javad Atrchian, Director-General for Transit and Border Terminals, Ministry of
Road and Transportation, Teheran
Mr. Mohammad Ali Zarie Zare, Second Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Mitra Nasiri, Senior Expert, Ministry of Commerce, Tehran
Mr. Farhad Nili, Economic Research and Policy Department, Central Bank of Iran, Tehran
Irak
Mr. Razaq Nashkoor, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Jordan
Mr. Ahmad Hammao, Deputy Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Kenya
Mr. Rabson K. Wanjala, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Sirma Mathews, Personal Assistant, Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mr. Panom Lathouly, Deputy Director General, Bank of the Lao P.D.R, Vientiane
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mr. Mohamed Al Bukhari, Counsellor, General People’s Committee for Finance, Tripoli
Mr. Naji Burgan, Representative of the United Nations Department, General People’s Committee
for Foreign and International Cooperation, Tripoli
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Madagascar
Mr. Pierrot Andriamiandrisoa, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mali
M. Keita Modibo, Chef de la division commerce extérieur et inspecteur des services
économiques, Bamako
M. Alhacoum Maiga, Second conseiller, Mission Permanente, Genève
Malaysia
Mr. Loy Wee Len, Economics and International Division, Ministry of Finance, Kuala Lumpur
Mr. Noorsaliny Nazri, Acting Manager, Regional/International Coordination and Negotiation,
Banki Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Mr. Zainal Hasfi Hashim, Manager, Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Mauritanie
Mr. Abdallah Ould-Ishaq, Conseiller, Mission Permanente, Genève
Mauritius
Ms. Hambyrajen Narsinghen, Minister Counsellor Trade Division, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Kushiramsingh Doorga, Executive and Coordinator-Capital Markets, Financial Services
Commission, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Port Louis
Mexico
Sra. Dulce Maria Valle Alvarez, Consejera, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Ms. Graciela Ramirez Cuevas, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. José Lopez, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Morocco
Mrs. Bhim Kumari Thapa, Under Secretary, WTO Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and
Supplies, Kathmandu
M. El Hassane Bousselmame, Ministère des affaires économiques et générales, Rabat
M. El Mostafa Ait Amor, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
Nepal
M. Lila Dhar Adhikari, Mission Permanente, Geneva
Nigeria
Mr. Lekan Fadina, Executive Vice Chairman, Center for Investment, Sustainable Development
Management and Environment
Mr. Adetola J.A. Abiodun, Abuja
Mr. Adamu Umar Modibbo, Abuja
Mr. Emmanuel Egwu, Head (Accounts and Finance), Abuja Securities and Commodity Exchange,
Abuja
Mrs. Zaheera Baba-Ari, Group Head (Management Services), Abuja Securities and Commodity
Exchange, Abuja
Mr. Yusuf Abdurrahim, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Commodity and
Securities Exchange, Abuja
Mr. Frank Isoh, Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Francis Eyo, Senior Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Oman
Mrs. Fatima Al-Ghazali, Counsellor of Commercial Affairs, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Panama
Sra. Gariela Diaz De Morales, Directora de Politica Comercial del MIDA, Panama
Poland
Mrs. Iwona Marczyk, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Russian Federation
Mr. S. Ivanov, Deputy Head of Division, Central Bank of Russian Federation, Moscow
Mr. D. Godunov, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. V. Eliseev, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Elena Aldakushkina, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Samoa
Mrs. Atalina Enari, Manager, Financial Markets Department, Central Bank of Samoa, Apia
Saudi Arabia
Mr. Adel M. Al-Mubarak, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Mashhor Ali A. Alali, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Serbia
Mr. Ivan Markovic, Advisor for Trade in Services in the WTO Department in MERD, Belgrade
South Africa
Mrs. Glaudine Mtshali, Ambassador, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Mr. Johan Van Wik, Counsellor, Economic Development, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Sudhir Sooklal, Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, Department of Trade and Industry, Petoria
Spain
Mr. Pere Marzabal, Commercial Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Sri Lanka
Mr. B.D.W.A. Silva, Director of Bank Supervision Department, Central Bank, Colombo
Sudan
Mr. Muawya Mirgahni Abasher, General Manager, the Middle East Insurance Co, Khartoum
Mr. Almansour Ibrahim Bolad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Swaziland
M. Mluleki S. Dlamini, Export Development Officer, Trade Promotion Unit
Recommendation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mbabane
Switzerland
Mr. Christian Pauletto, Head of division, State secretariat for Economic Affairs, Geneva
Syrian Arab Republic
Mr. Abdulmonem Annan, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Thailand
Ms. Supavadee Chotikajan, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Nathasit Diskul, Trade Officer, Department of Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Commerce,
Bangkok
Mrs. Napaporn Kurupasutachai, President, the Agricultural Futures Exchanges of
Thailand, Bangkok
The former Yugoslavav Republic of Macedonia
Mr. Dejan Despotovski, Department of Public Depth Management, Ministry of
Finance, Skopje
Turkey
Mrs. Saliha Ascensio, Deputy Managing Director, Istanbul Gold Exchange, Istanbul
Uganda
Mr. Joseph William Kitandwe, Assistant Commissioner for Cooperative Development, Ministry of
Tourism, Trade and Industry, Kampala
Mr. Frederick Mwesigye, Commissioner for Cooperative Development, Ministry of Tourism,
Trade and Industry, Kampala
United Republic of Tanzania
Mr. Marco James Kassaja, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
United States of America
Mr. Patrick Catania, Managing Partner, Asia West Group
Ms. Ann Low, Economic Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Viet Nam
Mr. Huu Hung Le, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Sr. Oscar Gutierrez Rios, Segundo Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Yemen
Mr. Adel Alghaberi, Specialist in International Trade in Services, Ministry of Commerce and
Trade, Sanaa
Zambia
Mrs. Isabelle M. Matyola-Lemba, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Janet Simwanza, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka
Mrs. Peguy K. Mlewa, first Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Chitsaka Chipaziwa, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Mr. Stranslaus Daison Mangoma, Deputy Director Ministry of Industry and International Trade,
Harare
Mr. Chameso Mucheka, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Richard Chibuwe, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Intergovernmental organizations
African Union
Mr. Faouzi Gsouma, First Secretary, Geneva
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Mr. Chungu Mwila, Director of Investment Promotion and Private Sector Development, Lusaka
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Mr. Massimo Geloso-Grosso, Paris
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
Mme Cécile Léque, Conseiller aux Affaires économiques et du développement,
Genève
Ligue des Etats Arabes
Mr. Youcef Tiliouant, Premier Attaché, Genève
United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa
Mr. Emmanuel Louzet, Regional Advisor, Geneva
Ms. Halima Noor Abdi, Regional Advisor, Geneva
Ms. Mariem Ben Hassine, Consultant, Geneva
International Trade Centre
Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Senior Adviser, International Trading System, Business Advisory Services,
division of Trade Support Services,
Mrs. Nadia Ben-Ammar, Associate Business Development and Programme Support Adviser,
Geneva
Specialized agencies
International Monetary Fund
Mr. Rosen Marinov
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
Mr. Joel Towara, Assistant de liaison, Palais des Nations, Genève
Mr. Jean Marc Deroy, Unido Representative, Palais des Nations, Geneva
World Bank
Ms. Krista Lucenti, International Trade Department
Non-governmental organizations
General Category
BPW International
Mme. Elisabeth Clement-Arnold, Avenches
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Christian Aid
Ms. Christina Weller
Third World Network
Mr. Martin Khor
Mr. Andrew Cornford, Geneva
World Council of Churches
Mr. Rogate Reuben Mshana, Program Executive, Economic Justice, Geneva
Panellists
Commodity exchange sessions, Item 3:
First Session: Commodity Exchanges: Experience of development impacts
Mr. Alexis Aning, Executive Director, Commodities Clearing House, Ghana
Ms. Ann Berg, Independent Consultant, USA
Ms. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Program Leader, IFPRI/Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECEX),
Ethiopia
Mr. Ian Goggin, CEO, Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE), Malawi
Mr. Rod Gravelet-Blondin, Head, Agricultural Products Division, JSE/SAFEX Ltd, South Africa
Mr. Lamon Rutten, Joint Managing Director, Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) of India
Second Session: Perspectives on the appropriate regulatory framework for commodity
exchanges in developing economies
Mr. Alexander Belozertsev, Project Manager, the Canada-Ukraine Grain Project, Russia/Ukraine
Ms. Andrea Corcoran, Managing Director - Promontory Financial Group, USA
Mr. B.C. Khatua, Chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC), India
Mr. John Mathias, Director, Financial Futures and Options, Merrill Lynch, UK
Mr. Diarmuid O'Hegarty, Executive Director: Regulation and Compliance, London Metal
Exchange (LME), UK
Ms. Karen Wuertz, Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning & Communications, National
Futures Association, USA
Third Session: Regional integration, South-South trade and commodity exchanges:
Experience and possibilities
Mr. Anthony Adendorff, CEO, Pan-African Commodities Platform (PACP), Botswana
Ms. Julie Dana, Technical Specialist, World Bank Commodity Risk Management Group, US
Mr. Kevin Potter, CEO, Sandbox Comdaq, South Africa
Mr. Fabio Bini, Vice Chairman of the Rosario Futures Exchange (ROFEX), Argentina
Financial services sessions, Item 4:
First Session: Global market trends in financial services
Mr. John Cooke, Chairperson, Financial Leaders Working Group
Mr. Chris Gentle, Director, Global Financial Services, Deloitte and Touche
Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, Globalization and Development Strategies Division, UNCTAD
Mr. Marc Büdenbender, Managing Director, Public Policy, UBS
Mr. Abdel Hamid Ibrahim, Senior Financial Advisor, Ministry of Investment, Government of
Egypt
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Mr. Neeltje Van Horen, Dutch Central Bank
Mr. Julian Arkell, Expert Service Industries Trends, Spain
Second Session: The role of financial services in economic development
Mrs. Jacinta Wanjala Mwatela, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kenya
Mrs. Myriam Vander Stichele, Senior researcher, SOMO
Mr. Gastón Luis Repetto, Deputy Head, Economic Research Area, Central Bank of the Republic
of Argentina
Mr. Dipal Chandra Barua, Deputy Managing Director, GrameenBank, Bangladesh
Mr. David Snyder, Vice President American Insurance Association, USA
Third Session: Financial services, the role of government, regulatory frameworks and
international regulatory standards
Ms. Teh Ija Mohd Jalil, Executive Director, Securities Commission of Malaysia
Mr. Ramon Moreno, Head of Emerging Markets Issues, BIS, Basel, confirmed
Mr. Serguei Ivanov, Deputy Head of Division for International and Interbanking Cooperation of
the Bank of Russia
Mr. Kern Alexander, Senior Research Fellow in International Financial Regulation, The Centre of
Financial Analysis and Policy, University of Cambridge and University of Zurich
Ms. Catherine Lezon, Deputy Secretary-General, International Association of Insurance
Supervisors
Fourth Session: Liberalization of financial services trade through multilateral and regional
negotiations and their development implications
Mr. Fernando de Mateo, Chair, Council for Trade in Services, Special Session, Ambassador of
Mexico
Mr. Abdel Hamid Mamdouh, Director, WTO Trade in Services Division
Mr. Winfrid Blaschke, Trade Negotiator for Financial Services, DG Trade, European Commission,
Brussels
Mr. Roberto Bosch, Permanent Mission of Argentina
Mr. Kanitha Kungsawanich, Permanent Mission of Thailand
Mr. Chris Melly, Deputy Assistant USTR for Services, Washington DC
Mr. Constantinos Stephanou, Senior Financial Economist: Financial Policy Development Unit,
World Bank
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