Speakers

Regional Forum on Private Sector Development in the Black Sea Region

Thursday 24th and Friday 25th February 2005

• SPEAKERS' BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

• ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SPEAKERS

Mr Ozkan Agis, Member of the Boards, ENKA Group, Turkey

Mr Mike AHERN, President and Spokesman, Foreign Investors Council, Serbia and Montenegro
Mr Kiyo AKASAKA, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
Mr Aleksandr AMERHANOV, President, Taganrog Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BSEC Business Council Board Member, Russian Federation (TBC)
Mr Nick BARCLAY, Senior Loan Officer, European Investment Bank
Mr Emmanuel BERGASSE, Administrator for Central and South East Europe, International Energy Agency
Mr Mihalil BILBA, Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Moldova
Mr Federico BONAGLIA, Economist, OECD Development Centre
Mrs Nina CAINAREAN, Economist, Centre for Social and Economic Research Foundation, Moldova
Mr Gennady CHIZHYKOV, President, Donetsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ukraine
Mr Efthimios CHRISTODOULOU, President and CEO, ELPE
H.E. Anthony COURAKIS, Ambassador of Greece to the OECD
Mr Gheorghe CUCU, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Moldova (TBC)
Mr Pierre DAURES, Executive Vice President, Bouygues Group
Mr Umberto DEL PANTA, Director, Manufacturing, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
Ms Nora DIHEL, Administrator, Trade Directorate, OECD

Mr Cosmin DOBRAN, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Mr Pantelis ECONOMOU, Managing Director, Delta Group of Companies
H.E. Altai EFENDIEV, Ambassador, Deputy Secretary General, BSEC Permanent International Secretariat
Mr Nikos EFTHIMIOU, President, EEE
Mr Nikos EFTHYMIADIS, President, Efthymiadis Group of Companies, Chairman, Business Advisory Council for South East Europe
Dr Dimitrios GERMIDIS, President for Greece, Forum des Affaires Francophone, former Governor of the National Bank of Greece

Mr Mustafa GÜRTIN, Chairman of the Board of Directors and President, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
Mr Beat HEGGLI, MIGA (TBC)
Mr Andreas HERDINA, Head of Unit, European Neighbourhood Policy directorate, European Commission
Mr Adil HUSSEINOV, Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Azerbaijan Republic (TBC)
H.E. Mikhael JABAROV, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan (TBC)
Mr Stéphane JACOBZONE, Principal Administrator, Regulatory Management and Reform Division, OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate
Dr Veniamin KARAKOSTANOGLOU, Head, Stability Pact for South-East Europe, Thessaloniki Office
Mr Edmond KARAXHO, Secretary General Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Albania
Prof Louka T. KATSELI, Director, OECD Development Centre
Mr Kartlos KIPIANI, Head of Public Service Bureau, Republic of Georgia

Mr Andrey Kondakov, Director, Economic Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia
Mr Panayiotis KOUTSIKOS, President, Hellenic Business Council and Chairman-in-Office, BSEC Business Council
Mr Charles KOVACS, Chairman of the BIAC Task Force on Southeast Europe, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board SPB Investment Limited
Dr Stanchev KRASSEN, Institute for Market Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mr Halil KULLUK, President, Intekno, former Board Member, BSEC Business Council, Turkey
Mr Odysseas KYRIAKOPOULOS, Chairman of the Federation of Greek Industries
Mr Roberto LORENZON, Head of New Europe Desk, Koçbank-Unicredit, Turkey
Mr Shota MAKATSARIA, Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Georgia
Dr Costas MASMANIDIS, Secretary General of the BSEC Business Council
Mr Raphael MOISSIS, Chairman of the Board, Public Gas Corporation S.A. (DEPA)
Mr Declan MURPHY, Programme Director, Investment Compact for Southeast Europe, OECD
Dr Michael MYRIANTHIS, Head of International Relations Department and Executive Member of the Board, Hellenic Petroleum (HELPE)
Mr Samson ÖZARARAT, BSEC Business Council Board Member, Armenia
Mr Haydar OZKAN, Secretary General, BSEC Union of Road Transport Associations
Mr Vassileios PAPAGEORGOPOULOS, Mayor of Thessaloniki
Mr Tony PEARCE, Director General, International Road Federation, Geneva
Mr Alexander POGHOSSIAN, Managing Director, Alpha Plus Consulting, Armenia
Mr Eugene PRIMAKOV, President Russian Chamber of Commerce (TBC)

Ms Jelena Radun, Economist, International Advisory Board to the Pan European Oil Pipeline Project
Mr Constantin RASNOVEANU, Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, BSEC Business Council
Mr Dimitros SIMEONIDIS, President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece
Mr Turgut SOYSAL, Production and Technology Group Director, Arçelik A.Ş,
Mr Evgeny SOROKIN, Chief of External Economic Relations Department of the Ryazan Chamber of Commerce, Russian Federation
H.E. Evripidis STYLIANIDIS, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece
Mr Edgar THIELMANN, Head of Unit for policy on Trans-European Networks, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission.(TBC)
Dr Panayotis THOMOPOULOS, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (TBC)
Mr Charalampos TSAROUCHAS, Secretary General, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
H.E. Mr Nikolaos TSIARTSIONIS, Minister of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Mr Vesselin VALCHEV, Managing Partner IMCA Associates Ltd, Member of the Managing Board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bulgaria
Mr Vebi VELIJA, President  EVE Group, Albania
Prof Thanos VEREMIS, Director General, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
Mr Claudio VIEZZOLI, Southern and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Business Group
Mr Goran VLAOVIC, Vice-President, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Serbia and Montenegro
Mr Andrew VORKINK, Country Director for Turkey, World Bank
Mr Panayiotis VOURLOUMIS, President, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), Greece