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Last updated on June 12, 2008

Chair and Vice-Chairs of the meeting | OECD Member Countries
Non-members, social partners and observers | OECD Secretariat
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Chair and Vice-Chairs of the meeting

Chair

  France
            Ms. Christine LAGARDE, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment

Vice-Chairs

  Mexico
            Mr. Agustín CARSTENS, Minister of Finance and Public Credit

  Switzerland
            Ms. Doris LEUTHARD, Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs


 OECD Member Countries

  Australia
            The Hon. Wayne SWAN, MP, Treasurer
            The Hon. Simon CREAN, MP, Minister for Trade

  Austria

            Ms. Ulrike MAGLOTH, Director, International Economic Affairs, Federal Chancellery

  Belgium
            M. Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Institutional Reforms, Ministry of Finance
            M. Karel DE GUCHT, Minister of Foreign Affairs
            M. Bernard CLERFAYT, State Secretary, Deputy to the Minister of Finance

  Canada
            Mr. Ted MENZIES, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, Parliament of Canada

  Czech Republic
            Mr. Martin TLAPA, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade
            Mr. Ales KUTAK, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment

  Denmark
            Mr. Lars Løkke RASMUSSEN, Minister of Finance
            Ms. Connie HEDEGAARD, Minister for Climate and Energy

  Finland 

            Mr. Paavo VÄYRYNEN, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development           
            Ms. Mari KIVINIEMI, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, Ministry of Finance

  France (Chair)
            Ms. Christine LAGARDE, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment
            Ms. Anne-Marie IDRAC, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment
            Mr. Philippe BOUYOUX, Director for Economic Policies, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment
            Mr. Jean-Christophe DONNELLIER, Director for International Relations, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment

  Germany   

            Dr Bernd PFAFFENBACH, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) 

  Greece 
            Mr. George ALOGOSKOUFIS, Minister of Economy and Finance

  Hungary 
            Mr. Gordon BAJNAI, Minister for National Development and Economy

  Iceland

            Mr. Árni M. MATHIESEN, Minister of Finance
            Mr. Grétar M. SIGURDSSON, Permanent Secretary General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

  Ireland
            Mr. John McGUINNESS, T.D., Minister of State for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Trade and Commerce
            Dr. Martin MANSERGH, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Finance including special responsibility for the Office of Public Works and at the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism with special responsibility for the Arts

  Italy
            The Hon. Vincenzo SCOTTI, Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Vittorio GRILLI, General Director, Treasury Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance

  Japan
            Mr. Masatoshi WAKABAYASHI, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
            Mr. Akira AMARI, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
            Mr. Ben KIMURA, Senior Vice-Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, Cabinet Office
            Mr. Hitoshi KIMURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  Korea
            Dr. Joong-Kyung CHOI, First Vice Minister, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

  Luxembourg
            Mr. Jeannot KRECKE, Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade ; Minister of Sports

  Mexico (Vice-Chair)
            Mr. Agustín CARSTENS, Minister of Finance and Public Credit
            Ms. Beatriz LEYCEGUI, Vice-Minister of International Trade Negotiations, International Trade Negotiations Under-Secretariat, Ministry of the Economy           
            Dr. Luz Maria DE LA MORA, Assistant Minister for Economic Relations and International Co-peration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  Netherlands
            Ms. Maria J.A. VAN DER HOEVEN, Minister of Economic Affairs           
            Mr. Hans VIJLBRIEF, Director-General, Economic Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs
            Mr. Roderick VAN SCHREVEN, Director-General, Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs

  New Zealand 
            The Hon. Phil GOFF, Minister for Trade Negotiations, Minister of Trade

  Norway
           
Ms. Kristin HALVORSEN, Minister of Finance
            Mr. Jonas Gahr STØRE, Minister of Foreign Affairs       
            Mr. Thorvald MOE, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Finance

  Poland
            Mr. Jan VINCENT-ROSTOWSKI, Minister of Finance
            Mr. Marcin KOROLEC, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy

  Portugal
            Mr. Luís Filipe MARQUES AMADO , Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Manuel A. PINHO, Minister for Economy and Innovation

  Slovak Republic
            Mr. Peter KAZIMIR, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance

  Spain 
            Mr. Pedro SOLBES MIRA, Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Economy and Finance
            Mr. Alfredo BONET, General Secretary for Trade, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade

  Sweden 

            Ms. Ewa BJÖRLING, Minister for Trade, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

  Switzerland (Vice-Chair)
            Ms. Doris LEUTHARD, Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs
            Mr. Jean-Daniel GERBER, State Secretary, Director of the State Office for Economy, Federal Department of Economic Affairs

  Turkey

            Mr. Kemal UNAKITAN, Minister of Finance

  United Kingdom
            The Hon. Mark MALLOCH-BROWN, Minister for Africa, Asie and the United Nations, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 
            Mr. Stephen PICKFORD Director, International Finance, HM Treasury

  United States       
            Ambassador Susan SCHWAB, Trade Representative            
            Dr. Edward P. LAZEAR, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
            Ambassador Peter ALLGEIER, Deputy Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President
            Mr. Reuben JEFFERY III , Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, State Department
            Dr. Joseph GLAUBER, Special Doha Agricultural Envoy, Department of Agriculture

  European Commission     
            Mr. Peter MANDELSON, Commissioner for External Trade
            Mr. Klaus P. REGLING, Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs   
            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, were invited to attend all the sessions of the MCM with the exception of the one on OECD Management Issues.

  • Brazil
    Mr. Celso Luiz Nunes AMORIM, State Minister of External Relations
    The Hon. José Mauricio BUSTANI, Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil in France
    Mr. Demétrio BUENO CARVALHO, Head of Economic Section, Embassy of Brazil in France

  • Chile
    Mr. Hugo LAVADOS, Minister of Economy
    Ms. María Olivia RECART, Undersecretary of Finance
    Ms. Karen PONIACHIK, Chile's Special Envoy to the OECD

  • Estonia
    Mr. Urmas PAET, Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Mr. Margus RAVA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Estonia

  • India
    Mr. Kamal NATH, Minister of Commerce and Industry

  • Indonesia
    Dr. Mohamad IKHSAN, Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Ministry for Economic Affairs

  • Israel
    Mr. Ronnie BAR-ON, Minister of Finance
    Mr. Oded BROOK, Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Finance

  • People's Republic of China
    Mr. Xiaozhun YI, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Commerce

  • Russian Federation
    Mr. Andrey I. DENISOV, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Mr. Anatoly SEMENTSOV, Deputy Director, Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Mr. Vladimir TKACHENKO, Deputy Director, International Negotiations Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

  • Slovenia
    Mr. Žiga TURK, Minister, Government Office for Growth
    Mr. Marjan SETINC, Ambassador, Economic Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • South Africa
    Dr. Rob DAVIES, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
    Mr. Jabulani MOLEKETI, Deputy Minister of Finance
    Mr. Michael SACHS, Chief Director, International Finance and Development, National Treasury

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

  • Argentina
    Ambassador Néstor E. STANCANELLI, Deputy Secretary of International Economic Negotiations, Ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce international et du Culte

  • Brazil
    Mr. Celso Luiz Nunes AMORIM, State Minister of External Relations
    The Hon. José Mauricio BUSTANI, Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil in France
    Mr. Demétrio BUENO CARVALHO, Head of Economic Section, Embassy of Brazil in France

  • Chile
    Mr. Hugo LAVADOS, Minister of Economy
    Ms. María Olivia RECART, Undersecretary of Finance
    Ms. Karen PONIACHIK, Chile's Special Envoy to the OECD
     
  • Hong Kong, China
    Mr. Frederick Si-hang MA, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

Social partners

  • Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
    Mr. Charles P. HEETER, Chairman

  • Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
    Mr. John J. SWEENEY, President

Observers

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

  • Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
    Mr. Hervé HANNOUN, Deputy General Manager
     
  • European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
    Mr. Didier CHAMBOVEY, Deputy Secretary-General
     
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    Mr. Saleh M. NSOULI, Director, IMF Europe
     
  • The World Bank
    Mr. Danny M. LEIPZIGER, Vice President
    Ms. Barbara GENEVAZ, Senior Counselor, External Affairs, Europe, Permanent Delegation

  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
    Mr. Pascal LAMY, Director-General

OECD Secretariat


OECD Committees

  • Mr. Eckhard DEUTSCHER, Chair, Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
  • Ms. Connie HEDEGAARD, Vice-Chair, Meeting of the Environment Policy Commitee (EPOC) at Ministerial Level
  • Dr. Edward P. LAZEAR, Chair, Economic Policy Committee (EPC)
  • Mr. Nobuki SUGITA, Vice-Chair, Economic Policy Committee (EPC)
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