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NOVEMBER 3-5, 2015 TOKYO, JAPAN
EMERGING
MARKETS
FORUM
2015
GLOBAL
MEETING
Participants’
Profiles
Emerging
Markets
Forum
A nonprofit initiative of the Centennial GroupTheodore Ahlers
Senior Associate, Centennial Group
United States
Theodore Ahlers is an economist with extensive experience in Europe & Central Asia, the Middle East & North Africa, and
sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last 25 years, he held numerous economist and senior management positions at the World
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Bank, including Strategy and Operations Director for Europe & Central Asia (2007-12), Maghreb Department Director (2002-
07), and Strategy and Operations Director for Africa (2000-02). He holds a PhD in Development Economics from Tufts
University, Fletcher School.
1Isher Ahluwalia
Chairperson and Board of Governors,
Indian Council for Research on
International Economic Relations
India
Mrs. Ahluwalia is Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), where she also
leads the Research and Capacity Building Program on Urbanisation in India. She was Chairperson of the High Powered
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Expert Committee on Urban Infrastructure and Services from 2008 to 2011 and is currently on the Board of the Urban
Institute of India. Dr Ahluwalia was awarded Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2009 for her services in the fields
of education and literature.
Dr. Ahluwalia has written numerous books and published many articles in professional journals. Her latest books
include Transforming Our Cities: Postcards of Change (HarperCollins), and a volume, Urbanisation in India: Challenges,
Opportunities and the Way Forward (Sage India), which she has co-edited with Prof Ravi Kanbur of Cornell University and
Dr P K Mohanty, former Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh. Her research has focused on urbanisation, sustainable public
service delivery, industrial growth and productivity, macro-economic reforms, and social sector development.
Dr. Ahluwalia is currently on the Board of Trustees of IWMI (International Water Management Institute), and was
Chairperson, Board of Trustees of IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), Washington D.C., from 2003
to 2006. She was a member of the Eminent Persons Group on India-ASEAN, a Group established by the respective
governments during the period 2011-12, which submitted its Vision to the respective governments. She was also a
member of the Eminent Persons Group of the Asian Development Bank from 2006 to 2007, which submitted its report
titled “Towards a New Asian Development Bank in a New Asia” to the President, ADB in 2007. Besides being on the
Boards of a number of Research Institutes in India, Dr Ahluwalia is also an Independent Director on the Board of SAIL
(Steel Authority of India).
Dr. Ahluwalia received her B.A. (Hons) from Presidency College, Calcutta University, M.A. from the Delhi School of
Economics, and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all in economics.
2Montek Ahluwalia
Former Deputy Chairman, Planning
Commission of India
India
Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia was until recently the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission for India. He has been a
key figure in India’s economic reforms from the mid 1980s onwards.
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Born on 24th November, 1943, Shri Ahluwalia received his Bachelors degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi University.
Later he received an M.A. and an M. Phil degree in economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. After
completion of studies, he joined the World Bank in 1968 as a Young Professional and then held various positions including
Chief of the Income Distribution Division.
He joined the Government of India in 1979 as Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance after which he held a series of
positions including Special Secretary to the Prime Minister; Commerce Secretary; Secretary in the Department of Economic
Affairs; Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; Member of the Planning Commission and Member of the Economic
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. In 2001, he was appointed as the first Director of the newly created Independent
Evaluation Office of the International Monitory Fund. He resigned the position in 2004 to take up the position of Deputy
Chairman of the Planning Commission which position he holds at present.
Shri Ahluwalia has written on various aspects of development economics, including Indian economic policy and his articles
have been published in a number of prominent Indian and international journals and books. He co-authored ‘Re-distribution
with Growth: An Approach to Policy’, published in 1975. He also wrote ‘Reforming the Global Financial Architecture’, which
was published in 2004 as Economic Paper No. 41 by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London.
Shri Ahluwalia has received several honorary degrees including an honorary doctorate in Civil Law from the University of
Oxford. He is an honorary fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Green
Growth Institute, South Korea.
3Aktoty Aitzhanova
Chairperson, National Analytical Center
Kazakhstan
Aktoty Aitzhanova was born in 1985. A graduate of the Eurasian National University and Exeter University in the United
Kingdom, she holds MSc in International Management with specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation. She has also
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completed studies in Political Science at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy. Her main areas of expertise are
innovation, entrepreneurship policies review, long-term strategic planning, economic research and corporate governance.
She is fluent in English and Italian. Ms. Aitzhanova has served in both the private and government sectors. Among them
are LLC Synergy, International Relations and Geopolitical Researches institute, and Statistics Agency. She has served as an
advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She has been the Deputy Chairperson at the National
Analytical Centre of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan since June 2012.
4Alex Aleksishvili
Chairman, Policy and Management
Consulting Group (PMCG); Former
Minister of Finance
Georgia
Mr. Aleksishvili, Chairman of the Board at Policy and Management Consulting Group (PMCG), has 15 years of working
experience in public finance and economic development policy sector as a high level government official and the government
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adviser responsible for budget and financial policy, tax and customs policy reform, simplification of doing business environment
and improving investment climate.
While working as a Minister of Finance of Georgia, successfully conducted series of reforms in Public Finance, Tax and
Customs Policy and Administration, Economic Deregulation and Liberalization domains. Georgia was ranked by the World
Bank “Doing Business” surveyas the world’s #1 reformer country in 2005-10. During this period (2004-2007), Georgia
improved from 132nd place to 18th in the ranking of “Ease of Doing Business” by the World Bank.
As a Minister of Finance (2005-2007), conducted Public Finance Management, Tax and Customs reforms. As a result of
comprehensive policy reforms, Georgia’s GDP growth rate in 2005-2007 overreached 10% on average (2005 - 9.6%, 2006
- 9.4% and 2007 - 12.3%). FDI has been increased from 250 m USD in 2004 to 2,100 m USD in 2007.
In addition, Mr. Aleksishvili was elected as a Chairman of UN Commission for Sustainable development in 2005-2006.
5Nurzhan Algashov
Director, Department of International
Cooperation, National Analytical
Center
Kazakhstan
Mr. Algashov has an extensive background in both private and public sectors. He worked as a Head of Banking Unit in one
of the UniCredit offices in Kazakhstan. Then Mr. Algashov joined UNICEF, where he was responsible of building a fundraising
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strategy for Kazakhstan. Now he serves as a Director of International Cooperation Department at a leading Kazakhstani
think-tank National Analytical Center, which provides analytical research to the Government of Republic of Kazakhstan and
other parties in diverse fields of public policy, social policy, economics and policy analysis. Mr. Algashov holds a Master of
Public Administration degree from University of Exeter (UK), funded by the Chevening Scholarship.
6Julio Cesar Angel-Mejia
Deputy, Asia Office of Outreach
and Partnerships, Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB)
International Organization
Julio Cesar Angel-Mejia has been appointed Operations Principal Technical Leader of the Inter-American Development
Bank’s (IDB) Office in Asia since June 2015. He previously served as Chief of Executive Services to the Boards of Directors of
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the IDB, Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and Donors Committee of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) at the
Office of the Secretary of the Bank and the IIC.
Since joining the IDB in 1993, Mr. Angel-Mejía has occupied several positions, including Chief of the Modernization of the
State and Civil Society Division of the Sustainable Development Department (SDS) in 2005. He was the IDB’s Country
Representative in Chile from 2000 through 2005. He has also been the Executive Director for Colombia and Peru at the
Boards of Directors of the IDB and IIC and Country Representative at the Donors Committee of the MIF from 1993 to 1998.
From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Angel Mejia was an Economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC.
Prior to working at the IDB, he served as the Representative of the Central Bank of Colombia (Banco de la República) in
Japan and Economic Counselor at the Embassy of Colombia in Japan from 1990 until 1993; Advisor to the Deputy Governor
of the Central Bank of Colombia and Deputy Director of the Economic Research Department of the Central Bank of Colombia
(as well as Chief of its Fiscal Division and Economist of the International Economics Division) from 1984 to 1989.
Mr. Angel-Mejía, a Colombian citizen, holds a Master of Science (MSc.) in Economics from the London School of Economics
in UK; a postgraduate degree in Macroeconomic Programming from the Centre d’Etudes des Programmes Economiques in
Paris; and a degree in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
7Hiroto Arakawa
Advisor, Sumitomo Corporation
Japan
Mr. Hiroto Arakawa is advsor in Sumitomo Corporation. Prio to this, he was appointed as Senior Special Advisor of JICA
(Japan International Cooperation Agency) in October 2008 following distinguished careers at the Japan Bank for International
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Cooperation (JBIC) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF). During Mr. Arakawa’s time at these organiza-
tions, he worked in a variety of departments charged with handling ODA loan operations, planning and strategy, and research
activities.
As Director General of JBIC’s Development Assistance Strategy Department from 2003 to 2005, he supervised overall opera-
tional strategy for the organization’s ODA portfolio. Later, he initiated various joint research projects with the World Bank and
Asian Development Bank, first as Executive Director responsible for development partner collaboration at JBIC from 2005 to
2007, then as Executive Director of the JBIC Institute (JBICI) from 2007 to 2008. He has been a member of Global Agenda
Council (Poverty and Economic Development), the World Economic Forum.
8Adriana Arreaza
Director of Macroeconomic Studies,
CAF - Development Bank of Latin
America
International Organization
Adriana Arreaza is Director of Macoreconomic Studies at CAF, Development Bank of Latin America. She coordinates the
team of country economists and contributes to CAF’s research publications. Ms Arreaza previously held positions as Senior
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Economist and Principal Economist for Venezuela at CAF. She is also Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics
of Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas. She worked at the Research Department of the Central Bank of Venezuela.
She received her BA in Economics at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas and her PhD in Economics at Brown
University.
9Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia
Executive Vice-President, CAF -
Development Bank of Latin America
International Organization
Since 1996, Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia has been Executive Vice President of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America.
Previously, he was Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund representing Spain, Mexico, Venezuela and Central
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America.
Most of his prior career was linked to Venezuela’s relations with the international community in the areas of economics,
finance, trade, oil and diplomacy. In this context, he has held the positions of Governor for Venezuela to OPEC and Director
of Electric Power at the Ministry of Energy, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington and Manager
for International Relations at the Central Bank of Venezuela. He has also had extensive experience in the Venezuelan private
industrial sector, specifically the electricity and cement industries.
He is a Venezuelan citizen who graduated in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance and
Commerce (B.Sc. 1971), and from the University of Houston with a Master of Arts (1978).
10Jack Boorman
Senior Fellow, Emerging Markets
Forum; Former Counselor and Former
Director of Policy Development and
Review Department, International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
United States
Jack T. Boorman was the Director of the Policy Development and Review Department of the International Monetary Fund for
more than a decade. In the latter years of his career with the Fund, he was Counsellor and Special Advisor to the Managing
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Director. Before his career in the IMF, Mr. Boorman taught at the University of Southern California, from which he received his
Ph.D. in Economics, and at the University of Maryland. Mr. Boorman is the author of a number of books and many papers on
diverse topics including development, structural adjustment, and developing country debt; emerging market country issues;
international insolvency; governance; and IMF policies and country operations. Mr. Boorman currently serves as member
of the Board of Trustees of LeMoyne College, and continues to write on global governance, emerging markets, and other
topics.
11Michel Camdessus
Co-Chair, Emerging Markets Forum;
Governor Emeritus, Banque de
France; Former Managing Director,
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
France
Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Camdessus is Honorary Governor of Banque de France.
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He is a member of the Africa Progress Panel, chaired by Mr. Kofi Annan. He was a member of the Commission for Africa,
chaired by the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Mr. Camdessus was the Chairman of the World Panel on Financing Water
Infrastructure (report: “Financing Water for All”—Kyoto—March 2003). He has been appointed as the Chairman of the French
Government working group in charge of preparing the economic, social and structural policies reform, which has produced
a key report “le Sursaut—Vers une Nouvelle Croissance pour la France” (La Documentation France, Paris—2004)
Mr. Camdessus was born in Bayonne, France, on May l, 1933. French national, he is married to Brigitte d’Arcy; they have
six children.
Mr. Camdessus was educated at the University of Paris and earned postgraduate degrees in economics at the Institute of
Political Studies of Paris (Institut d‘Etudes Politiques de Paris) and the National School of Administration (ENA).
Following his appointment as Administrateur Civil in the French Civil Service, Mr. Camdessus joined the Treasury in the Ministry
of Finance in 1960. After serving as Financial Attaché to the French delegation at the European Economic Community in
Brussels from 1966 to 1968, he returned to the Treasury and went on to become Assistant Director in 1971, Deputy Director in
1974, and Director in February 1982. During the period 1978-84, Mr. Camdessus also served as Chairman of the Paris Club,
and was Chairman of the Monetary Committee of the European Economic Community from December 1982 to December
1984. In August 1984, Mr. Camdessus was appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, and was appointed Governor
of the Bank of France in November 1984. He served in this capacity until his election as Managing Director of the IMF.
Michel Camdessus was elected as Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) on January 16, 1987. On May 22, 1996, the Executive Board of the IMF unanimously selected Mr. Camdessus to
serve a third five-year term as Managing Director, beginning January 16, 1997. He was the seventh Managing Director of the
IMF. Mr. Camdessus retired from the IMF on February 14, 2000.
He is the author of several books:
• “Notre foi dans ce siècle” (Michel Albert, Jean Boissonnat et Michel Camdessus—Editions Arléa—2002)
• “Eau” (Bertrand Badré, Michel Camdessus, Ivan Chéret, Pierre-Frédéric Ténière-Buchot—Editions Robert
Laffont—2004)
• “Le sursaut—Vers une nouvelle croissance pour la France” (Editions La Documentation Française—2004)
• “Lettre ouverte aux candidats à l‘élection présidentielle (Editions Bayard-2006)
12Luis Miguel Castilla
Ambassador of Peru to the United
States; Former Minister of Economy
and Finance
Peru
Dr. Luis Miguel Castilla was appointed Ambassador of Peru to the United States on February 01 2015 by President Ollanta
Humala. He had served as Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru from July 2011 to September 2014. During the past
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3 years, Peru’s credit ratings were upgraded by all major credit rating agencies (classified as the second highest investment
rated country in Latin America). Prior to his appointment, Castilla held several positions at the Ministry of Economy and
Finance, including Deputy Finance Minister and Chief of Staff. In addition, he has over fifteen year experience at multilateral
development banks, holding senior positions at CAF -Development Bank of Latin America, among others. Dr. Castilla holds
a Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University.
13Taotao Chen
Professor, School of Economics and
Management; Director, Center for
China-Latin America Management
Studies, Tsinghua University
China
Dr. Taotao Chen is a professor in School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University and director of Center for
China & Latin America Management Studies, Tsinghua University. Her main research areas are “Foreign Direct Investment
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(FDI)” “International Business” and “Globalization and Strategy”. She has published more than 30 papers on the topic of
FDI spillover, Chinese Companies investing abroad, and has presided research projects supported by National Science
Foundation, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Commerce etc. In recent years, cooperating with Ministry of Commerce,
World Economic Forum, UNESCAP, ECLAC, CAF and other international institutions and organizations, Prof. Chen put more
efforts on the topics such as The Mechanism of Chinese Companies Investing in US, The Business Environment in Latin
America and The capability of Chinese companies, Chinese companies investing in Europe and the contribution of MNCs to
Regional Integration etc.
There are different types of courses that Prof. Chen delivers in School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University.
They are mainly “Management of Global Enterprise”, “International Economics”, “Corporate Finance” for MBA programs, and
“Chinese Company investing Abroad”“Business Valuation & Cross-border M&A” etc for Executive Training Programs. Prof.
Chen also taught “Doing Business in China” for FGV Business School in Brazil and Bocconi University in Italy.
14Jose Augusto Correa
President, Crival Holdings Ltd.
Brazil
Mr. Correa is the President of Crival Holdings Ltd., a holding company with investments ranging from industrial materials
to software to consumer goods. He is the Founder and Partner of BRICChamber and Chairman of the Board of Segurar
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Tecnologia S.A., a company selling online insurance in Brazil.
He was Managing Director and Vice President of Brassinter S.A., the largest metallurgy producer in Brazil, from 1985 to
2000; cofounder, director of Sinterex Comercio Internacional S.A., director of Akta Ltd, cofounder of Art Invest Ltd, and
a Member of the Board of Christensen Diamond. He was also a Member of the International Advisory Board of SAAB AB
Sweden until 2008, and was a Member of the Experts Panel of the World Competitiveness Yearbook.
He has previously served as Deputy Head Director of the International Relations Department (DEREX) of the Industries
Federation of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP), in charge of Trade and Investments Promotion, and as Director of Comdefesa,
the Defense Industries Department of FIESP. He cofounded the Innovation Forum of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), a
Brazilian think tank and educational institution, and founded the Entrepreneurship and New Ventures Center (FGV-CENN)
at the FGV in 2004.
He specializes in finance, with a graduate degree from the FGV EAESP Business School, where he also taught as a professor
from 1998 to 2009. He has also received training in the London Metals Exchange, and graduated with an engineering degree
from the Escola Politecnica of the Univerisity of São Paulo.
15Gonzalo De Benito
Ambassador of Spain to Japan
Spain
Bachelor in Law by the Complutense University in Madrid.
Diploma in International Studies by the Madrid Diplomatic School.
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Languages: English, French, German, Italian.
Joined the Diplomatic Service in June 1979.
He has held the following posts:
Since December, Ambassador of Spain to Japan.
2012: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
2009: Ambassador of Spain to the United Arab Emirates.
2008: Ambassador at large.
2003: Ambassador of Spain to Switzerland.
2000: Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
1996: Ambassador of Spain to Peru.
1992: Consul General in Houston, USA.
1990: Assistant Director General of Personnel at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1988: Assistant Director General of Immigration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1984: Consul General in Lille, France.
1979: First Secretary at the Embassy of Spain in Luxemburg.
16Thierry de Longuemar
Vice President, Finance and Risk
Management, Asian Development
Bank (ADB)
International Organization
Mr. Thierry de Longuemar is the Vice President (Finance and Risk Management) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since
January 2013 after having served as Vice President (Finance and Administration), a position he assumed in November 2011.
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Mr. de Longuemar has over 28 years of experience in both multilateral financial institutions and private banking.
Mr. de Longuemar served twice as ADB Treasurer (2002-2004 and 2010-2011) and, in between, was Vice President Finance
at the African Development Bank (2004-2010), an institution where he had also served as Treasurer (1996-2001).
In investment banks, Mr. de Longuemar held the positions of Global Head of Central Banks and Supranationals at ABN
Amro Bank; Head of Capital Markets at Banque de Gestion Privée (Crédit Agricole) and at Banque Régionale de l’Ouest (CIC
Group); and several Treasury positions within the Paribas Group.
Mr. de Longuemar is a French national and has an MBA degree from ESSEC in Paris.
He is married with two children and is an active abstract painter.
17Roberto de Ocampo
Chairman of the Board of Advisors, RFO
Center for Public Finance and Regional
Economic Cooperation; Former President,
Asian Institute of Management; Former
Minister of Finance
Philippines
Dr. Roberto F. de Ocampo, former Secretary of Finance of the Philippines, became the first Filipino to receive the most internationally
prestigious award to Finance Ministers, the “Global Finance Minister of the Year” award from Euromoney in 1995. In 1996, Euromoney
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named him as Asian Finance Minister of the Year. In 1997, he was again recognized as Asian Finance Minister of the year, this time
by Asiamoney. He is known nationally and internationally for public and international finance, having been Chairman of the APEC and
ASEAN Finance Ministers (at the onset of the Asian Financial Crisis whose meetings he chaired that resulted in the landmark Manila
Framework that prescribed the steps to exit the crisis) as well as member of the Boards of Governors of World Bank, IMF, and the
ADB. He was Secretary of Finance (1994-1998) during the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos, and was widely recognized as the principal
architect of the resurgence of the Philippine economy whose achievement was hailed by the international finance community. Prior
to these posts, he also served as Chairman and CEO of the Development Bank of the Philippines and led its rehabilitation such
that it was recognized by the prestigious international Banker Magazine during his tenure as one of the “world’s soundest banks.”
He is the past president of the Asian Institute of Management having retired from that position in May 2006 and until recently was a
member of the AIM Board of Trustees. At present he is the Chairman of the Philippine Veterans Bank and also Chairman of the Board
of Advisers of the RFO Center for Public Finance & Regional Economic Cooperation, which is an ADB Regional Knowledge Hub.
Dr. de Ocampo is a recipient of many international and national honors. In September 2001, he was named to the Ordre National
de la Legion d’ Honneur by the Republic of France with the rank of Chevalier for his successful efforts and initiatives to promote
closer Philippine-France relations. On the occasion of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, he was conferred by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his outstanding efforts in promoting Philippine-UK relations
during his years in public service and more recently in his capacity as Chairman of the British Alumni Association. He has also been
awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor, the highest honor conferred on Filipino civilians by the Republic of the Philippines in 1998
for his outstanding contributions to the country. He is one of the first ASEAN members of the Trilateral Commission, an international
think-tank of distinguished global leaders and was also the first recipient of the Man of the Year Award from the Association
of Development Finance Institutions of Asia Pacific (ADFIAP). He is a founding Partner of a Global Advisory Group (Centennial
Group) based in Washington D.C. and is a Founding Director of a recently established Global Economic Forum: The Emerging
Markets Forum. Dr. de Ocampo, who was the 1975 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardee in the field of National Economic
Development for pioneering the Philippine rural electrification program, had been cited as one of the 500 Great Asians in 2001 and
a recipient of several Baron’s Who’s Who awards. In 2004, he was elected to the Board of Advisors of the Conference Board, one
of the world’s leading authorities in international business economics (based in New York). In 2006, Dr. de Ocampo was conferred
with the Asian Human Resources Development Award by the Asia HRD Congress.
Dr. de Ocampo is a product of both De La Salle (grade school and high school) and Ateneo Universities. He received his MBA from
the University of Michigan, a post-graduate diploma from the London School of Economics and has been conferred four Doctorates
(Honoris Causa) by the De La Salle University in Business Administration, by the University of Angeles City in Public Administration,
by the Philippine Women’s University in Laws, and by the San Beda College in Humane Letters.
Dr. de Ocampo had been and is Chairman and/or Board Member of several private companies both in the Philippines and abroad
including, among others, the Centennial Group (Washington, D.C.), Centennial Asia Advisors Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Investment
& Capital Corporation of the Philippines (ICCP) Group of Companies, Alaska Milk Corporation, United Overseas Bank, ABS-
CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine Airlines, Meralco, Globe Telecom Inc., Philam Asset Management Inc., Metrobank,
Seaboard Eastern Insurance Co., House of Investments, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Robinson’s Land Corporation, EEI
Corporation, AES Corporation (Philippines) and Phinma Corporation, etc. He is presently Co-Vice Chairman of the Makati Business
Club, a Past President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and an Emeritus member of Financial Executives
Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) who named its head office in his honor. He was recently elected as Board Director of the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI).
18Masatoshi Deguchi
Corporate Officer, General Manager,
Global Strategy and Coordination
Department, Sumitomo Corporation
Japan
Mr. Masatoshi Deguchi is the General Manager of Global Strategy & Coordination Dept. of Sumitomo Corporation.
Planning and coordination related to regional organizations, enhancing external relationship to ambassador/embassy
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of each country and business federations are included in his duties. He has served in this role since April 2014.
He has been with the Sumitomo Corporation since 1982 with experience in Accounting, Finance, Investor Relations
and Planning & Administration field. In a career, he was assigned to work in New York, U.S.A from 1996 to 2002,
and Singapore from 2008 to 2013 as Chief Financial Officer of Sumitomo Corporation Asia Pte. Ltd.,.
He earned a BA from Kobe University, with a degree in Economics in 1982.
19Tadashi Endo
Professor, Yamanashi Eiwa College; External
Expert of Monetary and Capital Markets,
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Japan
Tadashi Endo is an external expert at Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF, and a professor of finance
at Yamanashi Eiwa College in Japan. Previously, he was a Senior Financial Specialist at the World Bank from 2002
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to 2010 and a Senior Capital Markets Specialist at IFC from 1999 to 2002. Prior to joining the World Bank Group,
he worked at Blackstone Group as a managing director and at Nikko Securities Group in various capacities for
15 years. He holds an MBA degree from Boston University and a BA from Osaka University. He studied Medieval
History of India at Jawahar Lal Nehru University from 1974 to 1976 under the Government of India Scholarship.
20Esmel Emmanuel Essis
Chief Executive Officer, CEPICI -
Center for Promotion of Investments
Côte d’Ivoire
Born on October 05, 1957 in Dabou, Côte d’Ivoire, Mr Essis Esmel Emmanuel was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the
Investment Promotion Centre in Côte d’ Ivoire (CEPICI). This appointment is the result of a rich academic and professional
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career in various companies both in Côte d’ Ivoire and abroad.
After graduating from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce d’Abidjan (ESCA), Mr. Essis Esmel Emmanuel began his career
working, from 1982 to 1987, for the Audit Consulting firm Arthur Andersen, first as Assistant auditor and was later promoted
Senior Auditor. His professional experience is as follows:
• from 1988 to 1992 , he served as Administrative and Financial Director and Chief Operating Officer of Ivoiral IPS Group - CI
( Industrial Promotion Services Côte d’Ivoire) in Abidjan.
• In 1992, he joined, Palm Industry in Abidjan as Financial Management Director
and worked there till 1995
• In 1995, Mr. Emmanuel Essis Esmel was appointed Deputy Director General Cosmivoire - Sifca Group in Abidjan until 1998
• From 1998 to 2000 , he held the position of Director of Research and Development, for the holding company Siparal of
Sifca Group in Abidjan
• 2000-2008 ,he was appointed CEO of the Coca Cola bottling plant of ECCBC Group (Equatorial Coca Cola Bottling
Company) in Guinea
• 2008-2009 , he served as Regional Managing Director Guinea , Gambia & Bissau, for the Coca Cola Bottling Plant Group
in Barcelona ECCBC (Equatorial Coca Cola Bottling Company)
• 2009-2011, he set up Amsey ‘s International Consulting ( AIC )a Management and business Consulting firm in Paris and
Abidjan, and was Associate Director of AIC
• October 5th 2011, he served as General Manager of CEPICI by a decree N° 2011-2079 of 5 october 2011 to appoint the
General Manager of CEPICI
• March 2014, President of International Network of Francophones Investments Promotion of Agencies (RIAFPI)
• Finally, Mr. Emmanuel Essis Esmel held since June 15, 2015, the post of representative of Sub-Saharan Africa and Member
of the Management Committee of WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies)
21Marco Ferroni
Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation
for Sustainable Agriculture
Switzerland
Marco Ferroni is Executive Director of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. The Foundation’s mission is to
modernize agriculture and small-scale farming by route of sustainable intensification, diversification and links to markets.
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Scalable solutions for farmers is the motto in six work thrusts: R&D, market-led extension, seed systems incubation, risk
management, policy development and outreach. Before joining the Foundation in 2008, Dr. Ferroni held executive and
advisory positions at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank in Washington, DC. Earlier in his career,
he worked as a finance and trade diplomat in his native Switzerland. Mr. Ferroni holds a doctoral degree in agricultural
economics from Cornell University.
22Cesar Fragozo
Minister for Asia,
ProMexico Hong Kong
Mexico
Cesar Fragozo is Minister for Asia at ProMéxico, an agency of the Ministry of Economy of the Mexican Government, overseeing
a dozen of Asia and the Middle East offices promoting trade and foreign investment as well as the internationalization of
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Mexican businesses across the globe. Prior to his role as Minister for Asia, Mr. Fragozo worked in Taipei and Germany as
Trade Commissioner promoting in the latter, European investment into Mexico from Austria, Switzerland, Eastern Europe
and Turkey. He began his career in finance and corporate banking within Mexico’s most salient banks. Cesar was educated
in Mexico, Germany and the United Kingdom from where he obtained an MSc in International Securities Investment from
University of Reading, England.
23Toyoo Gyohten
President, Institute for International
Monetary Affairs; Former Vice Minister
of Finance of Japan
Japan
After graduated from the University of Tokyo, Mr. Gyohten joined the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 1955. Before he was ap-
pointed to Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs in 1986, he occupied various senior positions including Director-
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General of International Finance Bureau at the Ministry of Finance and also served for the IMF and the ADB on lease. After his
retirement in 1989 he was a visiting professor at Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of St. Gallen. In
1992 he became the Chairman of the Bank of Tokyo, Ltd (currently the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.). Since 1995, he
has been President of the IIMA and concurrently serves as Senior Advisor to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
In the meantime, Mr. Gyohten also chaired Working Party of the OECD (1988-90) and the Institute of International Finance
(1994-97). He was appointed to a special advisor to P.M. Obuchi in 1998 and more recently was an advisor to the Cabinet
Secretariat (special envoy to P.M.). He now serves as Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance.
Mr. Gyohten is co-author of the book “Changing Fortunes” with Mr. Paul Volcker.
24Cameron Hepburn
Professor of Environmental
Economics, Smith School and INET,
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Cameron Hepburn is an economist with expertise in energy, resources and the environment. He is professor of environmental
economics at the University of Oxford, based at the Smith School and the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the
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Oxford Martin School, and is also Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of
Economics and a Fellow at New College, Oxford.
He has degrees in law and engineering, a doctorate in economics, and peer-reviewed publications in economics, public
policy, law, engineering, biology and philosophy. His work has been referred to in publications such as the Economist and
the Financial Times, and he has been interviewed on television and radio in various countries.
He has provided advice on energy and environmental policy to governments and international institutions around the world.
He has also had an entrepreneurial career, co-founding three successful businesses – Aurora Energy Research, Climate
Bridge and Vivid Economics – and investing in several other start-ups, including Purpose.
25Marco Herrera
President, Grupo Public
Mexico
Born in Mexico City in 1958, Mr. Herrera holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising by Universidad de la Comunicación and
Diploma Courses in Strategic Political Analysis and in Public Policy Design by the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo
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Económico—CIDE, and in Change Management for Public Institutions and private for ILO and the University of Turin, Italy.
Throughout his professional career he has been Director for Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing for financial
institutions of the caliber of Banca Serfin, and Banco Internacional. In the commercial sphere, he was the Marketing Director
for Vianetworks and subsequently for Grupo Mexalit- Eureka, as well as Vice-President and General Manager for MasterCard
International’s office in Mexico.
In 1996, Mr. Herrera founded Grupo Public, a consultancy firm, offering services in the fields of Strategic Planning, Innovation,
Public Affairs and Communication. He has been a communications and business advisor for several companies, including:
Pemex, IMSS, Infonacot, INECOL, Motorola, Johnson & Johnson, GMAC, World Economic Forum, Sanofi-Aventis, Purina,
and more.
At present he is member of the Working Group of the Office of Civic Innovation, in the Ibero-American General Secretariat.
He is a columnist and writes political analyses for Forbes México, and is an academic communications researcher for
Universidad de la Comunicación, through which he published the book “The Effects of Communications in the 2006 Elections
in Mexico”. He is a conference speaker and teaches diverse diploma courses for a number of educational institutions.
26Biliang Hu
President, Emerging Markets &
International Development Institute
China
Biliang Hu is the President of the Emerging Markets and International Development Institute in China. Previously he was
a Professor of Economics at Beijing Normal University and the Dean of School of Economics and Resource Management
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of the University in China. Before his professorship, he cofounded a Delaware-based IT offshore outsourcing company –
DoubleBridge Technologies Inc.; Before that, he was the chief China economist of SG Securities Asia, as well as the chief
representative of the company in Beijing for four years. Before his investment bank experience, he worked with the World
Bank Beijing Office as an economist for three years. He also taught Economics of Development in the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences for some years.
His latest publications include Informal Institutions and Rural Development in China (London and New York: Routledge, 2007)
and A Village Economy in Central Thailand: Testing Chayanov’s Model (Bangkok: Thai Watana Panich Press, 2007). His works
twice won the Sun Yefang Economic Prize which is the highest economics research award in China. He also won Zhang
Peigang Development Economics Award in 2009.
He received his Doctorate of Economics from the School of Economics and Management, Witten/Herdecke University in
Germany, and he conducted a two and half year post-doc research program at Harvard Kennedy School. His main academic
interests are development economics, institutional economics and Chinese macroeconomic analysis.
27Ishrat Husain
Director, Institute of Business
Administration; Former Governor,
State Bank of Pakistan
Pakistan
Dr. Ishrat Husain took over as the Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi on March 12,
2008. Immediately before that he had been holding the office of Chairman, National Commission for Government Reforms
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(NCGR) in the Prime Minister Secretariat at Islamabad, with the status of the Federal Minister. In that capacity he completed
a comprehensive report on the re-organization of the Government’s structure, processes and human resource management
policies.
Dr. Ishrat Husain became the Governor of Pakistan’s Central Bank in December, 1999. During the next six years, he
implemented a major program of restructuring of the Central Bank and steered the reforms of the banking sector, which are
now recognized by the World Bank and IMF to be among the best in developing countries. In recognition of his meritorious
services he was conferred the prestigious award of “Hilal-e-Imtiaz” by the President of Pakistan in 2003. The Banker Magazine
of London declared him as the Central Bank Governor of the year for Asia in 2005. He received the Asian Banker Lifetime
achievement award in 2006.
For over two decades, between 1979–1999, he served in various capacities at the World Bank in Washington DC. Among
the positions he occupied at the Bank were Country Director for Central Asian Republics; Director, Poverty and Social Policy
Department; Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region; Chief Economist, Africa Region. Division Chief, Debt and
International Finance and Resident Representative, Nigeria.
Dr. Ishrat Husain was selected to the elite Civil Service of Pakistan in 1964 and served in the field and also held mid-level
policy making positions in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and in the Finance, Planning and Developing Departments in the
Government of Sindh until 1979.
Dr. Husain has maintained an active scholarly interest in development and globalization issues. He is the author of a dozen
books, contributor of 15 chapters in edited books and more than 25 referred journal articles. Two of his books “Pakistan:
The Economy of an elitist state” and “Economic Management in Pakistan: 1999–2002” published by the Oxford University
Press are widely read in and outside Pakistan. He is regularly invited as a speaker, resource person, discussant, panelist or
chairperson at International Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops in different parts of the World held under the auspices of the
World Bank, IMF, UN agencies, research institutions, think tanks. He has so far attended 100 such events.
Dr. Husain is Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) Distinguished National Professor of Economics and Public Policy and
is also the Chairman, HEC Social Sciences Council. He is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of the Aga Khan
University,
the Senate of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Board of Governors, National School of Public Policy
and Mahbub-ul-Haq Centre for Human Development. He was a member of the Steering Committee on Higher Education
appointed by the President of Pakistan in 2003.
Dr. Husain received his M.A. in Development Economics from Williams College and was at the top of his class and Ph. D in
Economics from Boston University receiving International Student Award for outstanding academic achievement. He is a
graduate of the Executive Development Program jointly sponsored by Harvard, Stanford Universities and INSEAD.
28Gregory Ingram
Former President, Lincoln Institute of
Land Policy
United States
Gregory Ingram was President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy from June 2005 through June 2014 and
formerly Director-General, Operations Evaluation at the World Bank. At the World Bank, he also held positions as Director
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of the Development Research Department, Staff Director for the World Development Report 1994, Infrastructure for
Development, and Economic Adviser in the Urban Projects Department. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Ingram was
Associate Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Mr. Ingram holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University;
a B.A. and M.A. in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University; and a B.S. in civil engineering from
Swarthmore College.
29Tateaki Ishida
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings,
Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd.
Japan
Mr. Ishida joined Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd. in May 2004 and was appointed to be Deputy President and a member of
the Board in June of the same year. He was promoted to President in March 2005 and then appointed President and Chief
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Executive Officer in June 2006. Since the introduction of holding company operating structure in April 2009, he has been
President and Chief Executive Officer of Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining Tokai Tokyo Securities, he was
President of UFJ International plc in London.
Mr. Ishida started his career with the Tokai Bank, Ltd. in 1968 where he spent most of his 35-year career in the international
and investment banking fields including his overseas assignments at the bank’s Bangkok and Los Angeles offices. In 1992,
Mr. Ishida was seconded to London to establish and manage its highly reputable proprietary trading business as President
of Tokai Bank Europe. He was elected as a member of the Board of the parent bank in 1994 and appointed as a Managing
Director before returning to Tokyo in 1997. Subsequently at the Tokyo headquarters until 1998, he oversaw as the Head of
International Capital Market Operation both worldwide capital market operation and the entire international banking with his
authority and responsibility extended to enormously broad bank’s operation. Then, he moved to Tokai Asset Management
Co., Ltd as President. Following his service for three years there, Mr. Ishida returned to London in 2001 as Chairman of
Tokai Bank Europe plc and was later appointed to be President of UFJ International plc where he served three years before
returning to Japan to join Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd.
Mr. Ishida graduated with BA from the Faculty of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce, Japan.
30Oraz Jandosov
Director, RAKURS Center for Economic
Analysis; Former Minister of Finance; Former
Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Mr. Jandosov is currently the director of the RAKURS Center for Economic Research, serving in this role since 2008; Chairman
of the Board of Association of Economists of Kazakhstan; and Advisor to the Board and member of the Presidium of the
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National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan “Atameken Union.”
He has held a number of prominent roles in Kazakhstan throughout his career, including Chairman of the Agency for Natural
Monopolies Regulation and Protection of Competition, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air Kazakhstan, Chairman of
the Board of Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Chairman of the National
Bank of Kazakhstan, and President of JSC KEGOC. He has served as an assistant to the President, a member of the Higher
Economic Council and National Council for Sustainable Development, and as co-chairman of Akzhol and True Akzhol,
Kazakh political parties.
He graduated from Moscow State University as an economist-cybernetician in 1987.
31Abdoulie Janneh
Executive Director and Board Member,
Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Former Executive
Secretary, UN Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA)
Senegal
Abdoulie Janneh, a Gambian National, is a former United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Since November 2012, Mr. Janneh has been serving as Executive Director/
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Board Member at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and he is based in Dakar, Senegal.
Mr. Janneh successfully completed a seven-year tenure (2005-2012) at the helm of the ECA, an institution with the dual role
of being the regional arm of the United Nations in Africa as well as a key Pan-African Institution. During his leadership of the
ECA, Mr. Janneh took steps to strategically re-position the organization to better support Africa’s development agenda.
In his various senior roles, Mr. Janneh has been striving to enhance partnership building for Africa, as a necessary vehicle
to mobilize support and build inclusiveness for shared development objectives. In this regard, he has been able to cultivate
strong partnerships at the highest levels between ECA and governments, the private sector, civil society, as well as national,
regional and international organizations.
He also serves on the Boards/ Advisory Panels of a number of organizations involved in Africa’s development. Notably, he is
a member of the Africa Forum of Former Heads of State and Government and serves on several boards including the African
Governance Institute (AGI) as Chair, the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA), Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), AO
Alliance and Africa Sustainability Center (ASCENT).
Mr. Janneh is the recipient of several awards and honors.
32Naoya Jinda
Chief Advisor to the President, Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
International Organization
Naoya Jinda is a national of Japan. He obtained his Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, USA in 2000
and his Bachelor’s degree in Law from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 1996.
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Prior to joining ADB, he was a Deputy Director of the International Tax Policy Division of Tax Bureau, the Ministry of Finance
(MOF) of Japan. He was responsible for the international financial and taxation policies of the Ministry including fight against
tax evasion and avoidance.
He also carried out positions of increasing responsibility in various capacities in International Finance Bureau of the MOF
related to development issues as well as multilateral and bilateral financial cooperation in the Asia and Pacific Region.
33Donald Kaberuka
Former President, African Development
Bank
Rwanda
Mr. Donald Kaberuka is currently serving his second five-year term as President of the African Development Bank Group
(AfDB). He was first elected in 2005, becoming the seventh president of the Bank Group since its establishment in 1963.
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He was re-elected in May 2010 at the AfDB’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, for a second five-year term. He took the
oath for his second term in September of that year in Tunis, the Bank’s current temporary relocation city. The Bank moved
temporarily from Abidjan in 2003 due to the security situation there.
Before joining the African Development Bank, Mr. Kaberuka, 61, had a distinguished career in banking, international trade
and development and government service A national of Rwanda, he was the country’s Minister of Finance and Economic
Planning between 1997 and 2005. During this period, he oversaw Rwanda’s successful economic reconstruction after the
end of the civil war there.
He initiated and implemented major economic reforms and introduced new systems of structural, monetary and fiscal
governance, laying special emphasis on the independence of Rwanda’s central bank.
These reforms led to the widely-recognized revival of Rwanda’s economy, and to the sustained economic growth that
enabled Rwanda to obtain debt cancellation under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative in April 2005.
During his service at the AfDB, Mr. Kaberuka has presided over a major redirection in its strategy for development and poverty
reduction in Africa. To that end, the AfDB has placed increased emphasis on the private sector, and on the importance of
major infrastructure developments in areas such as road, railways, power plants and communications, especially in their role
in promoting regional integration in Africa.
During Mr. Kaberuka’s period of office, the AfDB has become Africa’s premier financial institution. In 2009, in response to the
global financial crisis, the African Development Bank Group made record approvals of loans and grants totaling more than
USD 12.6 billion.
Donald Kaberuka was educated at universities in Tanzania and Scotland. He holds a PhD in Economics from Glasgow
University.
34Gautam Kaji
Chair of the Advisory Board, Emerging
Markets Forum;
Chair, Centennial Group; Former
Managing Director, World Bank
United States
Mr. Kaji is the Chairman of the Centennial Group, a strategic advisory firm created by internationally recognized figures from
the public and private sectors. The firm provides high-level policy and strategic advice to top business executives and senior
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public officials on how to derive maximum benefits while minimizing risks from opportunities in today‘s global economy.
Mr. Kaji currently serves on the Board of Directors of listed and privately held companies including: The Cabot Corp., Boston
MA; The Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd., India; HCL Perot Systems, Inc., Netherlands; Synergy Power Co. Ltd.,
Hong Kong; and Washington Asset Management, Inc., Washington, D.C. In addition, he has provided services to a number
of private institutions such as J.P. Morgan since leaving the World Bank. In a career spanning almost 30 years in economic
and development policy formulation and implementation with the World Bank, Gautam S. Kaji played a key role in helping
the institution meet the development needs of its more than 180 member nations. In the process, he earned a worldwide
reputation as a leading expert on global economic and financial issues.
When he retired from the World Bank in November 1997, Mr. Kaji was Managing Director for Operations, with specific re-
sponsibility for the institution‘s programs in Asia and Africa. He also chaired the Operations Committee, which reviews all
projects put forward for Bank support and served as co-chair of the Private Sector Development Group, which encompasses
the work of the Bank‘s private-sector affiliates, IFC and MIGA, as well as the IBRD itself. In addition, he was a member of the
Bank‘s Executive Committee, the core senior management team guiding the strategic direction of the institution. Earlier, Mr.
Kaji served in various operational positions with the Bank—including in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and as Director
for Human Resources.
Prior to his appointment as Managing Director in 1994, he was the Bank‘s Vice President for operations in East Asia and the
Pacific – a region with which he was closely involved for well over a decade. This involvement has allowed him to develop a
keen insight into the social, institutional and political considerations that influence practical policy formulation and implemen-
tation throughout Asia. He continues to maintain close personal contact with the senior policy makers and business leaders
within and outside the region. Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Kaji worked for a number of years in the commercial banking
sector in India, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance.
35Eliane Karp-Toledo
Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin American
Studies (CLAS), Stanford University; Director,
Projects and Policies of Social Inclusion,
Global Center for Development and Democracy
Peru
Professor Eliane Karp-Toledo is Visiting Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), Stanford University
2013-2014. She was also Visiting Scholar in the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, 2012-2013.
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Her other current academic experience include her role as Director of Projects and Policies of Social Inclusion at the
Global Center for Development and Democracy (CGDD) and Visiting Professor Member of the Indigenist Chair “Jose
Maria Arguedas” at the Ibero-American Institute, University of Salamanca, Spain.
Professor Karp-Toledo is currently engaged in a book project related to Indigenous Peoples’ Empowerment:
The New Challenges for Latin American Democracies. This project is to be conducted jointly with the School
of Education of Stanford University, the University of Salamanca, Spain, and CGDD, with the support of the
Andean Financial Corporation. This study will lead to the publication of a new book which focuses on Indigenous
Movements and their claims to improve public and private policies in favor of increased social inclusion and equal
citizenship. This project is part of the implementation of the 20-year Social Agenda for Democracy in Latin America.
The Social Agenda is a policy-oriented research initiative of the CGDD, which was founded by the former President
of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, in 2006.
Professor Karp-Toledo was First Lady of the Republic of Peru from 2001 to 2006. As First Lady, her main goal
was to design a public agenda leading to promoting the social and economic empowerment of people living in
extreme poverty and people facing ethnic discrimination. Key areas such as constitutional and territorial rights, the
exploitation of natural resources, royalties for the Indigenous Peoples, rights to patents and ownership of collective
knowledge, cultural heritage, biodiversity and alternative sources of income, were all reviewed and promoted during
that period.
Professor Karp-Toledo also served as Honorary President of the National Commission for the Andean, Amazonian
and Afro-Peruvian Peoples (2001-2003), which was created as an ad-hoc institution in 2001. The commission
called on elected representatives from most ethnic populations, ministries, Congress people, and academicians who
participated in formal meetings to discuss grievances, claims, participation and rights of the Indigenous Peoples in
the democratic process. This commission was then institutionalized and acquired ministerial rank in 2005, with the
creation of the National Institute for the Development of Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Peoples (INDEPA).
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