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Striving for Growth
in a Challenging Environment
PBEC 35th International General Meeting
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
May 3-7, 2002

Confirmed Speakers

For your convenience, the International Secretariat is making available this basic list of confirmed speakers and selected speaker biographies (last updated 18 April 2002) for the 35th International General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. For the latest information, be sure to visit the official IGM website.

Featured Biographies


  Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
President of the Philippines


  His Excellency Dr. Luis Ernesto Derbez
Secretary of the Economy, Mexico


  The Honorable Hwang Doo-yun
Minister of Trade, Republic of Korea


  Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Prime Minister of Malaysia


  The Honorable Manuel A. Roxas II
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
Republic of the Philippines

Confirmed Speakers & Participants

  • Mr. Md Nor Ahmad, Deputy President I, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (Malaysia)
  • Prof. Dr. Adul Latif bin Ibrahim, Managing Director, Malaysian Biotechnology Secretariat (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Victor Apps, Executive Vice President and General Manager for Asia, Manulife (International) Limited (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. Abdul Azim bin Mohd. Zabidi, Chairman, Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malaysia)
  • Tunku Abdul Aziz, President, The Kuala Lumpur Society of Transparency & Integrity (Malaysia)
  • Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia)
  • Datuk Amirsham Aziz, Managing Director, Maybank (Malaysia)
  • Y.B. Dato Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Minister of Defence, Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Juan Bremer, President, Exportadora De Sal, S.A. De C.V. (Mexico)
  • Mr. Jose Fernando Buenaventura, Senior Partner, Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles (Philippines)
  • Mr. Mark L. Bye, President-Asia, Air Product and Chemicals Asia (United States of America)
  • Mr. SE-IL Chang, Chairman and CEO, IL Sung Engineering Co. Ltd. (Korea)
  • Mr. Nelson An-Ping Chang, Vice President, Chia Hsin Cement Corporation (Chinese Taipei)
  • Mr. Feng Chen, Chairman, Hainan HNA Group (People's Republic of China)
  • Dr. Zhangliang Chen, Vice President and Professor, Peking University (People's Republic of China)
  • Mr. Hongsheng Cheng, Executive Vice Chairman, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (People's Republic of China)
  • Mr. Kun-ho Cho, Vice Chairman, Korea International Trade Association (Korea)
  • Mr. Suck-Rai Cho, Chairman, Hyosung Corporation (Korea)
  • Mr. In Seong Choe, Director, National Centre for Genome Information, KRIBB (Korea)
  • Mr. Loren Charles Cox, Associate Director, Center for Energy and Environment, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (United States of America)
  • Mr. David Cunningham, President, Asia Pacific, Federal Express Corporation (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. Michael Davies, Vice President and General Counsel, General Electric Canada Inc. (Canada)
  • Mr. Raymond Del Rosario, Jr., Chairman and CEO, AB Capital & Investment Corp. (Philippines)
  • Mr. David Eldon, Chairman, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Group (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. Douglas Fergusson, President, Prumerica Financial Asia Limited (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. Victor Fung, Chairman, Prumeria Financial (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. Chris Giles, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Asia, Chubb Corporation (Singapore)
  • Mr. Steven J. Green, Chairman, K1 Ventures Limited (Singapore)
  • Ambassador Larry Greenwood, U.S. Senior Official, APEC, Department of State (United States of America)
  • Ms. Lorraine Hahn, Host, TALK ASIA, CNN International (Hong Kong, China)
  • Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim, Chairman, Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Oscar Hilado, Chairman & CEO, Phinma, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Mr. Kosaku Inaba, Director and Senior Counselor, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • Dr. Victor I. Ishaev, Governor, Khabarovsk Territory Government (Russia)
  • Mr. Young Joon Kim, Director & Executive Vice President, Industrial Bank of Korea (Korea)
  • Mr. Takashi Kitaoka, Executive Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan)
  • Ambassador Sandra Kristoff, Senior Vice-President, New York Life International (United States of America)
  • Prof. Dr. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Coordinating Minister of Economy, Ministry of Finance (Indonesia)
  • Mr. Anthony Lake, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (United States of America)
  • Mr. Moon Won Lee, President, Poongsan Corporation (Korea)
  • Mr. Donald Lowe, Director, Bombardier Inc. (Canada)
  • Mr. Jeffrey C. Lowe, Regional Vice President, Gulfstream International Corporation (United States of America)
  • Mr. Fuyuan Lu, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (People's Republic of China)
  • Mr. Mirzan Mahathir, Executive Chairman & President, Konsortiom Logistik Bhd (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Alasdair Morrison, Chairman & CEO, Morgan Stanley Asia (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. Minoru Murofushi, Chairman, ITOCHU Corporation (Japan)
  • Ambassador Rizalino S. Navarro, Chairman, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (Philippines)
  • Ambassador Alejandro de la Pena Navarrete, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat (Singapore)
  • Mr. Juan Sanchez Navarro Redo, Public Relations Director, Grupo Modelo, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
  • Mr. Philip Ng, Chief Executive Officer, Far East Organization (Singapore)
  • Mr. Salleh Nordin, Executive Chairman, Wing Tek Holdings Berhad (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Kenichi Ohashi, Managing Director, Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. (Japan)
  • Mr. Tadahiko Ohashi, Chief Executive Economist, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • Mr. Timothy Ong, Executive Chairman, Asia-Inc. (Brunei Darussalam)
  • Mr. Young-Ju Park, Chairman & CEO, Eagon Industrial Co., Ltd. (Korea)
  • Mr. Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., President, Economic Strategy Institute (United States of America)
  • Ir. M. Hatta Rajasa, State Minister for Research and Technology, (Indonesia)
  • Mr. Haroen Al Rasjid, President Commissioner, Caltex Pacific Indonesia, PT (Indonesia)
  • Mr. Max Renard, Chief Executive Officer, International Communication Consultants Ltd. (Hong Kong, China)
  • The Honorable Angelo T. Reyes, Secretary of National Defense, Ministry of Defense, Republic of the Philippines (Philippines)
  • Mr. Juan Horn Reyes, President, Interpunto Mexico (Mexico)
  • Mr. Stanley Roth, Vice-President Asia, International Relations, The Boeing Company (United States of America)
  • Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Senior Minister of State for Education, Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)
  • Mr. John Byungdoo Sohn, Vice Chairman & CEO, The Federation of Korea Industries (FKI) (Korea)
  • Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Noordin Sopiee, Chairman/CEO, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Venkatraman Subbarao, Senior Vice President, Computer Associates International (United States of America)
  • Mr. Ade Suhidin, President Director/Owner, PT Ades Sumberhidup Dinamika (Indonesia)
  • Tan Sri Datuk Zainal Abidin Sulong, Chairman, Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) (Malaysia)
  • Tengku Abdullah Ibini Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar, Chairman, Ing Insurance Bhd (Malaysia)
  • Mr. George Tahija, CEO, Austindo Group (Indonesia)
  • Mr. Chiang Quan Teo, Group CEO, Paramount Corporation Berhad (Malaysia)
  • Tunku Besar Burhanuddin Tunku Dato' Seri Shahabuddin, Chairman, DHL Worldwide Express (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Michael Vatikiotis, Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) (Hong Kong, China)
  • Mr. John S. Wadsworth, Jr., Honorary Chairman, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia (United States of America)
  • Mr. Sayling Wen, Vice Chairman, Inventec Corporation (Taiwan)
  • Mr. Hartojo Wignjowijoto, Chairman, PT Aspecindo Kreasi (Indonesia)
  • Mr. Yip Yan Wong, Chairman, The Wywy Group (Singapore)
  • Mr. Nik Mohamed Yaacob, Group Chief Executive, Sime Darby Berhad (Malaysia)
  • Mr. Yu Xiao Song, Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) (China)
  • Ms. Yan Ling Zhang, EVP. MD., Bank of China Head Office (People's Republic of China)

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