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PBEC Members

  • List will be updated January 2003.

International Counsellors

  • PBEC Chinese Taipei
    Dr. Jeffrey Koo
    Chairman & CEO, Chinatrust Commercial Bank

    Dr. Jeffrey Koo has been well known as a dynamic contributor within the PBEC family. Besides his immense services rendered to PBEC activities throughout the past years, he has also generously given his time and efforts in the leadership of PBEC Chinese Taipei, serving as the Chairman from 1993 to 1994, and as the Honorary Chairman until now.

  • PBEC Colombia
    Dr. Guillermo Fernandez de Soto
    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colombia

    Dr. Fernandez de Soto, former president of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, was also president and founder of the PBEC Colombian Member Committee. During his management, the national Committee gained great recognition by different levels of the government and private sector. Mr. Fernandez de Soto has also participated in several IGMs and assists the local Committee in the design and development of a strategic plan. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he has promoted an improved cooperation and trade program between Colombia and the Asia Pacific Economies.

  • PBEC Malaysia
    Tan Sri Dato' Haji Basir Ismail
    Chairman, Malaysia Airports Berhad

    Tan Sri Basir co-founded PBEC Malaysia in 1991 and became its first Chairman. Tan Sri Basir's contributions to PBEC during his tenure as Chairman are numerous, and include successfully hosting the 27th PBEC IGM in Kuala Lumpur in 1994 with the theme "Profiting from Pacific Dynamism: Opportunities and Challenges for the Private Sector." Since then, he has been instrumental in ensuring that PBEC Malaysia is actively represented at the working committees' level of PBEC, setting the pace for definitive discussions and agreements in such areas as business development, anti-dumping, services, transparency, food products and foreign direct investments.

  • PBEC Mexico
    Ambassador José Juan de Olloqui

    Ambassador de Olloqui has served as Counsellor and Member of the Board for PBEC Mexico for the past 10 years. He has also held the posts of Mexican Ambassador to the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Japan.

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