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AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL COOPERATION

Dr. Su-San CHANG

Lead Shepherd
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Teddy Edmund PAVON (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY WORKING GROUP

Ana Grimanesa Reategui Napuri (Mrs)

ACTWG Chair

Public Integrity Secretary,
Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru

Carlos Villena (Mr)

ACTWG Chair's Assistant

Email: [email protected]

Baiq Nouvia (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Julia Torreblanca (Mrs)

ABAC Chair

Antonio I. BASILIO (Mr)

Director
32/F, Zuellig Building
Makati Avenue Corner Paseo de Roxas
Makati City 1225 Philippines

Tel: +63 2 843 6536 +63 2 845 4564
Fax: +63 2 845 4832
Email: [email protected]

Benjamin TAN (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

APEC PUTRAJAYA VISION 2040

To be advised

Program Director

 

AUTOMOTIVE DIALOGUE

Victor Parra (Mr)

Automotive Dialogue Co-Chair

General Director of Policies and Regulatory Analysis at the Ministry of Production 
Email: [email protected]

 

Karsten KUNCKEL SAAMER (Mr)

Automotive Dialogue Co-Chair

President of Automotive Association of Peru (AAP)
Email: [email protected]

PARK Jungoh (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Matt MURRAY (Ambassador)

BMC Chair 2024

U.S. Senior Official for APEC
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Victor Antonio MUNOZ TUESTA (Mr)

BMC Vice Chair 2024

Peru APEC Alternate Senior Official
APEC Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru

Celine KWOK (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

BUSINESS MOBILITY GROUP

David Wootton (Mr)

BMG Convenor

Email: [email protected]

Fernando Salas (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

CHEMICAL DIALOGUE

Kent C. SHIGETOMI (Mr)

Government Co-Chair of Chemical Dialogue
Director for Multilateral Non-Tariff Barriers, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Email: [email protected]

Sergio BARRIENTOS H. (Mr)

Industrial Co-Chair of Chemical Dialogue
General Manager
Chilean Association of Chemical Industries
Asiquim A.G.

Email: [email protected]

NGUYEN Thu Tra (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Christopher TAN (Mr)

CTI Chair 2024-2025
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Singapore

Benjamin TAN (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

COMPETITION POLICY AND LAW GROUP

Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga (Ms)

CPLG Convenor

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKING GROUP

Andhika Chrisnayudhanto (Mr)

Interim-Chair

Deputy for International Cooperation
National Counter Terrorism Agency-Indonesia

Steven MILON Esparza (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

DIGITAL ECONOMY STEERING GROUP

Ekapong RIMCHARONE (Mr)

DESG Chair

Inspector General, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Thailand
Email: [email protected]

Taran OSIRI (Mr)

Assistant to DESG Chair
Email: [email protected]

Junichi ISHII (Mr)

DESG Data Privacy Subgroup (DPS) Chair
Personal Information Protection Commission, Japan
Email: [email protected]

Elspeth DAVIDSON (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Dr James Ding

Economic Committee Chair

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKING GROUP

Alvaro Cristian HORMAZABAL LOPEZ (Mr)

EPWG Co-Chair 2024-2025 (Chile)

National Director
National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED)
Chile
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Kimberly D. COLEMAN

EPWG Co-Chair 2024-2025 (USA)

Director
International Affairs Division
Office of Policy and Program Analysis
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
United States of America
Email: [email protected]

Aurora TSAI (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

ENERGY WORKING GROUP

Ariadne BenAissa (Ms)

Lead Shepherd

Deputy Director of Asian Affairs
U.S. Department of Energy
Email: [email protected]

Takayuki NIIKURA (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected] 

EXPERTS GROUP ON ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE

Noraihan ABDUL RAHMAN (Ms)

EGILAT Chair

Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian Timber Council (MTC)
Email: [email protected]

Ren Hao (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

FINANCE MINISTERS' PROCESS

Jose ARISTA (Mr)

FMM Chair

Minister of Economy and Finance
[email protected] 

Daniel BARCO (Mr)

FCBDM Chair

Vice Minister of Economy
[email protected]

Franklin THOMPSON (Mr)

SFOM Chair / APEC Coordinator

Director of International Economics Affairs
Email: [email protected] / [email protected] 

Krizia HERRERA (Ms)

APEC Coordination

Expert in International Economics Affairs
Email: [email protected] / [email protected] 

Julie Kolokotsa (Dr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR ON CONNECTIVITY

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR ON URBANISATION

To be advised

Program Director

 

GROUP ON SERVICES

Jillian DeLuna (Ms)

GOS Convenor

Director for ICT Services & Digital Trade
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Miwa Goshima (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

HEALTH WORKING GROUP

Dr. Alberto TEJADA

HWG Chair 2024-2025

Director General
Office of International Technical Cooperation
Ministry of Health, Peru
Email: [email protected]

Jimena LIMAY CASTILLO (Ms)

HWG Chair’s Assistant

Multilateral Affairs Unit
Office of International Technical Cooperation
Ministry of Health, Peru
Email: [email protected]

Aurora TSAI (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

HIGH LEVEL POLICY DIALOGUE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Teddy Edmund PAVON (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Zhao LI (Mr)

HRDWG Lead Shepherd 2023-2024

Email: [email protected]
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Copy: 
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[email protected] and
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Siti HARLENA Harris Lee (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS EXPERTS GROUP

Atty. Rowel S. Barba

Chair

Director-General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL)
Email: [email protected]

María Gloria Riethmüller Harland (Ms)

Vice Chair

Intellectual Property Department  
Undersecretariat of International Economic Affairs 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Email: [email protected]

Julie Kolokotsa (Dr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

INVESTMENT EXPERTS' GROUP

Faizal Mohd Yusof (Mr)

IEG Convenor
Senior Director

Investment Policy and Trade Facilitation Division Office
Ministry International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia
Email: [email protected]

Takayuki NIIKURA (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected] 

MARKET ACCESS GROUP

ANDREA CERDA VÁSQUEZ (Ms)

MAG Convenor 2024-2025

Head of Market Access Department
Undersecretariat of International Economic Affairs (SUBREI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chile

Miwa Goshima (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

OCEAN AND FISHERIES WORKING GROUP

Mónica Rojas Noack (Ms)

Lead Shepherd

Head of International Affairs Unit,
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service,
SERNAPESCA, Chile
Email: [email protected]

NGUYEN Thu Tra (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

POLICY PARTNERSHIP ON FOOD SECURITY

Victor Hugo Parra Puente (Mr)

PPFS Chair

Email: [email protected]

Teddy Edmund PAVON (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

POLICY PARTNERSHIP ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Rahima Kandahari (Ms)

PPSTI Chair (2024-2025)

US Department of State
Email: [email protected]

Dr Hwanil Park

PPSTI Vice Chair (2023-2024)

Science and Technology Policy Institute
Republic of Korea
Email: [email protected]

Ren Hao (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

POLICY PARTNERSHIP ON WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY

Chantelle Stratford PSM (Ms)

PPWE Chair

Principal Gender Specialist, 
International and Security Group,
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
Australia

Baiq Nouvia (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WORKING GROUP

Aaron SYDOR (Mr)

APEC SMEWG Chair

Global Affairs Canada
Email: [email protected]

Carlos Obando (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

SOM STEERING COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION

Lindsey MacKinnon (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

SUB-COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS PROCEDURES

Blanca Barandiaran (Ms)

SCCP Chair 2024

Manager of Customs Technical Procedures,
National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration of Peru (SUNAT)

Piang-or WACHARAPRAPAPONG (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

SUB-COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND CONFORMANCE

Cesar Bernabe Perez (Mr)

SCSC Chair 2024

Executive President of Instituto Nacional de Calidad (INACAL)

Piang-or WACHARAPRAPAPONG (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION WORKING GROUP

Clare Spring (Ms)

TEL Co-Chair

Australian Government Department of Infrastructure

Hayun Kang (Dr)

TEL Co-Chair

Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)

Elspeth DAVIDSON (Ms)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

TOURISM WORKING GROUP

Yasmeen Yasim (Dr)

Lead Shepherd

Deputy Secretary-General (Tourism)
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia
Email: [email protected]

Fernando Salas (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP

Baesung KIM (Mr)

TPTWG Chair (Korea)

Director General for Public Housing Supply
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Email: [email protected]

PARK Jungoh (Mr)

Program Director

Email: [email protected]