Participants of The International Forum are a select group of business leaders from around the world. Each participant is responsible for a major business as chief executive, is about to assume this role or is responsible for the international growth of their company. A selection of participants is listed here by country and their titles are listed as they were last given and may in some cases not reflect recent changes.
From North America
Ms. Cynthia Carroll, President, Alumina, Alcan Inc., Canada
Mr. William Etherington, Chairman, CIBC, Canada
Mr. Richard Evans, COO, Alcan Inc., Canada
Mr. John S. Hunkin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CIBC, Canada
Mr. Ron Lalonde, Senior Executive Vice President & CAO, CIBC World Markets, Canada
Mr. Emery LeBlanc, Executive Vice President, Alumina & Primary Met, Alcan Inc., Canada
Mr. Jean Marc Lechêne, Executive Vice Pres. & President North American Cement, Lafarge, Canada
Mr. Marco Palmieri, President, Primary Metal, Asia Pacific, Alcan Primary Metal Group, Canada
Mr. Brian Shaw, Managing Director-Canadian Equities, CIBC-World Markets, Canada
Mr. Brian W. Sturgell, President, Aluminium Fabrication, Americas and Asia, Alcan Inc., Canada
Mr. Edwin Artzt, Former Chairman of Executive Committee, Procter & Gamble Company, USA
Mr. Fergus Balfour, President and CEO, Unilever Cosmetics International, USA
Ms. Kathleen P. Butler, Vice President, Global Sales & Technical Support, IBM Corporation, USA
Mr. Peter Cooke, Executive Vice President, Cement Division, Lafarge Corporation, USA
Mr. Ramon Fuenmayor, President, Pfizer Animal Health, USA
Mr. James Despain, Vice President, Track-Type Tractors Division, Caterpillar Inc., USA
Mr. Timothy L. Elder, Director, Corporate Public Affairs, Caterpillar Inc., USA
Mr. Michael Harnetty, Division Vice President, 3M Protective Materials, USA
Dr. Jay V. Ihlenfeld, Senior Vice President, Research & Development, 3M Company, USA
Dr. Masao Kato, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., USA
Mr. A.G. Lafley, Chairman and Chief Executive, Procter & Gamble Company, USA
Mr. James Jung Lee, Vice-President, Global Marketing, Pfizer Animal Health Group, USA
Mr. Pedro Lichtinger, President of Animal Health, Pfizer Inc. Animal Health Group, USA
Ms. Ann Livermore, President, HP Services, Hewlett Packard Company, USA
Mr. William G. Matthews, Vice President, Sales, 3M Industrial Markets, USA
Mr. Robert D. MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales, 3M, USA
Dr. Ronald Mitsch, Vice Chairman (retired), 3M Company, USA
Mr. John E. Pepper, Chairman (retired), Procter & Gamble Company, USA
Mr. John Piecuch, Former President of US Operations, Lafarge Corporation, USA
Mr. William Robison, Senior Vice President, Pfizer Inc., USA
Ms. Virginia Rometty, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Global Services, IBM Corporation, USA
Mr. Jean-Pierre Rosso, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, CNH Global N.V., USA
Mr. Steven D. Shell, Business Director-Strategic Initiatives, Pfizer Animal Health, USA
Mr. James R. Stengel, Global Marketing Officer, Procter & Gamble Company, USA
Mr. Donald K. Schwanz, Chairman, President and CEO, CTS Corporation, USA
Mr. John A. Swainson. General Manager, IBM, USA
Mr. Larry J. Waisanen, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Lafarge Corporation, USA
Mr. Stephen M. Ward, Jr., President and CEO, Lenovo, USA
From Europe
Mr. Christoph Gelbmann, CEO, Skandia Austria Holding AG, Austria
Mr. Lode G. Beckers, Chairman and Managing Director, LOBO NV, Belgium
Mr. Bernard Cruycke, President, Barco Vision, Belgium
Mr. Rafaël Decaluwé, Former CEO, Bekaert, Belgium
Mr. Erik Dejonghe, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Barco N.V., Belgium
Mr. Bernard Dursin, President, Barco Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America, Belgium
Mr. Nicolas Tissot, Chief Financial Officer, Electrabel, Belgium
Mr. Bjørn Tretvoll, Senior Vice President, Norsk Hydro ASA, Belgium
Mr. Geert Van Haver, Vice President, Wire Europe, Bekaert Group, Belgium
Mr. Hugo Vandamme, Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Barco N.V., Belgium
Mr. Marc Vandecasteele, Group Executive Vice President, Bekaert N.V., Belgium
Mr. Luc Vandenbroucke, President, BarcoView, Belgium
Mr. Tapio Kuula, President, Power & Heat, Fortum Power and Heat Oy, Finland
Mr. Juha Laaksonen, Chief Financial Officer, Fortum, Finland
Ms. Christel Bories, President & CEO, Alcan Packaging - Pechiney S.A., France
Mr. Christophe Cros, COO, Suez Environment, France
Mr. François Jaclot, CFO, Interbrew, Belgium
Mr. Gérard Lamarche, Senior Vice President – Finance, Suez, France
Mr. Benoît Potier, Chairman & Chief Executive, Air Liquide S.A., France
Mr. Guillaume Roux, Executive Vice-President, Cement, Lafarge, France
Mr. Carl Fredrik Boheman, Head of Merchant Banking, SEB AG, Germany
Mr. Michael Diekmann, Chairman, Allianz AG, Germany
Mr. Heinz Dollberg, Executive Vice President, Deputy CEO, Asia Pacific, Allianz AG, Germany
Mr. Jürgen Fitschen, Member of the Board, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Mr. Shunichi Nagai, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi International GMBH (MIG), Germany
Mr. Heinz Reinsch, Director, Credit Risk Management, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Dr. Manfred Stach, Africa Business Group President, Unilever Plc, Germany
Mr. Werner Steinmüller, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Dr. Benno Freiherr von Canstein, Director, Allianz Versicherungs AG Postfach, Germany
Mr. Christoph von Nitzsch, Head of Key Accounts, Sandia Lebensversicherun, Germany
Dr. Norbert Wanninger, Head of Global Cash Management, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Dr. Jan-Hinrich Clasen, Senior Vice President, Norske Skog, Norway
Mr. Thorleif Enger, Executive Vice President, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
Mr. Jan Løkling, President, Hydro Business Partner, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
Mr. Leiv L. Nergaard, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
Mr. Jon-Harald Nilsen, President, Norsk Hydro, Norway
Mr. Per Anders Oksum, Senior VP Health, Safety, Security & Environment, Norsk Hydro, Norway
Mr. Jan A. Oksum, President and CEO, Norske Skog, Norway
Mr. John Ove Ottestad, Chief Financial Officer, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
Mr. Jan Reinås, President, Norske Skogindustrier ASA, Norway
Mr. Eivind Reiten, President & CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
Mr. Tor Kristian Authen, Vice President Asia, Technology & Projects, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
Mr. John Abrahamson, CEO, Enskilda Securities, Sweden
Mr. Fredrik Barnekow, Global Head of Securities Finance, SEB, Sweden
Mr. Robert Bergqvist, Global Head Trading Strategy, SEB, Sweden
Ms. Annika Falkengren, President and Group Chief Executive, SEB, Sweden
Mr. Håkan Eriksson, Senior Vice President, Global Services, Scania, Sweden
Mr. Lennart Hjelte, Senior Vice President, Scania, Sweden
Ms. Ulrika Nilsson, Head of South Scania, SEB, Sweden
Mr. Lars Orehall, Senior Vice President, Scania, Sweden
Mr. Gunnar Rustad, Group Vice President, Scania AB, Sweden
Mr. Per-Olov Svedlund, Senior Vice President, Scania, Sweden
Mr. Michael Wolf, Chief Financial Officer, Skandia, Sweden
Mr. Aniruddha Lahiri, Senior Vice PresidentUnilever N.V., The Netherlands
Mr. Bernard Deloménie, CEO, Horwath Hospitality & Leisure Ltd, United Kingdom
Mr. James W. Leng, Chairman, Corus, United Kingdom
Mr. Jack MacLachlan, Manufacturing Director Corus Strip Products, Corus, United Kingdom
Mr. Frank P. Royle, Director of Finance, Corus, United Kingdom
Mr. Ian L. Rushby, Vice President and General Auditor, BP P.L.C, United Kingdom
Mr. Gary Schmalzriedt, President and Chief Executive Officer, ACE European Group, United Kingdom
Mr. Heesang Soong, Managing Director, CapitaLand UK Holdings Li, United Kingdom
Mr. Brian Stevenson, Head, Corporate and Institutional Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, UK
Mr. Pim Vervaat, Finance Controller, Corus Colors, United Kingdom
Mr. T. Glyn Wheeler, Managing Director, Construction & Industrial, Corus, United Kingdom
from Asia
Mr. John Bassetto, President and CEO, ACE Asia Pacific, Australia
Mr. Oliver Brinkmann, Head, Global Relationship Mgmt Corporates, Deutsche Bank AG, China
Mr. Alexandre Gomes, CEO, Alcan Ningxia Aluminum Co. Ltd. (Alcan Inc.), China
Mr. Nobumasa Hirata, President, Toshiba (China) Co., Ltd., China
Mr. Hirotoshi Iwaki, Executive Assistant to Managing Director for China, Mitsubishi Corporation, China
Mr. Bruno Lemagne, President, China Group, Unilever, China
Mr. Ming Yan Lim, President, China Residential, CapitaLand China, China
Mr. Hiroshi Mogi, General Manager Mitsubishi Corp, Guangzhou Office, Mitsubishi Corporation, China
Mr. Yoshiaki Takahashi, President, International Business Group, Fuji Xerox (China) Ltd., China
Mr. Katsutoshi Takeda, Executive Vice President, Chief Representative, Mitsubishi Corp., China
Mr. Hyozo Watanabe, General Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation, China
Mr. Philip Haines, President & CEO, Ace Insurance Limited, Hong Kong
Mr. H. Richard Kahler, President, Caterpillar China Limited, Hong Kong
Mr. Yoichi Mizuno, President & Managing Director, Mitsubishi Corporation, Hong Kong
Mr. Heinz Poehlsen, Deutsche Bank AG, Indonesia
Mr. Alexander Ankel, President, Allianz Fire and Marine Insurance, Japan
Mr. Toshio Arima, Director, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Jacques Bertrand, President, Asia Pacific, Barco, Japan
Mr. Bill D. Cook, Managing Director of Administration, Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi, Japan
Mr. Jean-Pierre Duprieu, Senior Vice President, Air Liquide Group, Japan
Mr. Ken Ito, President and CEO, Fuji Xerox Information Systems Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Yoshihiro Kawada, Managing Director, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman and CEO, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Kazuo Nakamura, Director, Mitsubishi Estate Company, Ltd., Japan
Mr. Mitsutake Okano, Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan
Mr. Masamoto Sakamoto, Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Katsuhiko Sato, General Manager, Planning and Coordination Dept., Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan
Mr. Jiro Shono, Director & Group General Manager, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Shinichi Tana, Deputy General Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan
Mr. Masayasu Toyohara, Group Manager-Research & Planning Group, Toshiba Corporation, Japan
Mr. Ken Ueda, Managing Director, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan
Mr. Kiyoshi Ueno, Director, Alcan Nikkei Asia Company Limited, Japan
Mr. Ian Boyd, Joint CEO, Fletcher Challenge Forests, New Zealand
Dr. Per-Christian Endsjo, President, Norsk Hydro Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Mr. Mun Leong Liew, President, CapitaLand, Singapore
Mr. Jean-Paul Meausoone, President, Alcan Packaging Asia Pacific, Singapore
Mr. Kui Seng Tham, Chief Operating Officer, CapitaLand, Singapore