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LIST OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO MET WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE
(FROM MAY 2 TO MAY 17, 2003)

FIRST TRIP — ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

BANGALORE, INDIA
May 5, 2003

ADC (India) Communications and Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Raj Rajkumar, Managing Director

Alliance Network

Priya Chetty-Rajagopal, Regional Manager, Asia

Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Koen Wentink, C.O.O.

Vinay Konaje, Group Leader, Business Development

ATW Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

M. Rajagopal, Founder and CEO

Bank of Nova Scotia

Peter L. Nesbitt, Manager, Bangalore Branch

Canada Trade Office, Bangalore

Sunitha Anand, Commercial Assistant

D.P. Vittal, Advisor (Trade)

Consulate of Canada

Doug Paterson, Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner

Digital GlobalSoft Ltd.

Som Mittal, President and CEO

Bala Mahadevan, Head, New Business Initiatives and Marketing

 

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

T.R. Madanmohan, Associate Professor, Technology and Operation

Indian Institute of Science

Professor G. Mehta, Director

Professor Rahul Pandit, Chairman

Indus Trust

Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray, Chief Executive

Infosys

Bhavna Mehra, Executive, Corporate Communications

Abhay Kulkarni, Delivery Manager, Canada and North East Region

Murali S. Kakolu, Human Resources Manager

John Fowlder (India) Ltd.

R.K. Jalan, Director

Moca Strategic Management

Laxam Sankaran, Consultant

Pivotal Corporation (India)

Chirantan Desai, Vice-President and Managing Director

Price WaterhouseCoopers

Indraneel Roy Choudhury, Executive Director, Tax and Regulatory Services


DELHI, INDIA
May 6-7, 2003

Bank of Nova Scotia

Denis Vaz, Vice-President and Country Head

Canadian High Commission

Peter Sutherland, High Commissioner

Benoît Préfontaine, Senior Trade Commissioner

Zulfi Sadeque, Counsellor (Commercial)

Confederation of Indian Industries

Sugha Rajan, Director, Confederation of Indian Industries

Rakesh Bakshi, Managing Director, Vestas RRB India Ltd.

Jayant Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs

Radha Bhatia, Director, The Bird Group

Denis Vaz, Vice-President and Country Head, The Bank of Nova Scotia

Rajan Gupta, Manager, The Bank of Nova Scotia

Vandana Mohata, Advocate, Dua Associates

Percy Billimoria, Partner, Ajay Bahl & Co.

L.C. Khatri, General Manager, NALCO

D. Kumar, Managing Director, A.R. Industries P. Ltd.

R.N. Saxena, General Manager, Hindalco Industries Ltd.

Ranjit Kapoor, Managing Director, Midi Extrusions Ltd.

T.K. Bhoumik, Senior Advisor, CII

Gunveena Chadha

Prem Shankar Jha

Ernst and Young

K.N. Memani, Chairman and Managing Partner

Supriya Sarin, Vice-President

Sharat Anand, Advisor to the Chairman

Gurav Taneja

Hero Honda Motors Limited

Brijmohan Lall, Chairman & Managing Director

Indian Council for International Economic Relations

Anowarul Hoda, Adviser

Lok Sabha (People's Assembly) Standing Committee on Commerce

Shri Mahendra Baitha

 

Shri Girdhari lal Bhargava

Shri Ramchandra Paswan

Shri Danve Raosaheb Patil

Shri Pradeep Rawat

Shri Balbir Singh

Shri V.S. Sivakumar

Shri Ramakant Yadav

Raman Singh

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab

Shri Suresh Pasi

Shri Satish Kumar, Additional Secretary

Ministry of External Affairs

Shri Digvijay Singh, Union Minister of State

National Highways Authority of India

Santosh Nautiyal, Chairman

N. Sethia International Group of Companies

Satish Girotra, Chief Representative

Provincial Electricity Authority

Weerachai Koykul, Director of Power System Control and Operation Department

Rai & Sons Private Limited (Consumer Division)

Vikram Sethi, Manager, Institutional Sales

Rajya Sabha (Council of States) Standing Committee on Commerce

Shri Ashwani Kumar

Shri Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla

Shri Abu Asim Azmi

Shri S.P.M. Syed Khan

Shri Robert Kharshiing

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Shri N.K. Premachandran

Ranbaxy

Rashmi H. Barbhaiya, Ph.D., President, Research and Development

Sushma Gupta, Associate Director

Kasim, A. Mookhtiar, Ph.D., Vice-President, New Drug Discovery Research

Shervick Services Pvt. Ltd.

Pradeep Sethi, Chairman

Tafcon Group

M.L. Washwa, Chairman


BANGKOK, THAILAND
May 8, 2003

APEC Business Advisory Council

Viphandh Roengpithya

Isorn Pocomontri, Deputy Director General, Department of American and South Pacific Affairs

Medha Promthep, Director, North America Division

Patcharee Poompachati, North America Division

Phrommes Bhaholpolbhayuhasena, North America Division

Viroj Amatakulchai, Chairman, Committee on Economics, Commerce and Industry, Senate

Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senate

Mr. Supot, Chief of Protocol, Secretariat of the Senate

Canadian Embassy

Ambassador Andrew McAlister

John Clapp, Counsellor (Commercial)

Ken Lewis, Senior Trade Commissioner, Jakarta, Indonesia

Ron Bollman, Senior Trade Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Carolyn Knobel, Second Secretary

Thawee Thaiprasithiporn, Commercial Officer

Veena Ngaocharoenchitr, Commercial Officer

Surin Thanalertkul, Commercial Officer

Nipa Banerjee, Counsellor (Development) and Head of Aid

Canadoil Asia Ltd.

Giacomo Sozzi, Managing Director

Andrew M. Hill, Commercial Director

House of Representatives

CM.R.M. Deja Sucarom, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Chuti Kririksh, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Development

Provincial Electricity Authority

Paichit Thienpaitoon, Governor

Senate

Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Winyu Ularnkul, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Jakaphob Penkhae, Adviser to the Committee of Foreign Affairs

Anantachai Kunanantakul, Third Chairman of the Committee on Economics, Commerce and Industry

Prakiat Nasimma, Committee on Economics, Commerce and Industry

Pha Agsonsua, Committee on Finance, Banking and Financial Institutions & Executive Committee of Thai National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

 

SNC-Lavalin International

Krish Krishnamurti, Senior Vice-President

Michel Dubois

Robert McGrail

André Giroux

Thai Board of Investment (BOI)

Somphong Wanapha, Secretary General

Chutaporn Lambasara, Deputy Secretary General

Warubon Sukasame, Director, Investment Services Centre

Fern Saridratyothin, Investment Promotion Officer

Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Kobsak Duangdee, President, The Bank of Nova Scotia

Ron Livingston, Vice-President, International Environmental Management

Sranyoo Chanate, Vice-President, Kluaynamthai Hospital

Dave Brothers, Treasurer, Fire Ready Co. Ltd.

John W. Stevens, Secretary, The Best in Bangkok Book

Sirithorn Rutnin, Ex Officio President, Rutnin Eyes Hospital

Don Lavoie, Director, Avenier Co. Ltd.

Pascale Prudhomme, Director, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd.

Luc Metivier, Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Jaiyos Co. Ltd.

Andre Giroux, Director, SNC-Lavalin International Inc.

Arom Phornpraphan, Director, Nortel Networks (Thailand) Ltd.

Premsiri Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Director, Pac Rim International (Thailand) Co. Ltd.

Suzanne Thibault, Executive Director, Thai Chamber of Commerce

Michael Ward, Representative Canadian Embassy

Jinghai Hanchanlash, Advisor, Loxley PCL

Sam Cohen, Advisor, Sage Consultants

Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation

Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Ph.D., President

Deunden Nikomborirak, Ph.D., Research Specialist, Sectoral Economics Program

Somchai Jitsuchon, Ph.D., Research Director (Macroeconomic Development and Income Distribution)


TOKYO, JAPAN
May 13-16, 2003

Ambassador’s Official Residence

L-P Émond

D. Lyons

N. Aoki

Y. Yabe

Isao Nagata, Vice-President, Columbia Music Entertainment

Shigeki Kuwahara, Executive Deputy President, Marubeni Corporation

Katsuya Ikeda, Executive Director, Metal Mining Agency of Japan

Shoichiro Yonezawa, President & Representative Director, Mitsui Matsushima Co., Ltd.

Tomio Hamai, Deputy General Manager, Overseas Uranium Resources Development Co., Ltd.

Teruaki Kasahara, President, CEO, Astec Inc.

Mark Schikowsky, Manager, International Dept. Argo21 Corporation

Hiroji Iwasaki, Managing Director, Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation

Takeo Matsumoto, CEO & Managing General Partner, Bio-Healthcare Partners Inc.

Toyoharu Kawaharada, Assistant Manager, Tsu City Office

Hidemaru Umemoto, President, C-Pro Incorporated

Shoue Fujioka, Director, Senior Civil Engineer, Koa Kaihatsu Inc.

Kiyotaka Ichimaru, Deputy General Manager, Civil Aircraft and Aeroengine Department, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Shingo Noda, Senior Manager, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd.

Hiroaki Nakamura, Senior Managing Director, Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd.

Kenichi Matsumoto, Chairman and CEO, Sakura Finetechical Col, Ltd.

Kosuke Kata, Sc.D., General Manager, CVS Division, Edwards Lifesciences Co., Ltd.

Shinji Fukukawa, Executive Adviser, Dentsu Inc.

Professor Yukiko Fukugawa, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

Prof. Ippei Yamazawa, President, Institute of Developing Economies

Motohisa Ikeda, DPJ, Chairman, Lower House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Yoshitaka Murata, LDP, Chairman of the Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry

Akira Kojima, Senior Managing Director, Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Yoshio Murakami, Advisor, Asahi Shimbun

Peter Morgan, Chief Economist, HSBC Securities (Japan) Ltd.

Adriana Lever, President, Lever Enterprises, APEC Business Advisor Council Representative for Canada

Akira Kojima, Nikkei

Canadian Building Products in Japan

Yutaka Miyazaki, Project Director, Japan/Canada Tsuga Partnership Association

Scott Anderson, Canadian Plywood Association/Council of Forest Industries Canada (COFI)

Kevin J. Bews, SPF Program Manager, COFI

Edward T. Matsuyama, Director, COFI

Seiji Omote, President/Managing Director/Interex Forest Projects (Jpn) Ltd.

Keith Vorland, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Interfor Japan Ltd.

Canadian Embassy

Ambassador Robert Wright

Peter Campbell, Minister (Commercial)

C. Charette, Second Secretary (Commercial)

C. Demers, Second Secretary (Commercial)

David S. Steuerman, Second Secretary (Commercial)

D. Horton, Minister-Counsellor (Commercial/Economic)

F. Rivest, Counsellor (Commercial)

Tomoki Kurihara, Commercial Officer

Kojiro Ichikawa, Commercial Officer

Bernard McPhail, First Secretary (Economic)

Stephen Doust, Second Secretary (Economic)

 

Bernadette St-Jean, First Secretary (Political)

Stéphane-Enric Beaulieu, Cultural Projects Manager

Canadian Embassy in China (via videoconference)

Ambassador Joseph Caron

Rob Mackenzie, Minister (Commercial)

Martin Moen, First Secretary (Economic)

Canadian Embassy in South Korea

Duane McMullen, Minister-Counsellor (Seoul, South Korea)

Canadian Entrepreneurs in Japan

Michael Kimeda, General Manager, Emissary Computer Solutions

Steven Oye, System Engineer, Panache Computer Consulting & Services

Sebastian Mair, Consultant, FujiPacific Music

Neil Van Wouw, COO, Vanten K.K.

Jean-Francois Ridel, Sales Engineer, Sensation Inc.

Vincent Poirier, Assistant Manager, Information Technology, DEPFA Deutsche Pfandbriefbank A.G.

Luc Lussier, R&D Director, Golemlabs Laboratories Inc.

Bruce Hill, Consultant, American Management Association

Kurt F. Hébert, Assistant Vice-President, FX E-Commerce, Citigroup

Jeffrey Bagshaw, President, Echigo Pacific Trading

Pierre Pariseau, Cabinetmaker

Foreign Ambassadors to Japan

H.E. Kasit Piromya, Ambassador of Thailand

H.E. Ing Kieth, Ambassador of Cambodia

H.E. Abdul Irsan, Ambassador of Indonesia

H.E. Vu Dung, Ambassador of Viet Nam

House of Councillors

Senator Keichiro Asao

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Shinichi Arai, Secretary General

Keizai Doyukai

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Chairman, Chairman of the Committee on Americas-Japan Relations, Keizai Doyukai, Representative Director, Chairman and CEO, ORIX Corporation

Yoshiyuki Fujisawa, Chairman, Global Forum, Keizai Doyukai, Chairman and Representative Director, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co. Ltd.

M. Junichi Amano, Senior Corporate Adviser, Nihon Unisys, Ltd.

Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation

Akiyoshi Inoue, President, Sanyu System Research Institution Corp.

Minoru Nakai, Adviser, AFLAC International Inc.

NTT Docomo

Kenji Ota, Managing Director, Global Coordination Dept.

Naoto Ohashi, Executive Director, Global Coordination Dept.

Toshio Yamaguchi, Project Manager, Global Coordination Dept.

Seiki Oono, Manager, Global Coordination Dept.

Toshiko Yamazaki, Manager, Global Coordination Dept.

Yuko Nakayama, Assistant Manager, Global Coordination Dept.

Kouji Takamiya, Assistant Manager, Global Coordination Dept.

Research Institute for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Toshiya Tsugami, Senior Fellow

C.H. Kwan, Senior Fellow

Atsushi Sunami, Fellow

Nozomi Sagara, Fellow

TEPCO Power Station and Facilities

Takashi Okamoto, General Manager