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1 MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development Investment Programme Working Group 1 Meeting Hosted by Dubai Development and Investment Authority (DDIA) 1-2 February 2005 Open and Transparent Investment Policies List of Participants MENA Countries Bahrain Ms. Hana Kanoo Economic Researcher Economic Development Board Bahrain Ms. Vivian Jamal Manager - Tourism Program Economic Development Board Bahrain Djibouti Mr. Samir Salem Mouti Conseiller aux investissements À la Présidence de la République de Djibouti Dubai Mr. Salem Bin Dasmal Deputy Director General Dubai Development and Investment Authority Mr. Zeyad Al Majed Manager, Policy Development Dubai Development and Investment Authority 1

2 Mr. Mohammed Y. Rai Al Boom Head of Public Relations Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority Santiago Zorzopulos Manager of Programs Dubai Ethics Resource Center Mr. Amr El Sharnoubi Vice-Chairman General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Mr. Abdel Sattar El Sawy Commercial Counselor Embassy of Abudhabi, UAE Dr. Yasser M. Elwy Second Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Economic Relations Department Mr. Adnan Alowneh Economic Researcher Investment Board Ms. Abeer Al-Ahmad Joint Venture Coordinator Promotion Department Investment Board Brig. Musleh Al Kayed Director Anti-Corruption Department 2

3 Morocco Mr. Monkid Mestassi Secretary General Ministry of Economic Affairs Morocco Dr. Waad Omran Deputy Head of State Planning Commission Supreme Investment Council Mr. Mohamed Seif Eldine Deputy of Investment Office Supreme Investment Council Ms. Thoraya Edelbi Director of Private Sector Supreme Investment Council Organisations Mr. John Speakman Lead PSD Specialist World Bank Washington D.C. USA Mr. Hamdy abd El Aleem Consultant, Head of the Department of Common Market and Promoting the Intra Arab Trade Council of Arab Economic Unity Mrs. Maha Adel Sedky Economics Expert Council of Arab Economic Unity Mr. Mohammad Asfour Consultant 3

4 Business Mr. Ali A. Abdella Managing Director Integrated Visions Mr. James R. MacKenzie Dulieu Managing Director Fouad Al-Ghanim & Sons Automotive Company Kuwait Mr. Liam McCollum General Counsel, Middle East and Africa General Electric OECD Member Countries Mr. Patrick Comoy Rédacteur, Direction des Affaires Economiques et Financières Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Philippe Fouet Counsellor for Multilateral Affairs French Economic Department for the Middle East in Dubai Consulate General of Japan Mr. Shuichiro Megata Deputy Permanent Representative to the OECD Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD Ms. Maki Kobayashi-Terada First Secretary Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD 4

5 U.S.A. Mr. Blake Thorkelson Economic Pillar, NEA/PI Middle East Partnership Initiative U.S. Department of State U.S.A. Mr. Tom Sams Deputy Director Office of the Middle East International Trade Administration U.S. Department of Commerce U.S.A. Mr. John W. Finn Investment Policy Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs U.S. Department of State U.S.A. Ms. Iman A. El Shayeb Team Leader Partnership for Economic Reform Sector Policy and Privatisation Division U.S. Agency for International Development Mr. Mark W. Gellerson Supervisory Program Economist U.S. Agency for International Development OECD Secretariat Mr. Rainer Geiger Deputy Director Mr. Mehmet Ogutcu MENA-OECD Investment Programme 5

6 Mr. Frederic Wehrle Coordinator, MENA Integrity Program Anti-Corruption Division Mr. Alexander Böhmer Senior Policy Advisor Business and Advisory Committee to the OECD Ms. Kaveri Bopiah Liverani MENA-OECD Investment Programme Mr. Rahman Nurdun MENA-OECD Investment Programme Ms. Susan Himes Consultant, OECD Center for Tax Policy and Administration 6

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