FAIT Committee Report
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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 |