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GE.18-16803(E)

Trade and Development Board Trade and Development Commission

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on

Consumer Protection Law and Policy

Third session

Geneva, 9 and 10 July 2018

List of participants

United Nations TD/B/C.I/CPLP/INF.3

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Distr.: General

10 October 2018

English/French/Spanish only

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Experts

Algeria

M. Sami Kolli, Directeur, Ministère du commerce, Alger

M. Djilali Slimani, Membre permanent, Conseil de la concurrence, Alger

Argentina

Mr. Fernando Blanco Muiño, National Director of Consumer Protection,

National Directorate for Consumer Protection, Buenos Aires

Armenia

Mr. Tigran Davtyan, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Belarus

Mr. Andrei Rutkevich, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Belgium

Mr. Jan Deconinck, Adviser-General, Consumer Safety, Federal Ministry, Federal Public

Service Economy, Brussels

Mr. Fernand Van Gansbeke, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Economic

Inspection, Federal Public Service Economy, Brussels

Bhutan

Mr. Sangay Phuntsho, Trade Attaché and Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Botswana

Ms. Nomathemba Dladla, Director, Mergers and Monopolies, Competition Authority,

Gaborone

Mr. Gaorekwe Gaorekwe, Director, Brand Botswana, Botswana Investment and Trade

Centre, Gaborone

Mr. Kesego Modongo, Manager, Legal and Enforcement, Competition Authority,

Gaborone

Ms. Goitseone Modungwa, Investigations and Research Analyst, Competition Authority,

Gaborone

Mr. Leruo Moremong, Commercial Officer I, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry,

Gaborone

Ms. Bonyana Ndubiwa, Manager, Policy Coordination and International Liaison,

Competition Authority, Gaborone

Mr. Gideon Gobusamang Nkala, Director, Communications and Advocacy, Competition

Authority, Gaborone

Ms. Tebelelo Pule, Chief Executive Officer, Competition Authority, Gaborone

Mr. Onkemetse Basta Tshosa, Chair, Competition Authority, Gaborone

Ms. Tebogo Tyolo, Registrar and Adviser to the Commission, Competition Authority,

Gaborone

Ms. Tshepo Wadipeba, Human Resources Manager, Competition Authority, Gaborone

Ms. Ontlametse Ward, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Investment, Trade and

Industry, Gaborone

Brazil

Ms. Ana Carolina Caram, Director of Consumer Protection, Ministry of Justice, Brasília

Ms. Lilian Claessen De Miranda Brandão, Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Justice, Brasília

Ms. Camila Colares, Head of International Affairs Advisory, Ministry of Justice, Brasília

Mr. Paulo Coscarelli, Deputy Head, Division of Compliance Assessment, National Institute

of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Rio de Janeiro

Mr. Torquato Jardim, Minister for Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brasília

Ms. Valentina Rivas, Consultant, Administrative Council for Economic Defence, Geneva

Ms. Marília De Ávila E. Silva Sampaio, Judge, Court of Justice, Federal District and

Territories, Brasília

Ms. Victoria Zanotto, Intern, Permanent Mission, Sao Paulo

Bulgaria

Mr. Emil Alexiev, Head of Consumer Policy Department, Ministry of Economy, Sofia

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Burkina Faso

M. Pahouindé Kologo, Secrétaire permanent, Commission nationale de la concurrence et de

la consommation, Ouagadougou

Cambodia

Mr. Chan Pich, Director, Competition Department, Directorate-General for Cambodia

Import-Export Inspection and Fraud Repression, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh

Mr. Ngoun Sumllivong, Deputy Director, Directorate-General for Cambodia Import-Export

Inspection and Fraud Repression, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh

Chad

Mr. Elhadj Adam Daouda, Sécretaire général, Association pour la défense des

consommateurs, Ndjamena

Chile

Mr. Ivan Favereau, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Ignacio Aguglino, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva

China

Mr. Hon Sang Chan, Executive Committee, Full-time Member, Macao (China)

Government Consumer Council, Macao (China)

Ms. Kin Kuan Che, Officer, Research and Planning Section, Macao (China) Government

Consumer Council, Macao (China)

Ms. Fung Han Wong, Chief Executive, Hong Kong (China) Consumer Council, Hong

Kong (China)

Mr. Sheng Xie, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Yougang Ye, Officer, State Administration of Industry and Commerce, Beijing

Colombia

Ms. María José Lamus, Director of Investigations for Consumer Protection,

Superintendence of Industry and Commerce, Bogotá

Congo

M. Fred Morgan Iloki Oyouka, Conseiller économique et commercial, Mission permanente,

Genève

Costa Rica

Mr. Luis Fernández, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Ms. Cynthia Zapata, Director, Directorate for Consumer Support, San José

Croatia

Ms. Martina Topolovac, Senior Expert Adviser, Ministry of Economy, Enterpreneuership

and Crafts, Zagreb

Democratic Republic of the Congo

M. Vicky Aheka Utshudi Pene Lumu, Coordinateur, Commission nationale de la

concurrence, Kinshasa-Gombe

Mme Germaine Bokolongo Boketsu, Conseillère du Ministre d’état, Ministre du commerce

extérieur, Kinshasa

M. Alphonse Muamba, Directeur de cabinet du ministre, Ministère de l’économie nationale,

Kinshasa

Dominican Republic

Mr. Enmanuel Amarante Camilo, Manager, Advertising Analysis and Prices Department,

Pro Consumidor, Santo Domingo

Ms. Anina Del Castillo, Executive Director, Pro Consumidor, Santo Domingo; Vice-Chair-

cum-Rapporteur, Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and

Policy, third session

Mr. Iván Ernesto Gatón Rosa, Lawyer, National Commission for the Defence of

Competition, Santo Domingo

Ms. Patricia Montes De Oca Baez, Communications Manager, Pro Consumidor,

Santo Domingo

Ms. Luisana Valdez De Los Santos, Head of Quality and Good Commercial Practices,

Pro Consumidor, Santo Domingo

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Egypt

Mr. Rady Abdelmoaty, Chair, Consumer Protection Agency, Cairo

Mr. Mohamed Abouyoussef, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Ms. Ibtissam Hassan, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

El Salvador

Mr. Gustavo Argueta, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent

Mission, Geneva

Eswatini

Ms. Thabisile Langa-Mthupha, Chief Executive Officer, Competition Commission,

Mbabane

Ms. Ayanda Tibuyile Ziyane, Manager, Consumer Affairs, Competition Commission,

Manzini

Finland

Mr. Antti Neimala, Head, Consumer Division, Consumer Ombudsman, Competition and

Consumer Authority, Helsinki

France

Mme Nicole Nespoulous, Chef de section, Direction générale de la concurrence, de la

consommation et de la répression des fraudes, Paris

Georgia

Mr. David Chichinadze, First Deputy Chair, Competition Agency, Tbilisi

Mr. Nodar Khaduri, Chair, Competition Agency, Tbilisi

Mr. Giorgi Peradze, Deputy Chair, Competition Agency, Tbilisi

Mr. Temuri Pipia, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Germany

Mr. Gerd Billen, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection,

Berlin

Ms. Vera Weissflog, Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer

Protection, Berlin

Guatemala

Mr. Eduardo Sperisen Yurt, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent

Mission, Geneva

Hungary

Ms. Andrea Zenisek, Head of Unit, Competition Authority, Budapest

India

Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, New Delhi

Mr. Rajiv Kumar Chander, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent

Mission, Geneva

Mr. Sanjeev Hans, Private Secretary to Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, New Delhi

Mr. Avinash Srivastava, Secretary to Government of India, Department of Consumer

Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, New Delhi

Mr. Sadre Alam, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Iraq

Mr. Mahmoud Alatiyyah, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Ireland

Mr. Sean Smith, Head of Unit, Product Safety, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and

Innovation, Dublin

Italy

Mr. Renato Ferrandi, Senior Official, Competition Authority, Rome

Jordan

Mr. Ali Al-Talafheh, Director, Market Surveillance and Supply and Director, Consumer

Protection, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, Amman

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Kazakhstan

Ms. Aldina Sakhi, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Kenya

Mr. Fredrick Matwanga, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Elias Mwangi, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Protection Advisory

Committee, Nairobi

Ms. Ninette Mwarania, Manager, Policy and Research, Competition Authority, Nairobi

Ms. Shillah Njogu, Legal Metrologist, Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, Nairobi

Mr. Richard Tonui, Acting Assistant Director, Market Analysis and Tariffs,

Communications Authority, Nairobi

Kuwait

Mr. Abdulaziz Taqi, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Mr. Somchith Inthamith, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Vientiane

Mr. Kikeo Vorlavongsa, Deputy Director, Competition Division, Department of Internal

Trade, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Vientiane

Latvia

Ms. Zaiga Liepiņa, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Economics, Riga

Lebanon

Mr. Tarek Younes, Acting Consumer Protection Director, Ministry of Economy and Trade,

Beirut

Malawi

Mr. Lewis Kulisewa, Director of Consumer Welfare and Education, Competition and Fair

Trading Commission, Lilongwe

Ms. Charlotte Wezi Malonda, Executive Director, Competition and Fair Trading

Commission, Lilongwe; Chair, Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer

Protection Law and Policy, third session

Mr. Stephen Mmodzi, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mauritius

Mr. Nikesh Heerowa, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Amar Deep Seetohul, Head, Consumer Affairs Unit, Ministry of Industry, Commerce

and Consumer Protection, Port Louis

Mexico

Mr. Miguel Angel Padilla Acosta, Minister, Economic and Environmental Affairs,

Permanent Mission, Geneva

Morocco

M. Abdelmalik Bennar, Président, Fédération des associations de protection des

consommateurs, Agadir

M. Abderrahim Ait Slimane, Ministre plénipotentiaire, Mission permanente, Genève

Mme Fatiha Akharif, Ingénieur général, Responsable de la protection du consommateur,

Ministère de l’industrie, de l’investissement, du commerce et de l’économie numérique,

Rabat

M. Abdelali Benamour, Président, Conseil de la concurrence, Rabat

M. Mohammed Benjelloun, Directeur, Protection des consommateurs, de la surveillance du

marché et de la qualité, Ministère de l’industrie, de l’investissement, du commerce et de

l’économie numérique, Rabat

Mme Latifa Boudouma, Chargée d’études auprès du chef du gouvernement, Ministère des

affaires générales et de la gouvernance, Rabat

Mme Rakiya Eddarhem, Secrétaire d’état chargé du commerce extérieur auprès du Ministre

de l’industrie, de l’investissement, du commerce et de l’économie numérique, Rabat

M. Abdelilah Ezbakhe, Chef de la division de la protection des consommateurs, Ministère

de l’industrie, de l’investissement, du commerce et de l’économie numérique, Rabat

M. Naoufal Riache, Chargé d’études, Ministère des affaires générales et de la gouvernance,

Rabat

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Mme Saida Sana, Assistante de Mme la Secrétaire d’état chargée du commerce extérieur,

Secrétariat d’état chargé du commerce extérieur, Rabat

Myanmar

Ms. Myo Myo Htike, Deputy Director, Ministry of Commerce, Nay Pyi Taw

Namibia

Ms. Maria Pogisho, Director, Directorate of Commerce, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade

and Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development, Windhoek

Nepal

Mr. Bhuwan Paudel, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Netherlands

Mr. Johan Boelema, Coordinator Enforcement and International Affairs, Authority for

Consumers and Markets, The Hague

Ms. Cateautje Hijmans Van Den Bergh, Member of the Board, Authority for Consumers

and Markets, The Hague

Nigeria

Ms. Boladale Adeyinka, Deputy Director, Legal, Consumer Protection Council, Abuja,

Federal Capital Territory

Mr. Tunde Mukaila Mustapha, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Oman

Mr. Mohammed Al Balushi, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Ms. Hilda Al-Hinai, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Omar Al-Jahadami, Deputy Chair for Consumer Services and Market Monitoring,

Public Authority for Consumer Protection, Muscat

Pakistan

Ms. Vadiyya Khalil, Chair, Competition Commission, Islamabad

Mr. Syed Atif Raza, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Panama

Ms. Clarisa Arauz Quintero, Adviser to the Administrator, Responsible for International

Affairs, Authority for Consumer Protection and Defence of Competition, Panama City

Mr. Oscar García Cardoze, Administrator, Authority for Consumer Protection and Defence

of Competition, Panama City

Mr. Jovany Hernan Morales Silvera, Head, Department of Analysis and Market Research,

Authority of Consumer Protection and Defence of Competition, Panama City

Mr. Nicolas O’Hara, Chief, Consumer Research Department, Authority for Consumer

Protection and Defence of Competition, Panama City

Peru

Mr. Cesar Arestegui, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Ivo Gagliuffi, Chair, Board of Directors, National Institute for the Defence of

Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property, Lima

Ms. Wendy Ledesma, Director, National Authority for Consumer Protection, National

Institute for the Defence of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property, Lima

Portugal

Ms. Ana Fonseca, Director General, Consumer Directorate-General, Lisbon

Ms. Maria Lúcia Leitao, Head of Department, Central Bank of Portugal, Lisbon

Qatar

Mr. Jassim Jaber Al Thani, Assistant Undersecretary for Consumer Affairs, Ministry of

Economy and Commerce, Doha

Republic of Korea

Ms. Seoyeon Jang, Deputy Director, Korea [Republic of] Fair Trade Commission, Sejong

City

Ms. Yujin Lee, Manager, Korea [Republic of] Consumer Agency, Seoul

Ms. Sujin Oh, Senior Researcher, Korea [Republic of] Consumer Agency,

Chungcheongbuk-Do

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Russian Federation

Ms. Kseniia Bokovaia, Head of Division, Division of International Integration and

cooperation with the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights

Protection and Human Well-being, Moscow

Mr. Dmitry Ivanenkov, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Ms. Vera Pavlicheva, Leading Expert, Division of International Integration, Federal Service

for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being, Moscow

Mr. Oleg Prusakov, Director, Consumer Rights Protection Department, Federal Service for

Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being, Moscow

Saudi Arabia

Mr. Abdullah Almhmoud, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Investment, Riyadh

Mr. Saleh Alotaibi, International Trade Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Senegal

M. Alioune Badara Ba, Conseiller technique, Ministère du commerce, de la consommation,

du secteur informel et des petites et moyennes entreprises, Dakar

Seychelles

Mr. Francis Lebon, Chief Executive Officer, Fair Trading Commission, Victoria

Mr. Neddy Padayachy, Principal Analyst, Fair Trading Commission, Victoria

South Africa

Ms. Unéné Gregory, Complaints Coordinator, National Consumer Commission, Pretoria

Ms. Thezi Mabuza, Deputy Commissioner, National Consumer Commission, Pretoria

Mr. John Simpson, Tribunal Member, National Consumer Tribunal, Centurion

Spain

Sra. María De Los Milagros Yagüe Maricalva, Subdirectora General de Arbitraje y

Derechos del Consumidor, Agencia Española de Consumo, Seguridad Alimentaria y

Nutrición, Madrid

Mr. Alberto Sanz Serrano, Deputy Permanent Representative for Trade Affairs, Permanent

Mission, Geneva

Mr. Fernando Varela Carid, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Ms. Nora Abete, Director, Basque Consumer Institute, Vitoria-Gasteiz

Ms. Montserrat Ribera, Director, Catalan Consumer Agency, Barcelona

Mr. José Lucas Arias, Studies and Communication Director, Catalan Consumer Agency,

Barcelona

Mr. Julián Guimerà, Lawyer, Catalan Consumer Agency, Barcelona

Suriname

Ms. Daniella Sumter, Deputy Director Internal Market, Ministry of Trade, Industry and

Tourism, Paramaribo

Sweden

Ms. Yvonne Stein, Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance, Stockholm

Switzerland

Mr. Vifian Jacques, Deputy, Federal Office of Consumer Affairs, Bern

Tunisia

Mr. Sami Nagga, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Kamel Bouhdida, Chief Inspector of Economic Control, Director of Quality and

Consumer Protection, Ministry of Trade, Tunis

Turkey

Mr. Omer Torlak, President, Competition Authority, Ankara

Mr. Ahmet Erdal, Director General, Ministry of Customs and Trade, Ankara

Mr. Yakup Guzel, Head of Department, Ministry of Customs and Trade Directorate-

General for Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance, Ankara

Mr. Murat Kaya, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

Mr. Ali Fuat Koc, Head of Department, Competition Authority, Ankara

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Uganda

Mr. Brian Phenox Mwanika, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr. Jason Freeman, Legal Director, Competition and Markets Authority, London

Ms. Lara Godden, Senior Policy Adviser, Department for Business Energy and Industrial

Strategy, London

Ms. Adebola Showemimo, Policy Adviser, Department for Business Energy and Industrial

Strategy, London

United Republic of Tanzania

Mr. Ganga Mlipano, Assistant Manager, Complaints Resolution and Investigations, Bank

of Tanzania [United Republico of], Dar Es Salaam

United States of America

Mr. Richard O’Brien, Director, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda

Mr. Hugh Stevenson, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade

Commission, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Deon Woods Bell, International Counsel and Technical Assistance Programme

Coordinator, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.

Viet Nam

Mr. Minh Hong Nguyen, Deputy Director General, National Assembly, Hanoi

Mr. Sinh Nhat Tan Nguyen, Acting Director General, Ministry of Industry and Trade,

Hanoi

Zambia

Mr. Brian, Muletambo Lingela, Director, Consumer Protection, Competition and Consumer

Protection Commission, Lusaka

Mr. Chilufya Sampa, Executive Director, Competition and Consumer Protection

Commission, Lusaka

Zimbabwe

Ms. Emmah Gwatinetsa, Commission Secretary, Competition and Tariff Commission,

Harare

Ms. Abigail Marongwe, Commissioner, Competition and Tariff Commission, Chisipite

Member of the Conference

Holy See

Mr. Carlo Maria Marenghi, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva

State of Palestine

Mr. Ibrahim Alqadi, General Manager, Ministry of National Economy, Ramallah

Intergovernmental organizations

Accredited

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

Mr. Marwa Kisiri, Ambassador, Geneva

Mr. Felix Maonera, Deputy Head, Geneva

Central African Economic and Monetary Community

Mme Juliette Engoue, Directrice du commerce et de la concurrence, Bangui

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Ms. Sandya Booluck, Economist, Mergers and Acquisitions, Lilongwe

Ms. Meti Demissie Disasa, Registrar, Lilongwe

Ms. Siboniselizulu Maseko, Economist, Lilongwe

Mr. Atef Ycoub, Chair, Consumer Protection Committee, Consumer Protection Expert,

Cairo

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Economic Community of West African States

Mr. Seydou Sacko, Programme Officer on Competition, Abuja

Eurasian Economic Commission

Ms. Lidia Osaulenko, Head of Unit, Consumer Protection Division, Moscow

Mr. Sergey Sinyakov, Counsellor, Consumer Protection Division, Moscow

European Union

Ms. Marie-Paule Benassi, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers,

Consumer Enforcement and Redress, European Commission, Brussels

Mr. Aurelio La Torre, Project Team Leader, European Commission, Tbilisi

Ms. Eva Sinkovic, Policy Officer, European Commission, Brussels

League of Arab States

Mr. Yousif Ibrahim, Diplomat Attaché, Cairo

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Ms. Brigitte Acoca, Consumer Policy Analyst, Paris

Mr. Francois Souty, Competition Committee Coordinator, La Rochelle

Mr. Akira Yoshida, Consumer Policy Analyst, Paris

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Ms. Natasha Gomes-George, Regional Integration Officer, Competition and Consumer

Affairs, Castries

Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Mr. Halim Grabus, Counsellor, Geneva

West African Economic and Monetary Union

M. Ado Olivier Paterne Angaman, Directeur de la concurrence par interim, Ouagadougou

M. Cleophas Boladji Houngbedji, Directeur du commerce, Ouagadougou

Non-accredited

Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina

Sr. Jean Paul Van Brackel Barbosa, Funcionario Internacional, Lima

United Nations organs, bodies and programmes

Economic Commission for Europe

Ms. Helen Ross, Associate Information Management Officer, Geneva

Mr. Mika Vepsalainen, Chief, Market Access Section, Economic Cooperation and Trade,

Geneva

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Ms. Denise Sumpf, Chief (a.i) of Economic Governance and Planning Section, Beirut

Other sessional and standing committees and experts

Ms. Natalia Papú Carrone, Consultant at Economic Commission for Europe, Trade

Facilitation, Geneva

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Mr. Amadou Dieng, Consultant, Dakar

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Mr. Matthew Nice, Manager, Vienna

Non-governmental organizations

General category

Consumer Unity and Trust Society International

Mr. Julien Grollier, Programme Officer, Geneva

Ms. Leslie Debornes, Assistant Programme Officer, Geneva

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Ms. Barbara Dzidzornu Adagblenya, Intern, Geneva

Mr. Hamza Ahmad Khan, Intern, Geneva

Ms. Francine Brownell, Intern, Geneva

Consumers International

Mr. Antonino Serra Cambaceres, Advocacy Manager, Buenos Aires

Global Traders Conference

Mr. Rajan Dhanjee, Trade and Competition Expert, London

International Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Alexandra Iliopoulou, Policy and Legal Adviser, Paris

International Law Association

Ms. Claudia Lima Marques, Professor, International Protection of Consumers, Porto Alegre

Ms. Tatiana Cardoso Squeff, Lecturer of International Law, Porto Alegre

Ms. Patrícia Riemenschneider, Professor of Private Law, Porto Alegre

Mr. Guilherme Mucelin, Researcher, Porto Alegre

Ms. Dezyree Rodrigues, Masters Student, Porto Alegre

Ms. Maria Luiza Targa, Associate, Porto Alegre

Ms. Priscilla Alves, Master’s Student, Porto Alegre

Ms. Dan Wei, Professor, Rapporteur, International Protection of Consumers, Macao

(China)

International Organization for Standardization

Ms. Dana Kissinger-Matray, Programme Manager, Geneva

Other

European Communities Trade Mark Association

Mr. Christophe Maillefer, Attorney-at-law, Geneva

Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresarial

Mr. Ecio Perin Junior, Co-founder, Milan

Instituto Brasileiro de Política e Direito do Consumidor

Mr. Diogenes Carvalho, University Lecturer, Goiânia

Ms. Fabiana D’Andrea Ramos, Professor, Porto Alegre

KK Sharma Law Offices

Mr. Kaushal Sharma, Chair, New Delhi

Mumbai Grahak Panchayat

Mr. Shirish Deshpande, Chair, Mumbai

Academia

Catholic University of America

Ms. Sandra Obrien, Professor, Washington, D.C.

Comité de l’Association de droit international sur la protection internationale des

consommateurs

M. Thierry Bourgoignie, Professeur titulaire en droit, Directeur, Groupe de recherche en

droit international et comparé de la consommation, Montréal

King Abdulaziz University

Ms. Rawa Almakky, Assistant Professor, Jeddah

McGill University

Ms. Bianca Sakamoto, Student, Santana de Parnaiba

New York University School of Law

Ms. Eleanor M. Fox, Professor of Law, New York

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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Mr. Hebert Tassano, Lawyer, Lima

Swinburne Law School

Mr. Sven Gallasch, Lecturer in Law, Melbourne

University College London

Mr. Alex Chung, Research Associate, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering

and Public Policy, London

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Ms. Carmen Valderrama Rojas, Lawyer, Professor and Researcher, Bogotá

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Sr. Ezequiel Nicolás Mendieta, Ayudante de Segunda, Buenos Aires

University of Alabama

Mr. Juan Monzon, Student, Tuscaloosa

University of London, Insitute of Advanced Legal Studies

Mr. Nicodemo Tempestini, Research Assistant, Modena

University of Melbourne

Mr. Hassan Qaqaya, Senior Fellow, Melbourne

University of Nelson Mandela

Ms. Laura Best, University Specialist, Port Elizabeth

University of Nilai

Mr. Sothi Rachagan Sinnathurai, Vice-Chancellor, Kuala Lumpur

University of Oxford

Ms. Ying Yu, Deputy Director, One Belt One Road Programme, Oxford

University of Queen Mary

Ms. Iris Benohr, Assistant Law Professor, London

University of Sydney

Ms. Hui Xue, Research Associate, Sydney

University of Sao Paulo

Ms. Amanda Sayuri Miashiro, Undergraduate Student, Sao Paulo

Private sector

eBay

Ms. Hanne Melin Olbe, Director, Global Public Policy, Bern

Itaú Bank

Ms. Claudia Politanski, Vice-President, Sao Paulo

Itaú Unibanco

Ms. Leila Melo, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Ombudsman Office, Sao Paulo

Philip Morris International Management

Mr. Vanghetti Livio, Vice-President, Global Partnerships and Cooperation, Lausanne

Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade

Mr. Jeffrey Hardy, Director General, New York

World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries

Ms. Isabella Heuninckx, Policy Adviser, Brussels

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Other invitees

Consultants

Mr. Larry Bryenton, Ottawa

Mr. Zeki Muhammed Fattah, Beirut

Ms. Chantale Grange, Legal Adviser, Chens-sur-Léman

German Agency for International Cooperation, Competition Policy and Law in the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Ms. Sita Zimpel, Principal Adviser on Competition Policy and Law, Jakarta

Independent Experts

Ms. Juliana Pereira Da Silva, Executive Director of Consumers, Sao Paulo

Mr. Robert Simpson, Senior Policy Adviser, London

Kosovo (United Nations Administrative Region, Security Council resolution 1244

(1999))

Mr. Nijazi Shala, Head, Department for Consumer Protection, Pristina

Trade Competition and Consumer Protection Authority

Mr. Michael Beyene, Director General, Ethiopia

Panellists

Ms. Brigitte Acoca, Consumer Policy Analyst, Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development, Paris

Ms. Marie-Paule Benassi, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers,

Consumer Enforcement and Redress, European Commission, Brussels

Mr. Gerd Billen, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection,

Berlin

Mr. Fernando Blanco Muiño, National Director of Consumer Protection,

National Directorate on Consumer Protection, Buenos Aires

Mr. Thierry Bourgoignie, Professeur titulaire en droit, Directeur, Groupe de recherche en

droit international et comparé de la consommation, Comité de l’Association de droit

international sur la protection internationale des consommateurs, Montréal

Mme Rakiya Eddarhem, Secrétaire d’état chargé du commerce exterieur aupres du Ministre

de l’industrie, de l’investissement, du commerce et de l’économie numérique, Rabat

Ms. Ana Fonseca, Director-General, Consumer Directorate-General, Lisbon

Mr. Torquato Jardim, Minister for Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brasília

Ms. Maria Lúcia Leitao, Head of Department, Central Bank of Portugal, Lisbon

Ms. Hanne Melin Olbe, Director Global Public Policy, eBay, Bern

Ms. Ninette Mwarania, Manager, Policy and Research, Competition Authority, Nairobi

Mr. Richard O’Brien, Director, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda

Ms. Claudia Politanski, Vice-President, Itaú Bank, Sao Paulo

Sra. Marilia De Ávila E Silva Sampaio, Juiza, Tribunal de Justiça do Distrito Federal e

Territórios, Brasília

Mr. Antonino Serra Cambaceres, Advocacy Manager, Consumers International, Buenos

Aires

Mr. Sothi Rachagan Sinnathurai, Vice-Chancellor, University of Nilai, Kuala Lumpur

Mr. Fernand Van Gansbeke, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Economic

Inspection, Federal Public Service Economy, Brussels

Ms. Deon Woods Bell, International Counsel and Technical Assistance Programme

Coordinator, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Atef Ycoub, Chair, Consumer Protection Committee; Consumer Protection Expert,

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Cairo

Mr. Yougang Ye, Officer, State Administration of Industry and Commerce, Beijing

Mr. Tarek Younes, Acting Consumer Protection Director, Ministry of Economy and Trade,

Beirut

Ms. Ying Yu, Deputy Director, One Belt One Road Programme, University of Oxford,

Oxford

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