3rd Eastern Partnership Business Forum COOPERATION ACROSS BORDERS: EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND BEYOND

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1 Vitālijs Gavrilovs President of Employers' Confederation of Latvia (LDDK) Since 2005 Investments company Ice-Balt Invest Ltd co-owner and vice-chairman; Since 2004 Consulting and investments company VITALIAN Ltd co-owner and chairman of the board; Joint Stock Pharmaceutical Company GRINDEKS (JSC Tallinn Pharmaceutical Company, JCS Kalceks ) co-owner and vice chairman of the supervisory board; Brewery JSC Aldaris, chairman of the board & president; Social activities: BUSINESSEUROPE (former UNICE), Member of the Council of Presidents; Latvian National Tripartite Council, co-chairman; Latvian Economic Council, member of the board; European Economic and Social Committee, member. Līga Meņģelsone Director General of Employers' Confederation of Latvia (LDDK) Director general in Employers Confederation of Latvia (LDDK) since August She is representing interests of employers in the dialogue with Latvian Saeima, government, trade unions, regional partners both, at the national and EU level.

2 Jacki Davis Journalist Jacki Davis is a leading commentator and analyst on European Union affairs. She is an experienced journalist, speaker and moderator of high-level events both in Brussels and in EU national capitals, the editor of many publications, a regular broadcaster on television and radio news programmes, and a Senior Adviser to the European Policy Centre think tank. Jacki has been based in Brussels for 22 years, and was previously Communications Director of the European Policy Centre; editor-in-chief of E!Sharp, a magazine on the EU launched in 2001; and launch editor of European Voice, a Brussels-based weekly newspaper on EU affairs owned by The Economist Group, from Andris Bērziņš President of Republic of Latvia Education: University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics, industrial planning; Riga Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Radio Engineering, radio engineer. Work experience: to date President of Latvia; Member of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Chairman of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee; President of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the A/S Latvenergo; President of the A/S Latvijas Unibanka; Member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia; Member of the Supervisory Council of the Bank of Latvia. State awards: 2011 The Order of Three Stars, First Grade, With Chain; 2000 Commander of the Order of Three Stars. Honorary titles: 2013 Patronage of the European Academy of Science and Art.

3 Werner Hoyer President, European Investment Bank (EIB) Born 1951 in Wuppertal (Germany), Dr Werner Hoyer has a PhD in economics from the Cologne University. He started his career as a senior research assistant at the Cologne University and soon became an associate lecturer in international economic relations he took on the position as Director of the Economics and Information Department of the Carl Duisberg Society, Cologne and 1987 became a Member of the German Bundestag where he stayed until 31 December During his service at the German Bundestag he held several positions; first as Whip and Security Policy Spokesman of the FDP (Free Democratic Party) Parliamentary Group, Deputy Chairman of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group and Secretary General of the FDP, before becoming Minister of State at the Foreign Office. In 2000 he became the President of the European Liberal Democratic Reform Party (ELDR), Brussels and also held the position as Deputy Chairman and Foreign Affairs Spokesman of the FDP parliamentary group. From 1994 to 1998 and then again from 1999 to 31 December 2011, he was Minister of State (Deputy Foreign Minister) at the German Foreign Office, responsible for Political and Security Affairs, European Affairs, United Nations and Arms Control and Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation. He is President of the European Investment Bank since 1 January Jacek P. Krawczyk President, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) President of the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee. Between 2010 and 2013, Mr Krawczyk served as vice-president of the EESC with responsibility for the budget. He is Vice-president of the Confederation Lewiatan, the largest organisation of private employers in Poland. Furthermore, Jacek Krawczyk is the EESC rapporteur for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and for numerous opinions on the aviation industry. He is a former chairman of the supervisory board of LOT Polish Airlines, an entrepreneur with many years' experience, a former board member and CEO of several banks and companies from various sectors of the economy.

4 Dana Reizniece-Ozola Minister of Economy, Republic of Latvia Dana Reizniece-Ozola is the Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. She has been elected as a Member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and worked as the Chairperson of the Commission on Education, Culture and Science, Member of the Legal Affairs Commission and Member of the European Affairs Commission. There she came forth with the initiatives for the improvement of professional education quality in Latvia and protection of vulnerable consumers in the process of electricity market liberalization. From 2006 to 2014, Mrs. Dana Reizniece-Ozola was Advisor to the Board, Board Member and Head of Ventspils High Technology Park. Before that, she was the Board Member of a research centre and industrial investment company. She has also worked at the Ventspils City Council as the Head of the Investment Division. Dana Reizniece-Ozola has studied International Business at Häme Polytechnic University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland; law at the College of Law and linguistics at the Ventspils University College in Latvia. She has got Professional Master's degree in Translation and Terminology acquired at the Ventspils University College in Latvia and Executive Master s degree of Business Administration acquired at the International Space University in France. Johannes Hahn European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Current duties: Since November 2014: Member of the European Commission in charge of European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations; Political career: : Member of the European Commission in charge of Regional Policy; December 2008-January 2009: acting Federal Minister for Justice; : Federal Minister for Science and Research. Professional career: : Board Member, later CEO of Novomatic AG; : Executive Director of the Austrian s People Party Vienna. Education: 1987: Graduated with a Doctorate in philosophy (University of Vienna).

5 Alexander Zaborovskiy First Deputy Minister of Economy, Republic of Belarus Education: Belarusian National Technical University; Studied: The University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2011, 2014 College of Europe, Belgium; 2013 Joint Vienna Institute, Austria; 2013 Chinese Academy of Governance; Academic degree: 2007 Candidate of Economic Sciences; The author of 30 scientific articles, 2 monographs (in a co-authorship). Professional experience: present time First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus; First Deputy Head of Apparatus of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus - Head of Secretariat of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus; First Deputy Head, Head of Secretariat of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Deputy Head of Apparatus of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus - Head of Secretariat of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus; Aide of The Chairman of NASB Presidium; junior researcher, research associate, senior research associate of The Institute of Economics of the NASB. Markus J. Beyrer Director General, BUSINESSEUROPE Elgua Meladze President, Georgian Employers Association (GEA) Since 2000 President of Georgian Emploers Association; General Director of Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs of Georgia, State Fund of Employment; Directorof Regional State Fund of Employment. Education: State Institute of Industry and Labour Administration, faculty of economy Tbilisi, Georgia; Georgian Polytechnic Institute, faculty of physics. Prof. Dr. Rainer Lindner Managing Director, German Business Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (Ost-Ausschuss)

6 Andris Ozols Director of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia With a background in mathematics and a degree in Business Administration, Andris Ozols became an entrepreneur as soon as the first business opportunities arose with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mr Ozols has a diverse and successful business experience, working at first in the transport and logistics sector in his native Latvia and in Germany, before founding his own architecture and design company in Latvia. In 2004, he became Director of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA), a government agency with the main mandate of attracting foreign direct investments to Latvia and increasing the export competitiveness of Latvian companies abroad. His dynamic leadership style has revitalised the activities of the LIAA and brought increasing recognition to Latvia. Mr Ozols is a member of the Latvian Seaport Council. Gagik Makaryan President, Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (RUEA) Gagik Makaryan is a doctor of technical sciences (degree gained in 1992), he has graduated the Yerevan State University (Department of Physics) in Dr. Makaryan is the chairman of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia since July 2011, and is an acclaimed expert in Armenia on small and medium entrepreneurship development. He is a member of two governmental councils chaired by the Prime Minister of Armenia the Business Support Council (since 2000) and the Coordination Council on the Public and Private Partnership Strategy and Sustainable Development (since 2008). He is a member of Tripartite Social-partnership Commission in Armenia led by the Minister of Labour and Social affairs of Armenia. Dr. Makaryan has published numerous articles and books on economic development issues (more than 50 articles and publications). He has taken a leading role in the strategic design of VET policy improvement in Armenia (since 2008), national policies on youth employment (2007); micro and small entrepreneurship (SME) development (since 2004); SME as a strategy for the return, reintegration and migration prevention (2006); capacity building for business productivity and competitiveness in Armenia (2005), etc. Dr. Makaryan has directed various projects since 2005 funded by the ILO, IOM, USAID, Eurasia Foundation, United Nations, Danish Refugee Council, etc. He has been a project manager for different economic studies. Dr. Makaryan has been a Lecturer in Economics and founder of the Masters Program on Entrepreneurship and Management of Small and Medium Enterprises at French University of Armenia (2004). He has been the speaker of more than 60 conferences and workshops organized by UNDP, ILO, World Bank, USAID, RUEA, etc. He is a member of Engineering Academy of Armenia.

7 Anatoliy Kinakh President, Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (USPP) Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a former (long serving) People's Deputy of Ukraine. Kinakh currently serves as the leader of Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine. Previously, Kinakh was a Prime Minister from 2001 to 2002 under President Leonid Kuchma, a first vice-prime Minister, and a Minister of Economics of Ukraine. Since 1996 Anatoliy Kinakh has been the President of Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, non-governmental business organization. Education: In 1978, graduated the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute as a shipbuilding engineer. Arnaldo Abruzzini Secretary General, EUROCHAMBRES Arnaldo Abruzzini is Secretary General of EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry since He is a senior lobbyist in Brussels and represents the voice of over 20 million companies through members in 43 countries and a network of regional and local Chambers. He is also an active entrepreneur, having founded several companies. He still owns shares in Telecommunication (Interactive Media), Energy (InRes) and Business Consulting (Consir) firms. Mr Abruzzini has worked as Managing Director of several companies active in the Telecommunication (EPTA), marketing and communication (MediaCamere) and business advices (CoFiCom) in Italy and US. He has also been served in the financial sector, actively working in Investment Banking (MedioBanca) and Insurance companies (Bavaria). He has started his carrier as auditor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1979 (Arthur Andersen) Born in Rome (Italy) on 5 August 1957, he is a graduate in Economy with major in Finance from the University of Rome. He s fluent in English, French and Spanish other than his mother tongue.

8 Gediminas Rainys Director General, Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK) From 2009 Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK) CEO (presently - Acting Present); 2002 May 2009 June The Ministry of Economy Secretary; 1999 December 2002 April Department of Bankruptcy Viceminister head of the department; 1992 June 1993 June Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists Officer. Education: Vilnius University, Faculty if Industry Economics Work Economics; Doctor of Social Sciences. Charlotte Ruhe Director for Small Business Support, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Dimitris Dimitriadis National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce; Member, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) since He was President of the European Economic and Social Committee from 2006 to 2008, Vice-president of the European Economic and Social Committee from 2004 to 2006 responsible for the Budget and First Vice-president of the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE). Mārtiņš Bičevskis President, Latvian Association of Commercial Banks President of the Association of Latvian Commercial Banks. From June 2008 till May 2011 he held an office of the State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, from March 2004 till June at the Ministry of Justice. Started career as a legal adviser at Riga City Kurzeme District Board. He proceeded with position of legal advisor at the joint stock company Bank LAND and was promoted to Manager of the Legal department. Later on his career continued at the Privatization Agency Council, 7th Saeima, Ministry of Interiors and Department of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. He is an author of several scientific papers in the field of bill rights, one of which has been published in 1996 by

9 publishing house Zvaigzne ABC. Has graduated from the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law as a lawyer. Heinz Olbers Director, Eastern Neighbours and Central Asia Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) Francis Malige Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Caucasus European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Responsible for leading the Bank s operations in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. A French national, Mr. Malige joined the EBRD in February 2010 as a Director in the Financial Institutions team. Over the past four years, he has successfully developed the Bank s Financial Institutions business in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Turkey and most recently in the southern and eastern Mediterranean. Before joining the EBRD, he was Managing Director for Corporate Development at BNP Paribas, focusing on bank acquisitions. His earlier career was in accounting and consulting, at Arthur Andersen and McKinsey & Company, where he served clients in industry, high tech and construction, as well as financial services. Graduate of ESCP Europe, a French business school. In addition to his native French, he is fluent in German, Italian and English. Gerhard Schumann-Hitzler Director for Neighbourhood East, Directorate General European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) Mr Schumann-Hitzler is in charge of implementing the overall EU Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in the six countries of the Eastern Neighbourhood, of developing the EU s special relationship with these six countries and of designing and implementing financial assistance to these countries with a view to improving conditions for a sustainable economic, social and environmental development and promoting democracy, the rule of law, good governance and the respect of human rights. Mr Schumann-Hitzler joined the European Commission in After having worked in the Private Office of Commissioner Peter M. Schmidhuber, he held management positions in the Secretariat-General, the European Anti- Fraud Office, DG Human Resources, DG Transport and Energy and DG Enlargement. In January 2015 he took tup his current position.

10 Oleksii Miroshnychenko Executive Vice-President, Federation of Employers of Ukraine In July 2006 he was elected as Executive Vice President of the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine. Initiated the development of Ukrainian legislation on employers' organization. The initiator of the creation and the first Chairman of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine. In August 2007 Oleksii Miroshnychenko was nominated as Co-Chair of the National Tripartite Social and Economic Council (NTSEC) for national associations of employers by Decree of the President of Ukraine, since August 2009 Deputy Co-Chair of NTSEC for national associations of employers. June 2014 was elected as President of the Institute of Professional Qualifications. He is a delegate from the employers' side at the annual sessions of the International Labour Conference (Geneva). Awarded by Diplomas of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Order «For merits» III degree. Honoured Economist of Ukraine. Prof. Dr. Ing. Gebhard Hafer Professor for Logistic and Supply Chain Management; Rektor, Akademie für Betriebswirtschaftliche Weiterbildung GmbH From 2007 to 2012 Director Central and Eastern Europe/Russia /CIS, DB International GmbH, Berlin and Frankfurt/Main, Deutsche Bahn AG (German Railways). Since 2011 Professor for Transport Management and Technology, Logistics Management, Global Supply Chain Management, bbw University of Applied Sciences, Berlin. Since 2012 Rector at the bbw University of Applied Sciences, Berlin. Education: 1999, Doctoral degree of Dr.Ing. from the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus Graduates as Dipl.-Ing./ Master of Business and Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in Jan Simons Chairman, Transport and Maritime Arbitration via the Netherlands (TAMARA); Member, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Volodymyr Demenko Director General, Levada Cargo

11 George Doborjginidze Managing Director, Agilix LLC Transportation and Logistics Professional with over fifteen years of experience in transport planning and management, infrastructure planning, transportation policy design. Strong project management skills. Strong organizational and analytical skills with excellent problem solving abilities. Strong customer orientation. Excellent people, writing, presentation, and communication skills Present: Managing Partner (Agilix LLC) (Tbilisi, Georgia); 2011-Present: Georgian Technical University, Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Head of Department of Logistics; 2011-Present: Georgian Logistics Association, Chairman, Chair of the Georgian Chapter of the Supply Chain Council. Virginijus Jestremskas Director, Development Department, AB Lithuanian Railways In 1991 graduated from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University as an Engineer mechanic of Automobile Transport. In 1998 Master of Transport Engineering at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. In 2013 Doctor of Technical Sciences at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Work experience: Since 7 April 2009 Head of Development Department at JSC Lithuanian Railways; December 2006 April 2009 Chief engineer Head of Technical Development Department; April November 2006; Deputy Director (for rolling-stock) of Freight Transportation Directorate; June 2004 March 2006 Chief specialist (for rolling-stock) of Freight Transportation Board. Guntars Jansons Head of the Department of Development Planning, SJSC Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) Main activities and responsibilities as Deputy Chief Engineer, Manager Development Planning in LDz: Preparation of business and technical development strategies, investment plans, economic evaluations of projects, relations with European industry associations, regulatory and environmental issues. Education: , Riga Technical University, Construction, design and technology of radio electronic equipment, Engineer; , Stockholm School of Economics, Executive MBA, Company Manager.

12 Donald Mishaxhiu Senior Banker for Transport, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Over 15 years of experience in financing infrastructure projects in both the public and private sectors. Currently works in the Transport Team at the EBRD Headquarters in London as Senior Banker with responsibility for new business development and portfolio in the Western Balkans. Prior to this role, he was responsible for the EBRD operations in the transport and power sectors in Albania and implementation of the EBRD s renewable energy and energy efficiency programme in the Western Balkans. Kristo Lehtonen Director, Government Relations, Finland and Technologies, NOKIA; Chairman of the BUSINESSEUROPE Taskforce and Digital Economy Vassilis Kopanas Representative, European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG Connect), European Commission For the last 15 years I have been an official with the European Commission in Brussels, in the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT). Since 2011, I have been working in promoting cooperation between the EU and third countries, notably the eastern European partners, the Russian Federation and Central Asia states. Before that, I worked in DG CONNECT as project and programme manager in the EU's Framework Programmes for Research. Before the EC, I worked in the private sector in Greece. I have studied in Greece and in the UK.

13 Juris Gulbis CEO, JSC Lattelecom Juris Gulbis has worked in various executive and finance roles in IT and Telecommunications, Food and Beverage industry. All jobs have been associated with major market or organizational challenges. Specialties: corporate restructuring, efficiency improvement, manufacturing logistics, product development, sales development. Gulbis is a member of the Council of the Employers Confederation of Latvia, a member of the board of the Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association and member of the Advisory Convent of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2014 Gulbis was awarded the Order of the Polar Star by the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. He has also been awarded the title of the Honorary Graduate of 2013 of the Riga Technical University. Hayk Chobanyan Deputy CEO, Union of Information Technology Enterprises of Armenia Present position: DCEO, Union of Information Technology Enterprises of Armenia; CEO, UITE EXPO LLC. Membership of Professional bodies: World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Board of Directors; Harmonising Digital Markets of EU and EaP countries - HDM Strategic Flagship Initiative, Country Coordinator; IT Development Support Council, Head of E-Government working group; Union of IT Enterprises, Board Member; E- Government Academy, President; Centre for e-governance development, Private Sector Advisory Committee Member; South East Europe ICT Private Sector Forum, Board Member.

14 Paul Moffatt Senior Counsel, Legal Transition, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Paul Moffatt is Senior Counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) based at the Bank s headquarters in the City of London. Paul has been with EBRD since 2001 and, among other areas, is responsible for Bank s technical cooperation programme with respect to telecoms, information communications technology (ICT) and the knowledge economy, throughout the Bank s 36 countries of operation in central and eastern Europe, central Asia, and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. This programme supports and assists national level policymaking and regulatory authorities to develop best practise policy, legal and regulatory frameworks, and investor-friendly approaches, with the aim of maximising investment in, and benefit from, the digital economy. Prior to joining the EBRD, Paul served as legal and policy advisor to Ireland s communications and broadcast regulator. Paul is a barrister/advocate by profession and previously spent a number of years practising law mainly in commercial, technology and regulatory matters. Joost van Iersel Member, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); President, Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO) of the EESC Joost P. van Iersel started his professional career in 1967 as a civil servant in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Subsequently he was secretary of a Dutch Employers Association. From 1979 till 1994 van Iersel was MP (christiandemocrat), in particular responsible for trade and industry and EC-matters, amongst others also as President of the European Movement. From 1992 till 2002 he was chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of The Hague with a special interest for regional infrastructural and spatial development in the Randstad. Van Iersel acted as commissioner in several companies and was on the board of various social organisations. From 2002 he is Member of the European Economic and Social Committee. From 2006 till 2010 he chaired the EESC Consultative Committee on Industrial Change. Subsequently, he presided the EESC Steering committee Europe2020. Since April 2013 Van Iersel chairs the EESC Section EMU and Regional and Cohesion policy. His main fields of interest as a rapporteur in the EESC are industrial and sectorial policies, (European) metropolitan areas, and good Eurozone governance. Van Iersel gives lectures and writes articles on political economy and Europe.

15 Alexey Kolb Owner, Kolb Group A versatile manager of change with strong experience and leadership qualities. A senior manager who has made the change from a top professional technical level to general management with specific expertise in: a) Leading and motivating people to perform in a climate of constant change. b) Negotiating and building lasting relationships globally with companies and governments. c) Identifying problems and implementing effective and innovative management and IT solutions. Currently I work on book "Agile methodology in marketing team management". Sean Mackle Director for Trade and Economic Policy, FertilizersEurope Stephane Buffetaut Member, Employers Group European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); President, Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society (TEN) of the EESC Radoslav Dudolenski CEO Hydrolea Mr. Dudolenski, born in 1976, is working as Executive Officer of hydrolea and Chief Executive of Crosscountry Capital (Bulgaria), since May Before that, he was working as General Director of the largest energy company in Georgia, Energo-PRO Georgia, and also was Member of the Board of Directors of the parent company, Energo- PRO a.s. In his career he had positions as CFO, Financial Controller and Corporate Finance/Recovery Consultant. For the past ten years Radoslav has been focused in the energy sector and had an opportunity to cover the South Black Sea basin - Bulgaria, Georgia and Turkey. He holds B.A. from University of World and National Economy with major in Defense Economics and also B.A. in Accounting and is holding and undr going an EMBA program from Cotrugli Business School.

16 Aleksi Mikaberidze Founder/C.E.O, Amigo Geosolar Ltd Work experience: , Amiga Ltd Technical Manager; , Electric Technologies Institute, scientific staff member; Professional Exerience: Individual eco building projects, heat pump, solar engineering, geothermal, design, interior, heating, air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration. Works: 7 inventions, 15 scientific works. Education: , Polytechnical Institute of Georgia, Mechanical Engineer. Thea Khitarishvili Senior Manager, Caspian and Black Sea programme, Europe, Middle East and Africa Division, Office of Global Energy Policy, International Energy Agency Lawyer by qualification, with 20 years of professional experience working on wide-ranging issues in the field of energy and sustainable development. Regions covered include Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia for a wide range of clients, including international and national energy companies, various government authorities, private enterprises, international financial institutions and multilateral organisations. Transactions with a leading role in negotiating include bilateral, multilateral or multinational treaty instruments, development of cross-border oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission lines, energy sector restructuring, privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, and project financing in the energy utilities/transportation sectors. Matteo Mazzoni Director of Research, NE Nomisma Energia Responsible for fundamental and technical analysis on European energy and climate policies, the European electricity market, energy efficiency policies and international carbon markets. He is in charge of elaborating longterm forecasts for the Italian electricity market and the EU ETS. He developed a forecasting model for prices and emissions in the EU Emission Trading (EU ETS) used by a primary Italian utility. He is also creator and editor of monthly and weekly reports on the international carbon market and he has participated in several international

17 workshops and conferences on EU energy and climate policies. Mr Mazzoni holds a BA in business administration and a MSc in Economics and a master in Energy and Environmental Markets. He is fluent in Italian, English and Spanish. Cecilia Malmström European Commissioner for Trade As EU Commissioner for TRADE since 1st November 2014, Mrs Malmström is pursuing an ambitious trade agenda to the benefit of European citizens, SMEs and the broader economy. She is representing the EU in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international trade fora. She is negotiating bilateral trade agreements with key countries, including reaching a balanced and reasonable Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the U.S. that respects Europe s safety, health, social and data protection standards, and our cultural diversity. As EU Commissioner for Home Affairs , she was responsible for the European Commission s work within the fields of asylum and migration, police cooperation, border control and the fight against organised crime and human trafficking. Formerly a Member of the European Parliament and Minister for European Affairs of Sweden. As Minister for European Affairs, Malmström was responsible for issues such as the Lisbon Treaty, the EU strategy for growth and employment and the review of the EU budget and for the preparation and co-ordination of the Swedish EU Presidency. Cecilia Malmström has a Ph.D. in political science and was a researcher at Göteborg University in Sweden for several years, teaching in European politics. On Website: ec.europa.eu/malmstrom Wilhelm Molterer Vice President, European Investment Bank (EIB) Career: : Member of Parliament, Spokesperson for constitutional matters; : Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance; Chairman of the Austrian People s Party (ÖVP); : Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Austrian People s Party/ÖVP; : Vice Chairman of the Austrian People s Party (ÖVP). Education: 1981: Master's degree in Social Economics Johannes Kepler University Linz.

18 Hendrik Bourgeois Counsel for Europe, Head of Government Affairs & Policy for Europe, General Electric (GE) Hendrik Bourgeois is General Counsel Europe and Vice President European Affairs at GE (General Electric Company). His most recent prior positions at GE include General Counsel EMEA, Senior Counsel Competition, Regulation and Government Relations for Europe, and European Competition Counsel, serving all GE businesses on a wide variety of competition law matters involving mergers and acquisitions, distribution, R&D activities and compliance issues. Prior to this, Hendrik headed the legal department of one of GE s business divisions, GE Industrial Systems, as European General Counsel. Dr. Péter P. Balás Head of the Support Group for Ukraine Péter Balás joined the European Commission in November 2005 and was Deputy Director-General in the Directorate-General for Trade until July Since April 2014, he has been nominated Head of the Support Group for Ukraine. From 2002 to 2005 he was Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the WTO. Between 1994 and 2002, he was working first at the Ministry of Economy and later at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Budapest. He was appointed Deputy State Secretary for international economic relations in Péter Balás was also Director-General from 1991 to 1994 in the Ministry of International Economic Relations in Budapest. In the period he worked in Geneva as Deputy Head of the GATT Representation of Hungary. Prior to this, from 1982 to 1986, he held the post of Director at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, while between 1978 and 1982 he worked as Commercial Counsellor at the Commercial Representation of Hungary in Colombo, Sri Lanka. From 1972 to 1978 he was Desk Officer for South East Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Budapest. Mr Balás holds a Doctor's degree in Economics from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences.

19 Vladimir Basko Director General, The Scientific and Technological Association INFOPARK In 1982 Vladimir Basko graduated from the Belarusian State University, the Faculty of Applied Mathematics. From 1982 to 1989 he worked as an engineer-mathematician and a software engineer. From 1983 to 1989 he worked as an assistant and gave lectures at the Belarusian State Technological University, the Department of Computer Engineering. From 1989 Vladimir Basko held executive positions in a few state and private owned enterprises as well as non-profit organizations mostly related to the sphere of information and communication technologies. Vladimir Basko, initiator and founder of the Scientific and Technological Association Infopark, since 2001 Director General of the Association. He is also a Vice-chairman of the Union of nonprofit organizations Belarusian Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) and a member of the Advisory Council on the Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia Business Dialog. László Baranyay Vice-President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg Mr. Baranyay graduated from Budapest University for Economic Studies in Since 2001 to 2002 CEO and Chairman of Board of Directors of MFB and before that he was on the position of CEO of MFB, chief financial officer and member of Board of Directors. Since 2002 to 2010 he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Hungarian National Bank and Advisor to the Chairman of OTP Garancia Insurance Company (from 2007 Groupama Insurance). Currently he serves as Vice-President of the European Investment Bank.