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Vice President,
Center for Liberal Democratic Studies, and former Chief Economic
Advisor to Miroljub Labus.
Dr. Begovic is Vice President of the Center for Liberal Democratic
Studies (Belgrade, Yugoslavia), an independent think tank
based on the cooperation of numerous leading experts in social
sciences in Serbia (economics, political science, law, social
philosophy). In addition to his leadership at CLDS, Dr. Begovic
is also the former Chief Economic Advisor to Miroljub Labus,
Deputy Prime Minister, Federal Government of Yugoslavia.
Following his work with the government, Dr. Begovic has returned
to academia as professor of economics at the Faculty of Law,
University of Belgrade. His fields of expertise include industrial
organization, economics of regulation, economics of public
utilities and urban economics. He has been involved in numerous
high-level consulting projects in Yugoslavia in various industries,
and was also a member of The World Bank mission for Yugoslav
industrial sectors. Publications include the books: An Economic
Approach to Optimal City Size (1991) and The Economics of
Town Planning (1995).
Director, Institute
for Stock Market and Management and President, Russian Institute
of Directors
Dr. Belikov is Director of the Institute for Stock Market
and Management and President of the Russian Institute of Directors.
Dr. Belikov has authored a series of articles on corporate
governance. He supervises a group of experts to advise the
Russian government on the development of its corporate governance
code. He holds degrees from the Voronezh State University
in History and English and from the Russian Academy of Finance
in Banking and Insurance as well as professional certificates
in securities. He has also obtained a certificate in Corporate
Governance from the Schulich School of Business, York University,
Toronto, Canada. Dr. Belikov has interned at the Russian Academy
of Sciences and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science. He speaks
English, Ukrainian, French and Portuguese.
Director,
Anticorruption and Governance Initiatives, United States Department
of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs (INL)
Mr. Brandolino is currently Director for Anticorruption and
Governance Initiatives for the United States Department of
State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs (INL). In that capacity, Mr. Brandolino oversees U.S.
government diplomatic initiatives relating to the fight against
corruption and is a member of the U.S. negotiating team for
negotiations, being conducted in 2002-2003, to develop a new
UN Anticorruption Convention. Before joining INL, he served
as Acting General Counsel, Associate General Counsel, and
the Director General‚s Management Review Officer for
the Multinational Force and Observers, an international organization
monitoring the security arrangements related to the Treaty
of Peace between Israel and Egypt. Mr. Brandolino has also
developed anticorruption training programs for the United
Nations, served as Counsel for two U.S. Senate investigations
into executive branch mismanagement and corruption, and was
founder and first Director of the Criminal Law Reform Program
of the American Bar Association‚s Central and East European
Law Initiative. He was also an Aide to former Speaker of the
House of Representatives Thomas Foley and the Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee, and began his career as Associate Counsel
to a Washington D.C. law firm. Mr. Brandolino is a graduate
of Harvard Law School and Providence College, and a member
of the state bars of Washington D.C. and Massachusetts.
Director, Business
Development, Governance and Advisory Services, Standard &
Poor’s
Ian Byrne is the business development director of the global
governance and advisory services group of Standard and Poor’s.
As such, he is responsible for the sales and marketing activity
of the group worldwide.
Prior to this role, Mr. Byrne was business development director
at Standard & Poor’s DRI an economic analysis and
information company, with special responsibility for major
global relationships. Before taking that role and since joining
the S&P group in 1991, Ian had served in several managerial
roles, including managing a global technology sales and support
group.
Previously, he worked in economic consultancy, and as a senior
quantitative analyst, focusing on economic forecasting and
model building in two major UK companies in both the financial
and corporate sectors.
Mr. Byrne holds a B.A. (Econ) from the University of York
and a MSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.
Senior
Rule of Law Advisor, Europe and Eurasia Bureau/ Office of
Democracy and Governance, USAID
Claudia Dumas has provided strategic guidance and led numerous
assessment and assistance design efforts for USAID rule of
law, commercial law, and anticorruption programs in the Europe
and Eurasia countries. In addition to her support to USAID
Missions, Ms. Dumas is a member of various intra-agency and
public policy institute working groups.
In the private sector, Ms. Dumas has specialized in the structuring,
negotiation and administration of complex financing transactions,
including highly leveraged transactions and bankruptcy/workouts.
She has practiced law with the New York City based law firm
of Shearman & Sterling, and, as an in-house counsel to International
Business Machines Corporation, handled various technology
matters and assisted in establishing IBM's financing subsidiary,
IBM Credit Corporation. Ms. Dumas has shared her banking expertise
by consulting in the Kyrgyz Republic. Immediately prior to
joining USAID in 1998, Ms. Dumas was vice-president and senior
counsel at Citibank, N.A., where she worked on Latin American
project finance and structured trade finance transactions.
Ms. Dumas received her J.D from Cornell University Law School,
and holds an A.B. in Economics from Wellesley College.
Managing
Director, World Economic Forum and former President of Costa
Rica
Mr. Figueres, the Managing Director of World Economic Forum
and former President of Costa Rica, is one of the leading
champions of competitiveness and globalization in the world
today, and is uniquely qualified to be the Keynote Speaker
and to facilitate this high-profile conference.
Mr. Figueres served as President of Costa Rica from 1994-1998.
It was under his leadership that Costa Rica undertook important
transformations to better prepare the country and its industries
for the global economy. These transformations included a comprehensive,
sustainable development platform combining sound macroeconomic
indicators, strong investments in strategic human development
programs, and an innovative alliance with nature conservancies.
Through these steps, a coalition was created between Costa
Rican and US firms, which led to major increases in foreign,
technology-based investment. Through his active leadership,
Costa Rica was able to attract a billion-dollar investment
from INTEL, very important investment from other foreign investors.
After he left office, Mr. Figueres founded the Costa Rica
Foundation for Sustainable Development. This foundation currently
sponsors a variety of projects that promote technological
application initiatives to enhance the quality of life in
Latin America within a framework of sustainability.
Mr. Figueres was selected to be the Managing Director of
the World Economic Forum (WEF), whose headquarters is based
in Geneva, Switzerland, is a renowned, transnational world
champion of competitiveness, globalization and forward economic
thinking. The World Economic Forum (WEF) publishes the internationally
renowned Global Competitiveness Report, and convenes the annual
Davos Forum.
Former Prime
Minister of Ireland
Prime Minister of Ireland from 1981 and 1987, Dr. Fitzgerald
has also had careers in air transport, economic consultancy,
university lecturing, journalism and politics. From 1973 to
1977, the first four years of Irish membership of the EU,
he was Irish Foreign Minister. In 1975 he was President of
the General Council of Ministers, and in that capacity negotiated
the final stage of the first Lome Agreement with 46 African,
Caribbean and Pacific countries. During his period as President
of the European Council of Heads of Government in 1984 he
cleared the way for Spanish and Portugese accession, and in
1985 signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 with Margaret
Thatcher, which prepared the way for the Northern Ireland
Peace Process. He is now a lecturer, economic journalist and
consultant and in recent years has advised and lectured in
the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Zambia and
Sri Lanka.
Consultant, J.E.
Austin Associates, Inc.
Mr. Flood is an expert in competitiveness, international
trade and investment promotion. He is a pioneer in the field
of applying the techniques of competitiveness to economic
growth, enterprise development, and trade and investment promotion
for corporate clients and the public sector. Mr. Flood has
worked extensively in a number of industries and sectors,
including manufacturing, agribusiness, information-based services,
and tourism. He has been involved in the public-private dialogue
on competitiveness and development for almost twenty years.
Beginning in 1980 with Strategic Planning Associates (SPA)
now part of Mercer Management), a strategy consulting firm
to the Fortune 500), Mr. Flood applied the Porter methodology
and the tools of competitive analysis. He also worked at the
intersection of Wall Street’s financial community, the
foreign policy establishment, and development organizations
(for EF Hutton, The Council on Foreign Relations, and the
World Bank, respectively).
Director, Office
of Market Transition, USAID
William Frej is currently Director of the Office of Market
Transition. Mr. Frej joined the United States Agency for International
Development in 1987. He served in Indonesia as Senior Municipal
Finance Advisor, Housing and Urban Development Officer, Director
of the Regional Housing and Urban Development Office for Indonesia
and the Philippines and then as Director of USAID/Indonesia's
Private Enterprise Development Office.
Since 1995, Mr. Frej served in Poland as Director of the
Regional Housing and Urban Development Office for Central
and Eastern Europe, USAID/Poland's Local Government Team Leader
and as Mission Director. He received the Administrator's Implementation
Award in 1992, Meritorious Honor Awards in 1991 and 1996,
and a Superior Honor Award in 1999. Serving as Poland's USAID
Mission Director from 1997 until August 2000, Mr. Frej managed
a $1 billion assistance program, primarily focusing on strengthening
local governments, and the further development of competitive,
market- oriented financial private sectors.
Mr. Frej holds a degree in Architecture from the University
of Arizona and a Masters Degree in City Planning from the
University of California, Berkeley. Prior to USAID, Mr. Frej
was Regional Administrator for the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board's Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and was Director
of Planning for the University of California at Berkeley's
National Housing and Economic Development Law Project. He
has been managing development issues both in the U.S. and
throughout the developing world for the last 30 years. E-mail
can be sent to: bfrej@usaid.gov
former USAID
Mission Director, Slovakia
An International Development Consultant, Paula Goddard has
over 25 years of experience directing international programs
and managing complex projects with worldwide scope. She has
occupied senior management positions responsible for multi-million
dollar programs involving politically sensitive issues in
developing and transition countries. During her career with
the U.S. Government, she worked for the Peace Corps and the
United State Agency for International Development (USAID).
She headed USAID’s Women in Development program and helped
establish the Center for Development Information and Evaluation.
She served in USAID Ecuador, the Agency’s Executive Secretariat,
and her last position was Director of the USAID Mission in
Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ms. Goddard’s most recent work focused on issues related
to democracy and governance, particularly anti-corruption
and transparency. She has lead technical assistance missions
for USAID and United Nations (UN) programs in Central and
Eastern Europe. Her activities included an evaluation of the
UN's anti-corruption program in Romania and advising USAID
Croatia on policies and activities to reduce corruption and
increase transparency. She provides senior technical cooperation
expertise to the UN Center for International Crime Prevention
in Vienna and to USAID Europe and Eurasia Bureau (E&E)
in Washington DC, which she represented at the Business for
Social Responsibility (BSR) conference (2000) and Transparency
International Global Forum (2001). Ms. Goddard can be reached
by email at pogoddard@yahoo.com.
Director, Europe
and Eurasia Bureau/Office of Democracy and Governance, USAID
Dr. Hyman has been with USAID since 1990. Prior to his current
position, he was the Senior Advisor for the Strategies Team
of the Center for Democracy and Governance Bureau for Global
Programs, Field Support and Research. From 1991 to 1995, he
served as Division Chief of the Political and Social Process
Division at the Bureau for Europe and New Independent States.
Prior to this, he was Chief of the Democracy Pluralism Initiative,
Office of European Affairs, Bureau for Europe and the Near
East.
Before joining USAID, he practiced corporate law at Covington
& Burling in Washington, D.C. and pursued a career in academics
at Smith College in Massachusetts.
In addition to English, he speaks German, Indonesian/Malay
and Japanese. He received his B.A. in Philosophy (1964) and
his Ph.D. in Anthropology (1975) from the University of Chicago.
He also holds a J.D. (1985) from the University of Virginia.
During his distinguished career, Dr. Hyman received seven
performance awards between 1991 and 2001. He also received
the Meritorious Honor Award in 1997 and 1999 and the Superior
Unit Citation in 1997.
Economist and Head
of the Corporate Affairs Division, OECD
Mats Isaksson is Economist and Head of the Corporate Affairs
Division of the OECD. In recent years, his responsibilities
have included drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
and serving as secretary to the OECD Business Sector Advisory
Group on Corporate Governance issuing the report "Improving
Competitiveness and Access to Capital in Global Markets".
In addition to work on company law and corporate governance
in OECD Member countries, he is presently responsible for
various OECD activities with non-member countries, he is a
Member of the Global Corporate Governance Forum’s Steering
Committee, and is responsible for OECD’s co-operation
with the World Bank Group in the area of corporate governance.
President
and CEO, Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Kiev, Ukraine
The Board of Directors of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund
(WNISEF) named Natalie A. Jaresko its President and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) in February 2001. She is responsible
for managing the Fund's strategic development, setting long-term
business goals for portfolio companies and attracting capital
to expand business opportunities.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Jaresko was Chief Investment
Officer and Executive Vice President of the Fund from 1997
through 2001. During her tenure, she successfully built a
$63 million portfolio that included nineteen companies in
the region. In addition, she oversaw the attraction of third
party validations and the implementation of results-oriented
monitoring policies and procedures. From 1995 to 1997, Ms.
Jaresko was Country Manager Ukraine and Investment Officer
with the Fund. She has more than twelve years of experience
working in the countries of the former Soviet Union, nine
years of experience working in Ukraine, and six years of private
equity experience.
Prior to joining the Fund, Ms. Jaresko worked at the U.S.
Department of State. From 1992 to 1995, she served as the
first Chief of the Economics Section of the U.S. Embassy in
Ukraine where she negotiated key treaties and agreements establishing
the framework for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral economic cooperation.
Prior to her post with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, Ms. Jaresko
served in various economic positions at the State Department
in Washington, D.C. She managed bilateral economic relations
between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and the New Independent
States and actively coordinated the joint activities of the
State Department, the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, U.S.
Trade Representative, and OPIC. She also interacted with multilateral
institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World
Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Ms. Jaresko received her Masters Degree in Public Policy
from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government in
1989 and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from DePaul
University in Chicago, Illinois in 1987. She is a registered
CPA. She serves on the boards of the International Management
Institute in Kyiv, the East-West Institute in Kyiv, and the
DePaul University Commerce Exchange. A Chicago native, Ms.
Jaresko was named by Mayor Richard Daley to the Kyiv-Chicago
Sister City Committee. She is married and has a young daughter.
Senior Anti-Corruption Advisor, Europe and Eurasia Bureau,
USAID
Ms. Jones serves as Senior Advisor for US Anti-corruption
Initiatives, Europe and Eurasia Bureau, U.S. Agency for International
Development. In 1998-1999, she was Project Coordinator for
the United Nations Anti-corruption Project in Bucharest. This
was the pilot project for the UNCICP's Global anti-corruption
intuitive. Ms. Jones has also served in the Department of
the Treasury, and the Department of Justice, Money Laundering
Section. In Nashville, Tennessee, as counsel for a regional
bank holding company, she provided legal services to the commercial,
retail, and operations divisions of a $7 billion bank holding
company and was a member of the American Bankers Association's
Money Laundering Task Force. She frequently lectures and publishes
on anti-corruption and money laundering issues. Ms. Jones
received her JD from the Nashville School of Law and her BA
from the University of the South (Sewanee, TN).
Senior Manager,
Governance Finance and Regulation, World Bank Institute
Dr. Kaufmann is the Senior Manager for Governance, Finance
and Regulatory Reform at the World Bank Institute. He is also
a researcher and expert advisor in the fields of governance,
anti-corruption and institutional reform, and has designed
new empirical methodologies in governance with colleagues
at the World Bank. With his team, they support countries that
request assistance in their efforts to improve governance
and the environment for private sector development. He frequently
advises state leaders, senior officials and civil society
on strategies to improve governance. Previously he held positions
as Lead Economist in the Development Economics Group and in
the Eastern Europe/FSU region. During the early nineties he
was the first Chief of Mission of the Bank in Ukraine. He
was a core team member in producing the World Development
Report 1991, distilling the key lessons from development experience.
Dr. Kaufmann was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
in the mid-nineties, where he conducted research on the climate
for investors and enterprise worldwide, and on institutions
and corruption, and provided policy advice. He has published
in leading economic and public policy journals. Mr. Kaufmann
holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and Statistics from
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Masters degree in Economics
from Harvard University and a PhD from Harvard University
in Economics.
Private Enterprise
Officer, Europe and Eurasia Bureau/Office of Market Transition,
USAID
Scott Kleinberg is a Private Enterprise Officer with the
United States Agency for International Development. He has
served in the United States, Bulgaria and Haiti since 1985,
managing development portfolios that included privatization,
micro-credit, policy reform, credit guarantees, tourism, legal
reform, alternative dispute resolution and trade promotion.
His responsibilities currently include regional trade promotion,
anti-corruption and corporate governance issues.
Mr. Kleinberg started and operated his own consultancy prior
to working with USAID. He has managed the provision of technical
assistance to national governments, multi-national industrial
firms, and acted as a technical expert in international litigation
and in the areas of market segmentation analysis, marketing
strategies, international competitiveness (with a focus on
corporate governance), and anti-dumping proceedings before
the United States International Trade Administration and the
International Trade Commission.
He holds a B.S. Cum Laude in Economics (1983) from the University
of Florida and an M.A. (1990) from The Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies. He speaks Spanish,
Italian, French and some Bulgarian. He is married to Alisa
Macht and resides in Washington DC. E-mail can be sent to:
skleinberg@USAID.GOV
Deputy Director,
Europe and Eurasia Bureau/Office of Market Transition, USAID
Mr. Lanza is a US Foreign Service Officer serving in a senior
management position in the US Agency for International Development
(USAID) based in Washington, D.C. He joined the US Government
in 1984 and currently oversees the development and implementation
of the Agency’s $2.3 billion Economic Growth programs
in Europe and Eurasia as the Deputy Director of the Office
of Market Transition. During the past 18 years, Mr. Lanza
has served in several management and technical capacities
in Washington and abroad for USAID. He has lived and worked
in developing countries for over 26 years. Mr. Lanza’s
professional experiences have included management and support
of the economic growth and private sector development portfolios
for countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Eurasia
for the Agency.
Prior to joining the US Government, Mr. Lanza held the executive
position of Marketing Coordinator for Latin America for CBS,
Inc. He also worked as an executive for Burroughs Corporation
based in Miami, Florida and as the General Manager for O.H.S.
Transport Ltd., based in Rainham, Essex, England.
He serves as a Director on the Board of a hotel development
corporation and is also a Director of a mid-sized U.S. credit
union (US$200 million in assets).
He has earned a M.A. in International Development Policy
(Duke University), an M.B.A. in Finance (University of Miami)
and an A.B. in Russian History (Colgate University).
Chief Secretary
of the Special Representative of the President on Promoting
Foreign Investment, Kyrgyz Republic
Mr. Mambetov is currently Chief Secretary of the Special
Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on
Promoting Foreign Investment. Previously, Mr. Mambetov was
General Director of the Medical Insurance Fund under the Ministry
of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic. Mr. Mambetov was Head of
the Treatment and Prophylactic Department under the Ministry
of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Mambetov
has actively participated in programs on health care system
reform and medical services industry reorganization under
the auspices of World Health Organization, the World Bank,
and USAID. Mr. Mambetov received his degrees from the Kyrgyz
Medical University.
Executive Director,
Transparency International
Mr. Marschall (1953) is the executive director of Transparency
International, a global NGO fighting against corruption. Between
1994 and 1998, he was the executive director of CIVICUS: a
global network of NGOs and foundations to promote civil society.
In 1991- 1994, he served as deputy mayor of Budapest. He was
one of the architects of the Hungarian Cultural Fund, the
first Arts Council type funding agency in CEE. Mr. Marschall
is also chair of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Director,
Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program -- A cooperative
agreement between East-West Management Institute, Inc. (EWMI)
and the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) www.ewmi.hu
Over the past decade, Geoffrey Mazullo has contributed to
financial sector reform efforts throughout Central and Eastern
Europe. His familiarity with the region dates to 1985-86,
when he pursued graduate studies at the Jagiellonian University
in Krakow, Poland. Since 1990, he has conducted research and
training on corporate governance issues for the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), other donors
and the private sector from Ljubljana to Vladivostok and from
Tallinn to Sofia. Prior to joining the Partners for Financial
Stability (PFS) program, his project portfolio included assignments
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland and Russia.
While Senior Analyst with Institutional Shareholder Services
(ISS), he studied the corporate governance practices of major
continental European corporations. This work included detailed
analysis of: capital market mechanisms; corporate governance
and securities regulations; shareholders’ rights; and
issues presented for vote at the annual general meeting of
shareholders of these corporations. ISS also advised institutional
investors how to vote. This research culminated in his Proxy
Voting Guidelines on Canada, Germany, the
Netherlands and Switzerland, published in 1993.
A later tenure at the Investor Responsibility Research Center
resulted in the publication of Proxy Voting / Corporate
Governance Guides on Austria, Finland, Norway
and Sweden in 1994.
Mr. Mazullo’s research on corporate governance has been
published in Russia Portfolio, Central Europe Portfolio,
Turnarounds and Workouts Europe, Corporate Governance
Advisor and The Wall Street Journal Europe. He has
chaired Capital Markets Conferences for the Adam Smith Institute
in Vienna (November 1997) and London (June 1998) as well as
for ICM in Prague (April 2000).
Mr. Mazullo is an accomplished public speaker and trainer,
and is able to address audiences in French, German, Polish
and Serbo-Croatian, in addition to his native English. For
example, while with the USAID-funded Legal and Regulatory
Reform Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he trained more
than 6,000 people (including government officials, the business
community and students at economics and law faculties) on
commercial law reform issues.
In 1983, Mr. Mazullo received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign
Service (BSFS) degree from Georgetown University. Thereafter,
he completed a training program at Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank
in Frankfurt am Main. He received a Diploma from the Jagiellonian
University in Krakow for graduate studies undertaken in 1985-86.
While continuing graduate studies at the Freie Universitaet
Berlin from 1986-88, he worked as a student research assistant
at Aspen Institute Berlin. He received a Master of Science
from the London School of Economics and Political Science
in 1989. He speaks French, German, Polish and Serbo-Croatian
and is proficient in Italian and Russian.
Deputy Prime Minister,
Slovakia
As Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia, Ivan Miklos is a dynamic
public leader with significant civic and public/private experience.
He was an uncompromising critic of Slovakia’s past crony
capitalism and corrupt privatization, and the Meciar government’s
heavy-handed treatment of media and free speech, and ethnic
minorities. Also a member of Slovakia's first post-Communist
government, Miklos left the government in 1992 to help lead
the opposition forces. Mr. Miklos was the Executive Director
and founder of MESA 10, and was named Slovakia's new Deputy
Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in November, 1999. A CIPE
partner since 1996, MESA 10 is a highly successful think tank
based in Bratislava that can claim Dzurinda as one of its
co-founders. Under the leadership of Miklos, the organization
made remarkable progress in a few short years in raising Slovakia's
public awareness of economic and political plight. Mr. Miklos'
close familiarity with a wide scope of transitional reform
issues, including competitiveness and anti-corruption, makes
him an most valuable addition to the conference.
J.D., M.B.A.,
Senior Anti-Corruption Advisor, Office of Market Transition,
USAID Bureau for Europe & Eurasia
A. David Meyer, J.D., M.B.A. works on anti-corruption, corporate
governance and other market transition initiatives in the
Institutional and Legal Environment Division of the Office
of Market Transition, USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia.
In addition to providing technical support to USAID Missions,
Mr. Meyer serves on a number of intra-agency and inter-agency
working groups. He has represented USAID at international
and regional conferences related to economic growth and democracy
and governance.
Mr. Meyer holds Doctor of Jurisprudence and Master of Business
degrees from Indiana University in Bloomington where he concentrated
in economics, political science and urban studies. He is a
member of Beta Gamma Sigma and the co-author with Jeanmarie
Fath Meyer, J.D., LL.M. of Evaluation of Public Procurement
in Chile, Centro de Estudios Públicos, Santiago, Chile,
Working Paper No. 326 (November 2001).
Mr. Meyer's international legal and business experience includes
service as Resident Advisor to the Ministry of Trade and Foreign
Economic Cooperation of the Republic of Albania; Vice President
of a Polish limited liability company; and Vice President
and General Counsel of U.S. information technology and chemical
processing and engineering companies. In addition to his experience
as a commercial and construction law arbitrator for the American
Arbitration Association and as a certified mediator of business
litigation, Mr. Meyer has advised the Macedonian Business
Lawyers Association on company and commercial law reforms
and Alternative Dispute Resolution. As a private sector lawyer,
Mr. Meyer concentrated on advising start-up and emerging companies,
international joint ventures, and commercial law transactions.
Mr. Meyer may be contacted at dmeyer@usaid.gov
or admjm@erols.com.
President, J.E.
Austin Associates, Inc.
Mr. Kevin Murphy is a business and sector strategy and competitiveness
expert who specializes in enterprise development, strategic
management, competitiveness analysis, investment and trade,
and related executive-level training. He is co-founder and
Chief Executive Officer of J.E. Austin Associates, which provides
strategic management services to private sector clients, fosters
economic development and advises on foreign investment strategies.
He has directed numerous international projects focused on
competitiveness, privatization, agribusiness development and
enterprise development. Mr. Murphy has authored or supervised
the development of over 100 business case studies on competitiveness,
investment, trade, and strategy issues in developing countries
and is the architect of Austin Associates competitiveness
methodologies and approaches.
Anti-Corruption
Specialist, Democracy and Governance Office, DCHA Bureau,
USAID
Ms. O'Donnell joined USAID in September 2001 to cover anti-corruption
issues in the Democracy and Governance Office, Bureau for
Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA). She
has worked for four years with the World Bank on anti-corruption
and public sector reform as well as social investment funds
and post-conflict operations. She has also worked for two
years with the United Nations as a Political Officer and Electoral
Officer in peacekeeping operations. In addition, she has worked
as a foreign policy, trade and defense aide in the U.S. Congress.
Madalene has overseas experience in Latin America and Eastern
Europe. She holds a Master in Public Administration from the
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a Bachelor
of Arts from Cornell University.
Romanian National
Corporate Governance Task Force
In June 2001, Mrs. Pascal became the spokesperson for the
Open doors Advocacy campaign developed by CIPE Bucharest office
with the support of USAID. Before this, she managed World
Bank projects on the Romanian Social Development Fund and
Romanian Energy Efficiency Fund. Mrs. Pascal owns a company
named AXA International Consulting. While with this company,
she has consulted on such issues as education, training and
business issues under the UNDP, World Bank and EU/PHARE projects.
Between 1992 and 1994, Mrs. Pascal participated in several
international Training programs, including
- Management of Change and Conflicts Resolution, Brienz,
Switzerland
- Marketing Management, Wirtschaftsakademie, Vienna,
Austria
- Communication Strategy, International Center for Economic
Growth from San Francisco, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
- Training Program on Employer's Organizations and Role
of Advocacy, NCMV, Brugges, Belgium
In 1992, Mrs. Pascal was asked to coordinate a program at
the International Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies (ICES).
At the same time, she served as technical adviser for the
Strategic Alliance of Business Associations during the first
and second initiative project on Corporate Governance in Romania.
There, she dealt with privatization and restructuring of state
owned companies, providing evaluations, assessing needs and
giving training to top managers and members of the Board of
Directors. As Director of the Management Center for Trade
and Tourism at the Institute Virgil Madgearu, in 1990, she
coordinated training programs, seminars and workshops, as
well as assessed needs and tailored training curricula for
managerial positions in trading companies.
Mrs. Pascal graduated from the University of Bucharest in
1982 with a degree in Economics. She then joined the Trading
Enterprise for Industrial products, where she began as an
Economist and ended as Deputy Director. She has led several
studies under the Research Institute for Domestic Trade and
Tourism. Mrs. Pascal is fluent in English and has good knowledge
of German.
Honorary President,
Podilya Pershyi NGO, and former Consultant, Ukrainian State
and Regional Department of Economy
Most recently, Mr. Price served as a Consultant in Ukraine
there assisting the State and local Oblasts in implementing
economic reforms. That effort included introducing the economic
concept of "industry sector clusters" as a means for stimulating
the recovery of foundering SMEs. Several clusters were formed
[viz., fashion industry, food processing industry]. Mr. Price
also pioneered the establishment of NGOs as entities for assisting
in regional economic redevelopment activities. As a prototype
Mr. Price created the PPNGO, which has assumed a vigorous
role in cooperating with regional Oblasts for implementing
industry sector clusters. For an interim period Mr. Price
acted as the Director for the NGO's activities. During the
course of the three years in Ukraine, Mr. Price published
numerous works on economic subjects including chapters for
several books on the economics of industry sector clusters
and methods for their development.
Mr. Price previously has been engaged in a wide variety of
management activities for private and public sector organizations.
His special competence is in life field of strategic planning
and strategic management. In the private sector, Mr. Price
has been a consultant to firms on matters of improving their
global competitiveness and the strategic allocation of resources.
He has assisted State Agencies in the matter of valuing state
industrial facilities and implementing operating conditions
for securing their privatization. In this function, Mr. Price
has on occasion assumed the role of "acting director" in managing
the transition of the enterprise to private operations. This
work has entailed such aspects as the restructuring of enterprises
recasting marketing strategies, financing enterprises through
public financial markets and instituting methods for increasing
their productivity and quality. In the course of such consulting
activity, Mr. Price in his career has assisted several hundred
enterprises [large, medium, small] in adjusting to competitive
conditions.
In the public sector, Mr. Price has applied his experience
to the restructuring of State and local government entities
to achieve more effective governance in the implementation
of public services. In his native land [U.S.], Mr. Price directed
the reorganization of numerous high-level departments and
Agencies [including a restructuring of the US Bureau of Management
and Budget.] At the local government level, he assisted States
in implementing Federal Government initiatives [viz., programs
for promoting the delivery of health and welfare services].
As a Diplomat [representing the U.S.] Mr. Price served with
the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] and assisted
that body in improving the management of several of its monitoring
and compliance functions.
Mr. Price is presently advising the International Helsinki
Federation for human Rights in Vienna, Austria, on methods
for monitoring the status of human rights conditions. He has
assisted the Federation in assessing its monitoring regime
and in implementing a Survey method for assessing human rights
conditions. Such a regime is an essential element in achieving
the Federation's aim of effective compliance with the Helsinki
Accords and documenting abuses of those rights.
Former Executive
Director, Competitiveness Policy Council
Howard Rosen is currently working as a consultant to the
Senate Finance Committee. For the past four years, he was
the Minority Staff Director of the Joint Economic Committee
in the US Congress. Before joining the Committee, he served
as the Competitiveness Policy Council’s only Executive
Director. The Council was a federal advisory commission reporting
to the President and Congress, with representatives from business,
labor, government and the public. Prior to that he was Research
Associate and later Assistant to the Director of the Institute
for International Economics, and an economist in the Research
Department of the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem and in the Bureau
of International Labor Affairs in the US Department of Labor.
He has consulted to the Inter-American Developing Bank, the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Business
Roundtable and Data Resources, Inc.
Mr. Rosen received his BA and MA in economics from the George
Washington University, where he concentrated on international
economics. His research has focused on issues relating to
international trade and employment, macroeconomic policies,
structural change, immigration and labor market adjustment.
President
and CEO, UKRIMPEX Joint-Stock Company
Dr. Sokolenko currently serves a President and CEO of UKRIMPEX
Joint-Stock Company, an organization specializing in foreign
trade and investor assistance. The company also assesses investments,
conducts briefings for potential foreign partners. Most recently,
Dr. Sokolenko has engaged in consulting services on the regional
basis, working in Krivij Rig, Novokrivorizhsky, Pivnichnij
and Poltava. A recent project in cluster competitiveness in
Western Ukraine has brought Dr. Sokolenko to agribusiness
development and machinery industry work.
Prior to UKRIMPEX, Dr. Sokolenko held several high-profile
posts as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations
in Kyiv, Ukraine, department head at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Ukraine, senior advisor at the Council of Ministers
of the Ukraine, and senior officer in UNIDO. Dr. Sokolenko
received his BA at the Bauman Advanced Technical University,
and a Ph.D. in Economics at the All-Union Marketing Institute,
both in Moscow.
Executive Director,
Center for International Private Enterprise
Dr. Sullivan has been Executive Director of the Center for
International Private Enterprise (CIPE), an affiliate of the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, since 1991. In 1983, he was associate
director of the bipartisan Democracy Program that created
the National Endowment for Democracy that supports CIPE. Once
the Endowment was established, John returned to the Chamber
to help create the Center for International Private Enterprise
(CIPE) where he served as program director. >From 1977 to
1982, he worked at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Public Affairs
Department and Special Project Division. In 1976, Dr. Sullivan
joined the President Ford Re-Election Committee in the research
department on campaign strategy, polling, and market research.
Prior to this he worked with the Institute for Economic Research
and the Office of Minority Business Enterprise (U.S. Department
of Commerce) in Los Angeles on projects to stimulate small
and minority enterprise. Dr. Sullivan has a Ph.D. in international
relations from the University of Pittsburgh, and is the author
of a number of articles and publications on the transition
to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, corporate governance,
and market-oriented democratic development.
Coordinator, Southeast
European Legal Development Initiative (SELDI) and Program
Director, Center for the Study of Democracy
Boyko Todorov is Program Director at the Center for the Study
of Democracy (CSD) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr. Todorov joined
the CSD in 1994 and has since coordinated CSD's EU accession
projects, including impact studies, analysis of regional implications
of accession, and recommendations on the implementation of
Bulgaria's EU Association Agreement, etc. His recent areas
of specialization include the international assistance and
cooperation in the field of good governance, particular the
interface between donor organizations and civil society in
anti-corruption programs.
Mr. Todorov is also coordinator of the Southeast European
Legal Development Initiative (SELDI), a public-private partnership
aimed at promoting legal development in the region.
He is also Director of the Information Centre on the Council
of Europe in Sofia. In this capacity Mr. Todorov's responsibilities
include design of the information policy of the Council of
Europe in Bulgaria, assistance in identification of needs
during annual planning cycle of assistance to CEE countries,
coordination with other international organizations represented
in Bulgaria.
His educational background is in international relations,
holding a MA degree in international affairs from the Florida
State University with a specialization in the field of international
relations theory.
Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy and Business Development,
Russian Federation
Andrey Gennadievich Tsyganov is the Deputy Minister at the
Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy and Promotion of Entrepreneurship
of the Russian Federation (MAP Russia), Deputy Minister (1998-2001).
He is responsible for the development and implementation of
the national policy on competition; national regulation, antimonopoly
measures and development of competition in natural monopoly
sector (oil, gas, energy, telecommunication, rail and air
transportation) and chemical, timber and agricultural sectors;
for limitation of restrictive business practice (abuse of
power, anti-competitive agreements and administrative burdens);
development and implementation of demonopolization measures
and stimulation of business activity; State aid and public
procurement antimonopoly regulation; national policy on promotion
and development of SME, regulation of the relationship between
SME and large enterprises; and international cooperation of
the MAP Russia with competition authorities, natural monopolies
regulators and international organizations.
Prior to joining MAP, Dr. Tsyganov served in the State Antimonopoly
Committee of the Russian Federation as Adviser of the Chairman,
Head of Private Business Promotion Department, Head of SME
Support and Development Department, Head of Restrictive Business
Practice Department, Member of the Board, State-Secretary
- Deputy Chairman (1990-1998). Before this, he consulted the
USSR Council of Ministers Machinebuilding Bureau, Economic
and Management Department on industrial policy and State administration
issues (1988-1990). Dr. Tsyganov began his professional career
in 1987 at the Gorky Automotive Plant in Nizhny Novgorod,
as Deputy Head of Planning and Economic Department (Moscow
Representative Office).
During his professional career, Dr. Tsyganov
- Investigated cases that violate competition laws and was
a key decision maker on these issues, as Head of the Ministerial
Investigation Commission;
- Participated in elaboration of draft Federal Laws "On
Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Activity" (1990),
"On Competition and Limitation of Monopolistic Activity
on Goods Markets" (1991, amendments in 1994, 1998,
2000), "On State Promotion of Small Enterprises in
the Russian Federation" (1993-1995, 2000), "On Natural
Monopolies" (1995, amendments in 1998, 2000), "On Licensing"
(1994-1998, 2000), "On Public Procurement Tenders" (1997-1998),
"On State Aid" (2000-2001) at Governmental and
Parliamentary level;
- Participated in preparation and implementation of the
State program on demonopolization and development of competition
in the goods market (1994-1998), Measures for development
of state antimonopoly policy, demonopolization and competition
(1998-2000) and Federal programs on promotion and development
of small enterprises (1993-1995, 1996-1998, 2000-2001) adopted
by Governmental decrees;
- Participated in preparation of State Reports on developing
market competition in the Russian Federation (1995, 1997,
1999);
- Trained on issues of State aid policy of the European
Union (European Commission, Directorate General IV - Competition),
Belgium, Brussels (1995);
- Organized technical assistance and training programs for
the State competition authority of the Russian Federation:
"Small business infrastructure development" (Government
of Japan program, 1993-1996), "Implementation of competition
legislation by competition authorities and courts" (OECD
and World Bank programs, 1996-2000), "Technical assistance
to the State Antimonopoly Committee of the Russian Federation"
(TACIS project, 1996-1998), "State aid related to the Steel
Agreement" (TACIS project, 1998-2000);
- Participated in working parties of OECD Committee on Competition
Law and Policy (observer, 1997-1999);
- Participated in preparation of International Conferences
"Competition Policy in Transitional Economy" (1995,
1997, 2000) and First and Second All-Russian SME Congresses
(1996, 1999);
Dr. Tsyganov has conducted business and participated in short-term
internships in Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brunei, Canada,
China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan,
Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand,
Turkey, presentations in numerous national and international
conferences and working meetings on competition policy and
SME development (1990-2001).
He is on the Board of Directors of JSC "Rosneft", JSC "Slavneft",
JSC "Transneft" and JSC "Svyazinvest". In addition, he is
a member of the Small Entrepreneurship Advisory Council under
the Chairman of the Federation Council (1995-1998), Small
Entrepreneurship Support and Development Advisory Council
in CIS countries (Deputy Chairman, 1998-1999) and Private
Business Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of the Russian Federation (1996-2001). He is
also serves on the Governmental Commissions on cooperation
of the Russian Federation with the EU, OECD, APEC, Japan,
China.
He has authored numerous publications, including: "Market
and Antimonopoly Legislation in Russia", 1992, Moscow
(co-author); State Reports on development of competition on
markets of the Russian Federation, 1995, 1997, 1999, Moscow
(co-author); "Small Business of Russia: problems and
prospects" (Report to the President of the Russian Federation
and to the Government of the Russian Federation), 1996, Moscow
(co-author); "Survey on Economic Policy in Russia in
1998", 1999, Moscow (co-author); "Competition Law
in the Russian Federation", 1999, Moscow (co-author);
and "Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation", 1999,
Moscow (editor, co-author).
Born in Perm, Russia, Dr. Tsygnov holds a B.A. in Political
Economy (1983) and a PhD in Economics of Industrial Planning
and Management (1986), both from Moscow State University.
He did his post-graduate studies as a lawyer at the Russian
Academy of Public Administration under the president of the
Russian Federation in public administration and law.
Senior Program
Officer, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Center for International
Private Enterprise
Andrew Wilson is the Senior Program Officer for Eastern Europe
and Eurasia at the Center for International Private Enterprise,
where he manages technical assistance and grants programs
promoting economic and democratic reform in the region. Before
joining CIPE, Mr. Wilson worked as a private sector training
specialist at the Academy for Educational Development, and
as a program coordinator for international exchange programs.
Mr. Wilson has a Masters degree in East European Studies from
the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University
of London and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Lewis
and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
Senior Financial
Markets Advisor, Europe and Eurasia Bureau/Office of Market
Transition/Institutional and Legal Environmental Division,
USAID
Dr. Yener is a Senior Financial Markets Advisor and Team
Leader on Corporate Governance within the Europe Bureau of
the Office of Market Transition at the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) in Washington, D.C.
since mid-2000. His responsibilities include providing leadership
and technical support to management and the USAID missions
on the development of financial sector intermediaries and
effective corporate governance practices. Prior to joining
USAID, he held the position of Senior Finance Sector Specialist
at the World Bank Institute, Governance, Regulation and Finance
division (WBIGF) between 1993-2000. At the World Bank Institute,
his responsibilities included managing the design, development,
and the delivery of policy and skills oriented capacity building
programs on financial and private sector development and regulation,
corporate governance and anti-corruption activities. He lead
teams to assess capital markets development in a number of
countries while at the World Bank. Before joining the World
Bank, he pursued an academic career for two decades until
1994, and his last position was professor of finance and investments
at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He also taught
lectures and seminars at Harvard University, and various US
and international universities, in France, the Netherlands,
Italy and Turkey. He conducted extensive research and has
publications in corporate finance and investments on emerging
capital markets, portfolio management, early warning systems
for risk assessment for financial sector. As principal, he
co-founded the consulting firm of Ownership Associates in
Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1985, specializing in advisory
and consulting services to small and medium enterprises and
large US and international corporations on management strategy
and international clients on corporate capital structure,
employee ownership plans (ESOPs), and corporate governance.
He holds undergraduate, MBA and PhD degrees in accounting,
business and investments and corporate finance from Gazi University
(Ankara -Turkey) and Syracuse University, School of Management
(State of New York-USA), respectively. He is married to Mine
and has two sons. Dr. Yener is Turkish born US citizen.
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