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AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL COOPERATION

Dr. Su-San CHANG

Lead Shepherd

Teddy Edmund PAVON (Mr)

Program Director

ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY WORKING GROUP

Ana Grimanesa Reategui Napuri (Mrs)

ACTWG Chair

Public Integrity Secretary,
Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru

Carlos Villena (Mr)

ACTWG Chair's Assistant

Baiq Nouvia (Ms)

Program Director

APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Julia Torreblanca (Mrs)

ABAC Chair

Antonio I. BASILIO (Mr)

Director

32/F, Zuellig Building
Makati Avenue Corner Paseo de Roxas
Makati City 1225 Philippines
Tel: +63 2 843 6536 +63 2 845 4564
Fax: +63 2 845 4832


Benjamin TAN (Mr)

Program Director

APEC PUTRAJAYA VISION 2040

To be advised

Program Director

 

AUTOMOTIVE DIALOGUE

Victor Parra (Mr)

Automotive Dialogue Co-Chair

General Director of Policies and Regulatory Analysis at the Ministry of Production 

 

Karsten KUNCKEL SAAMER (Mr)

Automotive Dialogue Co-Chair

President of Automotive Association of Peru (AAP)

PARK Jungoh (Mr)

Program Director

BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Matt MURRAY (Ambassador)

BMC Chair 2024

U.S. Senior Official for APEC
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Victor Antonio MUNOZ TUESTA (Mr)

BMC Vice Chair 2024

Peru APEC Alternate Senior Official
APEC Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru

Celine KWOK (Ms)

Program Director

BUSINESS MOBILITY GROUP

David Wootton (Mr)

BMG Convenor

Fernando Salas (Mr)

Program Director

CHEMICAL DIALOGUE

Kent C. SHIGETOMI (Mr)

Government Co-Chair of Chemical Dialogue

Director for Multilateral Non-Tariff Barriers, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Sergio BARRIENTOS H. (Mr)

Industrial Co-Chair of Chemical Dialogue

General Manager
Chilean Association of Chemical Industries
Asiquim A.G.

NGUYEN Thu Tra (Ms)

Program Director

COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Christopher TAN (Mr)

CTI Chair 2024-2025
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Singapore

Benjamin TAN (Mr)

Program Director

COMPETITION POLICY AND LAW GROUP

Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga (Ms)

CPLG Convenor

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKING GROUP

Andhika Chrisnayudhanto (Mr)

Interim-Chair

Deputy for International Cooperation
National Counter Terrorism Agency-Indonesia

Steven MILON Esparza (Mr)

Program Director

DIGITAL ECONOMY STEERING GROUP

Ekapong RIMCHARONE (Mr)

DESG Chair

Inspector General, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Thailand

Taran OSIRI (Mr)

Assistant to DESG Chair

Junichi ISHII (Mr)

DESG Data Privacy Subgroup (DPS) Chair
Personal Information Protection Commission, Japan

Elspeth DAVIDSON (Ms)

Program Director

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Dr James Ding

Economic Committee Chair

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKING GROUP

Alvaro Cristian HORMAZABAL LOPEZ (Mr)

EPWG Co-Chair 2024-2025 (Chile)

National Director
National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED)
Chile

Dr. Kimberly D. COLEMAN

EPWG Co-Chair 2024-2025 (USA)

Director
International Affairs Division
Office of Policy and Program Analysis
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
United States of America

Aurora TSAI (Ms)

Program Director

ENERGY WORKING GROUP

Weiguo SHAN (Mr)

EWG Lead Shepherd

Head of Oil Market Study
Research Institute of Economics & Technology (ETRI), CNPC

Takayuki NIIKURA (Mr)

Program Director

EXPERTS GROUP ON ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE

Noraihan ABDUL RAHMAN (Ms)

EGILAT Chair

Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian Timber Council (MTC)

Ren Hao (Mr)

Program Director

FINANCE MINISTERS' PROCESS

Jose ARISTA (Mr)

FMM Chair

Minister of Economy and Finance

Daniel BARCO (Mr)

FCBDM Chair

Vice Minister of Economy

Franklin THOMPSON (Mr)

SFOM Chair / APEC Coordinator

Director of International Economics Affairs

Krizia HERRERA (Ms)

APEC Coordination

Expert in International Economics Affairs

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR ON CONNECTIVITY

Alice MCKENZIE (Ms)

Program Director

FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR ON URBANISATION

To be advised

Program Director

 

GROUP ON SERVICES

Jillian DeLuna (Ms)

GOS Convenor

Director for ICT Services & Digital Trade
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Miwa Goshima (Ms)

Program Director

HEALTH WORKING GROUP

Dr. Victor Yosef Melt Campos

HWG Chair 2024-2025

Director General
Office of International Technical Cooperation
Ministry of Health, Peru

Jimena LIMAY CASTILLO (Ms)

HWG Chair’s Assistant

Multilateral Affairs Unit
Office of International Technical Cooperation
Ministry of Health, Peru

Aurora TSAI (Ms)

Program Director

HIGH LEVEL POLICY DIALOGUE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Teddy Edmund PAVON (Mr)

Program Director

HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Zhao LI (Mr)

HRDWG Lead Shepherd 2025-2026

Deputy Director, International Relations & Economic Research,
U.S. Department Of Labor

Siti HARLENA Harris Lee (Ms)

Program Director

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS EXPERTS GROUP

María Gloria Riethmuller (Ms)

Chair

Legal Advisor
Intellectual Property Department
Undersecretariat of International Economic Affairs

Ara Cho (Ms)

Vice Chair

Deputy Director, Trade & Cooperation Team
Korean Intellectual Property Office

Elspeth DAVIDSON (Ms)

Program Director

INVESTMENT EXPERTS' GROUP

Faizal Mohd Yusof (Mr)

IEG Convenor

Senior Director 
Investment Policy and Trade Facilitation Division Office
Ministry International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia

Takayuki NIIKURA (Mr)

Program Director

MARKET ACCESS GROUP

ANDREA CERDA VÁSQUEZ (Ms)

MAG Convenor 2024-2025

Head of Market Access Department
Undersecretariat of International Economic Affairs (SUBREI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chile

Miwa Goshima (Ms)

Program Director

OCEAN AND FISHERIES WORKING GROUP

Mónica Rojas Noack (Ms)

Lead Shepherd

Head of International Affairs Unit,
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service,
SERNAPESCA, Chile

NGUYEN Thu Tra (Ms)

Program Director

POLICY PARTNERSHIP ON FOOD SECURITY

Victor Hugo Parra Puente (Mr)

PPFS Chair

Teddy Edmund PAVON (Mr)

Program Director

POLICY PARTNERSHIP ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Rahima Kandahari (Ms)

PPSTI Chair (2024-2025)

US Department of State

Dr Hwanil Park

PPSTI Vice Chair (2023-2024)

Science and Technology Policy Institute
Republic of Korea

Ren Hao (Mr)

Program Director

POLICY PARTNERSHIP ON WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY

Anita Peña Saavedra (Ms)

PPWE Chair

Head of the International Affairs Department, 
Ministry of Women and Gender Equity
Chile

Baiq Nouvia (Ms)

Program Director

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WORKING GROUP

Aaron SYDOR (Mr)

APEC SMEWG Chair

Global Affairs Canada

Carlos Obando (Mr)

Program Director

SOM STEERING COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION

Lindsey MacKinnon (Ms)

Program Director

SUB-COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS PROCEDURES

Heon Park (Mr)

SCCP Chair for 2025

Director General
International Affairs Bureau

Piang-or WACHARAPRAPAPONG (Ms)

Program Director

SUB-COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND CONFORMANCE

Byung Goo KANG (Dr)

SCSC Chair 2025

Professor Emeritus, Korea University

Piang-or WACHARAPRAPAPONG (Ms)

Program Director

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION WORKING GROUP

Clare Spring (Ms)

TEL Co-Chair

Australian Government Department of Infrastructure

Hayun Kang (Dr)

TEL Co-Chair

Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)

Elspeth DAVIDSON (Ms)

Program Director

TOURISM WORKING GROUP

Yasmeen Yasim (Dr)

Lead Shepherd

Deputy Secretary-General (Tourism)
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia

Fernando Salas (Mr)

Program Director

TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP

Baesung KIM (Mr)

TPTWG Chair (Korea)

Director General for Public Housing Supply
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

PARK Jungoh (Mr)

Program Director