High-level IIA Speakers

Head, Department for Bilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Director, Investment Facilitation, Investment Promotion Agency, Burkina Faso

Director, Investment Trade Policy Division, Trade Policy Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada

Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia

Director, Prevention, Dispute Resolution and Investment, Foreign Trade Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Dominican Republic

Director, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Deputy Director, Trade Policy, Investment and Financial Crime, Directorate General of the Treasury, Ministry for the Economy and Finance, France

Director, Investment and Trade Agreements Division, Ministry of Finance, Israel

Deputy Director General, Legal Affairs and International Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia

Principal Secretary, State Department of Investment and Industry Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Kenya

Deputy Director, Investment Promotion Department, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Director, Public Private Partnership Department, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar

Director, International Trade of Services and Investment, Ministry of Economy, Mexico

Head, Department for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Economy, Montenegro

Director General, National Development Agency, Mongolia

Director, Development Policy and Planning Division, National Development Agency, Mongolia

Deputy Director, Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Namibia

Director, International Economic Governance and Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Nigeria

Head Legal Advisor, Special Commission for the Defence of Peru in International Investment Arbitration, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru

Deputy Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Head, International Agreements and Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Serbia

Deputy Director, Directorate for International Investments, Spain

Executive Director (Research & Policy Advocacy), Board of Investment, Sri Lanka

Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Sri Lanka

Head of Division, International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Director-General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Head of Department, Ministry of Economy, Turkey

Legal Advisor, Secretary General Office, Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce of China

Director, Investment and Promotion and Private Sector Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Senior Legal Adviser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Vice Chair, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

Executive Director, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Europe

Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

Managing Director, European Service Forum (ESF)

Secretary-General, Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International)

Senior Manager, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI)