Senior Sate Counsel
The Attorney-General’s Chambers

Mr Tiwari, a national of Singapore, is presently a Senior State Counsel and Head of the International Affairs Division in the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore.

Mr Tiwari first served (on secondment from the Legal Service) in the Ministry of Defence and was the Head of its Legal Department. He was later Head of the Civil Division in the Chambers from 1987 – Jun 1995. He is presently the Head of the International Affairs Division.

Mr Tiwari led the evidence in major Inquiries in Singapore: Spyros Inquiry (1978), Cable Car Inquiry (1984), Hotel New World Inquiry (1988) – the last two being Presidential Commissions of Inquiries. He has also appeared in various cases in the High Court of Singapore. He has led many bilateral and multilateral negotiations on behalf of Singapore, including that involving the Singapore-Johore Boundary Agreement and the Singapore-Malaysia dispute over Pedra Branca.

He was the Legal Adviser to the Singapore delegation to the Uruguay Round negotiations and has represented Singapore in the negotiations for the Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and many ASEAN negotiations and meetings.

In the area of intellectual property, Mr Tiwari is the Chairman of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation and leader of the Singapore delegation to that Group, the APEC Intellectual Property Experts Group and WIPO meetings. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the APEC IP Experts Group and was leader of the Singapore delegation to the WIPO Conference on the WIPO Copyrights Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Mr Tiwari has presented papers and participated at numerous workshops and international conferences on the Law of the Sea, trade, intellectual property rights, civil aviation etc.

Executive Chairman
First Pacific Company Limited
President & CEO
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company

Born in the Philippines in July 1946, Mr Pangilinan graduated cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He received his MBA degree in 1968 from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Procter & Gamble Fellow.

After graduating from Wharton, he worked in Manila for Philippine Investment Management Consultants Inc. (the PHINMA Group) and in Hong Kong with Bancom International Limited and American Express Bank.

Mr Pangilinan founded First Pacific in 1981 and served as Managing Director until 1999, when he was appointed Executive Chairman. Within the First Pacific Group, he holds the positions of Chairman of FPB Bank Holdings Company Limited and First Pacific Davies Holdings Limited in Hong Kong; and of Metro Pacific Corporation, Smart Communications, Inc. and Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation in the Philippines.

In November 1998, following First Pacific’s acquisition of a significant stake in PLDT, he was named as the Company’s President & CEO. He also serves as Vice Chairman of Berli Jucker Public Company Limited in Thailand.

Outside the First Pacific Group, he is a member of Bankers Trust’s Asian Advisory Board, a member of the Board of Overseers of The Wharton School in the United States, and is a trustee of Ateneo de Manila University and San Beda College in the Philippines. He also serves as Chairman of the Hong Kong Bayanihan Trust, which provides vocational, social and cultural activities for Hong Kong’s foreign domestic helpers.

General Manager
IBM ASEAN/South Asia Region

Mr. Romero was appointed General Manager, IBM ASEAN/South Asia Region, in May 1999. Headquartered in Singapore, IBM’s ASEAN/South Asia Region employs more than 10,000 professionals in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India. The IBM ASEAN/South Asia region’s operations include research, manufacturing, procurement, distribution, sales, marketing, and finance functions.

Mr. Romero originally joined IBM’s Data Processing Division in 1977 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Between 1977 and 1993, Mr. Romero held numerous marketing, management, and executive positions including Branch Manager, Regional Marketing Manager, and Trading Area General Manager.

In 1993, Mr. Romero assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer, NewLeaf Entertainment Corporation, a joint venture between Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation and IBM Corporation. In September 1995, Mr. Romero joined BellSouth Business Systems as Vice President and General Manager.

In 1997, he rejoined IBM Corporation. From January 1997 until May 1999, Mr. Romero was President, IBM Argentina, and General Manager, IBM Latin America Southern Region. In this capacity, Mr. Romero was responsible for IBM’s operations in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Mr. Romero is a U.S. citizen, and was originally born in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended the University of Maryland for his undergraduate studies in Computer Science. Mr. Romero served as a trustee/director of Florida International University, and also as a Director of Liberty City Charter school. He previously served on the Board of Directors of several civic organizations including: The New World Symphony, The Coconut Grove Playhouse, The United Way, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, and AMCHAM. Mr. Romero presently serves on the Board of the US-ASEAN Business Council. He is a Director of SingaLab Pte Ltd.

Special Assistant to the Coordinating Minister
for Economy, Finance and Industry

BIO DATA

• Hon. Roberto R. Romulo
  Chairman
  Equitable Card Network

Brunei Darussalam

• Mr. Ang Kian Guan
  Head
  IT, Research & Development Division
  Ministry of Communications
• Mr. Sheikh Abas Sheikh Mohammad
  Managing Director
  Syabas Technology

Cambodia

• H.E. Pan Sorasak
  Undersecretary of State
  Council of Ministers
  Prime Minister’s Office

• Mr. Phu Leewood
  Office of the Council of Ministers

Indonesia

• Mr. Ichjar Musa
  Special Assistant to the Coordinating Minister for the Economics, Finance and Industry
  Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industry

• Ms. Rifana Erni Arjakusumah (alternate)
  Secretary of the Directorate-General of International Industry & Trade Cooperation
  Ministry of Industry & Trade

• Mr. Jonathan Parapak
  Commissioner
  LIPPO E-NET

Lao PDR

• Mr. Somlouay Kittignavong
  Deputy Director General, Science and Technology Department
  The Science Technology and Environment Agency

Malaysia

• Dr. Halim Shafie
  Secretary-General
  Ministry of Energy, Communication and Multimedia
  • Ms. Suriah Abd Rahman (alternate)
    Deputy Secretary-General
    Ministry of Energy, Communication and Multimedia
• Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Othman Yeop Abdullah
  Executive Chairman
  Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC)
  • Dr. Mohd Ghazie Ismail (alternate)
    Senior Vice President
    Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC)

Myanmar

• Dr. Pyke Tin
  University of Computer Study, Yangon
• U Pyone Maung Maung
  Managing Director
  CE Technology Co., Ltd.

Philippines

• Mr. Virgilio L. Pe
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  Director
  Bureau of Trade, Industry and Services

  Dr. Robert R. Teh Jr. is currently Director of the Bureau of Trade, Industry and Services at the ASEAN Secretariat. His main responsibility is to monitor the implementation of the Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) for the ASEAN Free Trade Area and to assist in supervising, coordinating and reviewing the implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).

  Dr. Teh obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, specializing in international finance and macroeconomics. Prior to his post at the ASEAN Secretariat, he served as research assistant at the Food Research Institute at Stanford University and taught at the University of the Philippines in Los Ba

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  President & Managing Director
  IBM Philippines, Incorporated

  Ramon L. Jocson is the Director of e-Business for IBM ASEAN/South Asia. In his current position, he has revenue and profit responsibilities for IBM’s regional initiatives in the area of electronic commerce and internet related businesses.

  Prior to his current position, Ramon was the President and Managing Director of IBM Philippines from November, 1996 to December, 1999. He was also the Chairman of two IBM Philippines-wholly owned subsidiaries: ACI Systems, Inc., a software development company; and CITE, Inc., a network integration services company.

  Ramon joined IBM in 1982 as a Systems Analyst and was promoted to Computer Center Manager in 1985. After occupying various management positions in IBM Philippines including Information Systems Manager, Market Development Manager, Division Manager of Integrations Services and Manager, Strategic Business group, Ramon was assigned to IBM World Trade Corporation in Singapore as Director of Services Operations for ASEAN and South Asia in January, 1995. As Director of Services Operations, he was responsible for the business operations of IBM Global Services in ASEAN and South Asia, a business involving close to 1,500 professionals in 17 countries.

  In January 1996, he was appointed General Manager, Applications and Integration Services for ASEAN and South Asia. In this role, he was responsible for IBM’s consulting and systems integration business in the region.

  Ramon has a Masters in Business Administration Degree from the Ateneo de Manila, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines.

  Among his professional and civic affiliations are with the Rotary Club of Makati West and the Philippine Computer Society. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Science High School, and he also teaches Information Technology Management and Transnational Management at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. He also serves on the board of Medilink, a health information services company.

  Ramon was born on January 21, 1960. He is married to the former Georgina Luisa Olivares. They have one daughter, Bettina.

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  Deputy Director-General
  Chief of Electronic Commerce Department, Ministry of Trade

  BIO DATA

  Date of birth	31 July 1953
  Place of birth	Hanoi, Vietnam
  Education	Engineer Diploma in Mechanics in 1975 (Vietnam) Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade in 1988 (India)
  Professional Experience	Import & Export Officer at Vietnam Machinery IMP-EXP Corporation (MACHINOIMPORT) from 1976 – 1995. Senior Officer of Multilateral Trade Policy – Dept. Ministry of Trade from 1996-1998 Deputy Director General of multilateral Trade Policy Dept. since 1999 Chief of Electronic Commerce Dept. (MOT) Since January 2000
  Contact Information	Ministry of Trade of Vietnam Electronic Commerce Dept. 31 Trang Tien Str. Hanoi, Vietnam T: 84 4 8 255678 F: 84 4 9 344323 Email: tmdtu@fpt.vn

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