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Roderick
ABBOTT (Visiting Fellow at the LSE)
Currently, senior
trade counselor with APCO Worldwide in Brussels and member
of the Steering Committee of the European Centre for International
Political Economy. Former Deputy Director General of the
World Trade Organisation and prior to this, Deputy Director
General of DG Trade in the European Commission and EU Ambassador
to Geneva.
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Jonathan BRENTON
British Ambassador to Belgium,
previous postings Deputy Head of the Africa Department of
the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, First Secretary
(Media) at the Embassy in Berlin, and First Secretary (Economic)
at the Embassy in Moscow.
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Baron Paul BUYSSE CMG,
CBE
Chairman Bekaert Group, former
CEO of Vickers plc (London). Among other positions, Baron
Buysse is Chairman of the College of Censors of the National
Bank of Belgium and Member of the Executive Committee of the
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Etienne DE CALLATAY
(LSE Alumnus)
Chief Economist at Bank Degroof,
Brussels. Former Head of Staff of the Belgian Minister of
Finance and Deputy Head of Staff of the Belgian Prime Minister.
Previously served at the Central Bank of Belgium and at the
IMF. Visiting lecturer at the University of Namur and the
Catholic University of Leuven. |
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Karel DE GUCHT
European Commissioner for Trade.
Former Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid.
Former Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the
Belgian House of Representatives and Member of the European
Parliament. |
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Nicola HARRINGTON-BUHAY
(LSE Alumna)
Deputy Director for Policy and
Communications, United
Nations/United Nations Development Programme. Served with
the UN on four continents and led UN development policy engagement
with the EU. Former UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia and
Montenegro, as well as director of fundraising for the UNDP.
Yale World Fellow 2008. Previously worked for the Bank of
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Philippe JADOUL
CEO of Vialegis International.
Former President of the Council of the British Chamber of
Commerce in Belgium and former Partner at Altius. Board member
of De Warande. |
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Patrick JANSSENS (LSE
Alumnus)
Mayor of Antwerp, former Councilor
of the City of Antwerp for the Flemish Socialist Party, and
former Member of the Belgian Parliament. |
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Syed KAMALL (LSE
Alumnus)
Member of European Parliament
for London, European Conservatives and Reformists. Vice-Chair
of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs. Visiting Fellow
at Leeds University Business School and Co-founder of the
Global Business Research Institute (GBRI). |
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Claude MORAES (LSE
Alumnus)
Member of European Parliament
for London, Labour Party spokesperson for Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs. Former Director of the Joint Council
for the Welfare of Immigrants and Chief Executive of the Immigrants'
Aid Trust. |
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Michiel VAN HULTEN
(LSE Alumnus)
Independent Consultant. Former
Managing Director and Head of Government Relations at Burson-Marsteller
Brussels. Former Member of the European Parliament and Chair
of the Dutch Labour Party. Founding member of the European
Council on Foreign Relations. |
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Lode WILLEMS
Director of External
Affairs & Governmental BNP Paribas Fortis. Former Ambassador
of Belgium to the UK, Germany and the United Nations in Geneva.
Former Belgian Deputy Permanent Representative to the European
Union and Chief of Cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Foreign
Affairs. |
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Peter
WITT (LSE Alumnus)
Head of the Siemens
Liaison Office in Brussels. Former partner at GPlus Europe
and former Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the
European Union.
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