participants and course leaders directory - Eurochambres Academy
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EUROCHAMBRES - Trade <strong>Academy</strong> 2012<br />
Course Leaders’ Details<br />
EUROCHAMBRES - Trade <strong>Academy</strong> 2012<br />
Course Leaders’ Details<br />
Steve Baker<br />
National Trade Services Adviser<br />
Lars Nilsson<br />
Ph.D, Associate Professor<br />
Steve is currently working as National Trade Services Adviser for British Chambers of<br />
Commerce (BCC) <strong>and</strong> uses his first-h<strong>and</strong> experience of international trade to develop<br />
<strong>and</strong> promote UK Chamber services to exporters. Steve is a Chartered Marketer<br />
<strong>and</strong> member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. In his later position of Manager-International<br />
Trade Certification, Steve was responsible for management <strong>and</strong><br />
administration of Certification Services through the network of more than 60 British<br />
Chambers on behalf of UK Government. Steve joined BCC in 1989, in the position of<br />
Export <strong>and</strong> Trade Manager, developing the range of export services offered through<br />
the UK chamber network.<br />
• Tel +44 2476 414360<br />
• E-mail s.baker@britishchambers.org.uk<br />
23 Stoneleigh Close Stoneleigh<br />
CV8 3DE Coventry<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Lars works in the Chief Economist Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate<br />
General for Trade, which he joined in 2004. He is also Associate Professor at Lund<br />
University, Sweden, from where he obtained his doctoral degree in economics. He<br />
is specialized in regional <strong>and</strong> bilateral aspects of European Union (EU) trade policy,<br />
including EU trade policy towards developing countries, areas in which he has<br />
published widely. Previously, he worked for the European Commission’s Directorate<br />
General for External Relations <strong>and</strong> he has also served as a Special Advisor in the<br />
Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.<br />
• Tel +32 2 299 46 92<br />
• E-mail Lars.NILSSON@ec.europa.eu<br />
DG Trade, European Commission<br />
Chief Economist Unit<br />
200, rue de la Loi<br />
1049 Brussels<br />
European Union<br />
Josep Bosch<br />
Spokesman <strong>and</strong> Information Officer.<br />
Evert-Jan Schouwstra<br />
Senior Trade Consultant<br />
After studying journalism at the “Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona”, Josep started<br />
working for several local newspapers <strong>and</strong> magazines until 1976 when he began his<br />
career as a foreign correspondent. He has worked in London, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong<br />
Kong <strong>and</strong> as regional correspondent for Southeast Asia, the Pacific <strong>and</strong> in Geneva.<br />
From 2000 to present he has been Spokesman <strong>and</strong> Information Officer at the World<br />
Trade Organization.<br />
• Tel +41 227 395 681<br />
• Fax +41 227 395 458<br />
• E-mail josep.bosch@wto.org<br />
World Trade Organization<br />
154 Rue de Lausanne, Bureau 25<br />
OMC-Information<br />
CH-1211 Geneva<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
Evert Jan started to work for the Chamber of Commerce for the Northern Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
in 2005 as a senior Trade Consultant. He advises companies in his region how<br />
to strategically enter foreign markets. He also organizes trade missions, seminars<br />
<strong>and</strong> workshops. He is secretary of the Frisian Export club, Advisory Board Member of<br />
the International Business <strong>and</strong> Management Studies <strong>and</strong> is member of the Northern<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s initiative of Local Government, Education <strong>and</strong> Entrepreneurship to<br />
stimulate the competitiveness of the region. He travelled to all continents <strong>and</strong> did<br />
business for several companies in more than 16 emerging markets.<br />
• Tel +31 88 585 12 64<br />
• E-mail evertjan.schouwstra@kvk.nl<br />
Northern Netherl<strong>and</strong>s CCI<br />
Heliconweg 62<br />
8914 AT Leeuwarden<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Dominique Brunin<br />
General Manager<br />
Wouter Van Gulck<br />
General Manager<br />
Dominique is the Executive Director of the Union of French Chambers of Commerce<br />
<strong>and</strong> Industry Abroad (UCCIFE) as well as the newly created association of CCIs in<br />
France involved in the internationalization of French companies. He has had a long<br />
experience in this particular field as well as in the education sector in France <strong>and</strong><br />
abroad. He has been Executive Director of the French Chamber of Commerce <strong>and</strong><br />
Industry in South Africa <strong>and</strong> recently in Morocco; Director for International <strong>and</strong><br />
European Affairs of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce <strong>and</strong> Industry<br />
<strong>and</strong> has also worked for the Paris Chamber of Commerce. He studied international<br />
relations, mass communication <strong>and</strong> political sciences.<br />
• Tel +33 1 40 69 37 60/37<br />
• Fax +33 1 40 69 37 83<br />
• E-mail DBRUNIN@uccife.org<br />
ACFCI CCI International<br />
46, avenue de la Gr<strong>and</strong>e Armée<br />
75858 Paris Cedex 17<br />
France<br />
Wouter Van Gulck is General Manager of the Federation of Belgian Chambers<br />
of Commerce since March 2007. Prior to this, he was involved in international<br />
trade promotion as a trade commissioner for the Flemish Region of Belgium in<br />
Johannesburg <strong>and</strong> in New York, <strong>and</strong> as deputy chief of cabinet at the cabinet of the<br />
Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Region. Wouter has a master degree in law<br />
from the Catholic University of Leuven <strong>and</strong> a master of business administration from<br />
the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School.<br />
• Tel +32 2 209 05 50<br />
• Fax +32 2 209 05 68<br />
• E-mail wvangulck@belgianchambers.be<br />
BELGIAN CHAMBERS<br />
Avenue Louise 500<br />
1050 Brussels<br />
Belgium<br />
Prof. Dr. George Malcotsis<br />
Dirk Vantyghem<br />
Director International Affairs<br />
George was born in Greece, grew up in Egypt, studied in Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> USA, <strong>and</strong> now lives<br />
<strong>and</strong> works in Switzerl<strong>and</strong>. He began his career in a teaching <strong>and</strong> research engineering<br />
at the University of Cambridge, Engl<strong>and</strong>. Then he worked for a major internationally<br />
active engineering consulting firm in Switzerl<strong>and</strong>. His last position in the firm was that of<br />
president. In 1990 he joined KPMG Switzerl<strong>and</strong> as a partner on the director level. His first<br />
responsibility was to head the international management consulting division. Now he is<br />
Visiting Professor of Development Economics at the Edinburgh Napier University, President<br />
of the International Institute of Investment Promotion, <strong>and</strong> Senior Partners of DIAS<br />
Management. Through conducting business operations in over 80 countries, George has<br />
gained extensive international experience <strong>and</strong> an ability to operate across cultural barriers.<br />
• Tel +41 56 204 9231<br />
• Fax +41 56 204 9427<br />
• E-mail george.malcotsis@diasmanagement.ch<br />
DIAS Management<br />
Oberstadtstrasse 10A<br />
5400 Baden<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
At EUROCHAMBRES, Dirk is Director of International Affairs. He has more than 10<br />
years experience in international relations, with emphasis on external economic<br />
co-operation <strong>and</strong> trade policy. His field experience relates to Central <strong>and</strong> Eastern<br />
Europe, the Mediterranean region, Latin America <strong>and</strong> Asia. He has previously also<br />
been responsible for the <strong>Academy</strong>. Dirk has an economic background <strong>and</strong> holds a<br />
Masters from the College of Europe.<br />
• Tel +32 2 282 08 71<br />
• Fax +32 2 280 01 91<br />
• E-mail vantyghem@eurochambres.eu<br />
EUROCHAMBRES<br />
Avenue des Arts, 19 A/D<br />
1000 Brussels<br />
Belgium<br />
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