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HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

Excess Capacity and

Structural Adjustment in the

Steel Sector Hosted by the Kingdom of Belgium

BIOGRAPHIES

18–19 April 2016

Palais d’Egmont

Brussels, Belgium

#steel

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HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

Excess Capacity and Structural Adjustment in the Steel Sector

HOSTS

H.E. Mr. Kris PEETERS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Employment, Economy

and Consumer Affairs

H.E. Kris Peeters (°18 May 1962) is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of

Employment, Economy and Consumer Affairs in the Federal government

of Belgium that took office in October 2014. Previously, from 2007 until

2014, he was Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and

between 2004 and 2007, he served as Minister for Public Works, Energy,

Environment and Nature, in the Government of Flanders.

After attending secondary school in Boom, Peeters studied law

in Antwerp and obtained a law degree in 1986. He also obtained a

Master’s Degree in Accountancy and Fiscal Law and a Bachelor’s Degree in

Philosophy. Before starting his political career, Kris Peeters served as

Secretary-General and managing Director of UNIZO (Organisation for the

Self-Employed and SMEs).

Mrs. Mari KIVINIEMI OECD Deputy Secretary-General

Mrs. Kiviniemi is the OECD Deputy Secretary-General since August 2014.

Her role consists of sharing her extensive experience to help increase the

impact and relevance of OECD work and to contribute to the public policy

challenges of promoting inclusive growth, jobs, equality and trust.

She is responsible for the strategic oversight of the OECD’s work on

Efficient and Effective Governance; Territorial Development; Trade and

Agriculture, as well as Statistics. She is also responsible for advancing the

Better Life Initiative.

Ms. Kiviniemi was Finland’s Prime Minister from 2010 to 2011. Previously,

she was Special Advisor on Economic Policy to the Prime Minister, Minister

for Foreign Trade and Development, Minister for European Affairs and

Minister of Public Administration and Local Government. Elected for the

first time at the age of 26, she was a Member of Parliament from 1995 to

2014, chairing and participating in a vast number of committees. She also

held a variety of leadership positions in her political party, the Finnish

Center Party.

An economist by training, she studied political science at the University of

Helsinki and holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences. Born in 1968, she

is married and has two children.

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Mr. Kalin TOMOV Counsellor for Economic Affairs

Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the EU

Mr. Tomov is Counsellor for Economic Affairs and Member of the Council

High Level Group on Competitiveness and Growth. He represents his

country in the EU policy formulation process on issues relating to

industrial policy, internal market policy, competitiveness and growth.

Mr. Tomov has held various position in policy making and political

cabinets in the Government of Bulgaria and has been Chair of Board of

Directors of a company with approximately 500 staff.

Mr. Wei-Cheng SHEN Director

Ministry of Economic Affairs of Chinese Taipei

Dr. Shen has been the director of the Metal and Mechanical Industry

Division, Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of

Economic Affairs (MOEA) since 2012. His division takes charge of the

development of steel, machinery, vehicle, vessel, aviation, and renewable

energy industries in Taiwan.

Dr. Shen attaches great importance to the balance of industrial upgrade

and a better living environment for people. His division is dedicated to

helping the steel makers replace obsolete facilities with modern ones. Dr.

Shen is also engaged in developing off-shore wind-power generation

industry, as the Taiwan Strait has one of the best wind farms in the world.

In addition, he is actively promoting the use of electrical motorcycles and

buses, which will guarantee a cleaner environment for citizenries.

Dr. Shen holds a doctoral degree in international business from the

National Taiwan University and a master degree in industrial engineering

from California State University.

Mrs. Cecilia MALMSTRÖM

EU Commissioner for TRADE

As EU Commissioner for TRADE since 1st November 2014, Mrs.

Malmström is pursuing an ambitious trade agenda to the benefit of

European citizens, SMEs and the broader economy. She is representing

the EU in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international

trade fora. She is negotiating bilateral trade agreements with key

countries, including reaching a balanced and reasonable Transatlantic

Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the U.S. that respects

Europe’s safety,health, social and data protection standards, and our

cultural diversity.

As EU Commissioner for Home Affairs 2010-2014, she was responsible for

the European Commission’s work within the fields of asylum and

migration, police cooperation, border control and the fight against

organised crime and human trafficking. Formerly a Member of the

European Parliament and Minister for European Affairs of Sweden. As

Minister for European Affairs, Malmström was responsible for issues such

as the Lisbon Treaty, the EU strategy for growth and employment and the

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review of the EU budget and for the preparation and co-ordination of the

Swedish EU Presidency.

Cecilia Malmström has a Ph.D. in political science and was a researcher at

Göteborg University in Sweden for several years, teaching in European

politics. On Twitter: @MalmstromEU. Website: ec.europa.eu/malmstrom

Prof. Dr. Kirsti LOUKOLA-RUSKEENIEMI Director

Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Prof. Dr. Loukola-Ruskeeniemi has worked since September 2012 in the

Ministry of Employment and the Economy (www.tem.fi). Previous posts

include 1) Manager of the Bedrock and Raw Materials Division in the

Geological Survey of Finland (www.gtk.fi) with international projects in

developing countries in addition to Europe and Russia, and 2) professor of

Engineering Geology and the Head of the Geo-environmental Technology

Section in the Helsinki University of Technology (www.tkk.fi/en/). Kirsti

Loukola-Ruskeeniemi has acted as the international vice-leader of three 5-

year IGCP (UNESCO) projects. Altogether 130 publications reflect

cooperation with various scientific branches. In addition to scientific

papers Dr. Loukola-Ruskeeniemi has written articles and books targeted

for general public. (Please see Research Gate for publications:

https://www.researchgate.net/)

Kirsti Loukola-Ruskeeniemi was the first female president of the

Geological Society of Finland with a history of 120 years. Membership in

Research Council of the Academy of Finland has provided a wide

academic perspective. Professional activities in research projects, councils

and committees have resulted in active internationals networks.

Finland has developed the concept of sustainable extractive industry and

aims to become one of the global forerunners for sustainable Mineral

Industry Ecosystems.

H.E. Mr. Emmanuel MACRON Minister

Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs

Emmanuel Macron was born in December 1977 in Amiens. He studied

philosophy before graduating from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration

(ENA) in 2004.

Emmanuel Macron then joined the Inspectorate General of Finance (IGF)

and, in 2007, became expert adviser to the head of department. He then

was appointed in the banking sector. In May 2012, he took up the position

of Deputy Secretary General of the President’s Private Office in charge of

strategy and economic affairs, and supervising fiscal, financial, tax and

sector-based issues.

On the 26th of August 2014, Emmanuel Macron was appointed Minister for

Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in Manuel Valls’ government.

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Mr. Ivan SCALFAROTTO Undersecretary of State

Ministry of Economic Development

Ivan Scalfarotto, MP, is the Italian Undersecretary of State at the Ministry

of Economic Development from April 8th, 2016.

He was previously Undersecretary of State for Constitutional Reforms and

Government Liaison to Parliament from February 2014, when he joined

Prime Minister Renzi’s Government in his current capacity.

Mr. Scalfarotto has a professional background as a Human Resources

Director. He has worked for over 20 years in the Financial Services,

covering senior International HR positions in Milan, London and Moscow.

He has been active in politics after his return to Italy, covering roles of

increasing responsibility: he was Deputy National Chairperson of Italy’s

Democratic Party between 2009 and 2013. In the same year he was

elected to Parliament as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Lower

House).

On October 2015, The Economist included Ivan on its “Global Diversity

List” among the 50 figures in public lives that distinguished themselves

globally for the spreading of “diversity” culture and equal opportunities.

He graduated in Law cum laude at Naples University “Federico II”.

Mr. Martins KREITUS Director of Foreign Trade and Foreign Economic Relations

Promotion Department

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Martins Kreitus is Director of Foreign Trade and Foreign Economic

Relations Promotion Department at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

Republic of Latvia. The department is responsible for promotion of

bilateral economic relations as well as Latvia’s foreign trade policy,

including on matters related to the common trade and investment policy

of the European Union and Latvia’s membership of the World Trade

Organization. Martins Kreitus joined diplomatic service in 1997 and has

been posted to Latvia’s Permanent Representation to the European Union

(2003–2006) and Latvia’s Embassy in the United Kingdom (2011–2014).

H.E. Mr. Ildefonso GUAJARDO-VILLARREAL Secretary of Economy

Ministry of Economy

Mr. Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, on

April 19, 1957. He obtained his B.A. in Economics at the Autonomous

University of Nuevo Leon, and later pursued graduate studies in

Economics at the Arizona State University and the University of

Pennsylvania.

Mr. Guajardo was Chief Economist of the Brazil Section, and Associate

Economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary

Fund (1988-1991), before becoming Director of the North American Free

Trade Agreement Affairs Office, based at the Embassy of Mexico in

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Washington, D. C. (1994).

At the Federal Government, Mr. Guajardo has held different positions.

From 1994 to 1997 he was Chief Clerk at the Foreign Affairs Ministry; in

1997 he became Undersecretary of Tourism Development; and in 1998 he

was appointed Technical Secretary for Planning, Communication and

Liaison for the Trade and Industrial Development Ministry, positioned he

held until 1999.

Mr. Guajardo was elected Federal Deputy in the LVIII Legislature (2000 –

2003), before being appointed in Nuevo Leon as Head of the Governor’s

Executive Office (2003 – 2006). In 2006, he ran as candidate for Congress

for the First Local District of Monterrey, position that he won, becoming

leader of the Minority Group of the Nuevo Leon State Congress, in the LXX

Legislature.

His latest positions were as Federal Congressman for the Second District

of Nuevo Leon; Chairman of the Economics Commission; Member of the

Treasury and Public Credit Commission; and President of the Mexico-

U.S.A. Friendship Group at the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Chamber of

Deputies; Coordinator of the Entrepreneurial Liaison in the Presidential

Campaign of Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto; and Vice Coordinator of Political

Economy in the Transition Team of President-elect Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto.

He has been a full time Professor at the Autonomous University of Nuevo

León; and Assistant Professor at the Arizona State University and the

Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.

On December 1st of 2012, Mr. Guajardo Villarreal was appointed as

Secretary of the Economy by President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Mr. Ji ZHANG Assistant Minister

Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)

Zhang Ji, male, a Han national, was born in Jingmen, Hubei Province in

May 1963. He started his career in August 1984 and joined the CPC in June

1984. Zhang obtained a bachelor’s degree in industrial management and

engineering from Wuhan University of Technology, a master’s degree in

business administration from Hunan University and a PhD in management

from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He worked successively as Deputy Director of the Policy Group of the

Office for the Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products of the State

Council, Director of the Policy Division of the State Office for the Import

and Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products, and Director of the

Policy Division and Director of the Export Division of the Department of

Import and Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products of the Ministry of

Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC). Since August 2001,

he has served successively as Deputy Director-General of the Department

of Import and Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products and Deputy

Director-General of the Department of Scientific and Technological

Development and Trade in Technology of MOFTEC, Deputy Director-

General of the Department of Scientific and Technological Development

and Technology Import and Export, Deputy Director-General of the

Department of Import and Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products,

and Deputy Director-General of the Department of Mechanical, Electrical

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and Hi-tech Industries of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and at the

same time, Deputy Director-General of the State Office for the Import and

Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products. In October, 2008, he was

appointed Director-General of the Department of Mechanical, Electrical

and Hi-tech Industries of MOFCOM and Deputy Director-General of the

State Office for the Import and Export of Mechanical and Electrical

Products (he served as member of the Standing Committee of the

Guangzhou Municipal CPC Committee and Vice Mayor of Guangzhou

from Feb. 2012 to Feb. 2013). In April 2014, he became Director-General of

the Department of Foreign Trade of MOFCOM and Deputy Director-

General of the State Office for the Import and Export of Mechanical and

Electrical Products. He was appointed Assistant Minister and member of

the CPC Leadership Group of MOFCOM in June 2015.

Mr. Tadeusz KOŚCIŃSKI Undersecretary

Ministry of Economic Development

On 27 November 2015, Tadeusz Kościński was appointed Undersecretary

of State in the Ministry of Economic Development. He is responsible for

the development and implementation of rules governing trade between

the European Union and third states, issues related to economic security

and supervising the provision of services related to electronic signature.

Tadeusz Kościński is in charge of the implementation of European

Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 and programs

under the European Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-2020. He supervises

tasks which are related to functions performed by the Minister in the

capacity of a Certifying Authority.

He has been working in the banking sector throughout his professional

career.

From 1997, he served as a director at Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. Previously,

he had worked at Polski Bank Rozwoju S.A., Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy,

Bank Śląski and Bank Pomorski, and at two banks in London.

He is a graduate of the Goldsmith’s University of London. The founder of

the “Kresy Historii” Foundation.

Mr. Artur LAMI Director-General for Economic Activities

Ministry of Economy

Born on November 25th, 1955, Artur Lami is a Portuguese citizen who

holds a Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in

Economics.

Mr. Lami has been the Director-General for Economic Activities in the

Ministry of Economy since February 2013. He is the coordinator of

international relations of the Ministry which includes industry, commerce

and services, trade and investment policies, transports and

communications.

Mr. Lami is a Government adviser and a representative at the European

Union as Member of the High Level Group for Competitiveness, Member

of the Enterprise Policy Group and Member of the High Level Expert

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Group on Energy Intensive Industries.

Mr. Lami has enjoyed a distinguished career in the public and private

sector offering 35 years of cumulative experience in the areas of strategic

analysis, business restructuring, financial management, reporting, business

organisation, people management and due diligence across financial

sectors. Before being in the Ministry of Economy, he was the Vice

President Executive and Member of the Board of Administration of the

Institute for Co-operation Development, from 2005 to 2012, where he

served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier in his career Mr. Lami worked

as a Financial Director of the Angola Operations in the Financial Sector.

Ms. Sorana BACIU State Secretary

Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Relations with the Business

Environment

Sorana Baciu is a State Secretary with the Ministry of Economy, Commerce

and Relations with the Business Environment where she is responsible for

the Industry, Competitiveness and Corporate Governance sectors.

She has extensive expertise in general management, corporate strategy,

and corporate finance, with over 20 years of experience in the private and

public field in senior positions.

Mrs. Baciu had an international career in investment and commercial

banking (within ING Bank and Porsche Finance Group Romania), as well as

in oil & gas (within OMV Petrom S.A). In October 2014 she established a

consultancy practice focusing on business performance improvement,

change management & turnaround, and investment advisory. In the past

year she was a non-executive director for the largest gas producer in

Romania, Romgaz, and the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Mrs. Baciu graduated the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest,

Romania with an M.A. in International Economic Relations, as well

as McGill University in Montreal, Canada with a M.A in Economic Policy

Management.

Mrs. Baciu is a committed civic activist and has held different positions

within non-profit organizations.

H.E. Mr. Etienne DAVIGNON Minister of State / Vice-Chairman

ENGIE

In 1959, Mr. Davignon joined the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

was Head of the Cabinets of Ministers Spaak and Harmel. From 1969 he

was responsible for the Political Department of the Ministry until his

departure in 1977 when he joined the EEC.

During his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was directly

involved with Belgium's policies in Africa, the independence of Rwanda

and Burundi and the solution to the Belgium and Zaïre conflict.

He was also a key figure behind the report on the future of the Atlantic

Alliance (Harmel report) and he presided the committee which prepared

the first proposals regarding political cooperation between EEC members

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(Davignon report) : 1974-1975.

Following the oil crisis in 1973, Mr. Davignon chaired the International

Conference which established an oil sharing treaty. From 1974 to 1977, he

was the first President of the International Energy Agency created

November 18, 1974.

After leaving the civil service in 1977, Mr. Davignon was appointed Vice

President of the EEC, in charge of industry, research and energy up until

the end of 1984. During this period he was active in the restructuring of

European industry (steel, textiles, synthetic fibres) and promoting new

research cooperative ventures in Information Technology and

Telecommunication (Esprit, Race). He negotiated on behalf of the EEC, key

agreements with the US, Japan and China.

In the beginning of 1985 he joined Société Générale de Belgique,

Belgium's leading holding company of which he became Chairman on

April 11, 1989 and Vice-Chairman on February 28, 2001. From October 31,

2003 till 30 September 2010, he served as Vice-Chairman of Suez-

Tractebel. He is Chairman of Genfina.

Mr. Davignon is Chairman of CMB, Recticel, Genfina, Palais des Beaux-Arts,

SN Airholding, Fondation P.-H. Spaak, the Royal Institute for International

Relations, Ichec.

He is also a member of the Board of Gilead, and Royal Sporting Club

d'Anderlecht.

He was teacher at Université Catholique de Louvain from 1980 to 1983

and is Chairman of the Board of Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes

Commerciales (Brussels).

Mr. Davignon was born in Budapest, Hungary on 4 October 1932 and is

married with three children.

He is Chairman of the “Advisory Board” of “Business Network for

Corporate Social Responsibility” (CSR).

Mrs. Christina NORDIN Director General

Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation

Born 1962 in Malmö, Sweden, Mrs. Nordin completed her studies at the

nearby University of Lund. Starting her career as an analyst and project

leader at the Swedish Competition Authority, she joined the government

offices for the first time as a desk officer at the Ministry of Agriculture in

1987. In 1992 she left the government offices to become head of the Food

Security Unit at the Swedish Board of Agriculture. After a number of

leading positions at several agencies in the fields of agriculture and

business, she joined the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation in 2015 as

Director General and Head of the Department for Business, Competition

and Agriculture. Mrs. Nording is married and has two children.

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Ms. Dominique JORDAN-PERRIN Head of the OECD and G20 Division

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Ms. Dominique Jordan Perrin is Head of the OECD & G20 Division at the

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Federal Department of

Economic Affairs, Education and Research. She is the Swiss delegate to the

Trade and Steel Committees.

She holds a PhD degree in Economics from Universities of Fribourg and

Paris I.

The Rt. Hon. Sajid JAVID Secretary of State

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid MP was appointed Secretary of State for Business,

Innovation and Skills on 11 May 2015.

Mr Javid was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from April

2014 to May 2015. Previously he was both the Economic and Financial

Secretary to the Treasury. He was a member of the Work and Pensions

Select Committee from June to November 2010.

Before being elected MP, he worked in business and finance. Aged 25, he

became a Vice President at Chase Manhattan Bank. He later moved to

Deutsche Bank in London to help build its business in emerging market

countries. Mr Javid left Deutsche Bank as a senior Managing Director in

the summer of 2009 to give something back through politics.

As Secretary of State, he is responsible for strategy and policy across the

Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS). The department’s main

policy areas are: business law, consumer issues, employment relations,

enterprise and business support, trade policy, higher education, further

education and skills, science and innovation.

Mr Javid’s responsibilities also include overall responsibility for the

department, strategy and all policies, overall responsibility for the BIS

budget, President of the Board of Trade and lead Cabinet minister for

reducing regulatory burdens across government.

Ambassador Robert HOLLEYMAN Deputy United States Trade Representative

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Robert W. Holleyman II serves as Deputy United States Trade

Representative with the rank of Ambassador at the Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for this position on

September 18, 2014.

Ambassador Holleyman’s responsibilities include U.S. trade and

investment relations with Asia, as well as trade negotiations and policy

coordination in the areas of services, investment, intellectual property, and

innovation. In addition, he represents USTR on the Committee on Foreign

Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and serves on the board of

directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S.

Government’s development finance institution.

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In the private sector, Ambassador Holleyman worked in technology and

internationally for over two decades. He founded Cloud4Growth, a cloud

technology development venture in 2013. Prior to that, Holleyman served

as President and CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance from 1990 to 2013. In

that position, he had considerable experience opening new markets in

Asia and globally. He is widely known for his engagement in the areas of

innovation, intellectual property, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and

emerging technologies. He worked earlier in his career as an attorney in a

law firm in Houston, Texas.

In his prior public service, Holleyman held the positions of Senior Counsel

for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,

as well as Legislative Director and Assistant to former U.S. Senator Russell

B. Long. He served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Jack M. Gordon of

the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.

Ambassador Holleyman received his J.D. from Louisiana State University,

and his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in San Antonio,

Texas where he was named Distinguished Alumnus in 2012. He has

studied at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and

previously served on a number of non-profit boards in the Washington,

DC area related to the built environment, historic preservation, and

community health.

Mr. Stefan SELIG Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration

Stefan M. Selig was confirmed on June 4, 2014, by the U.S. Senate to

serve as President Obama’s Under Secretary of Commerce for

International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. As one of the

nation’s most senior commercial diplomats, Selig heads the International

Trade Administration (ITA), and is responsible for strengthening the

competitiveness of U.S. industry; promoting trade and investment; and

working with foreign governments to improve the global business

environment. Selig leads a team of more than 2,200 trade and investment

professionals—based in more than 100 U.S. cities and 75 countries around

the world—to assist in the development of U.S. trade policy in the global

economy; create jobs and economic growth by promoting U.S. companies

abroad; strengthen American competitiveness across all industries;

address market access and compliance issues; administer U.S. trade laws;

and undertake a range of trade promotion and trade advocacy efforts.

In his current capacity, Selig also serves as the Executive Director of the

Travel and Tourism Advisory Board; sits on the board of directors of the

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. government’s

development finance institution; is a Commissioner for the Congressional

Executive Commission on China; and is the Executive Director of the

President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa.

Previously, Selig served as Executive Vice Chairman of Global Corporate &

Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In that capacity, he

focused on building and maintaining strategic relationships at the CEO

and board-level with important clients of the firm. Before then, Selig was

Vice Chairman of Global Investment Banking and Global Head of Mergers

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and Acquisitions at Banc of America Securities. Under his leadership, the

bank advised its corporate and private equity clients on more than $1

trillion of strategic global transactions.

Selig is widely known as a highly accomplished banker and business

executive who is recognized for his experience and judgment in providing

strategic and financial advice to his clients. Throughout his nearly 30-year

career, he built a reputation as a trusted advisor and a

tireless advocate for American businesses both domestically and

internationally.

Prior to joining Bank of America in May 1999, Selig held various senior

investment banking positions on Wall Street including Co-Head of

Mergers & Acquisitions for UBS Securities. He began his investment

banking career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at The First Boston

Corporation in 1984, and subsequently was an original member of

Wasserstein Perella & Co.

Selig earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business

Administration, a General Course Certificate from the London School of

Economics and Political Science, and a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan

University.

He has previously served as a member of the board of directors of Lincoln

Center for the Performing Arts and Services for the UnderServed which

supports individuals and families facing challenging situations. He is a

lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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