FIRST

Westminster view

Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP

Member of Parliament for Staffordshire South

European round-up

Jonathan Evans MEP

Chairman of the Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue

Vision and statesmanship

Malcolm Brinded CBE

Executive Director Exploration & Production, Royal Dutch Shell plc

Leading international thinking

Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas

Director, Chatham House

Oil princes and the world economy 36

Dr Deanne Julius

Chairman, Chatham House

Peace and development

Joaquim Alberto Chissano

Former President of Mozambique

A land of opportunity

Antonio Gumende

High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique

Managing powerful change

Rt Hon Lord Ashdown Of Norton-Sub-Hamdon GCMG KBE PC

A President of Chatham House

South Africa: the great exception

Professor Jack E Spence OBE

Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

Message

HE President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

A powerful force for peace

President Bouteflika

President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

A promising future

Mohamed Bedjaoui

Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Reform of the justice system

Tayeb Belaiz

Minister for Justice

Driving regional energy integration

Chakib Khelil

Minister of Energy and Mines

Privatisation: the next phase

Hamid Temmar

Minister for Participation and Investment Promotion

A new financial framework

Mourad Medelci

Minister of Finance

Quenching Algeria’s thirst

Abdelmalek Sellal

Minister of Water Resources

A platform for global trade

Lachemi Djaaboube

Minister of Commerce

Road map to a sustainable future

Cherif Rahmani

Minister of National and Regional Development and the Environment

Reforming the financial sector

Karim Djoudi

Minister for Banking and Financial Reform

Setting the pace in insurance

Brahim Djamel Kassali

President, CAAR

Gas-hungry EU looks to Algeria

Cyril Widdershoven

North Africa Correspondent, World Petroleum

A 21st century partnership

HE Andrew Tesoriere

British Ambassador to Algeria

Making mutual commitments

HE Mohamed Salah Dembri

Ambassador of Algeria to the Court of St. James’s

Financing Algeria’s renewal

Alderman David Brewer CMG

The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of London

Insurance market comes of age

Dr Mounir Kabban

President, UIB Holdings (UK) Ltd

A powerful force for change

HE President Hugo Chávez Frías

President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Gearing up to face new challenges

Rafael Ramírez Carreño

Minister of Energy and Petroleum and President of Petróleos de Venezuela

Democracy, growth and society

HE Alfredo Toro Hardy

Venezuelan Ambassador to the Court of St James’s

Bolívar, Miranda and Britain

Robert Harvey

Author and Historian

The need for engagement

Tony Lloyd MP

Chairman, All Party Parliamentary Group on Venezuela, UK

The man of the moment

George Philip

Professor of Comparative and Latin American Politics, London School of Economics

Redressing the balance

Julia Buxton

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Cooperation and Security, University of Bradford

Exchanging technical know-how

Sir Ian Wood

Chairman and CEO, John Wood Group PLC

Strong roots and potential for growth

Flavio De Andrade

Regional Director, Latin America & The Caribbean, British American Tobacco

A long-term energy partnership

Sean Rooney

President, Shell Venezuela

Developing liquid assets

Mike Anderson

Managing Director Biwater International

Venezuela’s energy revolution

David Renwick

Message

Premier Wen Jiabao

Premier of the People’s Republic of China

Message

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Increasing trade and investment

Stephen Phillips

Chief Executive, CBBC (China Britain Business Council)

A vibrant relationship

HE William Ehrman CMG

British Ambassador for the Peoples’ Republic of China

Strength in depth

Alderman David Brewer CMG

The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of London

Dancing with the dragon

Stephen K Green

Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings and Chairman of China Now 2008

Partners in globalisation

Richard Lambert

Director General, CBI

China in the 21st century

Dr Kerry Brown

Associate Fellow, Chatham House and Director, Strategic China Ltd

Controlled economic growth

Stephen Green

Senior Economist, Standard Chartered Bank, Shanghai

Message

King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Message

HRH Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

Message

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

A new perspective

HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Court of St James’s

Strength in depth

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO

HM Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Rational and practical solutions

HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Defining the path to peace

Prince Turki Al-Faisal

Saudi Ambassador to the United States

Energy security and sustainability

HE Eng Dr Ali Ibraham Al-Naimi

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources

Energy, aid and economic growth

HE Ibrahim Al-Assaf

Minister of Finance, Saudi Arabia

A national ICT vision

Dr Hessa Al-Jaber

Secretary General, ICT Qatar

ICT development in Qatar

ICT Qatar

Information and Communications Technology