FIRST

The competitive edge

Jack Carroll

Business Aviation Editor

Tag soars to a higher altitude

Roger Mc Mullin and Michel Guiral

Respectively, CEO, and President and COO, TAG Aviation Holding S.A.

Fractional programme with flair

Mark Self

Managing Director, Bombardier Aerospace, Flexjet Europe

Netjets takes on the world

Vincent F Santulli

Chairman, Netjets Europe

A model of federalism

Adolf Ogi

President of Switzerland

The importance of privacy

Bruno Spinner

Swiss Ambassador to the United Kingdom

A commitment to peace

Federal Councillor J. Deiss

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Creating the best framework

Federal Councillor P Couchepin

Federal Minister for Economy of Switzerland

Matching new trends

HE Ambassador Barbara Regassi

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

A time for women

Gisèle Rufer

President of Delance

Latin America in transition

Gerald Doucet

Secretary General of The World Energy Council

A changing energy landscape

Rodolpho Tourinho Neto

Minister of Mines and Energy, Federative Republic of Brazil

Deepening structural reform

Firmino Ferreira Sampaio Neto

President of Eletrobrás

A new sense of purpose

Henri Philippe Reichstul

President of Petrobras

Creating a balanced portfolio

Tim Kieft

Director, Amerada Hess (Brazil) Ltd.

Defending consumer interests

David Zylbersztajn

Managing Director of The National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Brazil

Opening the energy sector

Dr Ali Rodriguez-Araque

Minister of Energy and Mines, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Capital constraints on expansion

James Scruby

Head of Corporate Finance, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson

Promoting electricity exports

Carlos A Contreras

Vice Minister of Energy and Hydrocarbons, Republic of Bolivia

A common energy market

Daniel Gustavo Montamat

Secretary of Energy, Republic of Argentina

Empowering the consumer

Francisco Fernando Ponasso

President of Edenor

New framework for energy trade

José Luiz Alquéres

Honorary Vice-Chairman, WEC Executive Assembly

Non-deferrable assistance

José Malhães Da Silva

Chairman of the WEC Developing Countries Committee and Executive Director of the WEC Brazilian Committee

Powerhouse of the Caribbean

Finbar Gangar

Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

Connecting Central America

Juan Eibenschutz

Honorary Vice-Chairman, WEC Executive Assembly

The poverty challenge

Norberto De Franco Medeiros

Chairman of the WEC Brazilian Committee

Message

Sir Patrick Cormack MP

International President of FIRST

Full commitment to the EU

HE Dr Jaime Gama

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Towards a Europe of innovation

HE Joaquim Pina Moura

Minister for Finance and the Economy

A good location for business

António Luís Neto

Chairman and Executive President of ICEP

The word to businessmen...

Coupling business with tourism

Growing faster than the EU

Professor Daniel Bessa

Professor of Economics

Reform and investment

Joseph Ejercito Estrada

President of The Philippines

Strengthening the economy

Jose T Pardo

Secretary of Finance

Energy opportunities

Mario V Tiaoqui

Secretary of Energy

Vision and innovation

David McManus and Derek Fisher

Executive Vice President of BG International and Vice President and General Manager BG International Philippines

Foundations for growth

Manuel Roxas

Secretary of Trade and Industry

Local and international business

Lawrence Hoskins and Alistair Kennedy

Managing Director of Balfour Beatty International and President and COO of First Balfour Beatty Philippines

Message

Jacques Chirac

President of the Republic of France

The French connection

HE Daniel Bernard

French Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Affirming a European identity

Hubert Védrine and Pierre Moscovici

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister Delegate Attached to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, with Responsiblity for European Affairs

Euroland banking trends

Roy Leighton

European Chairman of Credit Lyonnais SA

A magnet for international business

Didier Lombard

Ambassador at Large, Special Representative of France for International Investment

A new concept of authority

HM King Mohammed VI

King of Morocco

The transformation of Morocco

HE Anthony Layden

HM Ambassador to Morocco

Tourism prospects

HE Hassan Sebbar

Minister of Tourism

Luxury hotel chain in Morocco

P R S Oberoi

Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of The Oberoi Group

Opportunities in export trade

Mounir Bensaid

Director General of CMPE

A bright future for investment

Francisco P Sanchez

Chairman of Golder Group

Telecommunications growth

Mostafa Terrab

General Director Agence Nationale de Reglementation des Telecommunications (ANRT)

Encouraging oil exploration

HE M Youssef Tahiri

The Minister of Energy & Mines for Morocco

Successful industrial partnership

Mourad Bachir El Bouhali

General Manager of the Office for Industrial Development

European round-up

Daniel Hannan MEP

Member of the European Parliament for the South East

New business services

Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP

Minister for Trade of the United Kingdom