Geneva IP Delegates 06/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Fully updated July 2017 As a reference for IP-Watch subscribers, below is a non-exhaustive list of government delegates, alphabetised by country, responsible for intellectual property issues in Geneva. [Note: underlines represent new and recent delegates] ALGERIA: Fayssal Allek, first secretary (WIPO); Toufik Djouama, deputy permanent representative (WTO); Samir Rahem, attaché (WHO) ARGENTINA: María Inés Rodríguez, counsellor (WIPO, WTO); Julio César Mercado, minister (WHO); Paula Vilas, secretary (WHO) AUSTRALIA: Felicity Hammond, first secretary (WIPO, WTO); Madeline Heyward, health adviser (WHO) BANGLADESH: Nazrul Islam, counsellor (WIPO, WTO); Shelley Salehin, counsellor (WHO); Emdadul Islam Chowdhury, counsellor (WIPO,WTO) BELGIUM: Sandrine Platteau (on leave), first secretary (WIPO); Alexandra Bihain (WIPO) (interim); Stefaan Thijs, counsellor (WTO); Marc Heirman, counsellor (WHO) BRAZIL: Cauê Oliveira Fanha, second secretary (WIPO, WTO); Samo Sérgio Gonçalves, third secretary (WIPO,WTO); Marcia Donner Abreu, minister (WTO); Juliana de Moura Gomes, third secretary (WHO) CANADA: Frédérique Delaprée, second secretary (WIPO, WTO); Johanna Krüger, counsellor (WHO) CHILE: Marcela Verónica Paiva Veliz, counsellor (WIPO, WTO, WHO) CHINA: Shaoxuan Liu, second secretary (WHO); Yuefeng Shi, third secretary (WHO, WIPO) COLOMBIA: Juan Camilo Saretzki, minister counsellor (WIPO); Heidi Liliana Botero Hernández, first secretary (WHO); Manuel Andres Chacon Peña, counsellor (WTO) CZECH REPUBLIC: Martin Točik, third secretary (WIPO, WTO); Daniel Míč, deputy permanent representative (WHO) DENMARK: Carl Christian Hasselbalch, minister counsellor (WTO); Gitte Hundahl, minister counsellor [from 1 August 2017] (WHO) ECUADOR: Ñusta Maldonado, third secretary (WIPO); Juan Carlos Castrillón, minister (WTO); Pablo Escobar (WIPO, WTO); Mónica Martínez, minister (WHO) EGYPT: Mohanad Mozari Ibrahim Abdelgawad, first secretary (WIPO); Ahmed Hussein Shaaban Shiha, first secretary (WTO); Gamal Mahmoud Atta Mohamed, second secretary (WHO) EUROPEAN UNION: Oliver Hall Allen, minister (WIPO); Stefan Amarasinha, counsellor (WTO); Per Lagergren, first counsellor (WHO) FINLAND: Soile Kauranen, counsellor (WIPO); Kari Puurunen, minister counsellor (WTO); Eero Lahtinen, counsellor (WHO) FRANCE: Francis Guenon, counsellor (WIPO); Jean-Marie Paugam, permanent delegate (WTO), Philippe Damie, counsellor (WHO) GERMANY: Walter Hugo Werner, ambassador (WTO); Michael Pflugradt, counsellor (WTO); Corinna Huelnhagen, first secretary (WHO) GUATEMALA: Flor de Maria García Díaz, counsellor (WIPO, WTO); Erick Gudiel Pineda, first secretary (WHO) INDIA: Sadre Alam, first secretary (WIPO); Srikar K. Reddy, counsellor (WTO); Sumit Seth, first secretary (WHO) INDONESIA: Erry Wahyu Prasetyo, third secretary (WIPO); Willyam Saroinsong (WTO); Tika Wihanasari Tahar (WHO) ISRAEL: Judith Galilee-Metzer, counsellor (WIPO, WHO); Asi Yosef, deputy permanent representative to the WTO (WTO); Rodolfo Rivas, senior counsellor economic and legal affairs (WTO) ITALY: Alessandro Mandanici, first secretary (WIPO); Matteo Evangelista, first secretary (WIPO); Nico Frandi, counsellor (WTO); Elio Gueli, attaché (WTO); Giulio Marini, first counsellor (WHO) JAMAICA: Simara Howell, first secretary (WIPO, WTO); Lishann Salmon, first secretary (WHO) JAPAN: Kenji Saito, first secretary (WIPO, WTO); Hideaki Nishizawa, first secretary (WHO) KENYA: Peter Kamau, counsellor (WIPO); Rabson Wanjala, counsellor (WTO); Hellen Kabiru, counsellor (WHO) MEXICO: Pilar Escobar, counsellor (WIPO); Hugo Romero, counsellor (WTO); Liliana Padilla, second secretary (WHO) MALAYSIA: Priscilla Ann Yap, second secretary (WIPO); Salihin Mustafa, counsellor (WTO); Maryam Masyitah Ahmad Termizi, second secretary (WHO) MOROCCO: Khalid Dahbi, counsellor (WIPO); Errachid Alaoui Mrani, counsellor (WTO); Khalid Atlassi, plenipotentiary minister (WHO) NETHERLANDS: Wouter Biesterbos, first secretary (WIPO); Elsbeth Akkerman, plenipotentiary minister (WTO); Gert-Jan Rietveld, attaché (WHO) NIGERIA: Benaoyagha B.M. Okoyen (WIPO); Edith O Poko, minister (WHO); Audu Ayinla KADIRI minister (WTO) NORWAY: Kjersti Sommerset, minister (WIPO); Harald Neple, ambassador (WTO); Kjetil Aasland, minister counsellor (WHO) PAKISTAN: Mariam Saeed, first secretary (WIPO, WHO) PANAMA: Krizia Matthews, legal counsellor (WIPO, WTO); Siurania Elizabeth Mirones Castillo, attaché (WHO) PARAGUAY: Raquel Pereira, IP advisor (WIPO, WTO); Roberto Recalde, IP advisor (WIPO, WTO); Miguel Candia, counsellor (WHO) PERU: Cristóbal Melgar Pazos, counsellor (WIPO, WTO); Carlos Enrique Garcia Castillo, first secretary (WHO) PHILIPPINES: Arnel Talisayon, first secretary (WIPO); Arnel Marcos Sanchez, chargé d’affaires (WTO); Maria Elena Cristina D. Maningat, first secretary (WHO) RUSSIA: Alexey Novozhilov, third secretary (WHO) SENEGAL: Lamine Ka Mbaye (WIPO, WHO); Malick Diallo, first counsellor; Magor Mbayé, first counsellor (WTO) SINGAPORE: Jyotsna Shankar, first secretary (WIPO, WTO); Eunice Huang, first secretary (WHO) SOUTH AFRICA: Batho Molapo, first secretary (WIPO); Muhammad Mustaqeem De Gama, counsellor (WTO); Elizabeth Lindiwe Makubalo, minister (WHO) SOUTH KOREA: Jung Dae Soon, first secretary (WIPO); Won-Youb Choi, second secretary (WTO); Jongkyun Choi, minister counsellor (WHO) SPAIN: Oriol Escalas Nollas, counsellor (WIPO, ITU); Alberto Sanz Serrano, counsellor (WTO); María Mercedes Beatriz Lasso Liceras, trade counsellor (WTO); Fernando Varela Carid, counsellor (WTO); Isabel Alonso Ruiz, attaché (WTO); Martin Remón Miranzo, counsellor (WHO) SWEDEN: Henning Envall, counsellor (WIPO, WTO); John Bäcknäs second secretary (WIPO, WTO); Andreas Hilmersson, counsellor (WHO) SWITZERLAND: Marine Willemetz, advisor for agriculture, TRIPS, trade facilitation (WTO); Reynald Veillard, counsellor (WIPO) TAIWAN: Stacey Wu, first secretary (WTO); Richard Huang, head of the Taipei cultural and economic delegation; Chin-Shui Shih, deputy director general of the Taipei cultural and economic delegation (WHO) THAILAND: Sudkhet Boriboonsri, counsellor (WIPO); Navarat Tankamalas, minister counsellor (WTO); Benjaporn Niyomnaitham, first secretary (WHO) TURKEY: Firat Bayar, counsellor (WHO) UNITED KINGDOM: Jan Walter (WIPO, WTO, WHO); Thomas Ryder counsellor (WTO) UNITED STATES: Kristine Schlegelmilch, IP attaché (WIPO); Deborah Lashley-Johnson, IP attaché (WTO); Tracy Lynn Carson, attaché (WHO) Updated by Elise De Geyter [Send your updates to info (at) ip-watch.ch!] Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related Intellectual Property Watch may be reached at info@ip-watch.org."Geneva IP Delegates" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.