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International Council

The International Council of the Bretton Woods Committee is comprised of leading private sector representatives and other senior officials acting in their private capacity. The International Council's mission is to provide advice, support and constructive criticism to the management of the multilateral financial institutions. The Council is founded on the premise that development, international financial stability and trade liberalization are enhanced by a close working partnership between the private sector and multilateral institutions.

Members of the International Council come from around the world, including developing and developed countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Council members share the common belief that international economic cooperation is essential and best served through strong and effective multilateral institutions.

Council members convey their ideas and concerns on the future direction of the multilateral institutions to the multilateral institutions and occasionally to member governments.

The Council meets annually at the time of the IMF and World Bank meetings either in Washington or the host country abroad. Between meetings, the Secretariat of the Committee provides periodic updates on policy developments and invites Council members' comments on issues of particular interest or concern.

As World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz said at the 2005 International Council luncheon, the multilateral institutions need and welcome outside advice and guidance and they count on the Committee's International Council for help.

Current Members

Full Name	Title	Company
Mr. Ghazi M. Abdul-Jawad	President & Chief Executive Officer	Arab Banking Corporation of Bahrain
H.E. Abdulatif Al Hamad	Chairman	Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Mr. Hisham Abdulrazzak Al Razzuqi	Chief Executive Officer	Gulf Investment Corporation
The Honorable Nicolas Ardito-Barletta	Chairman of Board of Advisors	International Center for Economic Growth
Mr. Johannes Attems	Member of the Board of Executive Directors	Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
H.E. Ali Babacan	Minister of State in charge of Economy	Turkish Treasury
Mr. R. Michael Barth	Managing Director	Darby Overseas Investments
Mr. Andrei Bougrov	Managing Director	Interros Company
Mr. Michel Camdessus	Honorary Governor	Banque de France
Mr. Jonathan Chenevix-Trench	Chairman	Morgan Stanley International
Mr. Derek E. Cooper	Chairman	The Standard Bank Group Ltd.
Mr. Andrew D. Crockett	President	JPMorgan Chase International
Vicomte Etienne Davignon		Suez-Tractebel
Ms. Joanne de Asis	Chairman	Globe Capital Partners
Mr. Jacques de Larosiere	Advisor	BNP Paribas
Mr. Andre De Lattre
Mr. Tom De Swaan
Mr. David Eldon	Chairman	Dubai International Finance Centre Authority
Dr. Stanley Fischer	Governor	Bank of Israel
Mr. Richard H. Frank	Chief Executive Officer	Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd.
Mr. Jeffrey A. Goldstein	Managing Director	Hellman & Friedman LLC
Dr. Alexander G. Granberg	Chairman	Council for the Study of Productive Forces
Mr. Toyoo Gyohten	President	Institute for International Monetary Affairs
Mag. Willi Hemetsberger	Member of Managing Board	Bank Austria Creditanstalt
Mr. Eiji Hirano
The Honorable Caio K. Koch-Weser	Vice Chairman	Deutsche Bank Group
Dr. Vladimir Kvint	President	International Academy of Emerging Markets
Mr. Olivier Lafourcade	Chairman	OML International
Sir Andrew Large
Dr. Jean-Pierre Lehmann	Founding Director	The Evian Group
Dr. Domenico Lombardi	President	Oxonia
Dr. Gerard Lyons	Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research	Standard Chartered
Mr. Zakir R. Mahmood	President & Chief Executive Officer	Habib Bank Ltd.
Mr. Pedro Henrique Mariani Bittencourt	President	Banco BBM S.A.
Sir Deryck C. Maughan		Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Sir Jeremy Morse, KCMG
Mr. Klaus-Peter Mueller	Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors	Commerzbank AG
Mr. Christian Noyer	Governor	Banque de France
Mr. Shijuro Ogata
Mr. Guillermo Ortiz	Governor	Banco de Mexico
Mr. Moeen Qureshi	Chairman	Emerging Markets Partnership
Mr. Eitan Raff	Chairman of the Board of Directors	Bank Leumi Le - Israel B.M.
Mr. Andrew G. Scace	Vice Chairman, RBC Capital Markets	Royal Bank of Canada
Mr. Rudolf Scholten	Member of the Board of Executive Directors	Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
Mr. Khalid Sheikh	SVP, Head Emerging Markets, Analysis & Multilateral Organisations, Chief Economist Emerging Markets	ABN AMRO Bank
Mr. Carl Eric Stalberg	Executive Chairman	Swedbank (ForeningsSparbanken)
Mr. Peter D. Sutherland	Chairman	Goldman Sachs International
Mr. Josef Tosovsky	Chairman	Financial Stability Institute
Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet	President	European Central Bank
Mr. Makoto Utsumi	President and CEO	Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.
Mr. Maarten A. Van Den Bergh
Mr. Herman C.L. Verwilst	Chairman of Management Committee	Fortis Bank
Mr. Cesar Virata	Director, Corporate Vice Chairman	Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
Sir David Walker	Senior Advisor	Morgan Stanley International
Mr. Marcus Wallenberg	Chairman	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe	Vice Minister for International Affairs	Ministry of Finance- Japan
Mr. Peter L. Woicke

objectives

The International Council seeks to:

Share the common belief that international economic cooperation is essential and best served through strong and effective multilateral institutions;
Provide advice, support and constructive criticism to the management of the multilateral financial institutions;
Enhance a close working partnership between the private sector and multilateral institutions; and
Convey ideas and concerns on the future direction of the multilateral institutions to the multilateral institutions and occasionally to member governments.

program

The International Council arranges:

Meetings annually at the time of the IMF and World Bank meetings alternating between Washington, DC and host country abroad.