Global Leadership Group members

Léo Apotheker, Hewlett Packard (US)

Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft (US)

Paul Bulcke, Nestlé (Switzerland)

Steve Burke, NBC Universal (US)

Louis C. Camilleri, Philip Morris International (Switzerland)

John T. Chambers, Cisco Systems (US)

Christophe Chenut, Lacoste (France)

Maureen Chiquet, Chanel (France/US)

Nicandro Durante, British American Tobacco (UK)

Stephan Elop, Nokia (Finland)

Lucian Grainge, Universal Music (US)

Hiroshi Kimura, Japan Tobacco (Switzerland)

John Lechleiter, Eli Lilly (US)

Jean-Bernard Lévy, Vivendi (France)

Robert A. McDonald, Procter & Gamble (US)

Paul Polman, Unilever (UK)

Ian C. Read, Pfizer (US)

Johann Peter Rupert, Richemont (Switzerland)

Sir Howard Stringer, Sony (Japan)

Minoru Usui, Epson (US)

Paul S. Walsh, Diageo (UK)

Dieter Zetsche, Daimler (Germany)

Global Leadership Group Action (GLG)

BASCAP provides a platform for CEOs and other top executives to join forces addressing global audiences and communicating directly with national governments, ministers and IGO officials, by means of personal meetings, letters and the international media.

Executives join BASCAP to emphasize that the protection of intellectual property rights is a social and economic imperative. Their involvement is critical to building awareness, strengthening messages to the media, adding weight to interventions with intergovernmental organizations and amplifying messages to national governments.

The GLG meets periodically to:

• Evaluate the progress and priorities of BASCAP and provide direction for ongoing strategies and activities
• Convey messages that highlight the essential role of intellectual property (IP) as a driver of innovation and economic growth and the need to maintain private sector and government investments to protect IP and stop counterfeiting and piracy.