Biographies

Jean-René Fourtou
Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce

Jean-René Fourtou graduated from France's prestigious Ecole Polytechnique in 1960. His early career was with Bossard Consultants, of which he became Chairman in 1977. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Rhône-Poulenc SA Group in 1986, a post he held until Rhône-Poulenc's merger with Hoechst AG on 15 December 1999. He is now Honorary Chairman of Aventis and Vice-Chairman of their Supervisory Board. On 3 July 2002, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi Universal.

Mr Fourtou is a Board Member of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Axa. Founder of Entreprise pour L'Environnement he is also co-founder of Entreprise & Cité and of the AUME (Association pour l'Union Monétaire de l'Europe). He serves on a number of professional associations, such as Entreprise & Progrès, L'Institut de l'Entreprise and the European Round Table of Industrialists. He was Chairman of the French Quality Movement (MFQ) from 1991 to 1997.

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Maria Livanos Cattaui
Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce

Maria Livanos Cattaui is Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce. As chief executive of the world business organization, she has raised ICC's public profile, making it a more vigorous advocate of world business to international organizations and governments.

Mrs Cattaui has strengthened ties between ICC and the United Nations. In July 1999, she was instrumental in bringing together heads of leading companies from around the world and top UN officials to take up a call from the UN Secretary General for a "global compact" of shared values in the areas of human rights, labour standards and the environment.

Mrs Cattaui has also worked hard to champion the role of world business in the global economy. She has placed ICC at the vanguard of international policy making on trade and investment, protection of intellectual property, the information society, as well as other vital issues for business.

From 1977 to 1996 Maria Cattaui was with the World Economic Forum in Geneva, with the responsibility of developing the Annual Meeting in Davos into a "global summit".

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Henry Mintzberg

Henry Mintzberg has been an academic most of his working life (after a stint in Operational Research at the Canadian National Railways). Currently he is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal.

He graduated with a doctorate from MIT in 1968. He has an undergraduate degree from McGill in Mechanical Engineering and he holds the title of Visiting Scholar at INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France.

Mr Mintzberg devotes himself largely to writing and research. Studies include managerial work, strategy formation, and forms of organizing. He is in the process of completing his next book Developing Managers, not MBAs, and is preparing a series of essays to be published under the title Managing Quietly, and a short political pamphlet called Getting Past Smith and Marx: Toward a Balanced Society, not yet published.

Mr Mintzberg has worked for much of the past seven yea rs, in collaboration with colleagues from Canada, England, France, India, and Japan, to develop new approaches to management education. The International Masters Program in Practicing Management has been running for five years, and is launching the Advanced Leadership Program, to help managers learn from their own experience. He teaches in these programs and supervises doctoral students

In recent years, the shift has been toward more general writing including newspaper articles (listed under Articles) and short stories. He is the author of Why I Hate Flying.

He has written about 120 articles and 10 books. Honors have included election as an Officer of the Order of Canada and l'Ordre national du Quebec, and selection as Distinguished Scholar for the year 2000 by the Academy of Management.

Mr Mintzberg is married with 2 daughters.

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Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada

The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien was born in Shawinigan, Québec on January 11, 1934, the son of Wellie Chrétien and Marie Boisvert-Chrétien.

After attending schools in Shawinigan, Joliette and Trois-Rivières, he studied law at Laval University.

He was called to the Bar in 1958, and joined the law firm of Chrétien, Landry, Deschênes, Trudel and Normand, in Shawinigan. He served as Director of the Bar of Trois-Rivières in 1962-63.

Mr. Chrétien was first elected to the House of Commons in 1963 representing the constituency of Saint-Maurice--Laflèche. He was re-elected in 1965.

In July 1965, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and in January 1966, to the Minister of Finance. On April 4, 1967, he became Minister of State attached to the Minister of Finance and on January 18, 1968, he was appointed Minister of National Revenue.

He was returned to the House in the June 25, 1968, election, representing the new constituency of Saint-Maurice. On July 6, 1968, he was sworn in as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and remained in that post until August 8, 1974, when he was appointed President of the Treasury Board subsequent to his re-election one month earlier.

He was appointed Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce on September 14, 1976, and one year later, on September 16, 1977, became Minister of Finance. He held that Cabinet post until June 4, 1979. Mr. Chrétien was returned to the House of Commons for a sixth consecutive term in the May 22, 1979, election.

After being re-elected with an unprecedented majority on February 18, 1980, he was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister of State for S ocial Development on March 3, 1980. At this time, Mr. Chrétien was given the additional task of Minister responsible for constitutional negotiations. On September 10, 1982, he was appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.

On June 16, 1984, Mr. Chrétien was a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs on June 30, 1984. In the September 4, 1984, election, he was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice and as a member of the Opposition was appointed Critic for External Affairs.

Mr. Chrétien resigned from the House of Commons on February 27, 1986.

From March 1986 to June 1990 he was a Counsel with the law firm of Lang Michener Lawrence and Shaw with offices in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. He was also a Senior Advisor with Gordon Capital Corporation in Montreal.

On June 23, 1990, Mr. Chrétien was elected Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

He was elected Member of Parliament in the December 10, 1990, by-election in the riding of Beauséjour (New Brunswick). He was sworn in as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons on December 21, 1990.

He was re-elected Member of Parliament for the riding of St-Maurice on October 25, 1993, when his party won a majority of seats in the House of Commons. He was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada on November 4, 1993.

As Prime Minister, he was re-elected Member of Parliament for the riding of St-Maurice on November 27, 2000 with his party winning a third consecutive majority of seats in the House of Commons.

In 1981, he received an Honourary Degree of Laws from Wilfrid Laurier University. He also received an Honourary Doctorate of Laws, in 1982 from Laurentian University of Sudbury and the University of Western Ontario; in 1986, from York University Glendon College in Toronto; in 1987, from the University of Alberta in Edmonton; and in 1988, from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. In 1994 he received an Honourary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa, and in 1996 from Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan; and in 1999 from both the Warsaw School of Economics in Poland and Michigan State University; and in 2000, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Memorial University in St. John's.

Mr. Chrétien married Aline Chaîné of Shawinigan in 1957. They have three children: France, Hubert and Michel.

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Pierre Pettigrew
Minister for International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada

The Honourable Pierre S. Pettigrew was born in Quebec City in 1951. He received a BA in philosophy from the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières in 1972 and an Mphil in international relations from Oxford (Balliol College) in 1976.

Mr. Pettigrew served as Director of the NATO Assembly's Political Committee in Brussels from 1976 to 1978. He was Foreign Policy Advisor to Canada's Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984.

Mr. Pettigrew first joined the Canadian government in January 1996 as Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie.

Appointed Minister for International Trade in August 1999, he has since chaired the Ministerial Meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in Toronto in November 1999 and the Working Group on Implementation at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle in December 1999.

He is also the author of a book called "The New Politics of Confidence," on globalization and the art of governing.

Recent contributions:

The U.S.-Canada Partnership

How Governments Best Tackle Globalization

How Women (Em)Power Globalization

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Avijit Mazumdar
Chair, ICC World Chambers Federation

Currently, Mr Mazumdar is the Chairman of TIL Ltd, Calcutta, and also its Myanmar subsidiary, Myanmar Tractors & Trading Co. Ltd. He is on the boards of several leading Indian multinational companies, the Export Import Bank and leading management institutes. He was past President of two Apex Chambers of Commerce in India and is presently on ICC's Executive Board and is the Chairman of ICC's World Chambers Federation.

TIL Ltd is engaged in the manufacture, sale and servicing of earthmoving, construction, mining, material handling, power generation, oil field, and chemical process equipment. TIL has four manufacturing plants in Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai and Pondichery, and over 40 sales and service outlets throughout India. It has a close association with Caterpillar, USA (55 years) and Grove Worldwide (52 years).

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Jean Charest
Premier Québec

Member for Sherbrooke
Premier
Québec Liberal Party
Born in Sherbrooke on June 24, 1958

Education
Secondary studies, Montcalm School, Sherbrooke
College studies, Sherbrooke Seminary
Law degree, Sherbrooke University (1980)
Québec Bar (1981)

Professional experience

• Articling student, legal aid programme (1980-1981)
• Lawyer with Beauchemin, Dussault, Sherbrooke (1981-1984)
  

Political, parliamentary and ministerial functions

Elected to the House of Commons, Ottawa, as MP for Sherbrooke in the general election held on September 4, 1984

• Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, September 18, 1984
  to June 29, 1986
• Minister of State for Youth, Ottawa, June 30, 1986 to January 20, 1988
  Reelected to the House of Commons, Ottawa, as MP for Sherbrooke in the general election held on November 21, 1988
• Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport, April 30, 1988 to January 20, 1990
• Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Ottawa
• Chair, Special Committee to Study the Proposed Companion Resolution to the Meech Lake Accord, 1990
• Minister of the Environment, April 21, 1991 to June 24, 1993
• Member, Cabinet Committee on Priorities and Planning and Committee on Canadian Unity and Constitutional Negotiations
• Leadership candidate, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Ottawa, 1993
• Deputy Prime Minister, June 25 to October 26, 1993
• Minister of Industry and Science, June 25 to October 26, 1993
• Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development - Québec, June 25 to October 26, 1993
  Reelected to the House of Commons, Ottawa, as MP for Sherbrooke in the general election held on October 25, 1993
• Leader, Progressive Conservative Part of Canada, December 14, 1993
  to April 30, 1998
• Vice-chair, National Committee of Quebecers for the NO side, June
  to November 1, 1995
  

Reelected to the House of Commons, Ottawa, as MP for Sherbrooke in the general election held on June 2, 1997

• Leader of the Québec Liberal Party since April 30, 1998
  Elected as Member for Sherbrooke in the general election held on November 30, 1998
• Leader of the Official Opposition, December 15, 1998 to April 29, 2003
• Official Opposition critic for youth matters, January 19, 1999 to April 29, 2003
  

Reelected as Member for Sherbrooke in the general election held on April 14, 2003

Premier since April 29, 2003

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Jean Charest
Premier ministre du Québec

Député de Sherbrooke
Parti libéral du Québec
Né à Sherbrooke le 24 juin 1958

Formation
Études secondaires, École Montcalm, Sherbrooke
Études collégiales, Séminaire de Sherbrooke
Études universitaires, Université de Sherbrooke, L.L.B. (1980)
Barreau du Québec (1981)

Expérience professionnelle

• Stage à l'Aide juridique (1980-1981)
• Avocat chez Beauchemin, Dussault, Sherbrooke (1981-1984)

Fonctions politiques, parlementaires et ministérielles

Élu député de la circonscription de Sherbrooke à la Chambre des communes, Ottawa, aux élections générales du 4 septembre 1984

• Vice-président adjoint de la Chambre des communes du 18 septembre 1984
  au 29 juin 1986
• Ministre d'État à la Jeunesse, Ottawa, du 30 juin 1986 au 20 janvier 1988

Réélu député de la circonscription de Sherbrooke à la Chambre des communes, Ottawa, aux élections générales du 21 novembre 1988

• Ministre d'État à la condition physique et au sport amateur du 30 avril 1988
  au 20 janvier 1990
• Leader adjoint du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes, Ottawa
• Président du Comité parlementaire spécial sur le projet de résolution d'accompagnement à l'Accord constitutionnel du Lac Meech en 1990
• Ministre de l'Environnement du 21 avril 1991 au 24 juin 1993
• Si&egra ve;ge au Comité des priorités et de la planification du Cabinet ainsi qu'au Comité
  sur l'unité canadienne et les négociations constitutionnelles
• Candidat à la chefferie du Parti conservateur, Ottawa, en 1993
• Vice-premier ministre du 25 juin au 26 octobre 1993
• Ministre de l'Industrie et des Sciences du 25 juin au 26 octobre 1993
• Ministre responsable du bureau fédéral de développement économique régional
  du Québec du 25 juin au 26 octobre 1993

Réélu député dans la circonscription de Sherbrooke à la Chambre des communes, Ottawa, aux élections générales du 25 octobre 1993

• Chef du Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada du 14 décembre 1993
  au 30 avril 1998
• Vice-président du Comité national des Québécoises et des Québécois pour le NON de juin au 1er novembre 1995

Réélu député de la circonscription de Sherbrooke à la Chambre des communes, Ottawa, aux élections générales du 2 juin 1997

• Chef du Parti libéral du Québec depuis le 30 avril 1998

Élu député de la circonscription de Sherbrooke aux élections générales
du 30 novembre 1998

• Chef de l'opposition officielle du 15 décembre 1998 au 29 avril 2003
• Porte-parole de l'opposition officielle du dossier des jeunes du 19 janvier 1999
  au 29 avril 2003

Réélu député de la circonscription de Sherbrooke aux élections générales
du 14 avril 2003

Premier ministre depuis le 29 avril 2003

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