WELCOMING PANEL - High Level Dialogue on Belt and Road Connectivity for Stability

H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili

Prime Minister of Georgia

Giorgi Kvirikashvili is the Prime Minister of Georgia. Prior to becoming Prime Minister in December 2015, he served as Vice Prime Minister (2013-2015) while serving as Foreign Minister (2015) and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development (2012-2015). Kvirikashvili is leading the effort to modernize Georgia's economy and fully integrate the country into European and Euro-Atlantic economic and security structures.

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Qian Keming

Deputy Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China

Mr. Qian Keming, male and of Han ethnicity, was born in Langxi, Anhui Province in September 1962.

He started his career in August 1987 and joined the China Democratic League.

Qian holds a bachelor’s degree in agronomy from Anhui Agricultural College, a master’s degree in genetics and breeding and a doctorate in agricultural economy management from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and worked as a research fellow at CAAS.

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Henrik Hololei

Director-General for Transport and Mobility, European Commission

Henrik Hololei is an economist, graduating from Tallinn Technical University and he also studied at Aarhus University in Denmark.

He held various positions in the Estonian Government Office between 1995 and 2004. He was responsible for leading and steering the work for the Estonian accession to the European Union, working directly with the Government and Prime Minister.

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H.E. Pavel Filip

Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova

Mr. Pavel Filip is the Prime Minister of Moldova. Before becoming the 12th Prime Minister of democratic Moldova in January 2016, he served as Minister for Information Technology and Communications in four consecutive Ministerial Cabinets. A passionate supporter of Moldova's integration into the European Union, Mr. Filip has embraced a pragmatic, result-driven approach in government and, as Prime Minister, has launched comprehensive and structural reforms aimed at modernizing and developing the Eastern European country.

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H.E. Volodymyr Groysman

Prime Minister of Ukraine

Mr Volodymyr Groysman is the Prime Minister of Ukraine since April 14, 2016.
November 27, 2014 – Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
February 27, 2014 - Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine/Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine.

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H.E. Erbolat Dossaev

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan

In August 2017 Mr. Dossaev was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 1987 he graduated from the Republic’s Physics and Mathematics Boarding School in Alma-Ata.

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H.E. Karl Erjavec

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia

1995-2000 - Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman: Director of the Expert Service; Head of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman
2001-2004 - State Secretary, Ministry of Justice
2004-2008 Minister of Defence
2006 - Chair of the Informal Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, Portoroz, Slovenia

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H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan

Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan is the Minister of Tolerance in the new Cabinet announced in October 2017.

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak joined the Federal Government in 1992 and held a number of government portfolios including Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Minister of Education and Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development.

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Wencai Zhang

Vice President, ADB

Mr. Wencai Zhang is the Vice-President (Operations 1) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB in December 2013.

Mr. Zhang is responsible for operations in the South Asia Department and the Central and West Asia Department.

Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Zhang was the Director General of the Department of External Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

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Alain Pilloux

Vice President, EBRD

Alain Pilloux took up the position of Vice President, Banking on 15 November 2016. He has overall responsibility for the effective delivery of the Bank’s investment and advisory activities in the EBRD’s thirty six countries of operations, as well as contributing to the delivery of policy engagement activities. He is a member of the Executive Committee and other leadership fora.

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Dr. Anil K. Gupta - KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Michael Dingman Chair & Professor, The University of Maryland at College Park

Dr. Anil K. Gupta is the Michael Dingman Chair in Strategy at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, USA. He also holds a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Tsinghua University, China as well as the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and has earlier served as a Chaired Professor in Strategy at INSEAD and as a visiting professor at Stanford. He earned his PhD at Harvard University.

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