Appendix C – Witnesses appearing at public hearings

Canberra, Friday, 28 November 2008

Embassy of Peru

His Excellency Mr Claudio de la Puente, Ambassador

Embassy of Colombia

His Excellency Mr Diego Betancur, Ambassador

Mr Carlos Arturo Forero, Counsellor

High Commission of Pakistan

His Excellency Mr Jalil Abbas Jilani

Canberra, Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Embassy of Mexico

Her Excellency Mrs Martha Ortiz de Rosas, Ambassador

Canberra, Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Embassy of Argentina

His Excellency Mr Pedro Villagra Delgado, Ambassador

Mr Leopoldo Sahores, Trade Attachè

Sydney, Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Crescent Capital Partners

Mr David Mortimer AO, Chairman

New South Wales Business Chamber

Ms Christine Stewart, General Manager, International Trade

Export Consultants Group

Mr Peter Campbell, Director

Australian Institute of Export

Mr Peter Mace, General Manager

Mr Ian Murray, Executive Director

Tradegate Australia Ltd

Mr Peter Blanchard, Chief Executive Officer

Sinogold Goldmining Ltd

Mr Kevin Hobgood-Brown, Group Executive and General Counsel

Melbourne, Thursday, 21 May 2009

The Australian APEC Study Centre, RMIT University

Mr Ken Waller, Director

Sandilands Export

Mr Peter Sandilands, Managing Director

Barokes Wines

Mr Greg Stokes, Chief Executive Officer

Merchantwise Pty Ltd

Mr Andros Georgiades, Creative Director and Co-owner

Melbourne, Friday, 22 May 2009

Australian Council for Private Education and Training

Mr Andrew Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Mr Steve Quirk, Manager of International Engagement

Exportise (Melbourne) Pty Ltd

Mr Michael Rogers, Director

Three Plus Pty Ltd - Hospira Australia

Mr Jason Thomas, Consultant

Hospira Australia

Dr Timothy Oldman, President – Asia Pacific

National Union of Workers

Mr Timothy Kennedy, Assistant National Secretary

Generic Medicines Industry Association

Ms Kate Lynch, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Services Union

Mr Paul Slape, National Secretary

Community and Public Sector Union – SPSF Group and Public Services International (PSI) Oceania Region

Mr David Carey, Federal Secretary – CPSU and SPSF Group and Executive Board Member representing Oceania – Public Services International

Canberra, Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Embassy of Chile

His Excellency Mr Jose Luis Balmaceda, Ambassador

Embassy of Philippines

His Excellency Mr Ernesto De Leon, Ambassador

Office of Trade and Investment

Ms Michelle S. Sanchez, Special Trade Representative

Canberra, Friday, 11 September 2009

Medicines Australia

Mr Ian Chalmers, Chief Executive Officer

Ms Deborah Monk, Director – Innovation and Industry Policy Branch

Universities Australia

Dr Glen Withers AO, Chief Executive Officer

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Mr Paul Ross, General Manager – Bilateral Trade Branch (Americas, South East Asia, Subcontinent, New Zealand and Pacific), Trade and Market Access Division

Mr Paul Morris, Executive Manager – Technical Market Access, Trade and Market Access Division

Ms Victoria Anderson, General Manager – Bilateral Trade Branch (North Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa), Trade and Market Access Division

Law Council of Australia

Ms Margery Nicoll, Director – International

Mr Andrew Percival, Deputy Chair – International Law Section

Mr Andrew Hudson, Member of the Law Council of Australia and Section Chair of the International Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria

Austrade

Mr Gregory Harvey, Manager – Americas

Ms Helen Munro, Manager – Government, International Policy Group

Mr Pat Stortz, Manager – International Liaison Unit, South East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific

Mr Hian Yap, Manager – International Liaison Unit, North East Asia

Canberra, Wednesday, 28 October 2009

South Pacific Trade Commissioner

Mr Caleb Jarvis

Canberra, Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mr Paul Tighe, First Assistant Secretary – Trade and Economic Policy Division

Mr Tim Yeend, First Assistant Secretary – Office of Trade Negotiations

Ms Cathy Raper, Assistant Secretary – Trade Commitments Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations

Mr Nicholas Coppel, Assistant Secretary – Pacific Regional and New Zealand Branch, Pacific Division

Mr Michael Mugliston, Special Negotiator – Free Trade Agreement

Mr Ian Turland, Director – New Zealand Section, Pacific Division

Mr Michael Dean, Director – PACER Plus FTA Section, Pacific Division

Mr Michael Growder, Director – North Asian Investment and Services Branch, Free Trade Agreement Division

Dr Mike Adams, Director – Regional Trade Policy, Trade Development Division

Mr Milton Churche, Coordinator – Goods and Government Procurement, South East Asia Goods Branch, Free Trade Agreement Division

Canberra, Wednesday, 10 March 2010

New Zealand High Commission

Mr Vangelos Vitalis, Deputy High Commissioner

Canberra, Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Embassy of Uruguay

His Excellency, Mr Alberto L. Fajardo Klappenbach, Ambassador

Embassy of Brazil

His Excellency, Mr Fernando De Mello Barreto, Ambassador

Sydney, Wednesday, 14 April 2010

New Zealand High Commission

Mr Vangelis Vitalis, Deputy High Commissioner

Australian Federation of International Forwarders

Mr Paul Golland, Chairman

Mr Brian Lovell, Chief Executive Officer

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation

Mr Angus Armour, Managing Director and CEO

Mr Matthew Hocken, Associate Director, Government and Industry Relations

Mr Roger Donnelly, Chief Economist

Canberra, Friday, 3 June 2011

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ms Jan Adams, First Assistant Secretary – Free Trade Agreement Division

Mr Michael Dean, Director – PACER Plus Section, Pacific Regional and New Zealand Branch, Pacific Division

Mr Jonathan Kenna, Assistant Secretary – Trade Commitments Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations

Mr Hamish McCormick, First Assistant Secretary – Office of Trade Negotiations

AusAID

Ms Julie Delforce, Director – Economic Growth and Regional Organisations Section, Pacific Division