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Dr Young Tae Kim
Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD. Dr. Young Tae Kim is the Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD. Elected by transport ministers of the ITF member countries in 2017, he was confirmed for a second five-year mandate in 2022. Under the leadership of Secretary-General Kim, the ITF has grown from 59 to 69 member countries and into a truly global organisation with a presence on five continents. He has strengthened the ITF’s role as a convener of transport policy leaders and global platform for dialogue for better transport, inter alia by establishing Regional High-level Dialogues on Transport for Asia, Latin America and in Europe, that complement the ITF Summit, the world’s premier transport policy event and largest gathering of transport ministers.Before becoming ITF Secretary-General, Dr Kim distinguished himself in the civil service of his native Korea, serving as Director-General in the Ministry ...
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Pascal Laffont
Chief Legal Counsel. Pascal Laffont took up his duties as Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary to the IEA Governing Board, in June 2012. His previous post was in Doha for the Government of Qatar (2010-2012). Before that, he served in the Energy Charter, Brussels (2001-2010). He started his professional life in legal private practice in London and Hong Kong (1996-2001). He qualified as a lawyer in France and England and is admitted to practise law in England and Hong Kong. Pascal Laffont is a Senior Executive Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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Tom Howes
Former Head of Energy and Environment Division. Tom Howes is the head of the Energy and Environment Division at the International Energy Agency (IEA). His work involves leading the division analysing carbon pricing and other energy and climate policies, promoting best practice with IEA countries, COP26 and UN and bringing all the IEA’s energy transition expertise and analysis on projections, technologies and policies to the support of successful COP outcomes.
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Sybel Galván Gómez
Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OECD. Ms Galván holds a BA in Economics, a diploma in Advance Econometrics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and a Master in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She started her professional career in 1993 as advisor to the Vice Minister of Public Revenue at the Ministry of Finance, where she was involved in the project of the Mexican Central Bank Autonomy and in customs surveillance.From 1994 to 2002, she held different positions at Banco de México, the Mexican Central Bank, among them Head of the Department on Financial Credits Markets Survey. From 2002 to 2012, Ms Galván was Counsellor for Economic, Financial and Fiscal Affairs at the Permanent Representation of Mexico to the OECD.Prior to taking up her duties as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OECD in 2019, Ms. Galván held the position of Director General of Analysis and Statistics at CONSAR, the ...
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Nathaniel Lewis-George
Former Southeast Asia Programme Officer. Nathaniel Lewis-George supports IEA engagement through the Clean Energy Transitions Programme (CETP) with IEA Association Countries in Southeast Asia - Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore - as well as ASEAN. This includes project management, programme coordination and delivery, and strategic outreach and advice.