Pascal Lamy
Position: Director-General, WTO
Pascal Lamy is Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since September 2005.
He began his career at the French Inspection Générale des Finances and at the Treasury. He then became an adviser to the Finance Minister Jacques Delors, and subsequently to Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy.
From 1985 to 1994, Pascal Lamy was Chief of staff for the President of the European Commission, Jacques Delors, and G7 Sherpa.
In November 1994, he joined the team in charge of rescuing the French bank, Credit Lyonnais, and later became CEO of the bank until its privatisation in 1999.Between 1999 and 2004, Pascal Lamy was European Commissioner for Trade. After Brussels, Mr Lamy spent a short sabbatical period as President of "Notre Europe", a think tank working on European integration.
Will participate to
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Trading for new Growth
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm
Moderator : Adrian van den Hoven, Director International Relations, BUSINESSEUROPE
Speakers : Daniel Brutto, President International, UPS - Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade - Michael Punke, U.S. Permanent Representative to the WTO - Pascal Lamy, Director-General, WTO - Sun Zhenyu, China Ambassador to the WTO