(Japan), was named BIAC's Secretary General in January 2007. Mr. Asami is responsible for the operational leadership and management of the BIAC. This includes the representation at the OECD of the business communities of 34 member countries with regard to the full spectrum of public policy issues addressed by OECD governments and advanced by the private sector.

Before coming to BIAC, Mr. Asami was immersed in international finance for more than forty years, beginning his career with the Bank of Tokyo (now called the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. after its merger). With extensive experience in the fields of capital market, project finance, corporate and emerging market finance, from bases in Tokyo, London and New York, he dealt with financial crisis including Latin America in the 1980s and Asia in the late 1990s. He has also served at the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Most recently he served as Advisor to the President of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs (IIMA), a non-profit research institute for international monetary studies established 1995. At the IIMA, Mr. Asami provided high quality information, and presented opinions relating to international finance and monetary issues to both Japanese and International bodies.

(Germany/France), joined BIAC in September 1997. She manages BIAC's activities in the areas of green growth, environmental policy, energy, chemicals, innovation and technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and health care. She also oversees BIAC's associate expert group programme. Ms. Rosenbaum holds degrees in French and English from Cologne University, in applied economic sciences from the Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Brussels, and in international relations from the Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies in Paris.

(United States), came to BIAC in June 2000. She manages BIAC's activities in the area of taxation and fiscal policy, consumer policy, competition, information and communications policy, IPR, employment and social policy, and gender equality project. Ms. Primmer holds a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and French from Duquesne University.

(United Kingdom), joined BIAC in March 2008. His policy areas of responsibility include economic policy, finance, non-member economies (including China and Africa), development, food and agriculture, education, water, and energy. His responsibilities also include working towards BIAC’s annual Liaison Committee Meeting (LCM) with OECD Ambassadors, as well as BIAC Observer recruitment activities in China and Russia. Mr. Greenhill holds a Masters degree in European Studies from both Sciences Po Paris and the University of Bath, and also a Master of Arts Honours degree in Geography from the University of St. Andrews.

(Germany), joined BIAC in October 2011. She manages BIAC’s activities in the areas of trade, export credits, raw materials, investment, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate responsibility, corporate governance, public governance, SMEs, human rights, and MENA and Russia. Ms. Kölbel studied North American Studies, History and Political Science at Bonn University and New York University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Bonn.

(Japan), joined BIAC in April 2011 as a secondee from The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited. He covers economic policy, finance, private pensions, green growth, non-member economies, and BIAC activities in the area of finance-horizontal issues. He has extensive experience in finance business including capital markets since he started his professional career as a banker in 1997. Mr. Ohira is a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (CMA).

(United States), joined in 2004. His responsibilities include strategic planning, internal and external communications, member relations, high-level events management, press and media relations as well as overseeing the BIAC website. Mr. Primmer holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a MBA from the University of Michigan.

A member of BIAC's support staff since February 1977. Ms. Dos Reis handles BIAC's accounting, general assembly, liaison meeting, executive board meeting and OECD Ministerial preparation, assists the Secretary General and provides administrative and web support for work in the areas of economic policy, finance, non-member economies, trade, export credits, public governance, food and agriculture, and development. She also co-ordinates BIAC's participation in the OECD's LMP programme.

Ms. Bellavoine joined the BIAC Secretariat in October 1977. She is responsible for logistical co-ordination, office administration, computer system coordination and she manages BIAC's website and database. She provides administrative backup and web support for the following policy groups: anti-bribery and corruption, corporate governance, employment, labour and social affairs, education, gender equality project, health care, private pensions, and taxation and fiscal policy and all associated groups.

Ms. Mazier arrived at BIAC in April 1997. She oversees BIAC's distribution of OECD publications and documents, handles the recruitment of interns, assists Head of Administration/Finance with budget and accounts and provides administrative backup and web support for the following policy groups: biotechnology, chemicals and its networks, competition, energy, environment, climate change, waste management, information, computer and communications policy, consumer policy, IPR, investment, nanotechnology, raw materials, SME network, technology.