Partner Institutes

Ministry of Finance and National Economy, Bahrain
                Dr Faisal Hammad, Assistant Undersecretary for Competitiveness & Economic Indicators

Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC), Botswana
                Matlho J. Seitshiro, Executive Director (Acting)
                Letsogile Batsetswe, Experienced Research Consultant

Management Development and Productivity Institute, Ghana
                Professor Elijah Yendaw, Ag. Director General
                Ethel Ansah-Antwi, Ag. Director, Consultancy Unit
                Stephen Asirifi Essel, Consultancy Unit

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan
                Omar Fanek, National Policies Support Department Director
                Mira Mango, Head of the Competitiveness and International Indices Division

National Productivity and Competitiveness Centre, Kenya
                George E. G. Njiru, Principal Productivity Officer
                Dr. Nahashon Moitaleel, Secretary, Productivity

Kuwait Anti Corruption Authority (Nazaha), Kuwait
                Dhari Buyabes, Head of International Organizations and Conferences, International Cooperation Department

Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, Namibia
                Jessica Hauuanga, Acting Chief Executive Officer
                Nangula Shejavali, Senior Manager: Policy & Partnerships
                Tupandule Shipo, Consultant: Policy Research

National Productivity Centre, Nigeria
                Dr. Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, Director-General
                Adejoh David Onuche, Director, Productivity Measurement & Index

National Competitiveness Office, Oman
                Dr. Fahad Rashid Saif Al Jahwari, Director
                Jawaher Al Habsi, Statistical Data Analyst

National Planning Council, Qatar
                Ahmed Alsumaiti, Director of International indicator & International Cooperation Dep.
                Hanin Almassaid, Project Manager

SCBC, Saudi Competitiveness & Business Center, Saudi Arabia
                H.E. Dr Eiman AlMutairi, CEO of Saudi Competitiveness & Business Center
                Waleed AlRudaian, Vice President
                Salman M. AlTukhaifi, General Manager of Analytics & Business Intelligence

Productivity SA, South Africa
                Dr Lungelo Cele, Chief Economist
                Juliet Mashabela, Economic Statistician

Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC), United Arab Emirates

Instituto Shaw de Estudios Empresariales, Universidad Católica Argentina, Argentina
                Dr. Carlos Newland, Dean
                Dr. Marcelo Resico, Director, Senior Economist
                Patrick Gabriel Poepsel V., Research Assistant

Fundação Dom Cabral Innovation, AI and Digital Technologies Center, Brazil
                Hugo Tadeu, Director and Professor
                Jersone Tasso Moreira Silva, Associate Professor

Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), Canada
                Anne M. Patterson, Chief Research and Communications Officer

Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios (FEN), Chile
                Dr. Enrique Manzur, Vice Dean
                Dr. Sergio Olavarrieta, Vice President
                Dr. Pedro Hidalgo, Associate Professor

National Planning Department, Colombia
                Natalia Irene Molina Posso, General Director, Department of National Planning (DNP)
                Tatiana Zambrano Sánchez, Technical Director, Innovation and Private Sector Development – DNP

Center for Strategic Studies for Competitiveness, Mexico
                Carlos Maroto Espinosa, General Manager

Centrum PUCP, Peru
                Ruben Guevara, General Director
                Beatrice Avolio, Head of Graduate Business Academic Department
                Luis Del Carpio, Director of the Master’s Program in Management of Regional Competitive Development
                José Calsina, Research Assistant

Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce, Puerto Rico
                Hon. Sebastián Negrón Reichard, Secretary for Economic Development & Commerce
                José L. Rivera Rivera, Economist – Director for Economic Analysis & Business Intelligence

Invest Puerto Rico , Puerto Rico
                John Bozek, Chief Strategy and Research Officer

Puerto Rico International Competitiveness Center, Puerto Rico
                Francisco Montalvo Fiol, Adjunct Professor, Doctoral Program

National Council to Investment Promotion (CONAPRI), Venezuela
                Dr. Juan Cabral, Executive Director
                Jennyn Osorio, Economics Affairs Manager
                Lilian Zambrano, Legal Manager

CEDA – Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Australia
                Julie Toth, Principal Economist
                Daniel Beadle, Economist

China Institute for Development Planning, Tsingua University, China
                Pu Gong, Associate Professor and Director of Research
                Yongheng Yang, Professor and Dean
                Youqiang Wang, Professor
                Suyuan Huang, Vice Director of Research
                Ruijun Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow
                Chaoyang Su, Postdoctoral Fellow
                Siyao Zhu, PhD Candidate
                Shiyao Jin, PhD student
                Yujun Xie, PhD student
                Mengshu Li, MA student
                Jifeng Xu, MA student

Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong SAR
                Wing Chu, Principal Economist
                Cherry Yeung, Senior Economist
                Cathy Chung, Senior Research Executive

National Productivity Council, New Delhi, India
                Rajesh Sund, Director & Group Head (Economic Services)

Lembaga Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia (LM FEB UI), Jakarta, Indonesia
                Prof. Dr. Ir. T. Ezni Balqiah, M.E., M.H., Director of Research and Consulting
                Dr. Nurdin Sobari, Senior Researcher
                Dr. Willem A. Makaliwe, Senior Researcher
                Bayuadi Wibowo, Senior Researcher
                AA Dwi Mustia Dewi, Researcher
                Annisa Pratiwi, Researcher

NuPMK Consulting, Jakarta, Indonesia
                Tini Moeis, Managing Director
                Devi Ria Dinanti, Chief Marketing Officer

Keizai Doyukai, Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Japan
                Katsumi Miyazaki

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo Research Centre for Policy and Economy, Japan
                Dr. Hirotsugu Sakai, Senior Consultant

Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Korea
                Ethan Cho, Deputy Director

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Korea
                Jiyun Lee, Researcher, International Macroeconomics Team
                Dr. Hayun Song, Associate Research Fellow, International Macroeconomics Team

Malaysia Productivity Corporation, Malaysia
                Dr. Mohamad Norjayadi Tamam, Deputy Director General
                Dr. Mazrina Mohamed Ibramsah, Deputy Director General
                Wan Fazlin Nadia Wan Osman, Director
                Mohammed Alamin Rehan, Director
                Nurul Ain Alia Abdullah Zawawi, Manager
                Shanthini Tamadoram, Manager

Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center, Mongolia
                Tsagaan Puntsag, Founder and Chairman of Board
                Dr. Otgochuluu Chuluuntseren, Executive Director
                Odonchimeg Ikhbayar, Deputy Director
                Ganbat Chuluun, Research Economist
                Mungunjiguur Battsolmon, Research Economist

Auckland Business Chamber, New Zealand
                Simon Bridges, Chief Executive Officer

Asian Institute of Management R.S.N. Policy Center for Competitiveness (AIM RSN PCC), Philippines
                Prof. Jamil Paolo S. Francisco, Executive Director
                Daryl Faye Lozada, Research Manager
                Bernard Allan Garcia, Research Associate

Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

Singapore Business Federation, Singapore
                Edwin Heng, Director, Research and publishing
                Lim Kai Yun

National Development Council, Taiwan
                Kao, Shien-Quey, Deputy Minister
                Mei-Chu Chen, Director of Economic Development Department
                Wang, Chen-Ya, Executive Officer

Thailand Management Association, Thailand
                Kamoltas Nalinthrangkurn, Chief Executive Officer
                Khemmalyn Chantasorn, Manager, TMA Center for Competitiveness
                Paworn Kiatyutthachart, Senior Officer, TMA Center for Competitiveness

Vietnam Institute of Science and Technology Strategy, Strategy and Planning Department, Vietnam

Federation of Austrian Industries, Vienna, Austria
                Dr. Christian Helmenstein, Chief Economist
                Mag. Michael Oliver, Economist

Federation of Enterprises in Belgium, Belgium
                Julien Duez, Attaché Economics & Business Cycle

Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bulgaria
                Boryana Abadzhieva, Head of Economic Analysis and Policy Department
                Magdalena Koshulyanova, Expert, Economic Analysis and Policy Department

Applied Research and Communications Fund, Sofia, Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
                Ruslan G. Stefanov, Chief Economist, Center for the Study of Democracy
                Daniela Mineva, Senior Analyst, Geoeconomics Program, Center for the Study of Democracy
                Georgi Dobrev, Analyst, Innovation Systems, Applied Research and Communications Fund

National Competitiveness Council, Croatia
                Ivan Mišetić, Acting President
                Biserka Sladovic, Advisor
                Hrvoje Stojić, Chief Economist

Croatian Employers’ Association, Croatia
                Iva Tomic, PhD, Chief Economist

Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation, Cyprus
                Antonis Frangoudis

Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
                Sofronis Clerides, Professor of Economics
                Nicoletta Pashourtidou, Assistant Director

Confederation of Danish Industry, Denmark
                Allan Sørensen, Chief Economist

Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI), Estonia
                Bruno Pulver, Member of the Board

Enterprise Estonia (EAS), Estonia
                Helery Tasane, Head of Strategy and Analysis

ETLA Economic Research, Finland
                Dr. Ville Kaitila, Senior Researcher, Licentiate in social sciences (Economics)
                Dr. Jenni Pääkkönen, Chief Economist
                Aki Kangasharju, CEO

Federation of Industries of Greece (SBE), Thessaloniki, Greece
                Dr. Christos Georgiou, Director Research & Documentation Dept.
                Constantinos Styliaras, Economist, Research and Documentation Department

Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (FEIR/IOBE), Athens, Greece
                George Liontos, Research Associate
                George Gatopoulos, Head of Macroeconomic Studies

ICEG European Center, Budapest, Hungary
                Renata Jaksa, Director
                Oliver Kovacs, Senior Research Fellow

National University of Public Service, Hungary
                Dr. Magdolna Csath, Private Professor

Icelandic Chamber of Commerce, Reykjavik, Iceland
                Björn Brynjúlfur Björnsson, Managing Director
                Ragnar Sigurður Kristjánsson, Chief Economist

IDA Ireland, Investment and Development Agency, Ireland
                Malgorzata Ferraz, Planning Manager

Economic Research Institute, JSC of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
                Kymbat Akhmetzhanova, Director, Center for Strategic Analysis
                Assel Tasbauova, Deputy Director
                Natalya Novokshanova, Deputy Director
                Aimira Sabugaliyeva, Lead Expert

University of Latvia, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Centre for European and Transition Studies – CETS, Latvia
                Dr. Zane Zeibote, Director
                Prof. Dr. Tatjana Muravska, Honorary Director

Innovation Agency Lithuania, Lithuania
                Diana Čop, Head of Research and Analysis Unit
                Evelina Baubonytė, Senior Analyst

Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg
                Sidonie Paris, Senior Economist
                Anthony Villeneuve, Senior Economist
                Christel Chatelain, Director Economic Affairs

Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers, Netherlands
                Tim Zandbergen
                Thomas Grosfeld

SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
                Prof. Marzenna Weresa, Director of the World Economy Research Institute
                Dr. Anna Dzienis, Adjunct Professor

Porto Business School, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
                José Esteves, Dean
                Cátia Santana, Project Officer
                Prof. Álvaro Almeida
                Prof. Daniel Bessa
                Prof. Filipe Grilo
                Prof. José Luís Alvim
                Prof. João Loureiro
                Prof. Patrícia Teixeira Lopes 

CIT-IRECSON Center of Technological Information, Romania
                Dr. Bogdan Ciocanel, Phd, Director
                Dan Grigore, Economist

Institute of Freedom and Enterprise, Slovak Republic
                Ján Oravec, Chairman

Institute for Economic Research, Slovenia
                Damjan Kavaš, Director
                Sonja Uršič, Senior Researcher
                Peter Stanovnik, Associate Professor

University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Slovenia
                Mateja Drnovsek, Full Professor

Spanish Confederation of Employers, Spain
                Edita Pereira, Head of Economic Research Unit
                Paloma Blanco, Economic Research Unit

TUSIAD Turkish Industry and Business Association, Economic Research Department, Türkiye
                Gizem Öztok Altınsaç, Chief Economist
                Yiğit Başat Şimşek, Director
                İsmet Tosunoğlu, Economist
                Özüm Çelik, Expert