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6 January 2009 Original: English

Office holders Coffee year 2008/09

1. The Executive Director presents his compliments and, for the information of Members, attaches a document containing details of office holders and Members of the Executive Board with their usual representatives for coffee year 2008/09. The composition of the Private Sector Consultative Board (PSCB), Finance Committee, Statistics Committee and Virtual Screening Committee is also included together with office holders for the Promotion Committee. 2. Members are requested to keep the Executive Director informed of any subsequent changes as they occur. An updated version of this list will be posted on the Office holders section of the ICO website (www.ico.org).

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INTERNATIONAL COFFEE ORGANIZATION COFFEE YEAR 2008/09

OFFICE HOLDERS INTERNATIONAL COFFEE COUNCIL1 Chairman

USA

Mr David Brooks Director for Natural Resources Policy and Environmental Reviews Office of the United States Trade Representative

1st Vice-Chairman

Ireland

Mr Brendan Nevin Counsellor (Agriculture) Embassy of Ireland, London

2nd Vice-Chairman

Colombia

Sr. Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza Gerente Comercial Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia

3rd Vice-Chairman

Cameroon

M. Abdoulaye Nana Directeur-general adjoint Office national du cacao et du café (ONCC) Cameroun

EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman

India

Mr G.V. Krishna Rau Chairman Coffee Board of India

Vice-Chairman

Indonesia

Mr Hartojo Agus Tjahjono Director for Export of Agricultural and Forestry Produce Ministry of Trade, Indonesia

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD EXPORTING MEMBERS Brazil

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Representing:

Brazil and Venezuela

Representative:

Sr. Flávio Marega Ministro Conselheiro Embaixada do Brasil, Londres

Alternate:

Sr. Felipe Augusto Ramos de Alencar da Costa

The Council is composed of all Members of the Organization.

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Colombia

Honduras

Indonesia

Kenya

Mexico

Representing:

Colombia

Representative:

Sr. Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza Gerente Comercial Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia

Alternate:

Sra. Marcela Urueña Gómez

Representing:

Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras

Representative:

Excmo. Sr. Embajador Iván Romero-Martínez Representante Permanente de Honduras ante la Organización Internacional del Café Embajada de Honduras, Londres

Alternate:

Sr. Jaime Turcios Oreamundo

Advisors:

Sr. Asterio Reyes Hernández Sr. Manuel Enrique Villela Cáceres Sr. Dagoberto Suazo Zelaya Sr. Víctor Manuel Barahona Sr. Luis Rolando López Sr. Marcial Flores Sosa Sr. Samuel Armando Reyes Rendon

Representing:

India, Philippines and Indonesia

Representative:

Mr Hartojo Agus Tjahyono Director for Export of Agricultural and Forestry Produce Ministry of Trade, Indonesia

Alternates:

Mrs Yamanah AC. Mrs Yatti Husniaty Mr Tumpal Hutagalung Mr Derek Watson

Representing:

Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Representative:

Mr Roman M. Kiome, PhD (CBS) Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture

Alternates:

Mrs Loise Wanjira Njeru Mr Abraham K. Barno

Representing:

Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama

Representative:

Excelentísimo Señor Juan José Bremer Representante Permanente de México ante la Organización Internacional del Café Embajada de México

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Alternates:

Sr. Rodolfo Trampe Taubert Sr. Víctor M. Villalobos Arámbula Sr. Víctor Koyoc Cauich

Representing:

Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Uganda

Representative:

H.E. Mrs Joan Rwabyomere High Commissioner for Uganda

Alternate:

Mr Henry Ngabirano

Representing:

Papua New Guinea and Vietnam

Representative:

Mr Luong Van Tu Chairman Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA)

Alternate:

Mr An The Dung

Advisor:

Dr Le Van Minh

European Community:

Representing

European Community (Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom)

EC

Representative:

Mr Enzo Barattini Directorate General for Development European Commission

Belgium

Representative:

M. Jacques Thinsy Conseiller général

Uganda

Vietnam

IMPORTING MEMBERS

Ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce extérieur et de la Coopération au developpement

Germany

Alternate:

M. Pascal Grégoire

Representative:

Mrs Ina Grohmann Commodities Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Alternate:

Mrs Evita Schmieg

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Italy

Spain

Japan

Switzerland

United States of America

Representative:

Mr Stefano Stefanile First Counsellor Economic and Commercial Department Embassy of Italy, London

Alternate:

Ms Laura Albanese

Representative:

Sr. Fernando Lanzas Consejero Económico y Comercial Jefe de la Oficina Económica y Comercial Embajada de España, Londres

Alternates:

Sr. Manuel Altimira Sra. Mercedes Calva

Representing:

Japan

Representative:

Mr Hiroshi Aimoto Counsellor Embassy of Japan, London

Representing

Switzerland

Representative:

Mr Max Schnellmann Counsellor, Economic Affairs and Commodities Embassy of Switzerland, London

Alternate:

Mr Beat Kaufmann

Representing

United States of America

Representative:

Mr David Brooks Director for Natural Resources Policy and Environmental Reviews Office of the United States Trade Representative

Alternate:

Ms Amy Winton

Advisors:

Ms Stephanie Caswell Ms Dawn Thomas PROMOTION COMMITTEE2

Chairman

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Papua New Guinea

Mr Mick Wheeler Papua New Guinea Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd. Overseas Representative

The Promotion Committee is composed of all Members of the Organization.

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MEMBERS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR CONSULTATIVE BOARD 2007/08 – 2008/09 Chairman

Ms Florence Rossillion European Coffee Federation (ECF)

Vice-Chairman

Sr. Rodolfo Trampe Taubert Asociación Mexicana de la Cadena Productiva del Café (AMECAFE)

EXPORTING MEMBERS Colombian Milds Asociación de Exportadores de Café de Colombia (ASOEXPORT) Sociedad Exportadora de Café de las Cooperativas de Caficultores (EXPOCAFE) Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia

Representative Alternate Alternate

Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA)

Representative

Other Milds Asociación Mexicana de la Cadena Productiva del Café (AMECAFE) Instituto Hondureňo del Café (IHCAFE)

Representative Alternate

Asociación Nacional del Café (ANACAFÉ) Coffee Exporters Association of India

Representative Alternate

Brazilian and Other Natural Arabicas Conselho dos Exportadores de Café do Brasil (CeCafé) Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café Solúvel (ABICS) Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Café (ABIC)

Representative Alternate Alternate

Conselho Nacional do Café (CNC) Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA)

Representative Alternate

Robustas Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters (AEKI) Uganda Coffee Trade Federation (UCTF)

Representative Alternate

Bourse du Café et du Cacao (BCC)

Representative

IMPORTING MEMBERS3 All Japan Coffee Association (AJCA)

Representative

Coffee Association of Canada

Representative

European Coffee Federation (ECF) ECF

Representative Alternate

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One vacant seat in the case of importing Members will be considered in March 2009

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Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) ISIC

Representative Alternate

National Coffee Association of USA (NCA)

Representative

Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)

Representative

Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) European Decaffeinators Association (EDA)

Representative Alternate

MEMBERS OF THE STATISTICS COMMITTEE 2008/09 Chairman

to be appointed at first meeting

Vice-Chairman

to be appointed at first meeting

Experts designated by exporting Members Mr Thiago Siqueira Masson (Brazil) Sra. Marcela Urueña Gómez (Colombia) Experts designated by importing Members Mr Rob Simmons (LMC International Ltd., United Kingdom) Mr Neil Rosser (Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, Germany) Representatives of the Executive Director Mr David Brooks (United States of America) Mr Corneille Tabalo (Democratic Republic of Congo)

MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 2008/09 Chairman

to be appointed at first meeting

Exporting Members

Brazil, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Papua New Guinea

Importing Members

EC – Spain, Japan, Switzerland, United States of America

MEMBERS OF THE VIRTUAL SCREENING COMMITTEE Chairman

Executive Director

Exporting Members

Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Indonesia

Importing Members

Germany, Italy, Spain, United States of America