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| − | Peter Sutherland is Chairman of BP plc (1997 - current). He is also Chairman of Goldman Sachs International (1995 - current). He is on the steering group of the [[Bilderberg Group]] and the European Chair of the [[Trilateral Commission]]
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| − | From a biography on the Trilateral commission [http://www.trilateral.org/membship/bios/ps.htm Website] dated October 2005:
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| − | :Before these appointments he was the founding Director-General of the [[World Trade Organisation]]. He had previously served as Director General of [[GATT]] since July 1993 and was instrumental in concluding the Uruguay GATT Round Negotiations. Prior to this position, he was Chairman of [[Allied Irish Banks]] from 1989 to 1993 and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[European Institute of Public Administration]] (Maastricht) 1991-1996. Educated at Gonzaga College, University College Dublin and at the Honorable Society of the King's Inns, from 1969 to 1971 Mr. Sutherland was a Tutor in Law at University College Dublin. From 1981 until early 1982 he was [[Attorney General of Ireland]] and was a Member of the Council of State. He was reappointed in 1982 until 1984 when he was nominated by the Government of Ireland as a Member of the Commission of the European Communities in charge of Competition Policy. During his first year at the Commission he was also responsible for Social Affairs, Health and Education and thereafter for Relations with the European Parliament. Peter Sutherland is a Member of the Board of The [[Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc]]. He is associated with the following organisations: [[World Economic Forum]], Foundation Board Member; [[The European Institute (USA)]], Director; Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers (Hong Kong); [[The Federal Trust]], President; Chairman of the Consultative Board of the Director General of the WTO; and Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (2nd March 2005). He has published numerous articles and the book "Premier Janvier 1993, ce qui va changer en Europe" (Paris). He was presented with the Robert Schuman Medal for his work on European Integration and the David Rockefeller Award of the Trilateral Commission. Mr. Sutherland was a [[Trilateral Commission]] author on 21st Century Strategies of the Trilateral Countries: In Concert or Conflict? (1999, with [[Robert B. Zoellick]] and [[Hisashi Owada]]) and was re-elected in 2003 for a second term as European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission.
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