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7 July 2022  
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General Council  
25-26 July 2022   
 
WTO PENSION PLAN MANAGEMENT BOARD  
ELECTION OF A MEMBER  
PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIR MAN OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL  
1. Article 4 of the Regu lations of the WTO Pension Plan (WT/L/282) provides for a Management 
Board comprising, inter alia , a Chairman, four members and four alternates elected by the 
General Council.  
2. The Management Board is currently composed of the following persons elected by the General 
Council:  
Chairman:  Mr. Jean-Marc Van Dril (Switzerland)  
 
Members:  Mrs. Alicia Goujon (Mexico)  
 Mrs. Brigitte Lueth  (Austria ) 
 Mr. Conor Harrington  (United States)  
 Vacant  
  
Alternates:  Dr. Chiara Santangelo (Germany)  
 Ms. Wei-Ting Chiu  (Chinese Taipei ) 
 Mrs. Wendy Goico Campagna (Dominican Republic)  
 Mr. Rodolfo Rivas (Israel)  
 
3. One vacancy in the WTO Pension Plan (WTOPP) Management Board has been announced  due 
to the fact that M s Darija Sinjeri  is no longer available to serve as Member on the Management 
Board. Election would be fo r the remainder of the current three -year term and subject to 
renewal in 202 3. 
4. On 19 May 20 22 an email was sent to Heads of Delegation to invite Members to communicate 
expression of interest in serving on the Management Board by no later than noon on Friday, 
3 June 2022 . An overview of the role, including a description of the desired characteristics and 
the commitment involved was enclosed.  
5. Mr Jean-Marc Van Dril , Chairman of the WTOPP Management Board has been consulting since 
3 June 2022  with those individuals who expressed interest in serving of the Board. On 29 
June, he announced that t he following representative  had kindly agreed to have his name put 
forward for election as a Member :  
Mr. LEONG Darryl (Singapore ) 
6. As announced in the sam e communication, an additional opportunity for consultations with 
the Chairman of the WTOPP was provided on 29 June 20 22. Based on this process, my 
intention would be to propose the above name for election to the Management Board at the 
General Council mee ting on 25 July and 26 July 2022. I would invite Members still wishing to 
submit comments they might have regarding the proposed nominations to me by close -of 
business day on 14 July 20 22. 
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