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11 July 2023  
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General Council  
24-25 July 2023    
 
  
WTO PENSION PL AN MANAGEMENT BOARD  
ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS, ALTERNATE MEMBERS AND A CHAIR  
FOR THREE YEAR TERMS  
PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIR PERSON  OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL  
1. Article 4 of the Regulations of the WTO Pension Plan (WT/L/282) provides for a Management 
Board comprising, inter alia , a Chair, four members and four alternates elected by the General 
Council.  
2. The Management Board is currently composed of the following pe rsons elected by the General 
Council:  
Chair: Mr. Jean-Marc Van Dril  (Switzerland ) 
 
Members:  Ms. Alicia Goujon (Mexico)  
 Mr. Conor Harrington (United States)  
 Mr. Darryl Leong (Singapore)  
 Vacant  
 
Alternates:  Mrs. Brigitte Lueth (Austria)  
 Mr. Rodolfo Rivas (Israel)  
 Vacant  
 Vacant  
 
3. Three vac ancies  in the WTO Pension Plan (WTOPP) Management Board ha ve been announced  
due to the fact that Mrs. Wendy Goico Campagna, Ms. Wei -Ting Chiu and Ms. Chiara Santangelo 
are no longer available to serve as member s/alternates  on the Management Board . Election s 
would be for three -year term s and subject to renewal in 202 6. 
4. On 15 May 2023  a communication was sent to all delegations with an invitation to communicate 
any expression of interest in serving on the Management Board by no later than  22 May 2023. 
An overview of the role, including a description of the desired characteristics and the 
commitment involved was enclosed.  
5. Mr. Jean-Marc Van Dril , Chair of the WTOPP Management Board has been consulting with those 
individuals who expressed interest in serving on the Board. As a result of these consultations, a 
further communication was sent to all delegations on 28 June 2023 , in which it was announced 
that the following representative s had agreed to have their name s put forward for election s as 
member  or alternate : 
• Mrs. Bahar Doğan ( Türkiye ) as member,  
• Mr. Jaime Coghi Arias (Costa Rica) as alternate,  
• Ms. Katarzyna Stecz (Poland) as alternate.  
 
6. As also announced in the same communication, an additional opportunity for consultations with 
the Chair of the WTOPP was provided on 5 July 2023 .  
7. Based on this process, my intention is to propose  to the  General Council to elect these three  
representatives to the Management Board and to renew the terms of the other s able to continue 
serving on the Board at its meeting o f 24-25 July 2023 . WT/GC/ W/890  
 
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  8. I would invite Members still wishing to submit comments to me on the proposed  nominations to 
do so  by close -of-business on 14 July 2023 . 
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