Ceci est une version HTML d'une pièce jointe de la demande d'accès à l'information 'British American Tobacco & “Dealing with Regulatory Burden"'.



   
Ref. Ares(2016)2126156 - 04/05/2016
 
 
AECA 
high level dialogue for a globalised world 
 
 

Round-Table Conference-Luncheon 
with Speaker 
 
Mr. Ben SMULDERS,  
Head of Cabinet of the 1st Vice-President Frans Timmermans, 
Commissioner for Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law  
and the Charter of Fundamental Rights 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
 
“Dealing with regulatory burden”   
 
hosted by   
Mr. 
,  
Director EU Affairs and Head of the Brussels office,  
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 
 
on Thursday 14th January 2016 starting at 12:30  
 
PARTICIPANTS LIST 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Former Russian 
Vice President EU Affairs 
Ambassador 
Special 
EXXONMOBIL Petroleum & 
RUSSIAN Federation Mission to 
Representative 
Chemical 
the EU 
for Cyprus (97-
 
Former Russian Deputy Foreign 
00 
 
 
 
Minister (02-05) 
Vice President, Government and 
Former Russian Special 
Regulatory Affairs 
Representative for the Balkans 
IBM Europe 
(00-02) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Former Deputy 
Partner & Head of Brussels Office 
 
Minister of 
BRUNSWICK Group LLP 
Vice-President, Member (Poland, 
Culture (93) 
 
ECR) 
Former Minister 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
for European 
EU Affairs Director 
Vice-Chair of Delegation to the 
Integration (97-
JT International 
Euronest Parliamentary 
99) 
 
Assembly 
Former Minister - 
 
 
Former Vice 
Member of Committee on 
member of the 
Vice President Xerox Corporation,  President & 
Budgetary Control 
Cabinet (98-99) 
Head Government Affairs 
Head of Public 
Member of Delegation to the EU- Former 
Europe 
Affairs Europe 
Ukraine Parliamentary 
parliamentary 
XEROX 
Samsung 
Cooperation Committee 
representative 
Member of the Board and Council  Electronics 
 
to NATO (91-
of British Chamber of 
Former VP Global 
93) 
Commerce in Belgium 
Affairs at Philips   
Former Senior Lawyer at Philips 
Consumer 
 
  Advisor OECD 
Lifestyle 
Pro-Vice Rector 
 
UGent (University Ghent) 
 
 
 
Dean Faculty of Economics and 
Vice-President EU Affairs & Head 
Business Administration 
of EU office 
 
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Former Chair 
Managing Director Regulatory 
Director General 
CBI's trade 
Affairs 
DIGITALEUROPE 
association 
DELOITTE EU Public Policy 
Member  industry/government 
council 
Centre 
information assurance and 
Chair of the audit 
 
security board and  
committee 
 
 
 
Vice chair of RISC 
University of 
Honorary Director Financial 
 
Warwick 
Operations 
 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
 
 
Former EU 
Member of the Steering 
Head of EU Institutional Affairs 
Manager 
Committee of the Thomas More 
ARCELOR MITTAL 
VNO/NCW 
Institute. 
Former Director Energy & Climate 
 
Change EUROMETAUX 
 
 
 
 
Director General 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM 
Ambassador 
Association (EAA) 
DANISH Permanent 
 
Representation to the EU 
 
 
 
 
Head of EU Government Affairs, 
 
 
 
Global Policy & International 
Vice-President, Head of 
Public Affairs 
Corporate Representation 
PFIZER 
DEUTSCHE POST- DHL 
Senior Director Pfizer Corporate 
 
Affairs 
 
 
HOST 
 
Director European Union Affairs, 
 
 
 
Head of Brussels Office 
Director General 
DOW Chemical Company 
ORGALIME (European 
Former Director General 
Engineering Industries 
European Retail Round Table 
Association) 
 
 
 
 
Former General 
 
 
Member Advisory 
Deputy General Counsel Legal & 
Counsel at 
Senior Managing Director 
Board Women's 
Compliance, Company Lawyer 
Philips 
FTI CONSULTING 
Forum for the 
SWIFT 
Member Management Committee  Economy 
 
European Public Affairs 
Society 
 
 
Former Senior 
Consultants Association 
Director EU Affairs 
Public Affairs 
(EPACA) 
DANISH INDUSTRY 
Manager AIM - 
 
CONFEDERATION 
European 
 
 
 
Brands 
Ambassador 
Association 
AUSTRALIAN Embassy to 
 
Belgium, Luxembourg, the EU & 
 
 
 
NATO 
Vice President Legal & Corporate 
 
Affairs Europe 
 
 
 
AB InBev 
Director Communication & 
Former Director Corporate 
Government Relations 
Communications COCA-COLA 
INTERNATIONAL PAPER 
Europe 
Europe 
 
 

 
 
Former Director 
 
 
 
Vice President-International 
The Centre, 
Director Global Gov.Rel. & Public 
External Affairs 
Brussels 
Policy Europe, India, Middle 
AT & T - EMEA 
Former Executive 
East & Africa 
Vice Chairman American 
Director EMEA 
PROCTER & GAMBLE Services 
Chamber of Commerce to the 
Government 
Company NV 
European Union (AmCham EU)  Affairs at AT&T 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Head Economic Department 
Managing Director 
NETHERLANDS Permanent 
European Salt Producers' 
Representation to the EU 
Association - EuSalt 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Partner 
Director, Head of Brussels office 
AFORE Consulting 
INDRA 
Former Senior Policy Advisor 
 
FLEISHMAN-HILLARD 
 
 
Former Senior 
 
President & Managing Director 
Vice President 
 
 
 
MPA - Motion Picture Association  & EMEA Policy 
Director European Union Affairs 
Director at MPA 
MSD Europe 
Former Assistant 
 
U.S. Trade 
 
 
 
Representative 
Head of International Industrial 
for Intellectual 
and Economic Policy 
Property and 
EVONIK Industrie ag 
Innovation 
 
Former Associate   
 
 
Counsel at 
European Public Affairs Manager 
Office of the 
ELI LILLY - BeNeLux 
U.S. Trade 
 
Representative 
 
  Former Director 
 
Ambassador 
General  
 
 
Former Director 
NORWEGIAN Mission to the EU 
Norwegian 
Managing Partner 
General 
Former President of EFTA 
Foreign Affairs 
PAPPAS & Associates 
Consumer 
(European Free Trade 
Ministry 
Member Athens & Brussels Bar 
Policy EC (95-
Association) 
Associations 
01) 
Former Ambassador Norwegian 
Director General and Professor at Former Director 
Mission to the EU 
the European Institute for Public  General 
 
Administration in Maastricht 
Information, 
  Ben SMULDERS 
SPEAKER 
Former Judge Greek Supreme 
Communication, 
Head of Cabinet of 1st VP Frans 
Court 
Culture and 
Timmermans, Commissioner for 
Former Senior Advisor & 
Audiovisual 
Inter-Inst.Relations 
International Lawyer Hammond 
Policy EC 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Suddards Edge 
Former Director - Principal Legal 
 
Adviser - INST Team 
 
 
 
(Institutions), DG F 
Secretary General 
Former Member Cabinet Hans 
CECCM (Confederation Euro of 
van den Broek 
Community Cigarette 
 
Manufacturers) 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer 
 
 
 
AECA 
Managing Director, Government 
 
and Public Affairs 
MOODY's CORPORATION 
 

  François TULKENS 
 
  Henri van ENGELEN 
Former Managing 
Partner 
Chief Executive Officer 
Director ATOS 
NAUTA DUTILH - European Law 
WOLTERS KLUWER - Belgium 
ORIGIN BeLux 
Firm 
 
 
  Caroline WUNNERLICH 
 
  Erick TYSSIER 
 
Executive Vice President & 
  Head of Government Affairs 
Senior Partner 
 
Europe 
FLEISHMANHILLARD 
  TEVA Pharmaceuticals Europe bv 
Regional Director EMEA 
  Former Director EU Affairs 
 
 
SANOFI 
 
 
 
  Frans Baron van DAELE 
Former Belgian 
 
Principal Private Secretary to 
Perm Rep to EU   
H.M. the King of Belgium 
(97-02) 
 
Cabinet de Sa Majesté le Roi 
Former Belgian 
 
ROYAL PALACE 
Ambassador to 
 
Board Member BAEF (Belgian 
US (02-06) 
 
American Education 
Forrmer 
 
Foundation) 
Ambassador 
 
Board Member AECA 
Belgian Perm 
 
Former Honorary Ambassador to 
Rep to NATO 
 
H.H. the King 
(06-09) 
 
Former Chief Cabinet of the 
Former Belgian 
 
President H.van Rompuy 
Ambassador to 
 
Former Member Cabinet PM 
Greece & Italy 
 
Y.Leterme in 09 (4m) 
 
Former Member Cabinet PM 
 
Y.Leterme in 09 (4m) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


  BEN SMULDERS - BIOGRAPHY 
 
 

Since November 2014, Head of Cabinet of the First Vice President of the European 
Commission, Frans Timmermans  

March 2008-October 2014: Director and Principal Legal Advisor, Head of the Institutional Law 
& Economic and Monetary Union Team, Legal Service, European Commission, 
acted in more 
than 90 cases relating to various fields of EU law before the General Court and the Court of Justice 
of the European Union as well as the EFTA Court; member of the Commission delegation at more 
than 25 European Council meetings. 

December 2004-February 2008: Head of Cabinet of the European Commissioner for 
Competition Neelie Kroes
. 

September 2000-November 2004: Member of Cabinet of the European Commission President 
Romano Prodi


September 1999-August 2000: Member of Cabinet of the European Commissioner for the 
Internal Market, Taxation and Customs Union Frits Bolkestein


January 1995-August 1999: Member of Cabinet of the European Commissioner for External 
Relations and Enlargement Hans van den Broek


January 1991-December 1994: Member of the European Commission Legal Service: 1993-94, 
Member of the Antitrust & Merger & State aid Control Team; 1991-92, member of the Internal 
Market and Economic and Monetary Union 
 Team. 
 - 
March 1985-December 1990: advocate, member of the Amsterdam Bar, practising consecutively 
in the Banking & Company Law, Intellectual Property Law and EU Law department of 
NautaDutilh,  
co-managing its Brussels office from 1988-1990 and elected partner in that firm in 
June 1990. 
Other professional activities 
- Substitute 
judge 
('Raadsheer Plaatsvervanger') in the Court of Appeal of The Hague (since 2012) 

Part-time professor of International and European Competition law at the Vrije Universiteit 
Brussel  
(2013-2016); Visiting Professor of EMU law at the Bruges College of Europe (since 
2013), part time lecturer in various fields of EU law at the Collegio europeo di Parma (since 2003), 
the Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) & II (Panthéon-Assas) (since 2007), the Europa 
Institute of Amsterdam University
 (1992-2007) and the Grotius Academie  of the Radboud 
University Nijmegen
 (1994-2005). 

Member of the editorial board of Common Market Law Review (since 2008); collaborator of the 
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht (Netherlands Journal of European Law) (2001-
2006). 

President of the board of governors (Curatorium) of the Europa Institute of Leiden University 
(since 2002); member of the scientific board of the College of Europe's Global Competition Law 
Centre  
(since 2009); Member of the management board of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor 
Europees Recht
  (Dutch section of Fédération Internationale du Droit Européen) (2003-2012); 
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Vienna European Law Institute project Towards 
Restatement and Best Practices Guidelines on EU Administrative Procedural Law 
(since 2014).  


Member of selection panels for NATO 's Chief Legal Advisor (2008 and 2013), member of the 
selection panel for members of the European Commission's European Group on Ethics (2010), 
member of the selection panel for the Chief Legal Advisor of the European Asylum Support 
Office
 (2011). 

Member of the supervisory board of the Amsterdam Foundations of Catholic Education 
(Amsterdamse Stichtingen voor Katholiek Onderwijs) (1987-1990). 
 
Education & diplomas 

Senior executive education programs: November 2010, certificate of the London Business 
School
's  Essentials of Leadership Programme, September 2011, certificate of INSEAD's 
Managerial Skills for International Business Programme. 

1984-1985, traineeship in the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition

1984: degree of Master of Laws (LL.M), London School of Economics and Political Science

1983: degree of Master of Laws (LL.M)Leiden University
 
Languages 
Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent), German (proficient), Italian (proficient). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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