Lord Robertson of Port EllenMs Tayce WakefieldMs Karla GonzalezProfessor Gérard SaillantMr Michael SchumacherMr Rohit BalujaMr Rosario AlessiMr Shoshi ArakawaMr David NjorogeHE Fuad Al HinaiMr Victor KiryanovDr John LlewellynHon. Norman MinetaProfessor Claes Tingvall
In opposition he was a spokesman on Foreign Affairs, and in particular Europe. In 1995 he was elected to the Shadow Cabinet and was responsible for drawing up the plans for the Scottish Parliament. He is a Knight of the Order of the Thistle, one of HM the Queen's personal decorations and the most senior for Scots. He also holds the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
In 2003 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour and holds high honours from 20 countries and honorary doctorates from 10 Universities.
He was the founding Chairman of the Seatbelt Survivors Club, an organisation founded to campaign for compulsory seat belts in cars. He was a founder member of the All Party Parliamentary Action Committee on Transport Safety.
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Ms. Wakefield served as Executive Director, Environment & Energy, for General Motors Corporation in Detroit, Michigan from 2003 to 2005 and as Vice President of Corporate and Environmental Affairs and a member of the Board of Directors for GM Canada from 1995-2003. Wakefield joined GM in 1984 in the Government Relations Department and held progressively responsible positions in Government and Public Relations, where she worked on a variety of key legislative issues including pension reform, labor, safety and environmental issues, trade and tax legislation, as well as media relations, employee communications and charitable contributions. She served on the GMCL Women’s Advisory Council from 1985-1988 and was the founding Chair of GM’s Affinity Group for Women (in the U.S.) from 2000-2002.
Ms. Wakefield has served on numerous government commissions and Boards of not-for-profit organizations in Canada, including as Chair of the Canada Safety Council from 1998-2001, on the Ontario Council of Regents (the governing body for Ontario’s Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology) from 1997-2003, as the Alumni Co-Chair of McMaster University’s $100 million “Changing Tomorrow Today” campaign, and on the Executive Council of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce from 1992-1998.
Ms. Wakefield holds a Master of Science in Management (M.S.M.) degree from Boston University – Vrije Universiteit Brussels, a law degree (LL.B.) from Osgoode Hall and a B.A. in Political Science from McMaster University.
She is an attorney and former Vice-Minister for Transport. She played a key role in Costa Rica’s international award winning seat belt campaign, Por Amor, and has helped to focus attention in Costa Rica on the importance of road infrastructure improvement and design for safety.
Mr Saillant is President of the Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders (ICM) which is housed in the CHU Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. The ICM is a project aimed at creating an international centre of research and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and especially brain and spinal cord trauma.
As one of the directors of the GPDA, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, he has been fighting for safety for many years and with much success. He has participated in several safety campaigns and is a strong advocate of road safety.
Mr Alessi studied Law and is a Lawyer at the Supreme Court.
1960: Journalist belonging to the Roll of Journalists. Editor in Chief of the ACI Juridical Review of Traffic and Transports. From 1962 until 1982: President of the Automobile Club Caltanissetta. From 1971 until 1982: President of ACI 116 (Breakdown and roadside assistance service Company). From 1982 until 2000: President of Automobile Club d’Italia. From 1982 until 2000: Member of the Committee of the CONI (Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano). He held the positions of Member of the AIT Management Committee and Member of the Euroboard AIT/FIA (Bruxelles). From 1995 until 2000: President of AIT Region I.
From 1982 until 2005: Member of the FIA Bureau de Comité which then became the FIA Senate. From 2001 until 2003: President of the FIA Senate. From 1984 until 2001: Vice President of the FIA.
Mr. Shoshi Arakawa joined Bridgestone Tyre Corporation Ltd.(Now Bridgestone Corporation) in April 1968 and has held a number of senior roles during his career, including Manager, Executive Secretarial Office 1988-1991 and Managing Director of Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd. 1992-1997. In March 1997 he became a member of the Board.
In 1997 he became Director of China Division and in 1998 he became Director of Asia and Oceania Division. In 2001 he became Senior Vice President of Bridgestone Europe NV/SA and Chairman of Chief Executive Officer thereof. In 2004 he became Senior Vice President, responsible for International Operations. In 2005 he became Executive Vice President, Responsible for International Operations. In March 2006 he became Chairman of the Board, CEO and President.
After serving in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, Mr Kiryanov joined the State Traffic Inspectorate and served as Deputy Head of the State Traffic Inspectorate prior to his current role as concurrent Chief State Road Traffic Safety Inspector and Major-General. Mr Kiryanov also holds the post of President of the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF).
He then spent seventeen years at the OECD in Paris, where for the first eight he was in charge of international economic forecasting and policy analysis. He then became Deputy Director for Social Affairs, Manpower and Education, and for the last five years he was Head of the Secretary-General’s Private Office (Chief of Staff).
In 1995 he joined Lehman Brothers as Managing Director and Global Chief Economist. He directs the economic research teams who cover North America, Europe, and Asia.
Dr. Llewellyn’s published work has covered a range of economic topics and he has also co-authored two books: one on the international aspects of forecasting, modelling, and economic co-operation; and the other on economic policies for the 1990s.
Dr. Llewellyn is a member of the Handelsblatt/Wall Street Journal ECB Shadow Council; a member of the President of the European Commission’s Group of Economic Policy Analysis; a member of the International Economics Advisory Board, Chatham House; and a member of the UK Department of Trade and Industry Secretary of State’s Panel on Monitoring the Economy.
Norman Mineta served as US Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton and then in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush as the longest serving Transportation Secretary in US history. During his first four years as Transportation Secretary, America achieved the lowest vehicle fatality rate ever recorded and the highest safety belt usage rate ever recorded. Secretary Mineta was instrumental in persuading every state in the country to set a blood alcohol rate at .08 percent. A strong supporter of international action on global road safety, Secretary Mineta attended the first UN General Assembly debate on global road traffic injuries in April 2004, and supported inclusion of a budget line for work on global road safety in the most recent U.S. transportation funding bill (SAFETEA-LU) passed by Congress. He resigned as Transportation Secretary in July 2006.