Professor Allan Fels, AO is Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). This institution provides senior management development programs, including an Executive Master of Public Administration program, for high level public sector managers. Professor Fels was Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from 1995 until 30 June 2003. Prior to that he was Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission from 1991 to 1995 and Chairman of the Prices Surveillance Authority from 1989 to 1992. Professor Fels was previously Dean of the Graduate School of Management of Monash University.

Robert D Anderson is Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division in the WTO Secretariat where he is responsible for issues concerning the interface of trade and competition policy. Mr Anderson holds Degrees in Economics and Law from the University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto, Canada), respectively, and has completed graduate courses in Economics and International Affairs at York and Carlton Universities, also in Canada.

Simon J. Evenett is Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is also Programme Director of the most established group of international trade economists in Europe, namely, the International Trade and Regional Economics Programme of the Centre of Economic Policy Research. Professor Evenett is an expert in the commercial policy and strategies of the USA, EU, and the rising economic powers, such as China. Simon Evenett obtained his batchelors degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and his doctoral degree (again in economics) from Yale University.