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Julien Pitton was appointed ISO Treasurer for the 2008 -2010 term. Since late 2004, Mr. Pitton has been an independent advisor special- ized in the governance and implementation of strategic entrepreneurial initiatives. Previously, he held senior posi- tions in the banking sector, including : Executive Director, Entrepreneur Office at Banque Ferrier Lullin, Geneva ; Head of Marketing & Key Account Management Equity Brokerage Europe within Group BNP Paribas, London; Head of Corpo- rate Finance Group within Group Paribas Investment Banking, London; Mergers & Acquisitions Manager for Switzerland and correspondent Manager for Asia/Hong Kong and Member of the European Banking & Finan- cial Institutions Group at the Advisory Department of Group Paribas, Paris. Mr. Pitton holds a Social & Economic Degree in Business Administration from the Geneva University. In Switzerland he also studied at the International Institute for Management Development - IMD; in the USA at Stanford University; in the United Kingdom at the London Business School; and in France at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales – HEC. Rob Steele took up the post of ISO Secretary-General on 1 January 2009. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Standards New Zealand (SNZ) until 2007. He is a Chartered Account- ant, a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. Rob was also Secretary of the Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) from 2002 to April 2007. During his tenure as CEO of the New Zea- land standards body, he represented SNZ on ISO's governance bodies where he was involved in developing policies on the global relevance of International Standards and led an ad hoc group to develop recommenda- tions on ISO's strategy on management system standards. Prior to joining SNZ, Rob was Chief Executive of an electricity distribution company in New Zealand for eight years and worked in New Zealand and Canada in financial audit and advisory serv- ices for an international accounting firm for 18 years. He has also served as a director of several companies in the manufacturing and service sectors during his career. Jacob Holmblad was appointed ISO Vice-President (technical management) for the 2008-2009 term. Mr. Holm- blad was Managing Director of Danish Standards (DS) from 1991 until the end of 2009. Before joining DS, he had a long-standing experience within the Danish Ministry of Energy (1973-1991), including ten years as Deputy Managing Director of the Danish Energy Agency. His career also includes commitments within the Danish Government such as Acting personal assistant to the Minister of Industry (1974-1978). Mr. Holmblad has also been involved in the board of several entities, such as the Danish Energy Society (Vice-Chairman), the Wind Turbines Capital Fund Ltd. (Vice-Chairman and Chairman), the Danish-Chinese committee for technological and scientific cooperation (Member 1997-2008), the Danish Energy Regulatory Authority (Deputy Chairman), the Science Park of the Technical University of Denmark (Chairman) and the Danish Innovation Centre (Vice Chairman). From 2000 until 2004, Mr. Holmblad was Vice President Technical of CEN. Vice-President (technical manage- ment), Denmark Treasurer, Switzerland Secretary-General 31 Annual Report 2009

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