Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Secretaries of the Committee on Government Procurement since 1981

1981

Chair: Mr. Viktor Segalla (Austria)
Vice-Chair: Mr. T.H. Chau (Hong Kong)

1982

Chair: Mr. H. van Houtte (Belgium)
Vice-Chair: Mr. B. Henrikson (Sweden)

1983

Chair: Mr. M. Pullinen (Finland)
Vice-Chair: Mr. D. McPhail (United Kingdom, Hong Kong Office)

1984

Chair: Mr. B. Henrikson (Sweden)
Vice-Chair: Mr. A. Stoler (United States)

1985

Chair: Mr. M. Shaton (Israel)
Vice-Chair: Mr. A. Woo (United Kingdom for Hong Kong)

1986

Chair: Mr. Y. Ikeda (Japan)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Elvezio Contestabile (Switzerland)

1987

Chair: Mr. Anthony Dell (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Elvezio Contestabile (Switzerland)

1988

Chair: Mr. Anthony Dell (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Peter Cheung (Hong Kong)

1989

Chair: Mr. John Donaghy (Canada)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Nils-Erik Schyberg (Sweden)

1990

Chair: Mr. Nils-Erik Schyberg (Sweden)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Akitaka Saiki (Japan)

1991

Chair: Mr. David Hayes (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Amichai Perry (Israel)

1992

Chair: Mr. David Hayes (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Amichai Perry (Israel)

1993

Chair: Mr. David Hayes (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Harald Ernst (Switzerland)

1994

Chair: Mr. David Hayes (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Harald Ernst (Switzerland)

1994 (from 10 August)

Chair: Mr. Harald Ernst (Switzerland)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Peter Young (United Kingdom)

1995

Chair: Mr. Harald Ernst (Switzerland)
Vice-Chair: Mr. Peter Young (United Kingdom)

1996 (from 27 February) to 1997 (May)

Chair: Mr. Harald Ernst (Switzerland)

1997 (from 29 September) to 1998

Ms Helle Klem (Norway)

1998 (from 7 October) to 2000

Mr Dick Mak (Hong Kong, China)

2001 (from 3 May) to 2002 (1 August, resigned)

Mr Martin Loken (Canada)

2002 (from 8 October) to 2003 (22 August)

Mr Jan-Peter Mout (Netherlands)

2003 (from 22 August) to 2005 (14 March)

Mr Niklas Bergström (Sweden)

2005 (from mid-March) to 2006 (December)

Amb. Tae-yul Cho (Korea)

2007 (from 14 February) to 2012 (17 August)

Mr Nicholas Niggli (Switzerland)

2012 (from 17 August) to 2014 (July) 

Mr Bruce Christie (Canada)

2014 (from 1 August) to 2015 (28 February)

Mr Krzysztof Trepczyńsk (Poland)

2015 (from 1 March) to 2018 (27 June)

Mr John Newham(Ireland)

2018 (from 27 June) to 2021 (20 July)

Mr Carlos Vanderloo (Canada)

2023 (from 17 May) to 2026 (4 March)

Mr Martin Zbinden (Switzerland)

2026 (from 4 March)

Mr. William Westerveld JENSEN (Norway)

1981-1991 and 2003-2004 

Mr Jan-Eirik Sorensen

1991-1995 

Ms Annet Blank

1996-2003 

Ms Vesile Kulaçoğlu

2005-2019 

Mr Robert Anderson

2019-present 

Mr Reto Malacrida