He seems to be a little bit idle since on the center picture (which is from the WTO website <http://www/wto.org>) he has surprisingly little gray hair, while the two other photos (from the BBC world service <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/>) are more recent. Probably he got some more gray hair in his struggle against another candidate from Thailand, who (surprise surprise) finally didn't make it.
 
 

former member of the EU commission who had to leave his position because of a scandal around an EU project intended to make nuclear power plants in Eastern Europe saver (the word corruption is not mentioned in the EU report).
He was one of the driving forces for the new millenium round.
 
 

former CEO of Nestle. Maucher took over the Presidency of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in January 1997. He played a significant role in developing a "partnership" between ICC, WTO and UN System.
 
 

little has to be said about him. He is head of Seattle Host Organization who is organizing the upcoming WTO ministerial in Seattle end November.
His major motivation to get involved was most likely to push for the introduction of new negotiations on electronic comers at the upcoming WTO meeting.
 
 

is the present Chairman and CEO of the Boeing Company. Besides that, he is Co-Chairperson of the Seattle Host Organization.
Boeing is trying to use the WTO dispute settlement body to file a case against Airbus the biggest competitor of Boeing on the world market for commercial aircrafts.

Further:

"...Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have let it known they will ask US authorities to intervene if the European Union tries to block the proposed merger between the two companies. However, both companies are currently participating in an European Union investigation of the merger. But if the EU tries to block the merger, "that gets to be just not an issue for Boeing Co., it's also an issue for the US government," said  Raymond Waldmann, vice president of international business for Boeing..."
 
 

She is member of the Seattle Host Comity and President of Washington Council on International Trade which formed the Seattle Host Organization . Davis played a key role in bringing the World Trade Organization's 1999 Ministerial meeting to Seattle.
Strange enough since recently nobody wants to mentioned her former position at Boeing Computer Services anymore.
 
 

1. Raymond Waldmann is chairman of the Seattle Host Organization steering committee
2. and plays an important role in the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and is a opponent to the introduction of such issues like competition and corruption regulations in the new WTO round.
3. Mr. Waldmann is vice president, International Business, for The Boeing Company.
4. He serves on and formerly chaired the U.S. Government's Aerospace Industry Sector Advisory Committee (ISAC 1).
5. He serves on the boards of :
• The Discovery Institute (a Seattle think tank),
• the University of Washington's Center for International Business Education and Research,
• the Washington Council on International Trade,
• the Japan America Society,
• the World Affairs Council .
6. He served as Chief of Staff for the APEC Host Committee from September through November, 1993, to host President Clinton's meetings with the Asia-Pacific Leaders in Seattle.
7. From July 1994 through February 1995 he directed the newly created National Center for APEC; he maintains his association as chairman of its Advisory Council.
8. He chaired the Host Committee for the visit of Russian President Boris Yeltsin to Seattle on September 29, 1994.
9. He was a management consultant and assistant corporate counsel with Arthur D. Little, Inc. from 1964 to 1970 in its Boston and Brussels offices.
10. Mr. Waldmann served on the White House Staff under President Nixon and from 1973 to 197?
11. He was Deputy Secretary of State for Transportation and Telecommunications under Secretary Kissinger.
12. He returned to the White House for one year with President Ford to review foreign intelligence activities and to develop a supervisory structure for the CIA.
13. He advised the Platform Committees at three Republican Conventions.
14. He practiced law in Washington, DC, specializing in international transactions, from 1976 through 1980.
15. Mr. Waldmann was international economic policy advisor on President Reagan's Transition Team in 1980-81, and in early 1981 was appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Economic Policy, where he negotiated international trade agreements,
16. served on the Boards of Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Eximbank, and testified before Congress
17. He founded the American Bar Association's Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.
18. and has been a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security,
19. the U.S. Chamber's Council on Trends and Perspectives,
20. and a number of professional and business associations. (What ever that may mean)