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TAGS: AORC APER ECON APECO SN
SUBJECT: APEC Secretariat Staffing, Employment, and Budget Data (CY 
2007) 
 
REF:  STATE 775 
 
¶1.  Per reftel request, we provide the following information 
concerning the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 
Secretariat's staffing, employment, and budget for CY2007. 
 
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Staff Lists 
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¶2.   The APEC Secretariat has a small staff and a flat hierarchy, 
with no separate offices, divisions, or programs.  It comprises the 
professional staff members (PSM) and support staff members (SSM). 
The PSM includes an Executive Director, a Deputy Executive Director, 
and 22 program directors, who are seconded officials from APEC 
member countries/economies.  Their salaries and accommodation are 
paid directly by their governments.  There are also 29 locally hired 
staff members, including a Chief Operating Officer, Director of IT, 
and the other support staff members; the Secretariat bases their 
salaries on local economy (Singapore) salaries for similar 
positions. 
 
¶A.  Seconded Officials (24) 
 
Winsome AU, Director (Finance), Hong Kong, China (F) 
Ambassador Juan C. CAPUNAY, Executive Director, Peru (M) 
Adrian CHAN, Director (Administration), Singapore (M) 
Susan J COLES, Director (Program), Australia (F) 
Anita DOUGLAS, Director (Communications & Public Affairs), Canada 
(F) 
Takashi HATTORI, Director (Program), Japan (M) 
Jorge A. IGLESIAS, Director (Program), Chile (M) 
Vincent Jing-Yen LIU, Director (Program), Chinese Taipei (M) 
Susan B. NATIVIDAD, Director (Program), Philippines (F) 
Natalie J. NII, Director (Program), USA (F) 
Monica OCHOA PALOMERA, Director (Program), Mexico (F) 
PARK Yung Suh, Director (Program), Korea (M) 
Phanpob PLANGPRAYOON, Director (Program), Thailand (M) 
Luis ROMERO, Director (Program) & Special Assistant to the Executive 
Director, Peru (M) 
Alexander L. SUKHOV, Director (Program), Russia (M) 
SUN Tao, Director (Program), China (M) 
Jolene TAN, Director (Program) & Special Assistant to the Deputy 
Executive Director, Singapore (F) 
Hiroko TANIGUCHI, Director (Program), Japan (F) 
Ambassador Michael TAY, Deputy Executive Director, Singapore (M) 
Derek TAYLOR, Director (Program), Australia (M) 
TRAN Bao Ngoc, Director (Program), Vietnam (F) 
Luis TSUBOYAMA, Director (Program), Peru (M) 
Toni WIDHIASTONO, Director (Program), Indonesia (M) 
Catherine WONG, Director (Program), Singapore (F) 
¶B. Local-hire Staff (29) 
Jose Tan Castro BARRON, IT Portal Manager, Philippines (M) 
Michael CHAPNICK, Communications Specialist, USA (M) 
CHEONG Siew Khum, Assistant Accountant, Singapore (F) 
Janelle CHIN Wun Tin, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Belinda CHOK, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Patricia D'COTTA, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Ronald GO, Information Technology Manager, Philippines (M) 
Gopika GOPALAKRISHNAN, Information Manager, Singapore (F) 
Daphne HO, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Jasmine LEE, Accountant, Singapore (F) 
Anna LIM, Executive Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Evelyn J. LOW, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Norila bte MOHD ALI, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Sharudin Bin OTHMAN, Systems Analyst, Singapore (M) 
Lucy PHUA, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Mohammed bin ROOS, Executive Chauffeur, Singapore (M) 
Rahmatullah SAMSUDDEN, Office Assistant/Clerk, Singapore (M) 
Marlinda SITAM, Executive Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Betty SJAMSUDIN, Assistant Accountant, Indonesia (F) 
SOH Hock Guan, Administrative Officer, Singapore (M) 
Hosni bin SOHOR, Executive Chauffeur, Singapore (M) 
TAN Ee Khoon, Chief Operating Officer, Singapore, (M) 
Jacqueline TAN, Publications Manager, Singapore (F) 
Mary TAN, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
TEO Lee Leng, IT Administrator, Singapore (F) 
YIEN Ai Ling, Assistant Accountant, Singapore (F) 
Joyce YONG, Program Assistant, Singapore (F) 
Carolyn D. WILLIAMS, Media Manager, Canada, (F) 
Vacant, Director of IT 
 
Budgetary Information 
--------------------- 
 
¶3. 
 
Staff                     Regular Budget    Extra-Budgetary 
¶A. PROFESSIONAL 
TOTAL (men/women)                               (14/10) 
U.S. (men/women)                                 (0/1) 
¶B. GENERAL SERVICES 
 
TOTAL (Men/Women)            (9/19) 
U.S. (men/women)              (1/0) 
¶C. TOTAL REGULAR STAFF 
TOTAL (men/women)            (9/19)             (14/10) 
U.S. (men/women)              (1/0)              (0/1) 
 
As noted above, the professional staff members at the APEC 
Secretariat are seconded government employees of member economies. 
 
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Senior Posts 
------------ 
 
¶4.  As explained above, all professional staff members, including 
the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director, are seconded 
from member economies and paid by their home governments. 
 
The other senior posts of the Chief Operating Officer and the 
Director of IT are engaged on local terms. 
 
Geographic Distribution Information 
----------------------------------- 
 
¶5.  The APEC Secretariat does not use any geographic distribution 
formula for employing locally hired (support) staff.  The 
nationalities of the support staff are provided in paragraph 2 
above.  Most local staff members are Singaporean with 5 foreign 
employees of APEC economies - 2 Filipinos, 1 Indonesian, 1 American 
and 1 Canadian. 
 
Hiring Data 
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¶6.  The APEC Secretariat is located in Singapore.  Only its support 
staff positions are open to general hiring, since professional staff 
members are seconded from member economies.  Support staff position 
openings are advertised to the general public using various modes, 
including the Straits Times in Singapore, APEC's website, and 
appropriate internet job search facility.  For the positions of 
managers/specialists, member economies are also approached to 
advertise the positions.  The APEC Secretariat hired an American 
Communications Specialist in 2005, a Filipino IT Portal Manager, and 
an Indonesian Assistant Accountant in 2007, and a Canadian Media 
Manager in 2008. 
 
Extra-Budgetary Resources (2007) 
-------------------------------- 
 
¶7. 
 
                             Non-U.S.            U.S. 
 
Member Governments           $6,511,841            0 
In Kind                        N/A                N/A 
Others                         N/A                N/A 
Total                        $6,511,841            0 
 
Contributions by Japan (US$1,552,541) for a special fund supporting 
trade and investment liberalization and facilitation projects; and 
by Australia (US$3,659,300), China (US$700,000) and Korea 
(US$600,000) for special technical cooperation projects (capacity 
building for developing economies). 
 
Further voluntary contributions in 2008-2010 and 2009-2010 have been 
announced by Australia and Russia respectively. 
 
Arrears 
------- 
 
¶8.  No U.S. arrears for 2007.  The United States owes its US$696,000 
member contribution for 2008 as of January 1, 2008.  APEC members 
are expected to pay in their assessed contributions within the first 
quarter of the year; the United States is therefore not considered 
to be in arrears. The Philippines is the only member economy in 
arrears. 
 
HERBOLD