as secretary general. During this time the ERT published influential reports in the domains of Internal Market, Infrastructure, Education, Environment, Information Society, Competitiveness, Job Creation and tax issues. The ERT fostered direct government-industry consultation at many different levels. Its active role in encouraging the first global G8 cooperation on building common standards for the Information Society was recognised by several country leaders, including President Bill Clinton. From early on, ERT policy supported EU enlargement. It promoted and often led business dialogues between the EU and business circles in the US and in Japan as well as in developing countries. The ERT gave an early lead in presenting positive contributions to the climate change debate, and control carbon emissions. Two more recent areas for ERT contribution are pensions and international standards. Chairmen 1983 - 1988: Pehr G. Gyllenhammar (Volvo) 1988 - 1992: Wisse Dekker (Philips) 1992 - 1996: Jérôme Monod (Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux) 1996 - 1999: Helmut Maucher (Nestlé) 1999 - 2001: Morris Tabaksblat (Reed Elsevier) 2001 - 2005: Gerhard Cromme (ThyssenKrupp) 2005 - 2009: Jorma Ollila (Nokia) 2009 - 2014: Leif Johansson (Ericsson) 2014 - 2018: Benoît Potier (Air Liquide) Since 2018: Carl-Henric Svanberg (AB Volvo) List of current members 2021 Hilde Merete Aasheim (Norsk Hydro) Dolf van den Brink (Heineken) Jean-Paul Agon (L'Oréal) Zoltán Áldott (MOL) José Álvarez-Pallete (Telefónica) Nils S. Andersen (AkzoNobel) Paulo Azevedo (Sonae) Guido Barilla (Barilla S.p.A.) Martin Brudermüller (BASF) Paul Bulcke (Nestlé) Jean-Pierre Clamadieu (ENGIE) Ian Davis (Rolls-Royce) Rodolfo De Benedetti (CIR) Pierre-André de Chalendar (Saint-Gobain) Rafael del Pino (Ferrovial) Claudio Descalzi (Eni) Stefan Doboczky (Lenzing AG) Henrik Ehrnrooth (KONE) Börje Ekholm (Ericsson) Christoph Franz (F. Hoffmann-La Roche) Ignacio S. Galán (Iberdrola) Paul Hermelin (Capgemini) Timotheus Höttges (Deutsche Telekom) Pablo Isla (Inditex) Simon Thompson (Rio Tinto) Jan Jenisch (LafargeHolcim) Leif Johansson (AstraZeneca) Ilham Kadri (Solvay) Ola Källenius (Daimler) Christian Klein (SAP) Joe Kaeser (Siemens) Thomas Leysen (Umicore) Helge Lund (BP) Pekka Lundmark (Nokia) Martin Lundstedt (AB Volvo) Florent Menegaux (Michelin) Lakshmi N. Mittal (ArcelorMittal) Stefan Oschmann (Merck Group) Benoît Potier (Air Liquide) Patrick Pouyanné (TotalEnergies) Alessandro Profumo (Leonardo S.p.A.) Jean-François van Boxmeer (Vodafone Group) Stéphane Richard (Orange) Gianfelice Rocca (Techint) Björn Rosengren (ABB) Güler Sabancı (Sabancı Holding) Søren Skou (A.P. Møller-Mærsk) Tony Smurfit (Smurfit Kappa Group) Jim H. Snabe (Siemens) Jonathan Symonds (GlaxoSmithKline) Johannes Teyssen (E.ON) Ben van Beurden (Royal Dutch Shell) Frans van Houten (Royal Philips) Jacob Wallenberg (Investor AB) Peter Wennink (ASML