Investment

Economic Security and Investment: Taking Stock of the Current State of Play and Challenges for Companies

Date

04 November 2025

Location

OECD La Muette Headquarters Conference Centre Auditorium

2 Rue André Pascal

75016 Paris, France

Time

16:30 - 18:00

Our side event to the 2025 OECD Sustainable Investment Days will discuss the private sector’s perspectives on economic security measures and their impact on investment. Speakers will also highlight the specific challenges stemming from investment screening mechanisms

Speakers

Opening Remarks

Hanni Rosenbaum

Executive Director - Business at OECD

Opening Remarks

Winand Quaedvlieg

Chair of the Investment Committee - Business at OECD

Moderator: Panel 1

Lys Vitral

Deputy Director for International Affairs - MEDEF

Panel 1

Joachim Pohl

Head of the International Investment Governance Unit - OECD

Panel 1

Thomas Ernoult

Head of the Foreign Direct Investments Screening Unit - Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty of France

Panel 1

Maria Nedelcheva

Investment Negotiator for DG Trade - European Commission

Panel 1

Francisco de la Flor García

Director of Sectorial and Multilateral Representation - Enagás

Moderator: Panel 2

Thomas Friang

Executive Director - ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics and Business

Panel 2

Christian Hoffman

Head of Geopolitics and International Relations, Government Affairs - Siemens

Panel 2

David Elvira Martinez

Global Corporate Public Policy Head - Sanofi

Panel 2

Darya Galperina

International Public Affairs Director - Pernod Ricard

Panel 2

Kimberly Schmitt

Vice President and Director of Patent Litigation - Intel

Agenda

16:30 - 16:40

Opening Remarks

16:40 - 17:20

Panel 1 – Investment Screening Mechanisms: Navigating Security Implications for International Investment

This moderated discussion will focus on the current state of play related to investment screening mechanisms and the challenges they pose for companies and investors. A special focus will be dedicated on the criteria that these mechanisms should fulfill in order to minimise negative repercussions for international investment flows and the role that the OECD and its instruments could play.

17:20 - 18:00

Panel 2 – The Private Sector’s Perspectives on Economic Security and Investment

This moderated panel will discuss the concrete views of business towards the implementation of the wide range of economic security tools. It will shed the light not only on the challenges, but also the potential opportunities stemming from them from a private sector perspective.

18:00

Concluding Remarks

Organiser

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