Peter Sutherland
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Peter Denis Sutherland is an Irish businessman and former politician, associated with the Fine Gael party. He is a barrister by profession, and is also Senior Counsel.
He served as Attorney-General in Ireland, and as a European Commissioner. Subsequently he was Director General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now the World Trade Organisation).
He has also served as Chairman of BP and Goldman Sachs International (a registered U.K. broker-dealer, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs), as well as on the board of ABB.
He is on the steering committee of the Bilderberg Group, a chairman of the Trilateral Commission and a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.
In 2005, he was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
| Preceded by: Richard Burke | Irish European Commissioner 1985–1988 | Succeeded by: Ray MacSharry |
| Preceded by: Frans Andriessen | European Commissioner for Competition 1985–1988 | Succeeded by: Leon Brittan |