Her bio and e-mail are below.


Alexandra Guest is Counsel to the Louis Dreyfus group of companies, which are involved in the international trading and merchandising of energy and agricultural commodities. Ms. Guest advises the group on government regulatory and compliance issues, general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Louis Dreyfus, she practiced corporate and securities law for eight years at Kramer Levin in New York. She also served as a legal and political advisor to the Government of Canada on legal matters ranging from immigration to international trade and was the Press Secretary and Legislative Advisor to the Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, formerly the Canadian Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense, Minister of Justice and Attorney General. She has also worked for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the International Labour Organisation, the Sierra Legal Defence Fund of Canada and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.


Ms. Guest was born in Vancouver, Canada and is admitted to practice in both Canada (British Columbia) and New
York. After receiving a BA (with distinction) in Political Studies from Queen's University in Canada, she
obtained her BA and MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University (Wadham College) and a JD from the University of
Toronto. She has also studied at the University of Connecticut, New York University and the University of
Paris, La Sorbonne. She has received many academic honours, including a BC Government Scholarship, Institute of
Citizenship Scholarship, Boudin Fellowship and the Gowan Foundation Prize as the top student graduating in
Political Studies from Queen's University. In addition to her professional activities, Ms. Guest was formerly a
competitive rower and was a medalist at both national and international levels.