SaKong Il, chairman of the Korea International Trade Association, plans to attend a preparatory meeting in Geneva for the upcoming Group of 20 Business Summit in Cannes, KITA said Tuesday.

About 80 corporate executives from around the world will take part in the meeting in the Swiss city to wrap up their preparations for the business meeting, which will be held ahead of the summit of the G20 heads of state scheduled for Nov. 3-4.

As former chief organizer of the Seoul summit last year, Sakong will give advice on the organization and operation of the business meeting, which was initiated by Korea, KITA said.

“Sakong will likely discuss how to create synergy between the G20 Summit and the Business Summit based on his experience last year,” a KITA official said.

Participants also include former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, France’s presidential chief of staff Xavier Musca and Mexican Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari Garcia de Alba.

The business representatives formed six working groups over the last several months and drew up preliminary reports on subjects such as inflation, food security, anti-corruption, green growth, infrastructure development and reform of the international monetary system, KITA said.

By Shin Hyon-hee (heeshin@heraldcorp.com)