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Global Advisory Board of Asian Centre for Corporate
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Although Asia has it’s unique requirements in the area of
Corporate Governance, in order to develop a global view, it
is extremely important to have perspectives from other
continents of the world. This belief led us to set up a
‘Global Advisory Board’ to advise the Asian Centre for
Corporate Governance. Individuals of great eminence have
been invited from USA & Europe, South Africa in addition to
India & Asian countries on the Global Advisory Board. Each
of these Global Advisory Board members will provide the
benefit of their rich experience & wide exposure to the
Asian Centre and advise on Global best practices.
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Chairman :
Mr. Mervyn E King, Chairman & the Author of the
King Committee Report on Corporate Governance,
Senior Counsel and former judge of the Supreme Court
of South Africa, Chairman of Brait S A. |
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Vice Chairman :
Mr. M.K.Chouhan
- Chairman, Mahendra & Young Knowledge Foundation.
Managing Director of a Board Advisory Consulting
company, Mahendra & Ardneham Consulting (P) Ltd.
Members :
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Prof. Donald P. Jacobs,
Dean-Emeritus, Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, USA.
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Dr J.J.Irani, Director Tata Sond Limited,
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Mr. Roberto F.De Ocampo
President-Asian Institute of Management, Manila,
Philippines
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Mr. Nasser Munjee, Chairman of DCB Bank India (IDFC).
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Mr. Chris Pierce,
Former Head, Director Training & Dev, Institute of
Directors(IOD), London, UK
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Mr. Humayun Dhanrajgir, Former Vice Chairman & Managing Director Glaxo,
India
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Mr. Moses Cheng, Founder Chairman, Hongkong
Institute of Directors(HKIOD), Hong Kong, China
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Dr. Ram Tarneja,
Former MD, Bennett Coleman India Ltd. (Times of
India group of Companies)
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Mr. Minoo Shroff, Noted business
Economist, Mumbai, India
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Mr. Mervyn E King |
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MERVYN E KING - B.Sc. B.A. L.L.B. (Cum Laude) H Dip
Tax (Wits)
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Chairman & the Author of the King Committee
Report on Corporate Governance,
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Chairman of Brait S A, the holding company of a
merchant, corporate and investment bank listed
on the London, Luxembourg and Johannesburg Stock
Exchanges.
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Chairman - The Automobile Association of S.A.
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Chairman - AA Kyalami.
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Chairman – Dunlop Africa Limited
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Chairman – Share Transactions Totally Electronic
(STRATE)
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Director - JD Group Limited and Chairman of its
Audit Committee.
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Director - OTK Holdings Limited
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Mr.Mervyn
King Consults, advises and talks on corporate governance
issues locally and internationally.
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In South Africa,
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He is a Senior Counsel and former judge of the
Supreme Court of South Africa,
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The Chairman of the King Committee on Corporate
Governance,
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President of the Advertising Standards Authority and
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First Vice President of the IOD Southern Africa.
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He is presently Chairman of :
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Brait South Africa Limited,
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The Automobile Association of South Africa,
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Dunlop Africa Limited and
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Strate Limited
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He is also Director of :
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JD Group Limited and
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Afgri Limited
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Outside South Africa,
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He has chaired and been a director of several
companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange,
including:
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Brait S.A.
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First National Bank Holdings Limited,
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Capital Alliance Ltd,
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Metro Cash & Carry Ltd,
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Checkers, Dion, Stuttafords, Rusfurn and Frame
Group Holdings.
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Immediate Past President of the Commonwealth
Association of Corporate Governance (CACG),
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The South African representative of the
International Chamber of Commerce,
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International Court of Arbitration in Paris,
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Member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the
World Bank on Corporate Governance and a
Former Governor of The International Corporate Governance
Network.
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Mr. M.K. Chouhan |
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M.K.Chouhan
Consults, advises and talks on
corporate governance issues locally and
internationally.
In India
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is Chairman of Mahendra & Young Knowledge Foundation
& Vice Chairman of Global Advisory Board of, Asian
Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability™
(ACCG). He is Managing Director of a successful
Board Advisory company - Mahendra & Ardneham
Consulting (P) Ltd. He advises companies on building
cohesive & high performing Boards and selection of
Independent Directors / whole time Directors & CEOs.
Outside India he is :
Member Organisational Stakeholder Council, Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI)
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He is a science graduate and studied MBA
with specialization in Finance. He is an alumnus of
distinguished Wharton Business School, University of
Pennsylvania, USA, has done a formal course for board of
Directors on ‘Governing the Corporation : Global
Perspectives in the Indian Context’. He has 33 years of
total experience (11 years of experience in the
Industry, a French multinational as well as an Indian
company and 22 years experience in management consulting).
He sits on the Boards of quite a few companies from a
variety of sectors like Information Technology,
Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Capital Goods,
Exposition & Realty companies. He is member of advisory
board for Asia, for Stern Stewart & Company (The EVA company
of USA).
He has Co-authored two International Books on Corporate
Governance, one published from Singapore & other published
by Institute of Directors, from London.
Some of his eminent positions are :
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Chairman - Indian Merchant Chambers “Corporate Governance &
Governance Forum” (since 2005)
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Former President, Bombay Management Association,
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Been Member Governing Council, All India Management
Association for 4 years in past.
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Member, ASSOCHAM’s Committee on Corporate Governance 2007-08
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Been Consultant World Bank –IFC, Global Corporate Governance
Forum (GCGF).
Other professional activities :
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Directed few Training courses for Board of Directors in
academic partnership with Asian Institute of Management
Manila, Philippines & Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore.
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Designed a course for MBA students on ‘Corporate Governance’
for Bombay University.
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Writes regular column on Corporate Governance in India’s
leading business magazines “Business Baron”.
International Speaking assignments :
1. Delivered a key note at Fraud-08 on 12th
June’08 at Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2. The Amsterdam Global Conference on Transparency &
Sustainability, 7-9 May 2008, Panel Member, organized by GRI
(www.globalreporting.org)
3. Delivered a keynote at Corporate Governance Summit
organized by IQPC at Dubai on Feb 19 – 20, 2008.
4. Delivered a keynote and also Chaired a session at
Asia Exchange Congress -2007 at Singapore 19-20 Nov 2007.
5. Chaired and spoke at a session on Global Issues at
India-South Africa Business Conclave, organized by BUSA,
South Africa & IMC, at Johannesburg on Aug 2, 2007
6. Speaker at International conference in Dubai
‘Governance Forum’ organized by International Institute of
research, April 16-17, 2007
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Speaker at International Corporate Governance Network
Annual Meeting at Washington DC, July 6, 2006
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Speaker at the commonwealth – Chatham House
Anticorruption Conference, London 24th April 2006
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Speaker at OECD 2006 Policy dialogue on Corporate
Governance in India
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Keynote address at Microsoft Global Account Summit,
Bangkok, Nov. 2005
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Participated as panel speaker at Global Governance
Forum of the Yale School of Management, New Heaven, USA, in
Sept. 2005
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Addressed World Ethics & Integrity Forum, Jointly
organized by International Institute of Public Ethics,
Australia & Asian Strategic Leadership Institute (ASLI),
28-29 April, 05, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The theme of my
presentation was ‘Enhancing Business Ethics, Corporate
Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility’ in April 2005.
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Addressed annual Workshop at Christchurch, New
Zealand for Commonwealth Association for Corporate
Governance (CACG).
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Addressed two International Conferences on "Corporate
Governance" at Kuala Lumpur, on 2nd April 2002,
and 29th October 2002, organised by “Malaysian
Institute of Corporate Governance” & “Asian Institute of
Management”, Manila.
Humble contribution in the area of Corporate Governance :
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Built an Institution “Mahendra & Young Knowledge Foundation”
and championed the cause of Corporate Governance in India.
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Founded an international institution, Asian Centre for
Corporate Governance™ (ACCG) and built it’s Global Advisory
Board which includes eminent people from USA, Europe and
Asia.
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As a thought leader, conceived the unique concept of
Director’s Power Breakfast Series ™, which is a Board room
experience sharing exercise.
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Pioneered launch of Asian Director Development programs in
India, in partnership with Asian Institute of Management,
Manila.
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Convened 8 International Conferences on Corporate
Governance in last three years, which were addressed by the
noted international speakers like Sir Adrian Cadbury , who
is credited to be the doyen of Corporate Governance world &
Ms. Carolyn Kay Brancato - Director of the Global Corporate
Governance Research Centre, Conference Board - USA. Prof.
Donald Jacobs – Former Dean of Kelloggs Business School,
USA.
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Convened the first Video Conference on Corporate Governance
with Prof. Jay Lorsch from Harvard Business School, on
“Evaluating Board Performance and Enhancing its
Effectiveness.”
Mahendra has high achievement orientation & is highly
organized with the ability to manage multi tasking projects
and meet deadlines. A strong work ethic combined with a
commitment to excellence in all assignments undertaken. A
good leader and a team player.
He is a prolific speaker & writer, has delivered several
keynote addresses, has written several articles on variety
of management subjects, which are published in leading
magazines & newspapers. He is involved with quite a few
philanthropic organizations. Relies on Golf & Tennis for
healthy body & yoga for healthy mind & Soul. He is blessed
with a very happy family, wife Anita & two adorable
daughters Bhoomika & Koumudi. He is a nature lover and takes
keen interest in Music, Contemporary Art & Literature (As on
July 2009 )
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Prof. Donald P. Jacobs |
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Prof. Jacobs has just retired as Dean from J. L. Kellogg
Graduate School of Management, Gaylord Freeman
Distinguished Professor of Finance. He is now
Dean-Emeritus, Kellogg Graduate School of
Management. He did his BA in 1949, Economics,
Roosevelt University; MA 1951, Ph.D. 1956,
Economics, Columbia University He is a member of the
Kellogg School faculty since 1957 and Dean since
1975, Dean Jacobs was named the Gaylord Freeman
Distinguished Professor of Banking in 1979. From
1960-75 he was director of the School's Banking
Research Center, and chairman of the Department of
Finance from 1969-75. He teaches a course in
corporate Governance at the master's level at the
Kellogg School and also teaches financial topics and
corporate governance for the School's executive
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Dean
Jacobs was chairman of the Advisory Committee of the
Oversight Board of the Resolution Trust Corporation for the
third region. He is chairman of the Public Review Board of
Arthur Andersen & Co. and a member of the Boards of
Directors of Commonwealth Edison, First Chicago NBD,
Hartmarx Corporation, Security Capital Industrial Trust,
Unocal Corporation, and Whitman Industries (formerly IC
Industries). From 1975-79 he was chairman of the board of
AMTRAK. He is a consultant to corporations, institutions,
and government agencies. He was senior economist for the
Banking and Currency Committee of the U.S. House of
Representatives from 1963-64, and from 1970-71, he served as
co-staff director of the Presidential Commission on
Financial Structure and Regulation (The Hunt Commission).
Dean Jacobs' research interests include banking, capital
markets, monetary policy, corporate governance, corporate
finance, and international finance. His work has been
published in many scholarly journals, and he is an author of
Financial Institutions and editor of Regulating Business:
The Search for an Optimum.
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Dr Jamshed J.Irani |
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Dr Jamshed J.Irani
obtained a B.Sc. from Science College, Nagpur in
1956 with a Gold Medal in Geology and a M.Sc.
(Geology) from the Nagpur University in 1958, both
with a first class first. M.Met. and Ph.D. from the
University of ively, with a Gold Medal for the Ph.D.
Thesis. Dr. Irani began his career in 1963 as Senior
Scientific Officer at the BISRA, Sheffield. On
return to India in 1968 he joined The Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (TISCO) as
Assistant to Director, Research &Development. He
was appointed General Superinten1992. After holding the CEO's
office for almost a decade, he retired asr on the Board of Tata Steel.
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Recipient of the Metallurgist of the Year Award in 1974 from
the Ministry of Steel and Mines, he was awarded the
prestigious “Platinum Medal” in November, 1988 by the Indian
Institute of Metals (This medal is the highest award given
by the IIM for outstanding contributions made to the
metallurgical profession and industry). He was awarded the
“Steel Man of the Year 1990”. Recipient of Asian
Productivity Medal for 1993-94. The Ministry of Steel and
Mines, Government of India has conferred on Dr. Irani the
inaugural National Metallurgist Award on 14th
November 1997 for his extraordinary achievements in the
field of metallurgical industry. He has also been awarded
the Michael John Memorial Gold Medal for the year 1998 for
fostering harmonious employee-management relations in
Industry. He has been awarded the Qimpro Platinum Standard
in November 2000 and was selected to receive the Indian
Merchants’ Chamber’s Juran Quality Medal for the year 2001,
for his role as a statesman for quality. Dr. Irani has been
conferred with the World Zarathushti Award for Excellence in
Business at the Seventh World Zoroastrian Congress at
Houston, USA in December 2000. He received the Ernst &
Young’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2001 for entrepreneurial
success. He is the recipient of the Twelfth Willy Korf Steel
Vision Award instituted by The World Steel Dynamics and
American Metal Market. The Indian National Academy of
Engineering has conferred the Life Time Contribution Award
in Engineering 2002 on him.
He is the recipient of the Eighth JRD Tata Corporate
Leadership Award instituted by All India Management
Association (2003). The Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
conferred upon him the Degree of Doctor of Science, Honoris
Causa in January 2004. He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Metals, Institution of Engineers, All India Management
Association, Institute of Standards Engineers, Indian
Academy of Sciences and Institution of Industrial Managers.
In December 1993, the University of Sheffield conferred
upon him the Honorary Degree of “Doctor of Metallurgy”. At
its Annual General Body Meeting held on 10th July
1996, the Royal Academy of Engineering, London elected Dr.
Irani as a Foreign Member and he is amongst the five Indians
who have been bestowed with this honour.
On 14th October 1997 in Delhi, Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II conferred on Dr. Irani an Honorary Knighthood
(KBE), for his contributions to Indo-British Trade and
Co-operation.
Dr. Irani was National President of the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) for 1992-93. He was the Co-Chairman of
the Indo-British Partnership during 1993-1998. He was made a
“Paul Harris Fellow” by the Rotary International in 1977,
and a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Lions International
Foundation in 1993. He has been the President of the Indian
Institute of Metals. Has served as the President of the All
India Management Association (AIMA) during 1988-89. He is
the Chairman of the India-Australia Council. He was the
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Xavier Labor
Relations Institute, Jamshedpur (1993-2003).
Dr. Irani is a Member of Global Advispry Board, Asian Centre
for Corporate Governance & Sustainability. He is a Member of
the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C)
Government of India. He was the Chairman of the Expert
Committee which was set up by the Government to draft the
new Companies Act. He has been nominated on the Expert
Committee set up by the Government for recommending a
roadmap for the Coal Sector in India. He is a member of the
Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). He has recently
been elected the President of the Asian Association of
Management Organisation. He was involved in the working
groups for Iron and Steel for the 6th, 7th and 8th National
Five-Year Plans. He was a member of the Duke of Edinburgh
Conference in 1980 (held in Canada).
Dr Irani is a Trustee and Chairman of the Advisory Council
of Population First, which is a communications initiative
for Sustainable Human Development in India, with a focus on
Health and Family Welfare issues.
Besides Tata Steel, Dr. Irani is a Director on the Boards of
several Corporates including Tata Sons Ltd., Tata Industries
Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd., BOC (India) Ltd., Motor Industries
Co. Ltd. He is Chairman of Tata Refractories Ltd., TRF Ltd.,
Tata Ryerson Ltd and Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd.
Dr. Irani is an avid Stamp Collector, cricket enthusiast,
has been a great promoter of sports and education in the
City of Jamshedpur, and a committed environmentalist.
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Mr.
Roberto F. de Ocampo |
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Roberto
F. de Ocampo has been President of the Asian
Institute of Management. As Secretary of Finance
(1992-1998) during the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos,
he was widely recognized as the principal architect
of the resurgence of the Philippine economy. A
consistent honor student, Pres. de Ocampo graduated
from De La Salle College and the Ateneo de Manila
University where he received his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Economics (Cum Laude). He has an MBA from
the University of Michigan and a post-graduate
diploma from the London School of Economics.
He began
his career in public service by pioneering the rural
electrification program. He was then recognized as
the youngest administrator in the history of the
national government and received the Ten Outstanding
Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) award. After
working as Senior Loan Officer at the World Bank,
Pres. de Ocampo became President
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Under his
leadership, the DBP won national and international
recognition and was named "the world's second strongest
bank" by The Banker magazine. For his groundbreaking
initiatives in the field of development banking, he was
presented with the very first "Man of the Year Award" by the
Association of Development Finance Institutions in the
Asia-Pacific (ADFIAP).
During his incumbency as Secretary of Finance, Pres. de Ocampo
introduced and implemented a number of landmark policies and
measures, particularly in the areas of economic
liberalization, privatization and tax reform. The results
were the Philippines' return to international capital
markets after a decade-long absence, the first fiscal
surplus in twenty years, and an unprecedented and sustained
combination of healthy economic growth, low interest rates
and single-digit inflation. The liberalization of the
banking and insurance industries opened up these sectors to
foreign investment for the first time and marked the exit of
the Philippines from a nearly continuous thirty years of IMF
economic rehabilitation and reform programs.
His achievement was hailed by the international finance
community. In 1995, he was named "Finance Minister of the
Year" by Euromoney magazine -- the first Filipino and first
ASEAN finance minister to be so recognized. He was again
chosen in 1996 by Euromoney as "Finance Minister of the
Year." In 1997, he was named "Asian Finance
Minister of the Year" by the Asiamoney magazine. In
September 2000, he earned another distinction of being the
first Filipino and first from the ASEAN to sit in the
Trilateral Commission, an organization whose select
membership include distinguished leaders in the fields of
business, politics, civil society, the academe, and media
from the European Union, North America, and Japan. Pres. de
Ocampo is a much sought-after speaker at international
conferences and acts as advisor on Asian and international
economic matters.
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Mr.
Nasser Munjee |
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Mr. Nasser Munjee is Chairman of
DCB Bank, Mumbai India. Prior to this he was
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited
India (IDFC).
He is a monetary
economist, educated at the University of Chicago and
the London School of Economics, (Bacheclors and
Masters Degrees), Mr. Munjee headed the Task Force,
which created the business plan for IDFC in 1997. He
was appointed Deputy Managing Director of IDFC in
October, 1997 and took over as the MD & CEO in
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IDFC's achievements,
under his guidance, have been significant. Besides creating
the institution from a concept, he has helped to introduce
innovative project finance techniques for infrastructure
investments, has introduced the concept of private financing
of public infrastructure to India, the first example of
which has been manifested in the annuity financing or road
projects. Other areas include port commercialization, moving
the focus of attention of policy makers from power
generation to power distribution; creating a network of
joint venture companies with State overnments and initiating
the 3iNetwork which consists of IDFC, IIM (Ahmedabad) and
IIT (Kanpur) and which, since 2001 has produced a well
established Annual Report on Infrastructure published by
Oxford University Press.
Mr. Munjee was with the Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited (HDFC) since its inception in February
1978. Since March 1993 he joined the Board of HDFC as
Executive Director with primary responsibility for resource
mobilization, research, publications, training,
communication, and managing the centre for housing finance.
Mr. Munjee is on the Board of many corporates and is deeply
interested in development issues. At HDFC he promoted the
Indian Association of Savings and Credit of which he is now
chairman and he is also the Chairman of the Aga Khan Rural
Support Programme. His interests include rural development,
housing finance, urban issues specially the development of
modern cities and humanitarian causes (trustee of
make-a-wish, Akansha and Chairman of Muniwarabad Charitable
Trust). Mr. Munjee is currently the President of the Bombay
Chamber of Commerce & Industry. A member of Rotary (Mumbai
main), he is also a Life Trustee of the Weihams Boys School,
Dehradun. An ardent lover of Jazz music, Mr. Munjee is the
Chairman of Jazz India.
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Mr.Chris Pierce
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Chris
Pierce works in the Professional Standards
Department at the Institute of Directors in London.
He is an Examiner for the IoD Company Direction
Programme and the Chartered Director Initiative and
is the Programme Director of the Company Direction
Programme in Japan run in association with the Japan
Management Association.
Prior to
joining the IoD, Chris was a Director of the Centre
for Director Education at Leeds Business School for
ten years. He has been teaching executive groups in
the UK and overseas for 20 years.
Chris
has held senior management positions in British
Airways and the Overseas Development Administration.
His consultancy activities have included companies
from Europe, Middle East, Africa, the Far East and
America.
Chris
regularly presents papers at conferences and has
written many journal articles. He has co-authored
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Directing your business (Financial Times Management, 1997),
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Developing your Business (Financial Times Management, 1997),
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Managing Corporate Relations (Financial Times Management, 1998)
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The Effective Director:An essential guide to Director & Board
Development (Kogan Page, 2001)
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Mr.Humayun Dhanrajgir |
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Mr.Dhanrajgir retired as Managing Director of Kodak
India Ltd in October 2000. Having been appointed to
the Board of Glaxo in March 1978, he became MD in
1990 and retired as Executive Vice Chairman &
Managing Director of Glaxo India, which is India's
largest Pharmaceutical Company, on 31 August 1994.
He is B.Tech.(Chem Eng.) Loughborough University,
U.K., M.I.Chem.E.(Lon.), C.Eng.(Lon.),
A.M.P.(Harvard).
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In the
beginning of his career he has also worked with MNCs like,
British Oxygen Company, U.K. as Process Design Engineer and
Burmah-Shell India, Marketing Division.
He
was President, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of
India (OPPI) from October 1992 to September 1994 and Vice
President (OPPI) for 2 years - 1990/91 and 1991/92. Past
Member, General Committee, Bombay Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (BCCI) for 2 years. Past Vice-Chairman,
Indo-British Business Committee, BCCI.
He
sits on several boards of several public limited companies
like: German Remedies Limited, Ciba Specialty Chemical
(India) Limited, HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd, Neuland
Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad, Kodak Nepal Pvt. Ltd,
Construction Portal Pvt. Ltd, His other interests in life
are Golf, Bridge, Billiards/Snooker, Jazz music, Reading.
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Dr.Ram
S.Tarneja |
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Dr.Ram
S.Tarneja was Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd., untill May 1991
and thereafter Wholetime advisor and Director for a
couple of years. He continues to be on the Board of
Directors of that company. He is probably, one of
the most experienced Independent Non-Executive
Director in India having set on various Company
Boards and Committees. Dr Tarneja is Past
president, Indian Merchants Chamber, All India
Management Association, Asian Association of
Management Organisation. He has also been the
Honararay Consultancy of Finland, Mumbai. Dr Tarneja
has a rare distinction of recently, getting knighted
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