8 leaders of super corporations at APEC CEO Summit 2017

(Baonghean.vn) - This year's APEC CEO Summit has the participation of leaders representing many large corporations such as Exxon Mobil, FedEx Express, AIIBJin Liqun...

1. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg

Ms. Sheryl Sandberg - COO Facebook.

Representing Facebook at the APEC CEO Summit 2017 is Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. The 48-year-old COO joined Facebook in 2008. She is credited with helping Facebook generate huge profits instead of just being a fun website and waiting for profits to come automatically.

Besides being a powerful female general at Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg has also published two books, Lean in and Option B. According to the latest ranking just announced by Forbes, Sheryl Sandberg is the 4th most powerful woman in the world, just behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Mrs. Melinda Gates - wife of billionaire Bill Gates.

Ms. Sheryl Sandberg will dialogue with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a high-level discussion on "Technology - Driver of Economic Opportunity".

2. AIIB President Jin Liqun

Mr. Jin Liqun, President of AIIB.

Although it was only established in December 2015, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) already has about 80 official members/ prospective members. This multilateral development bank was established on the initiative of the Chinese government with the goal of financing infrastructure construction in the Asia-Pacific region.

Before taking up the position of the first president of AIIB, Mr. Jin Liqun served as Vice Minister of Finance of China, Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He also served as president of a venture capital bank China International Capital Corporation Limited, investment fund IFSWF,...

AIIB Head Jin Liqun was a guest speaker at the dialogue on "Connecting for Growth".

3.Mark Konyn, Chief Investment Officer -AIA Group Limited

Mr. Mark Konyn - Head of Group Investment, AIA Group Limited

Representing AIA - the largest life insurance group in Asia-Pacific attending the APEC CEO Summit is Chief Investment Officer Mark Konyn. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing the management of the Group's investment portfolio.

Mark Konyn began his career in London as a quantitative analyst for the UK’s largest institutional investor. Prior to joining AIA, he was appointed CEO of Cathay Conning Asset Management. He has now spent over 27 years managing investments in Asia for global corporations.

Mr. Mark Konyn will participate in the dialogue on "Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Development".

4.Nicolas Aguzin -CEO of JP Morgan Asia Pacific

Mr. Nicolas Aguzin, CEO of JP Morgan Asia Pacific region.

Mr. Nicolas Aguzin started out as a financial analyst. He joined JP Morgan in 1990. Before being assigned the position of CEO in the Asia Pacific region, he was CEO of JP Morgan in Latin America.

Speaking about the differences between Latin America and the Asia Pacific region in an interview in September, Mr. Nicolas Aguzin said that Southeast Asia and emerging Asian countries have many similarities with Latin America. But there are many things that Asia has that Latin America does not have, namely large scale and high savings rates.

The trend of applying technology or reducing the use of cash in payments in Asian countries is also increasing quite significantly. And according to him, Asia is an extremely important region that will affect every country and every business around the world.

The panel discussion that the CEO will be participating in will be on the topic of "The Future of Work".

5. Robert S. Franklin - ExxonMobil Representative

ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing Company President Robert S. Franklin at the Gastech forum.

ExxonMobil is a US multinational oil and gas corporation and one of the largest oil companies in the world. This is also a corporation that is not unfamiliar to Vietnam. ExxonMobil is the partner joining hands with PVEP and PVN to invest in the Blue Whale gas exploitation project. The scale of the project is so large that it can provide enough gas for four power plants with a total capacity of 3,000 MW in the first phase.

ExxonMobil sent Mr. Robert S. Franklin to participate in the dialogue at the APEC CEO Summit on the topic of "Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Development". Mr. Robert S. Franklin is President of ExxonMobil Gas and Energy Marketing Company.

6. Scott Price - Vice President of Global Leverage - Representative of Walmart International

Scott Price - Vice President of Global Leverage - Representative of Walmart International

With $485.9 billion in revenue last year, Walmart International is at the top of the US Fortune 500. Scott Price, Vice President of Global Leverage - Walmart International, will speak in the Connecting for Growth session.

The division that Scott Price manages has a total of more than 6,200 stores and more than 774,000 associates in 27 countries outside the United States. Prior to joining Walmart, Scott served as CEO of DHL Express in Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan.

7. Aran Maree, Head of Medical Department, Janssen Pharmaceutical Company - Representative of Johnson & Johnson

Aran Maree, Chief Medical Officer, Janssen Pharmaceuticals - Johnson & Johnson Representative

With 127,000 employees touching more than one billion people every day, Johnson & Johnson, the world's most comprehensive and broadest healthcare products manufacturer, also sent representatives to participate in the dialogue at the Future of Work discussion at the APEC CEO Summit.

Representing this pharmaceutical and medical equipment corporation is Mr. Aran Maree - Head of Medical Department, Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson.

He leads the teams responsible for independently assessing the medical benefits and risks of all Janssen medicines.

8. David L. Cunningham - Chairman and CEO of FedEx Express

David L. Cunningham - Chairman and CEO of FedEx Express.

FexEx Express - the world's leading air freight carrier. Chairman and CEO of FedEx Express directly attended the APEC CEO Summit in the discussion session on "New Frontiers in Trade".

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