Global Counsellors

These leaders of international stature and outlook are vital links in The Conference Board network. They bring critical insight to The Conference Board planning and development enterprise.

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Asia

Australia

Linda Bardo Nicholls AO
Chairman
Yarra Trams 

John B. Prescott, A.C.
Chairman
Aurizon Holdings Limited
Non-Executive Director
Newmont Mining Corporation
Member
Commonwealth Remuneration Tribunal

John B. Reid, A.O.
Executive in Residence
The Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies
QUT Business School

Hong Kong SAR

Andrew C.W. Brandler
Chief Executive Officer
CLP Holdings, Ltd.

Victor K. Fung
Group Chairman
Fung Holdings Ltd,

CK Chow
Chairman
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited

Marjorie Yang
Chairman
Esquel Group

India

Mukesh D. Ambani
Chairman and Managing Director
Reliance Industries Ltd.

Malaysia

TH Tan
Chairman
Southern Capital Group Pte. Ltd.

Philippines

Roberto F. de Ocampo
Member, Board of Trustees
Asian Institute of Management 

Oscar M. Lopez
Chairman Emeritus
First Philippine Holdings Corp.

Washington Z. SyCip
Founder
The SGV Group 

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II
Chairman and CEO
Ayala Corporation

Thailand

Sukum Navapan
Group Chairman
Navatanee Group of Companies

Europe

Belgium

François M.G. Cornélis
Honorary Vice Chairman, Total
Executive Committee
TOTAL SA
Chairman
Royal Automobile Club of Belgium

Etienne François Davignon
Minister of State
GDF Suez

Bert De Graeve
Chief Executive Officer
N.V. Bekaert S.A.

Thomas Leysen
Chairman of the Board
Umicore S.A.
Chairman
KBC Group

Anton Van Rossum
Director
Crédit Suisse Group
Director
Munich Re

Karel Vinck
Honorary Chairman
Umicore
Chairman
BAM N.V.

Denmark

Nils Smedegaard Andersen
Partner and Group CEO
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S

Finland

Ole Johansson
Chairman of the Board
Finnish Industries EK
Chairman of the Board
Outokumpu

Mikael Lilius
Chairman of the Board
Wärtsilä Corporation
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Huhtamäki Oyj

France

Phillippe Camus
Chairman
Alcatel-Lucent
Senior Partner
Evercore Partners

Bertrand Collomb
Honorary Chairman
LAFARGE

Denis Kessler
Chairman and CEO
SCOR SE

Jean-Bernard Lévy
Former Chairman and CEO
Vivendi

Jean-Louis Mathias
Chairman
EDF Energies Nouvelles

Germany

Roland Berger
Honorary Chairman
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Michael Diekmann
Chairman and CEO
Allianz SE

Greece

Yannis S. Costopoulos
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Alpha Bank

Hungary

Zsolt Hernadi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MOL Group

Netherlands

Peter Bakker
President
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Wim Dik
Former Chairman & CEO
Royal KPN N.V.

Hans Wijers
Member, Supervisory Board
Heineken N.V.

Norway

Johan H. Andresen, Jr.
Owner and CEO
Ferd Holding AS

Poland

Maria Wisniewska
President and CEO
CEPD N.V.

Spain

Alfredo Saenz Abad
Second Vice Chairman & CEO
Banco Santander, S.A. 

Isidro Fainé Casas
Chairman
CaixaBank

Pablo Isla
Chairman and CEO
INDITEX

Carlos Más Ivars
Executive Chairman
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Spain

Sweden

Tom Johnstone
President and CEO
SKF AB

Lars G. Nordström
Chairman of the Board
Vattenfall AB

Marcus Wallenberg
Chairman of the Board
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Switzerland

Jürgen Tinggren
Chief Executive Officer
Schindler Group

Turkey

Bülent Eczacibasi
Chairman
Eczacibasi Holding Company

Güler Sabanci
Chairman and Managing Director
Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding A.S.

United Kingdom

Paul Anderson
Non-Executive Director
BP p.l.c.

Lord Browne of Madingley
Partner and Managing Director
Riverstone Holdings LLC

Patrick J. Cescau
Former Group Chief Executive
Unilever PLC

Harald Einsmann
Member of the Board, Harman, Inc.
Member of the Board, Checkpoint Sys
Special Advisor, Tesco PLC

Niall FitzGerald
Chairman
Hakluyt & Company Ltd

Peter J. Grant
Retired Deputy Chairman
London Merchant Securities

Gerard Kleisterlee
Chairman
Vodafone PLC

Sir Bryan Nicholson
Former Chairman
Manpower Services Commission
The Post Office
BUPA
The Cookson Group plc
The Financial Reporting Council
Former President
The Confederation of British Industry

Sir Martin Sorrell
Group Chief Executive
WPP Group plc

Latin America

Panama

Stanley A. Motta
Chairman
COPA Airlines

Middle East

Kuwait

Hisham Abdulrazzak Al-Razzuqi
Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Investment Corporation

Oman

Khalid Bin Hamad Al Busaidi
Chairman
Sabco L.L.C.

North America

Mexico

Dionisio Garza Medina
Chairman of the Board
Tenedora Topaz SAPI de C.V.

Tomás González Sada
Chairman of the Board,
Grupo Cydsa, S.A. de C.V.

Antonio Madero
Chairman of the Board and CEO
SANLUIS Corporacion S.A. de C.V.

Federico Sada González
Chief Executive Officer
Grupo Corporativo Empresarial Adas

United States

Sanjiv Ahuja
Executive Chairman
Augere Holdings

Douglas R. Conant
Chairman, Avon Company
Founder and CEO, Conant Leadership
Former President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company

Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr.
Former Chairman and CEO
Texaco Inc.

Robert E. Denham
Partner
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr.
Vice Chairman,
Institutional Clients Group
Citigroup Inc.

Laurence D. Fink
Chairman and CEO
BlackRock, Inc.

Jacob A. Frenkel
Chairman
JP Chase International
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Group of Thirty

Jeffrey E. Garten
Juan Trippe Professor of
International Trade, Finance and Business
Yale University
School of Management

Christina A. Gold
Former President and CEO
Western Union Company

Rajiv L. Gupta
Executive Chairman, Avantor™ Performance Materials
Senior Advisor, New Mountain Capital, LLC

Ivan Lansberg
Senior Partner
Lansberg, Gersick & Associates, LLC

Ellen R. Marram
President
Barnegat Group

W. Craig McClelland
Retired Chief Executive Officer
Union Camp Corporation

Hutham S. Olayan
President and CEO
Olayan America Corporation

James W. Owens
Retired Chairman and CEO
Caterpillar Inc.

Henry B. Schacht
Managing Director andSenior Advisor
Warburg Pincus LLC

Anne M. Tatlock
Retired Chairman and CEO
Fiduciary Trust Company International 

Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of the Board of Governors
The Federal Reserve System

South America

Brazil

Alain J.P. Belda
Managing Director
Warburg Pincus LLC

Chile

Agustin E. Edwards
President
Empresa El Mercurio S.A.P.

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