Asean integration conference
CIMB Group will hold a high-level international conference in Kuala Lumpur this Thursday, bringing together Asean business leaders, fund managers and economic thought-leaders to enhance regional integration.
The topics include “The Role of Corporate Asean in the Asean Economic Community (AEC) 2015”, with speakers including Patrick Walujo, chief executive officer of Indonesia’s Northstar Pacific; Cezar Peralta Consing, partner in the Philippines’ Rohatyn Group; Chew Gek Khim, executive chairman of The Straits Trading, Singapore; and Chartsiri Sophonpanich, president of Bangkok Bank.
The keynote speech will be given by Andrew Sheng, inaugural president of the Hong Kong-based Fung Global Institute. He will deliver an address on “Can Asia Go It Alone?”
There will also be a panel discussion on “Is Asean Ready for the Next Financial Crisis?” with Nor Mohamed Yakcop, minister in the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Department; Gita Irawan Wirjawan, chairman of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board; Mark Tucker, CEO of AIA Group; and Jose Isidro Camacho, managing director of Credit Suisse Asia Pacific.
CIMB Group chief executive officer Nazir Razak has been instrumental in the establishment of the Asean Business Club, which will be launched on Friday by Surin Pitsuwan, the secretary-general of Asean. The launch organisers have invited Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, to deliver a keynote address on “Lessons from Europe: Regional Integration in a New World Order”.
Bangkok Bank’s Chartsiri is the Thai founding member of the club.
