The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI or the Institute), the sole qualifying institution in Hong Kong and the mainland of China (the Mainland) for the internationally recognised Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional qualifications, is pleased to announce a new senior appointment which will be effective from 1 January 2024: –
Repurposing in Changing Times: the Company, Governance and the Governance Professional HONG KONG, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ The Institute's 13th Biennial Corporate Governance Conference - Repurposing in Changing Times: the Company, Governance and the Governance Professional (CGC 2022) will be held on 23 September 2022 at the JW Marriott from 9a.m. to 5p.m. in hybrid mode. The Institute is delighted that Mr Nicolas Aguzin, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, will be our Guest of Honour. Also, many other industry leaders and professionals will join us as speakers and panellists. CGC 2022 will examine the need for companies, governance and governance professionals to repurpose to manage the changing risk environment, including relating to economic, environmental, social and governance, or ESG issues. Whilst there will be some focus on listed companies, the conference also aims to discuss how other entities, including statutory bodies, non-governmental
Blame Hong Kong’s clubby world of family-controlled and male-dominated businesses. Close to a third of the city’s 2,500-odd listed companies had no women on the board as of the end of 2020.
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NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom capital markets partner Christopher Betts has left the firm to become general counsel at Grab Holdings Inc, the largest ride-hailing and food delivery firm in Southeast Asia.
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Betts move comes after Skadden, along with Hughes Hubbard & Reed, said it had advised the Singapore-based delivery service here on its record $40 billion blank-check merger with special purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth in April. Betts, who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, was not listed as an adviser on Grab s SPAC merger.
The deal, which paves the way for a backdoor Nasdaq listing for Grab here, is expected to close by the end of this year and will be the largest U.S. equity offering by a Southeast Asian company. Ropes & Gray is advising Altimeter, while Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is representing Altimeter Capital Management and Altimeter Capital Markets.