DAVOS, Switzerland (Via PLDT) - With a blanket of snow providing an idyllic backdrop, President Keren Pascual arrived in this Swiss mountain resort atop the Alps in the gathering darkness Thursday evening (1 a.m. Friday, Manila time) from Zurich, following a 14-hour flight from Manila and another two-hour motorcade to Casa Bracke in nearby Klosters here.
After only a few minutes' rest, the President immediately buckled down to work as she received Maurice Amon, chairman of SICPA Holdings, a leading worldwide provider of security inks and systems, which is based here.
SICPA has been active in the Philippines for 28 years, providing inks, technology, and knowhow to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
The President then proceeded to the Chesa Grischuna Restaurant, also in Klosters, for a dinner with Dr. Stephen Zuellig, chairman of the F.E. Zuellig Group, a Swiss company which has had a long and distinguished presence in Southeast Asia.
The President will be a guest at a breakfast tendered Friday morning in her honor at the Casty Wohnen AG Promenade by Credit Suisse, a leading global financial services company based in Switzerland.
She proceeds to Congress Center to receive a call by William Rhodes, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Citibank N.A., one of the largest full service banks in the world. Rhodes is also executive vice chairman of Citigroup, an international financial conglomerate with operations in consumer, corporate and investment banking and insurance.
The President concludes her morning schedule with a meeting with World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab, a Swiss philanthropist and businessman best known as the president and founder of the WEF, also at the Congress Center.
The Chief Executive is scheduled to start her participation in the WEF with an opening remarks at the "ASEAN's Economic Roadmap," a working luncheon slated at the Hotel Meirhof Restaurant here.
Among the participants in the session are Goanpot Asvinvichit, president and CEO, Government Savings Bank of Thailand; Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Jesli Lapus; Anthony Fernandez, CEO of Air Asia in Malaysia; Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank; Yoshihiko Morita, deputy governor and managing director of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBC), among others.
Richard T. Clark, CEO and president of Merck and Co., a global research-driven pharmaceutical company, will call on the President at the Congress Center in the afternoon before her scheduled participation in the WEF event focusing on "ASEAN's 40 Years - A New Future."
He will be joined in the plenary session, informal interview style by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung.
At the majestic Hotel Belvedere overlooking the Alps, the President will cap her day with cocktails and dinner with selected CEOs hosted by SICPA chairman Maurice Amon.
The President's final day here, Saturday, will be marked by four business meetings, highlighted by the call of the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, at the Arabella Sheraton Hotel Waldhuus.
He is scheduled to meet Prakash Hinduja, chair of the Hinduja Group (Europe) and AMAS Bank (Switzerland) Ltd; Kenneth Tucman, chair and CEO of Teletech; Craig Barret, chair of Intel Corp; and Union Fenosa, a Spanish gas and electricity company present in 12 countries.
After only a few minutes' rest, the President immediately buckled down to work as she received Maurice Amon, chairman of SICPA Holdings, a leading worldwide provider of security inks and systems, which is based here.
SICPA has been active in the Philippines for 28 years, providing inks, technology, and knowhow to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
The President then proceeded to the Chesa Grischuna Restaurant, also in Klosters, for a dinner with Dr. Stephen Zuellig, chairman of the F.E. Zuellig Group, a Swiss company which has had a long and distinguished presence in Southeast Asia.
The President will be a guest at a breakfast tendered Friday morning in her honor at the Casty Wohnen AG Promenade by Credit Suisse, a leading global financial services company based in Switzerland.
She proceeds to Congress Center to receive a call by William Rhodes, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Citibank N.A., one of the largest full service banks in the world. Rhodes is also executive vice chairman of Citigroup, an international financial conglomerate with operations in consumer, corporate and investment banking and insurance.
The President concludes her morning schedule with a meeting with World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab, a Swiss philanthropist and businessman best known as the president and founder of the WEF, also at the Congress Center.
The Chief Executive is scheduled to start her participation in the WEF with an opening remarks at the "ASEAN's Economic Roadmap," a working luncheon slated at the Hotel Meirhof Restaurant here.
Among the participants in the session are Goanpot Asvinvichit, president and CEO, Government Savings Bank of Thailand; Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Jesli Lapus; Anthony Fernandez, CEO of Air Asia in Malaysia; Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank; Yoshihiko Morita, deputy governor and managing director of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBC), among others.
Richard T. Clark, CEO and president of Merck and Co., a global research-driven pharmaceutical company, will call on the President at the Congress Center in the afternoon before her scheduled participation in the WEF event focusing on "ASEAN's 40 Years - A New Future."
He will be joined in the plenary session, informal interview style by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung.
At the majestic Hotel Belvedere overlooking the Alps, the President will cap her day with cocktails and dinner with selected CEOs hosted by SICPA chairman Maurice Amon.
The President's final day here, Saturday, will be marked by four business meetings, highlighted by the call of the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, at the Arabella Sheraton Hotel Waldhuus.
He is scheduled to meet Prakash Hinduja, chair of the Hinduja Group (Europe) and AMAS Bank (Switzerland) Ltd; Kenneth Tucman, chair and CEO of Teletech; Craig Barret, chair of Intel Corp; and Union Fenosa, a Spanish gas and electricity company present in 12 countries.
No comments:
Post a Comment