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Date 11
May 2005
Press Release No: N/22/2005
NARAYANA MURTHY TO ADDRESS UNESCAP BUSINESS
FORUM
‘Asia’s Businessman of the Year-2003’
joins AmBank’s Tan Sri Data’ Azman Hashim, Victor
Fung and Erskine Bowles at Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2005
BANGKOK (United Nations Information Services)
– One of Asia’s most celebrated business executives,
Mr. Narayana N.R. Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor,
Infosys Technologies, India, will address the opening ceremony
of UNESCAP’s Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2005 on Friday,
13 May 2005, at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok.
Mr. Murthy’s accolades include Asia’s
Businessman of the Year-2003 (Fortune Magazine) and World Entrepreneur
of the Year-2003 (Ernst and Young). He was also included among
a list of the ten leaders identified by Time Magazine as helping
share the future of technology and among the 25 most influential
global executives voted by TIME/CNN.
Mr. Murthy, who served as CEO of Infosys for 20
years and stepped down in March 2002, currently acts an IT advisor
to several Asian countries, as well as serving as a director
on the Central Board of the Reserves Bank in India, among many
other activities.
Other influential Asian businessmen scheduled
to attend the Forum are Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim, Chairman,
AmBank Group, Malaysia and Vice Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic
Council, and Mr. Victor Fung, Group Chairman, Li & Fung,
and Chairman, Hong Kong Airport Authority, Hong Kong (China).
Mr. Erskine Bowles, deputy to UN Special Envoy
for Tsunami Recovery Bill Clinton, will address the Forum on
Saturday, 14 May during a special roundtable session on coping
with economic effects of regional natural disasters.
The Asia-Pacific Business Forum is organized by
the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCAP), in collaboration with the Royal Thai
Government and the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry
and Banking of Thailand. The 2005 Forum takes place back-to-back
with the UNESCAP’s annual Commission Session, set for
12-18 May 2005. Further information on the programme and registration
details may be found at www.unescap.org/apbf.
Note to Editors: You or your representatives are
invited to attend the Opening Ceremony and Reception on Friday,
13 May, starting at 16:30 hrs, in the UN Conference Centre.
The programme includes a signing ceremony for new participants
of the United Nations Global Compact. The Forum, scheduled for
13-15 May 2005, is open to the press.
For media inquiries, please contact:
United Nations Information Services Bangkok
Tel: +(66-2) 288-1861-69; Fax: +(66-2) 288-1052
E-mail: unisbkk.unescap@un.org
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