“Ten years since the Asian Financial Crisis –
where are we heading with corporate governance?”
The Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable took place at the Regent Hotel, in Singapore, on 27-28 June 2007. The meeting was organised by the OECD and co-hosted by the Singapore Exchange Limited and Singapore Institute of Directors in partnership with the Government of Japan.
The discussion among senior officials, business leaders and scholars from Asia and OECD countries addressed the following themes:
Presentations:
WELCOMING REMARKS
Mr. Adrian BLUNDELL-WIGNALL, Deputy Director, OECD
SHOWCASE:
Ten years since the Asian financial crisis – where we are in corporate governance today ?
Singapore Declaration by the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance
Mr. Jisoo LEE, Analyst, Center for Good Corporate Governance (CGCG), Korea. Presentation of
“2007 Overview of Corporate Governance Frameworks in Asia”
SESSION I:
Current reforms in Singapore
Section A: Corporate Governance in Singapore – An Overview
Speaker: Ms. YEO Lian Sim, Head of Regulation and Risk Management,
Singapore Exchange
Section B:
1. Presentation on Directors’ Nomination and Remuneration
Speaker: Mr. WONG Meng Meng, Independent Director of UOB, Singapore
2. Presentation on the Independent Director’s Role in Practical Terms
Speaker: Mr. Kevin KWOK, Partner and Head of Assurance & Advisory Business Services, Ernst & Young Singapore
SESSION II:
Moving away from box-ticking - the OECD Methodology for Assessing Implementation of the OECD Principles on Corporate Governance
Chair: Ms Susan BAKER, Financial Attaché for Southeast Asia, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, The United States
Speaker: Mr. Grant KIRKPATRICK, Senior Economist, Corporate Affairs Division, OECD
Case study – Experience from Thailand: Ms Nataya NIYAMANUSORN, Director, Corporate Governance Department, Securities and Exchange Commission and Dr. Roy KOUWENBERG, Chair of the Ph.D. and Finance Program, Assistant Professor, Mahidol University, College of Management, Thailand.
Discussant:
Mr. Pawan KUMAR, Director, Ministry of Company Affairs, India
SESSION III:
Shareholder activism and proxy voting
Speaker: Prof. Kyung Suh PARK, Professor of Finance, Associate Director, Asian Institute of Corporate Governance, Business School, Korea University presentation on “CG Fund Activities and Firm Value”
SESSION IVa:
Related party transactions – Break out sessions
Speaker: Presentation by Dr.Stephen (Yan-Leung) CHEUNG, Chair, Professor of Finance, Department of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong China on “How does the grabbing hand grab? Tunneling assets from Chinese listed companies to the state.”
Concluding remarks Ms. HSIEH Fu Hua by Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange
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