Sentences with phrase «better chairman of»

He told Politics.co.uk last year: «I believe I'm a much better chairman of the committee because I not only have a political and academic network, but also a range of business connections which would not be available to me if I was not still active in the business world.

«I'm a much better chairman of the committee because I not only have a political and academic network, but also a range of business connections that would not be available to me if I was not active in the business world,» he told Politics.co.uk on Wednesday.

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We will continue working to ensure the well - being of our employees by promoting the values of respect and inclusion in the workplace,» Executive Chairman Bill Ford and President & CEO Mark Fields told Fortune in a statement.

Woods spoke in conversation with Salesforce's Benioff, as well as Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, Reliance Industries managing director Mukesh Ambani, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, and Shu Yinbiao, chairman of China's State Grid Corporation.

His philanthropic service includes founding and serving as former chairman and current board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, director of JUST Capital Foundation, as well as current advisory, chairman, director and trustee roles with a number of not - for - profit, educational and other charitable organizations.

Ricky's NYC founder and chairman Todd Kenig says Halloween sales account for about 20 percent of the firm's annual $ 50 million revenue, but Sandy forced to shutter all of its stores, as well as its corporate office, in the two days leading up to the holiday.

An investor group that includes the Fischer Family and Marcus Lemonis, Chairman and CEO of Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises and star of CNBC's «The Profit,» confirmed it plans to provide financing for the struggling cupcake chain as a prelude to an acquisition.

«Home Capital has been attacked by sociopaths for no good reason,» says Ross Healy, chairman of Strategic Analysis, a capital markets research firm in Toronto.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well - placed senior military officers.

Royal Caribbean Chairman & CEO Richard Fain discusses the company's better - than - expected earnings report and the announcement of an employee bonus program that he says has nothing to do with tax reform.

The global economy is set for one of its best years since the financial crisis, but recession risks are increasing, said UBS Chairman Axel Weber.

Separately, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Republican Charles Grassley sent the parties a detailed request for much of the same information, as well the names of the government and corporate officials who negotiated the deal, along with their outside advisers.

«Edmark had all the ingredients for a brand: it was making some of the best children's software on the market,» says McNeely, the former chairman of a top Seattle ad agency and an alumnus of giant Ogilvy & Mather.

«Good executives confuse themselves when they convince themselves that they do things,» she recalled Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt once telling her about the art of leadership.

Yet Funk, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, points out benefits to workers as well employers.

As CEO and chairman of Cisco, Chambers guided the company through the dot - com bubble and bust as well as the recession.

But, as well as Spain, the euro - dollar currency cross was also impacted by rumours of a potential hawkish name as next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Weidmann is a very good man but I think there's a lot of ammunition being built up against him,» David Marsh, chairman of the London - based think tank OMFIF (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum), told CNBC Thursday.

The chairman of one of Dubai's best - known family - owned conglomerates is not considering investing in European banks again following a disappointing run as a stakeholder of Barclays.

The truly cynical might say the new attitude is an effort by the chairman to get himself back into the good graces of the government.

For the founder and chairman of consulting firm, Bild & Co., that meant having a salary instead of taking money when things were going well and scrimping when times got tight.

«A spinoff of the hotel business and the combination of Wyndham Vacation Ownership with RCI is the best structure to unlock shareholder value and enable strong growth across the businesses,» Stephen Holmes, chairman and chief executive officer of Wyndham Worldwide, said in a statement.

«On Nasdaq, the main investors for biotech stocks are mainly U.S. funds, but, in Hong Kong, we can better tap Chinese and Asian investors as we are closer to them,» said Yang Dajun, chairman of Ascentage Pharma, a Chinese biotech company.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's New York Times op - ed described the good, the bad and the truly dangerous parts of the Internet.

Acting CEO Marcelo Claure will fill the role of executive chairman at Sprint, as well as new roles at SoftBank.

«We do believe the current governance structure, with Jamie Dimon serving as both chairman and CEO, and an independent minded board, has served the shareholders well and is right for the company at this time,» said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase's presiding director and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil.

In a statement provided by 21st Century Fox, founder and executive co-chairman Rupert Murdoch said: «To ensure continuity of all that is best about Fox News and what it stands for, I will take over as Chairman and acting CEO, with the support of our existing management team under Bill Shine, Jay Wallace and Mark Kranz.»

Hensarling, the chairman of the House Republican Congress, was a co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the «Super Committee.»

Massimilla is also vice chairman of the Auto Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto - ISAC), a group of automakers that share vulnerability and threat intelligence across the industry and is developing a set of industry best practices.

Wainstein reportedly had an unprecedented level of access to material related to the UNC scandal, as well as the cooperation of former African studies chairman Julius Nyang «oro and department administrator Deborah Crowder.

Europe's political system could work better, but fragmentation is out of the question, Alessandro Benetton, founder and chairman of 21 Investmenti, said.

Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean Cruises chairman and CEO, discusses the future of Royal Caribbean as the company reports a good year for earnings so far.

Chairman Peter Harley said the capital raising was well supported, with 85 per cent of the company's options and convertible notes exercised.

«For the past several months, we have worked closely with our financial advisors and evaluated various strategic alternatives with respect to Qdoba, including a sale or spin - off, as well as opportunities to refranchise company restaurants,» Lenny Comma, CEO and chairman of Jack in the Box, said in a statement.

«We thank John for his important contributions during this high - growth stage of our development, and wish him the very best in his future endeavors,» said company chairman Chris Blisard.

The company does not disclose the amount of funding it has raised from investors, including CoachCEO and Chairman Lew Frankfort and Jillian Michaels, a fitness trainer best known for her role on NBC's The Biggest Loser.

A public letter that outlined seven discussion points to better facilitate these types of conversations was primarily authored by Vanguard chairman Bill McNabb, who is also the chairman of the CECP's Strategic Investor Initiative.

Along with Sloan, Wells Fargo named Stephen Sanger chairman of the board, a role that was held by Stumpf as well.

Perhaps the most well - known recent example of a phishing attack occurred when likely Moscow - backed intruders pilfered the email inbox of John Podesta, former chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, eventually leading to their publication online.

«The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures, rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me,» the Virgin Group founder and chairman told The Good Entrepreneur.

«With the leadership team and Abe as Chairman, the new company is well - positioned to drive this work forward and continue to deliver the solutions that meet the current and future needs of service provider video customers.

He will advise Terry Laughlin, Bank of America vice chairman and head of Global Wealth and Investment Management, as well as the Bank of America and GWIM leadership teams on business integration, goals - based wealth management and regulatory matters.

As Fed Chairman Jerome Powell gets set to deliver his first news conference Wednesday, he has a good example of what not to do from the fairly recent past.

Since becoming a TIM shareholder in 2015, Vivendi has gradually tightened its grip and last year appointed two - thirds of TIM's board as well as making its own CEO, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, executive chairman of the former state phone monopoly.

And as Magna notes, under the stewardship of Harris, the company's first independent chairman in over 40 years, a wide range of corporate governance best practices have been adopted since Stronach left.

In an episode of LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman's podcast «Masters of Scale,» Zuckerberg told Hoffman that his experience with Sandberg taught him that the «single most important thing» when it comes to scaling into a massively successful business is having founders surround themselves with the best people they can find.

Sandberg told LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman for an episode of his podcast «Masters of Scale» that at one point her late husband Dave Goldberg, who was the CEO of Survey Monkey, gave her «the world's best advice» on working with Zuckerberg that put her mind to ease.

Her bi-partisan background as CEO of FINRA, Chairman of CFTC and as an SEC Commissioner positions her well to reform the regulatory body that missed much of the financial crisis causes and fraudsters like Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford.

My mindset as chairman is to look after the best of shareholders.

Charles Koch, the chairman of Koch Industries, the $ 115 billion leviathan of 100,000 employees, and author of Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies, says the most compelling reason to focus on profit is because you'll do more good in the long Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies, says the most compelling reason to focus on profit is because you'll do more good in the long good in the long run.