Sentences with phrase «global role as»

She has embarked on new challenges, playing a leading global role as a co-chair of the Jubilee 2000 Africa Campaign, which seeks cancellation of the unpayable backlog debts of the poor countries in Africa by the year 2000.

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GREG Evans has got off to a flying start in his new role as KPMG's global leader of mining M&A, with one of the firm's major clients announcing its first takeover bid last week.

Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic global climate change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate change, like the Carbon War Room.

In her role as one of the 20 senior-most executives in global consulting, she annually reports to Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme what she has «done personally to impact inclusion and diversity» within the organization.

«As the hottest year in history comes to a close, the success of the global fossil fuel divestment movement is undeniable,» said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, the grassroots climate organisation that has played a leading role in the campaign.

The influential paper identified insects as playing a key role in solving global food security issues and urged for the diversification of human diets.

The Dell role lasted a couple of years before Legere joined telecoms company Global Crossing in 2001 as CEO, taking it through a «really tough» restructuring and eventually selling it to CenturyLink (then Level 3) in 2011.

«These attacks represent a risk to global markets in 2017 by threatening to upend central banks» roles as technocratic institutions that provide financial and economic stability,» according to Eurasia Group.

Exxon (xom) under Tillerson continued a strategy of his predecessors, signing deals in remote, oil - rich regions including Russia, which Trump has touted as a sign of the executive's global connections which would serve him well in the top U.S. diplomatic role.

Holding dual roles as CEO and Head of People for a global learning and development company, Insights, I know how important it is to support HR and Talent leaders to garner internal support for the people development initiatives in their own organizations.

Prior to that, she held roles as Executive Director in the areas of Global Marketing, Global Commercial Finance and Strategy, and Corporate Development.

Bill Gates has moved into an emeritus role as the steward of a vast fortune that he intends to use to eradicate global diseases.

He cited a failed pre-sanctions attempt to find a non-U.S. bank to act as a depositary for En +'s London - listed shares, known as Global Depository Receipts or GDRs, a role then held by Citigroup Inc..

They can serve as wise elder statespersons and mentors, with roles like cross-industry spokesperson, government emissary, and global diplomat.

In her new role, she is responsible for leading more than $ 1 billion in global loyalty services business, after serving as the Latin American Caribbean region EVP of products, marketing, and advisors services.

Thiel will take on a new role as vice chairman of Global Wealth and Investment Management.

Last year, IWD gained traction in the wake of the Women's March, as the organizers of the demonstration channeled feminist energy into «A Day Without A Woman «-- a movement that sought to highlight the role that women play in the domestic and global economy.

Immigrant founders play a vital role as connectors to global markets — both abroad and here in the U.S. Immigrant businesses are 60 percent more likely to export than native - owned companies, and more than 2.5 times as likely to rely on exports for a large part of their sales, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy.

The gradual shift to a strong culture of individualism and self - betterment, the role of technology in driving the transition from boardrooms to basements, the more global and interconnected markets that require greater specialization, flexibility and speed, as well as small - business friendly demographic trends are among those forces that are likely to support a net creation of 150,000 new businesses in Canada in the coming ten years.

Schultz, who built Starbucks into a global public company, stepped down from his role as CEO in April this year but will remain as executive chairman of the company.

Jamie, as you said, the role of government in your industry has changed, and it's a global phenomenon.

In the Los Angeles Times Tracy Wilkinson saw Trump's withdrawal from the climate deal as «the most concrete sign yet» that his America first foreign policy «has begun to disrupt the global order and ultimately could cede Washington's dominant role on the world stage to China.»

He is also one of the most influential LGBT advocates as part of his role as global executive sponsor of Google's LGBT employee - resource group, dubbed the «Gayglers.»

He has the hard task of heading all media relations and corporate communications worldwide for JPM as well as playing a key role in the company's Global Diversity Initiative.

He was promoted to those roles earlier this year from his position as cohead of the global financing group.

«There's absolutely no truth to the idea that Mark is running for office and I've heard it directly from him,» the anonymous confidant told the news site, adding that Zuckerberg identifies Facebook as a «global community» that «plays an incredibly important role in shaping the base on the issues that matter.»

Salame spent nine years in London, from 2002 to 2011, and took over his current role as global cohead of securities in 2008.

Jeff Immelt, former CEO of global conglomerate General Electric, brings star power and a wealth of experience to his new role as chairman of the maturing health - care firm Athenahealth, analysts say.

Kushner reportedly supported Apollo Global Management co-founder Joshua Harris as he began a financial disclosure process to be considered for a White House role.

Such efforts have become more prominent under Xi as the Chinese president vows to take on a leadership role in global affairs from trade to climate change to cyberspace governance.

In that role, Lawton oversaw all aspects of eBay's Americas business unit, including marketing, merchandising, operations, business selling, consumer selling, and advertising, as well as global responsibility for shipping, payments, risk, and trust.

An 11 - year veteran of Cerberus, Lee Millstein has been promoted to President of Cerberus Global Investments where he will assume responsibility of managing the Firm's international business, in addition to his role as Global Head of Real Estate.

In his role as President of Cerberus, Mr. Zames will have broad responsibilities across the Firm's global businesses and will lead a number of strategic investing and operating initiatives, including overseeing all investments in the financial services industry.

From manufacturing and health care to mobility and finance, we'll explore global competitive advantage in the age of technology as well as the critical role corporate leadership plays in building more inclusive economies.

As we learned from ex-Regus employee Susan Smith, the global business center giant has decided to shift its traditional Senior Client Service Representative role to one of a Community Manager.

Yesterday's International Merchandise Trade Annual Review from StatsCan confirms the Mel Watkins thesis that Canada is rapidly reverting to its historical role as a commodity producer for the global economy.

Tesla's vice president of global infrastructure operations, Cal Lankton, will absorb Rive's role as head of sales and operations for energy products.

This helped solidify the country's role as the world's top engine of economic growth once again, contributing an estimated 33.2 percent to global economic expansion, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics.

«The TPP will further strengthen B.C.'s role in the global economy by reducing regulatory barriers on B.C. exports such as wood and forestry products, metals and minerals, and B.C. fruit and seafood,» said Black.

Mr. Chisholm joined Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York in 1985 and he served in a variety of progressively senior leadership roles within the organization during his 30 - year career, including as Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group in both London and New York from 2002 to 2012 where he focused on areas such as strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, risk and capital management and principal investing advisory for financial institutions globally.

Dr. Klimovsky came from a role as Senior Vice President and Global Head, Oncology Clinical Development at Novartis.

As the Director of Business Operations and Customer Relations, she was responsible for growing a stealth company into an industry - defining brand, driving new global business opportunities with strategic partnerships, and playing a critical role in securing Skybox's venture capital financing from leading investors and eventual acquisition by Google in 2014 for $ 500M.

And, as long as the nation's current interventionist ideology holds sway, it will only be through a financial meltdown that the US's role as global policeman will come to a much - needed end.

In my view, our role as business leaders in uncertain times such as these is to remain positive, focus on what we do well, closely monitor global trends, investigate new opportunities for growth, diversify our economy, and learn from the experts — which is exactly where The Vancouver Board of Trade comes in.

Prior to this role Stuart was a Portfolio Manager in the Global Active Quantitative Equity Team where his responsibilities included management of the global and international small cap strategies, coordination with the European team across all group strategies as well as research within theGlobal Active Quantitative Equity Team where his responsibilities included management of the global and international small cap strategies, coordination with the European team across all group strategies as well as research within theglobal and international small cap strategies, coordination with the European team across all group strategies as well as research within the team.

To run the Department of Energy, Trump chose former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who took the job «believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state.»

Due to the massive debt being amassed by government spending, the role of the dollar as the global reserve currency is threatened.

As the global economy recovers, Lagarde said she thinks the IMF may shift to a role in which emerging economies use the fund's precautionary instruments to insure their economies.

The U.S. provides the largest drug consumption market in the western hemisphere while Canada serves two roles — as both a destination and transit country for illicit activities including drug smuggling and global alien smuggling.

Japan's role as «King of the Global Electronics Industry» was solidified after the American video game industry experienced a severe bust in the early 1980s, creating the opportunity for Japanese video game powerhouses Nintendo and Sega to practically corner the exploding video game market.