Sentences with phrase «lead efforts»

The brand new Consortium for the International Marketing of German Universities (GATE) will lead efforts to market the universities abroad.

In a keynote address, titled, «Job Creation and Social Protection Initiatives in States,» the Country Manager of International Finance Corporation, Mrs. Eme Lore, said the Nigerian private sector must lead efforts on job creation in order to achieve success.

«Senator Diegnan will lead the Transportation Committee at a time of pressing needs for transportation reforms and improvements, Senator Singleton will assume responsibility for issues of importance to the veterans who have served our country with courage and sacrifice, and Senator Gopal will help manage the flow of bills and the work of the Senate Democratic Caucus and lead the efforts of the Manufacturing Caucus at a time when we are addressing so many demanding priorities.

«Guy is uniquely qualified to lead our efforts to keep Democrats in control of the US Senate,» DSCC Chair Patty Murray said in a statement.

Instead he thinks the attorney general has to lead efforts to change the culture of Albany and make fighting corruption his or her top priority.

Menin, who lost out in her 2013 bid to become Manhattan borough president, previously served as chairwoman of Community Board 1 in lower Manhattan, and helped lead efforts to revitalize downtown after the 9/11 attacks.

Nassau Executive Laura Curran will help lead efforts in studying proposed transit projects in the region and submit them for federal grants.

«James Burke is an outstanding law enforcement official and has helped lead our efforts to make Suffolk County a safer place to live,» the statement said.

«His dedication to his craft, as well as to Freebirds and its growing Tribe, make him the ideal candidate to lead our efforts during a time of exciting change and innovation.»

The states could lead efforts to establish «uniformity and consistency» for the sale of annuities, said Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel, speaking at the Insured Retirement Institute conference in Washington this week.

Stephen has held Business Development roles where he has lead efforts to commercialise technologies at various stages of development from a range of industry sectors.

I do mean that CMO's will have to lead efforts to develop an appreciable deep understanding of the demand fulfillment goals and scenarios that drive purchase decisions.

Selected to lead the efforts was Abeer Dubey, Google's director of people analytics (HR).

If the U.S. struggles, global growth will falter, the pace of innovation will slow, and the U.S. will find it hard to lead efforts to open the global trading and investment system,» states the report.

Morgan Stanley is increasing its focus in the international wealth management business and recruited Musa to lead its efforts.

User growth will depend on the execution of those projects and Dorsey's ability to find time to lead those efforts, analysts said.

VanEck plans to be at the forefront of the next generation of digital assets, leading efforts in the tokenization of everything from real estate to stocks.

He's based in New York, leading efforts for Kraken's over-the-counter trading shop.

Hougan is leading those efforts.

Toronto - Dominion Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and National Bank Financial led the effort, along with five pension funds.

Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican who has led the efforts to rework the law, was in the courtroom to hear Tuesday's argument, and afterward noted that various justices had referred to the importance of Congress acting.

Having upper - level management lead the effort also sends a clear message to employees that creating a strong continuity plan is a top priority, Bird says.

The company announced plans to make its own therapeutics, hiring a former top Genentech scientist to lead the effort.

Western nations fear the Gulf rivalries playing out in Somalia could sideline their multi-billion dollar, U.N. - led efforts to build a functional Somali army to fight Shabaab before the withdrawal of African Union peacekeepers in 2020.

A drive to organize a union at a unit of Bloomberg LP has fizzled, and the employee leading the effort has been fired, Fortune has learned.

Leading the effort has been Gary Boggs, who spent four decades as a DEA agent before joining McKesson in 2013 as the senior director of regulatory affairs, in the midst of the government's investigations into McKesson.

He called it «an unintended consequence of the Trump - led efforts to stop many Muslims from coming to the U.S.,» resulting in «a sharp drop in foreign tourism to our nation that imperils jobs and touristic income.»

She began her career working in Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Capital Markets, and became the Global Head of Analyst and Associate Acquisition and Development, leading the effort to build a global pipeline of emerging advisor talent.

Trust and transparency will be key as Cisco makes its Team Space app available to its 72,000 employees in coming months, says senior vice president Ashley Goodall, who leads the effort.

Stringer, who is leading the effort to vote down Mylan's current board, oversees New York City pensions that together own more than 1.1 million shares of Mylan stock.

One recent victory for unions was in Ohio, where in November 2011, voters overturned a Republican - led effort to place restrictions on public sector unions, similar to that in Wisconsin.

The firm, which has vied for months to consummate its proposed deal, is leading an effort to replace six members of Qualcomm's 11 - person board of directors — a move that, if successful, may as well seal the tie - up.

A relative of Jack Johnson has also been leading an effort to get Trump to grant a pardon, the Associated Press reported.

Three Republicans sided with Democrats in May to kill a GOP - led effort to strike down a Bureau of Land Management rule.

The Auto Workers led the effort to create a works council at Volkswagen.

Earlier this year, Facebook hired Lefevre to lead its effort to develop original shows for the social media giant.

Bank - led efforts to shield loans held on balance sheet from new mortgage rules are drawing heavy fire from consumer activists and independent mortgage lenders.

Top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from greenhouse effect, then led efforts to block solutions.

We acknowledge that, despite making significant strides in the areas under our direct control, there is work to be done to reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain — and Apple has accepted its responsibility to lead that effort.

Previously, Mika was Chief Marketing Officer of SAP SMB, a division of SAP, leading efforts to modernize the brand and go - to market strategy, using digital marketing to build and convert pipeline.

But Suncor has led an effort asking the U.S. regulator to prevent Enbridge from raising its tolls to pay for the cost of building and operating the 520 - kilometre U.S. portion of Clipper until Enbridge can prove that there is enough demand for it.

Mnuchin, a wealthy Wall Street executive, would help lead the effort on an overhaul of financial rules.

In 2008 and 2009, Jon Winkelried, who shared the title of president and chief operating officer with Gary Cohn, led efforts that eliminated more than 10 percent of the company's personnel.

The organization is leading efforts to impact these numbers directly with Female Founder Office Hours supporting women who are seeking funding, to having tech founders and CEOs commit to increasing diversity in their team, board and investors.

But the award - winning New York - based app development agency, Fueled, is leading an effort to democratize high - end coworking beyond the NYC / LA bubble, into America's heartland.

«Additionally, LCEDC created a FlexJobs partnership for telecommuting opportunities, led efforts for the first annual Manufacturing Day with over 150 students visiting local manufacturers, and founded the Eastern Plains Economic Development Coalition to strengthen the perception of opportunity across Eastern Plains.»

By leading the effort to re-confirm him, the Corporate Democrats (but not most of their colleagues who had to face voters this autumn) removed this albatross from the Republican neck and put it around their own.

Mr. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private equity fund focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.

In one paper he co-wrote in the spring of 2002, just months after he joined Goldman Sachs to lead its effort to win investment banking business from European governments, Mr. Draghi argued that governments might use financial derivatives like interest rate swaps «to stabilize tax revenue and avoid the sudden accumulation of debt.»

China is leading an effort to water down the World Bank's most popular research report in a test of the development institution's new president, Jim Yong Kim.