Sentences with phrase «world leading executive»

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And Jan Piercy, who led the charge for a student speaker at Wellesley's 1969 commencement, was appointed to the World Bank by President Clinton and served seven years as U.S. executive director during his administration.

To that end, we have teamed up with the University of North Carolina's Kenan - Flagler Business School — a recognized leader in online business education — to create an innovative executive certificate program called: Change the World: Leading with Purpose.

The Board and the Executive Leadership Team are confident that Dara is the best person to lead Uber into the future building world - class products, transforming cities, and adding value to the lives of drivers and riders around the world while continuously improving our culture and making Uber the best place to work.

What will happen over the next few months leading up to the election will have far - reaching effects, not just for American public policy but for global leaders, business executives and foreign policy throughout the world.

As a former Merrill Lynch executive, where he ultimately led six divisions and served on two executive committees in his 17 years with the company, he was named «No. 1 Producer in the World» by 1988.

«I am thrilled that this world - class group of executives will join me to further strengthen our iconic brands with our industry - leading go - to - market strategies, innovation pipeline, and global infrastructure.»

In search of best practices, Egon Zehnder and Family Business Network International interviewed executives and studied recent leadership transitions at 50 leading family firms around the world.

One of the world's leading design thinkers shares insights gained over a distinguished career working with executives and designers.

One of the world's leading experts on business etiquette and communications, Barbara Pachter shares her knowledge through seminars, keynote speaking, executive coaching and various print and digital resources including an e-newsletter and 10 business books covering everything from office tips to assertive communication.

Led by Encana Corp. chief executive Doug Suttles, companies that are employing innovations in drilling and hydraulic fracturing insist they can boost investment, employment and exports while contributing to efforts in Canada and around the world to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

«The Board and the Executive Leadership Team are confident that Dara is the best person to lead Uber into the future building world - class products, transforming cities, and adding value to the lives of drivers and riders around the world while continuously improving our culture and making Uber the best place to work,» Uber's board said in a statement late on Aug. 29.

The company is unique in its industry with an incredibly high - quality customer base, a forward thinking technology team led by founders Athani Krishna and Hari Subramanian, and a world - class executive team led by Dave Yarnold and Rick Gustafson.

Camry, Altima and Accord are leading the «core group that will be able to survive in a less friendly world,» said Karl Brauer, executive publisher for Kelley Blue Book.

CHICAGO, IL --(Nov 19, 2015)-- The Edison Awards, recognized as the world's leading innovation award, today announced that John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco Systems, will be awarded the prestigious Edison Achievement Award on April 21, 2016 in New York.

Led by billionaire Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg, Glencore is now the world's fourth - largest mining company following the Xstrata takeover.

Nearly 200 delegates from around the world, representing governments and leading technology company executives, were in attendance at the annual conference and awards presentations to discuss and recognize ways that broadband communications is making a practical but profound impact on the infrastructure, economy, businesses, governments and social growth.

Most recently, he spent six years on the executive leadership team at LinkedIn, where he led the company's entry into new markets around the world.

Liberals inclined to minimize the significance of a leftward inclination among the media elite might test themselves on the point by asking how they would react if the situation were reversed — if, in fact, the world taken for granted by the nation's leading reporters and news executives tilted to the right rather than the left.

TricorBraun, one of the world's leading packaging suppliers, has named George Dempsey chief operating officer and Mark Shepherd executive vice president.

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CHINA — China's leading dairy producer Yili Group will continue to boost product quality, with changing tastes driving changes in the global market, said its executive president on 25 January during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

TricorBraun, one of the world's leading rigid packaging suppliers, has named George Dempsey chief operating officer and Mark Shepherd executive vice president.

Master liqueur makers, led by Italy's Francesco Lafranconi, one of the world's foremost mixologists (now executive director of mixology and spirits educator for Southern Wine & Spirits), intend to expose enthusiasts and newbies alike to the range of bitter to sweet elixirs from centuries - old recipes still enjoyed the Italian way, with charisma and passion.

Dean & DeLuca, the world's leading purveyor of fine foods, is proud to announce Brian Bistrong as Corporate Executive Chef for market operations.

At that point the U.S. trailed Rhodesia, Germany, Chile and China, among others, and Joe Dey, the executive director of the USGA, was happily pointing out that six continents of the world were represented among the eight leading teams.

A World Rugby delegation, led by Chief Executive Brett Gosper and Tournament Director Alan Gilpin, met with FFR President Bernard Laporte and leading officials of the FFR to further key areas of delivery within the initial establishment phase, including:

Cenedella, who is mulling a run against Gillibrand, is the founder and chief executive officer of TheLadders.com, which the company describes as «the world's leading online community for professional jobs and professional job.»

In July 2011, following the revelation that the News of the World had paid private investigators to hack into the phones of Milly Dowler, as well as the families of murder victims and deceased servicemen, Miliband called for News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to resign, urged David Cameron to establish a public, judge - led inquiry into the scandal, and announced that he would force a Commons vote on whether to block the News International bid for a controlling stake in BSkyB.

Responding to the announcement of a climate deal in Paris, Matt Cullen, Head of Strategy at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: «Ahead of the talks in Paris, leading insurance CEOs and executives had urged world leaders to aim for a temperature rise of no more than 2 degrees.

Uber Technologies Inc officially welcomed its new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who has led online travel business Expedia Inc for 12 years, in a note sent to employees of the world's biggest ride - services company late yesterday.

CNN's Fareed Zakaria led a HuffPost and Microsoft sponsored panel on LGBT rights at the World Economic Forum in Davos which included J - FLAG Executive Director Dane Lewis, Russian and American journalist Masha Gessen, Human Rights Campaign Presi... Read

He did not speak specifically to any appointees other than Carson, but Democrats have expressed dismay over the selection of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General, fast food executive Andrew Puzder to head the Department of Labor, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration, mega-investor Wilbur Ross for the Department of Commerce, billionaire businesswoman Betsy Devos for the Department of Education, ex-Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin for Department of of the Treasury and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Osinbajo said this on Thursday when a delegation of senior officials from the World Bank, led by the World Bank Group Executive...

Osinbajo said this on Thursday when a delegation of senior officials from the World Bank, led by the World Bank Group Executive Director for Italy, Mr Patrizio Pagano, visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

CIA Chief Executive Steve Elliott said «This highly significant move shows great faith in the UK by one of the world's leading businesses, who I am proud to work with.

It was a traffic jam that, in the end, rerouted the career of the chief executive of the world's fourth - largest airline, and how one led to the other is a tale of power, politics and New Jersey wheeling - dealing.

Although he is credited with leading New York out of an economic crisis as governor in the 1970s, Carey also was remembered as a World War II Army colonel who liberated concentration camps; a savvy lawmaker whose tenure on the House Ways and Means Committee prepared him for the economic challenges he would later face in Albany; and a compassionate chief executive who never turned his back on the underprivileged.

Saratoga Springs, NY — The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, the county's designated economic development agency, will once again welcome more than 350 of the world's top semiconductor executives and technology professionals when it hosts the Saratoga Welcome Reception on May 2 as part of ASMC 2018, the industry's leading international technical conference.

In May 2003, the executive committee, led by Harold Varmus, Rick Klausner, and Elias Zerhouni, announced a call for ideas from scientists around the world.

As one of the world's leading experts in catastrophic risk management, the former Shell Oil Co. executive sifts through the wreckage to unravel the chain of events that triggers accidents.

The researchers did not include mild retardation resulting from lead exposure, which is a big problem in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, said Ken Jaffe, president and executive director of the International Child Resource Institute, a nonprofit organization that works on children issues around the world.

«What is exciting about this is that it's the most up - to - date information,» says Lisa Cohen, executive director of the Washington Global Health Alliance, representing many of the world's leading global health nonprofit organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The film's hard - science pedigree is guaranteed by its science advisor and executive producer, Kip Thorne, one of the world's leading experts on Einstein's theory of general relativity.

«We are excited to join forces with Drs. White and Kimmelman, two world - leading autophagy experts,» said Phil Jones, Ph.D., IACS's executive director and head of drug discovery.

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In the last few months of 2017 (which saw female - led movies top the year - end box office and female stories dominate the Emmys), the entertainment world was rocked by scandal, starting with the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, which were followed by accusations against executives, longtime actors and some of the industry's most powerful men.

Executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Fringe, Spider - Man 2) and Len Wiseman (Underworld, Total Recall) unveil their highly anticipated project with an exclusive world premiere screening of the pilot, followed by a Q&A with fans featuring series lead Tom Mison (Parade's End) andNicole Beharie (42, Shame).

Topher Grace stars as 26 - year - old executive, Carter Duryea, who works for one of the world's leading conglomerates, Globalcom.