We are inviting emerging leaders from the public and private sectors to participate in our first leadership programme in Mongolia. A week in Hong Kong building the skills required to succeed in today’s complex business environment will be followed by a ground-breaking field project in Ulaanbaatar.
On Thursday 29th March, GIFT hosted 250 specially invited guests to a cocktail party in the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong to celebrate 25 Global Leaders Programmes.
Chandran Nair was a guest speaker of the 2012 TFWA conference, 13-17 May. He shared his perspective on the ‘Power and Potential’ in the Asia Pacific region and discussed both positive and negative aspects for the future of the travel retail business in Asia.
The latest publications and interviews in the Press Room: 1) Podcast: Chandran Nair speaks to Kim Hill on New Zealand National Radio 2) Can Asian Consumers Save the World? Interview with New Zeland Herald 3) An Asian Answer in Afghanistan, Chandran Nair for Project Syndicate.
Chandran Nair in FT Opinion: As economic power continues its shift from west to east, talk of an Asian century is once again widespread. President Barack Obama’s unveiling of a new US defence strategy last month with the Asia-Pacific region at its heart merely underlined this trend.
The second installment of illustrated articles asks:
Do Indian families need a big American snack food company to teach them new ways? Indra Nooryi, CEO of PepsiCo thinks so... "I want every product you eat and drink to be a PepsiCo product. I want a larger share of your stomach…”
This is the first series of book reviews by Asian writers on global affairs.
Title:
State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery,(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Author: Atul Kohli
