Biographies
Jin Liqun
Mr. JIN Liqun is Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of China Investment Corporation (CIC). Before joining CIC, he served as Ranking Vice President, Asian Development Bank (ADB), responsible for operations in the South Asia, the Central and West Asia and the Private Sector Operations Department which covers all of ADB’s borrowing members. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Jin was Vice Minister, the Ministry of Finance, the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In that capacity, he served as Alternate Governor for the PRC at ADB, the World Bank Group, and the Global Environment Facility. He worked on a number of bilateral and multilateral economic and financial forums, such as the China-US Joint Economic Committee, China-UK Economic and Finance Dialogue, APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting, ASEAN Plus Three, and G-20...
David Murray
David Murray joined the Commonwealth Bank in 1966, was appointed Chief Executive Officer in June 1992, and retired from this position in 2005. The Commonwealth Bank is one of Australia's four major banks. It was founded in 1911 by the Australian government and its privatisation was completed in 1996. The Bank is one of Australia's top 10 listed corporations. In David Murray’s 13 years as Chief Executive, The Commonwealth Bank has transformed from a partly privatised bank with a market capitalisation of $6 billion in 1992 to a $49 billion integrated financial services company, generating in the process total shareholder returns (including gross dividend reinvestment) at a compound annual growth rate of over 24 per cent, one of the highest total returns of any major bank in Australia...
Bader M. Al-Sa'ad
Bader M. Al-Sa'ad was appointed on the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Investment Authority "(KIA)" on December 1st, 2003. Effective December 10th, 2003, Mr. Al Sa'ad was appointed as the Managing Director of KIA (the Chief Executive Officer). He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of KIA. Mr. B. Al Sa'ad has extensive experience in investments and financial sector for the past thirty years. Previous to his appointment as the Managing Director of KIA, Mr. Al Sa'ad was the Managing Director of one of the leading investment company in Kuwait, The Kuwait Financial Center (“Markaz”). He also has extensive experience in various positions at the Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East ("BKME")...