Peter Robert Voser is a Swiss businessman, who is the chairman of the Swedish-Swiss company ABB. He was the CEO of the Dutch-British corporation Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009 to December 2013. He was interim CEO of ABB from April 2019 to February 2020. He started his career at Royal Dutch Shell in 1982, working in a number of finance and business roles in different countries. From 2002 to 2005 he was chief financial officer for ABB and Royal Dutch Shell. In 2004, he was appointed Royal Dutch Shell's chief financial officer (CFO) and then CEO in July 2009.
Robert P. Wayman was the former chief financial officer (CFO) of the Hewlett-Packard Company from 1984 to 2006. He served as the company's interim CEO in 2005, and was an executive vice president, as well as a member of the H-P board of directors. He died on July 22, 2022.
Datuk Seri Utama Tengku Zafrul bin Tengku Abdul Aziz is a Malaysian politician, banker and investor who has served as the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since April 2023. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is currently a Member of the UMNO Supreme Council since March 2023.
Julia Suryapranata Gouw is former president, chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors of East West Bancorp, Inc. and East West Bank. Gouw originally joined East West Bank in 1989 as controller and became executive vice president and chief financial officer from 1994 to 2008. Under Gouw's leadership, East West achieved 11 consecutive years of record earnings.
Tan Sri Dato' Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria is a prominent Malaysian sports administrator, chartered accountant, and corporate leader. Recognized for his influential roles in sports and corporate governance, Norza has been a driving force in transforming the sports landscape in Malaysia. Currently, he serves as the President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM), President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Malaysia, and Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for Southeast Asia. His contributions have earned him numerous accolades, and he continues to be a leading figure in both Malaysia’s sporting and business sectors. A Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant (FCPA) with CPA Australia and a Chartered Accountant (CA) with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), Norza brings a wealth of financial expertise to his various roles, underlining his multidimensional influence across industries.
Michel Combes is a French businessman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SoftBank Group International ("SBGI"). Previously, he was CEO at Sprint, and has held CEO roles at Vodafone Europe, Alcatel-Lucent and Altice.
Abdul Wahid bin Omar is a Malaysian banker and investor who has served as Chairman of the Bursa Malaysia since May 2020 and Chairman of the National University of Malaysia (UKM), one of Malaysia top universities, since November 2018.
Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee bin Wan Ariffin is a Malaysian businessman; the chairman of Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad, group chairman of Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad and Malaysia Airlines, and former president and CEO of Petronas. In 2021, he was appointed a member of the ExxonMobil board of directors, becoming the first non-American appointed to the board. He was ousted four months later during shareholder votes.
Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan is a Nigerian business executive. He was the managing director and chief executive officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Subsidiaries a position to which he was appointed from his former role as group chief financial officer and an executive director with the bank. He began his career with Afribank Nigeria Plc. in 1994, after which he worked with KPMG Professional Services, Citibank Nigeria, and the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) before joining FirstBank in July 2014.
Ian Ward Griffiths is a British businessman. He is a non-executive director of BBC Commercial and a Senior Adviser to Bain Capital.
Nicholas Jonathan Read is a British businessman who was the CEO of Vodafone Group plc from October 2018 to December 2022. Read currently works as a senior advisor for Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and is chairman of EXA Infrastructure. He is also a non-executive director for Booking.com.
Robert (Bob) Holmes Swan is an American business executive. He was CEO of Intel Corporation from January 2019 until February 15, 2021. He joined Intel as CFO in October 2016 from General Atlantic, after spending years as CFO at eBay, Electronic Data Systems, and TRW Inc. Following the resignation of Brian Krzanich as Intel CEO, he was named interim CEO on June 21, 2018, and appointed to full-time CEO on January 31, 2019. As of February 15, 2021, Swan was replaced by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. In July 2021, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced that Swan will be joining the firm.
Mumba Kalifungwa, is a Zambian accountant and corporate executive, who is the managing director and chief executive officer of Absa Bank Uganda Limited, a commercial bank in Uganda, whose assets were valued at US$1.19 billion as of December 2023. He took up this assignment on 1 April 2020.
Badrul Feisal bin Abdul Rahim was a Malaysian business executive. He was chairman and chief executive officer of UMW Holdings from 2015 to 2020.
Lynette Armstrong is a Botswana accountant and corporate executive, who was appointed as the acting chief executive officer of Debswana Diamond Company Limited, the largest diamond-mining company in the world, by value. She was appointed to that position in August 2019. Before that, from December 2015 until August 2019, Armstrong was the chief financial officer (CFO) at the same company. She relinquished he CEO/Managing Director role on 1 June 2022 when Andrew Maatla Motsomi became the new substantive CEO. Ms Armstrong resumed her role of CFO at Debswana.
Jason Quinn is the chief executive officer (CEO) designate of Nedbank Group. He previously was CEO in acting capacity, of Absa Group Limited, a financial services conglomerate, with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, and subsidiaries in eleven sub-Saharan countries. Prior to his current assignment, Jason was the chief financial officer of Absa Group Limited. In addition, he has been a member of the board of directors of the financial services conglomerate, since September 2016.
Maurice Kimutai Korir is a C-Suite executive in the ranks of Dentsu Aegis Network, a subsidiary of Dentsu Inc. of Japan, as the Chief Finance Officer (CFO). His working experience cuts across multinational and local companies including Mobil Oil Kenya, Kencell Communication Ltd, Uchumi Supermarkets, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Ogilvy Kenya Group, Fountain Enterprises Programme (FEP) Holdings.
Ahmad bin Mohd Don was a Malaysian banker and chartered accountant who served as the fifth Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia's central bank, from 1994 to 1998.
Amir Hamzah bin Azizan is a Malaysian corporate figure who has served as the Minister of Finance II and Senator since December 2023. He served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) from March 2021 to his resignation and political appointments in December 2023. He is the eldest son of Azizan Zainul Abidin, the former Chairman, President and CEO of Petronas.
Kandimathie Christine Ramon is a South African businesswoman and chartered accountant. Before taking early retirement in 2022, she was the chief financial officer at AngloGold Ashanti, where she was also interim chief executive officer between 2020 and 2021. Before that, she was the chief financial officer at Sasol and the chief executive officer at Cyril Ramaphosa's Johnnic Holdings.
