General Reinsurance Corporation is an American multinational property/casualty and life/health reinsurance company offering a range of reinsurance products and services. The company is a primarily direct reinsurer and is represented in all major reinsurance markets worldwide through a network of more than 40 offices. Gen Re is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Lazard Inc. is a financial advisory and asset management firm that engages in investment banking, asset management and other financial services, primarily with institutional clients. It is the world's largest independent investment bank, with principal executive offices in New York City, Paris and London.
Sarah Elizabeth Mary Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, Baroness Hogg, is a British economist, journalist, and politician. She was the first woman to chair a FTSE 100 company.
Oriental Holdings Berhad is a Malaysian conglomerate, mainly involved in car dealerships as well as real estate development, manufacturing and healthcare.
Michael Wilde is a businessman who became Chairman of Southampton Football Club for two periods after the club's relegation from the Premiership, resigning on 2 April 2009, the day after the club's holding company, Southampton Leisure Holdings Plc, went into administration.
Sakumzi Justice Macozoma (Saki) is a South African former political prisoner who is now one of South Africa's most prominent businessman and a leader in civil society.
Thilan Manjith Wijesinghe is a Sri Lankan financier, entrepreneur, former cricketer and musician.
Antony William Paul Sage, known as Tony Sage, is a Western Australian businessman who was also the owner of A-League football club Perth Glory.
John Barry Prescott is an Australian retired businessman and corporate bureaucrat who was managing director and CEO of BHP from 1991 to 1998. Over his career, he has held numerous positions including chairman of Queensland Rail and ASC Pty Ltd, and director of Newmont Mining Corporation.
Promontory Financial Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM, is a global consulting firm that advises clients on a variety of financial services matters, including regulatory issues, compliance, risk management, liquidity, restructuring, acquisitions, due diligence, internal investigations and cyber security.
Lee Khoon Choy was a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party, he was the Member of Parliament for Braddell Heights SMC between 1977 and 1984, and Hong Lim SMC between 1965 and 1976.
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.
The New Year Honours 1952 were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire and Commonwealth. They were announced on 1 January 1952 for the British Empire, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, and Pakistan to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1952.
The New Year Honours 1973 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1973 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1973.
Bruce Hundertmark is a South Australian businessman and director of South Australian Nuclear Energy Systems Pty Ltd. Hundertmark travels between his hometown of Adelaide and Indonesia where he heads the drug discovery company PT Indo Bio Products and the molecular-biology-based developer, PT Indobio Diversita Guna. He is a former director of News International, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. He told Rupert Murdoch there was no point in launching Pay TV unless the broadcasts could be protected, and in 1987 Hundertmark backed a small start-up company which developed "Videocrypt" technology. The technology provided a mechanism by which Pay TV broadcasters could restrict their services to subscribers and proved to be of great value to Murdoch's growing media interests. Hundertmark has also worked in the nuclear industry and believes that South Australia should expand on its existing uranium mining and yellowcake production to develop enrichment capacity and ultimately produce nuclear fuel pellets and rods.
The New Year Honours 1922 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 30 December 1921.
Isentia is a media intelligence and data technology company owned by Access Intelligence and headquartered in Sydney, Australia. It has a corporate history dating from 1982. It has offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth (Australia), Wellington, Auckland, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City.
Trevor Charles St Baker is an Australian businessperson with interests in power station and fuel supply development. He is director of the St Baker Energy Trust and chair of Sunset Power International. He is founder and deputy chair of ERM Power Limited.
