UNEP Chief Achim Steiner Welcomes Papal Encyclical on Environment UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner issued the following statement today following the release of His Holiness Pope Francis’ second encyclical: “The UN Environment Programme welcomes Pope Francis’ unambiguous call to action in the face… Read More »
Walter Schalka, CEO of Suzano Named RISI Latin American CEO of the Year Walter Schalka, Chief Executive Officer of Suzano, has been named the 2015 Latin American CEO of the Year by RISI. The Award will be presented to Mr. Schalka at the Latin American Conference on August 18, 2015… Read More »
Nanowire LED Innovator Aledia Completes $31 Million Series B Financing With the Ecotechnologies fund The Ecotechnologies Fund, managed by Bpifrance Investissement on behalf of the French State as part of the Investments for the future program (PIA) entrusted to ADEME, made its ninth investment with Aledia. This investment of $7.9… Read More »
Polaris Private Equity acquires TRIAX A/S from Nielsen & Nielsen Holding A/S Polaris Private Equity has successfully acquired TRIAX A/S from Nielsen & Nielsen Holding A/S. ?TRIAX is an international market leader of innovative, high-tech solutions for reception and distribution of TV, radio and internet. TRIAX’ products and solutions are… Read More »
State Street Global Advisors Adds Strength to its Official Institutions Group with New Hire State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) today announced the appointment of Elliot Hentov as head ofpolicy and research for its official institutions group (OIG). Based in London, Hentov will report to Louis de Montpellier, global head of… Read More »
UBS names Mary Rozell Global Head of the UBS Art Collection Global financial services company UBS today announced that international art collection specialist, art historian, and lawyer Mary Rozell has been appointed as the Global Head of the UBS Art Collection, beginning in September 2015. She replaces Irene Zortea, who… Read More »
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Servier Enter Into a License Agreement for Development and Commercialization of an Oral Anticancer Drug TAS-102 in Europe Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(Japan) and Servier (France) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive license agreement on June 12, 2015 for the development and commercialization… Read More »
New senior FX structure reinforces Saxo Bank’s currency expertise Saxo Bank announced today that Kurt vom Scheidt has been appointed Global Head of Foreign Exchange at Saxo Bank. Based in Singapore, Kurt vom Scheidt started at Saxo in 2008 and has been instrumental in successfully growing the FX Options, the… Read More »
EUR 50 million Lilongwe water investment programme gets European backing European financial and technical support for investment to alleviate critical water shortages in Malawi’s largest city was confirmed today by the signature of finance agreements confirming a new EUR 24 million loan from the European Investment Bank to support the… Read More »
David W. Scheible, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Graphic Papackaging International, named RISI North American CEO of the Year Mr. David W. Scheible, Chairman of Graphic Packaging Holding Company and Chief Executive Officer of Graphic Packaging, Inc. has been named the 2015 North American CEO of the Year by… Read More »
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