Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Desmarais & Li Ka-Shing Etc...things to know

Power Corporation of Canada
International Advisory Council 
according to the Annual Report 2003
The Honourable Paul Desmarais, P.C.
Chairman of the Executive Committee 
Chairman of the International Advisory Council Canada
The Honourable  William G. Davis,

P.C.,  Q.C.
Counsel
Torys LLP
Vice-Chairman of the International Advisory Council Canada
Former Premier of Ontario
On the Board of Directors of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Junichi Amano
Senior Corporate Advisor
Nihon Unisys, Ltd.
Japan
Dwayne O. Andreas
United States of America
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
Former Secretary of the Cabinet and Former Head of the Home Civil Service
United Kingdom
The Honourable Charles R. Bronfman, P.C.,
Chairman The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies 
Chairman of the Board
Koor Industries Ltd.
United States of America
Gustavo A. Cisneros
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Venezuela
Director Barrick
Michael Francois-Poncet
Vice Chairman
France
Baron Frere
Chairman
Belgium
Haas, Pierre
Honorary Chairman
Paribas International 
France
F. Ross Johnson
Chairman
RJM Group Inc.
United States of America
Donald R. Keough
Chairman
Allen & Company Incorporated
United States of America
Andre, Levy-Lang
Former Chairman of the Board of Management
Paribas
France
The Right Honourable Donald F. Mazankowski, P.C.,
Company Director
Canada
The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, P.C.,  LL.D.
Senior Partner 
Canada
Chairman of Quebecor World Inc, part of Quebecor
Member of the Board of Trizec Properties, Inc.
Member of the Board of AOL Latin America
Member of the International Advisory Councils of: CITIC
General Enterprise Management Services Limited
Sylvia Ostry, C.C.
Distinguished Research Fellow
Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto 
Canada
Moeen Qureshi
Chairman
Emerging Markets Partnership
United States of America
Schmidt, Helmut
Former Chancellor of Germany
Publisher, Die Zeit
Germany
The Honorable Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman
Federal Reserve Board
United States of America
NEW YORK - Paul Volcker man tapped by the United Nations to lead a probe into the troubled Oil-for-Food program, has potentially too-close-for-comfort ties to companies he's supposed to be investigating.  (Fox)  PREVIOUS:  Next crisis at UN may involve ties of Volcker, Strong    Questions for Paul Volcker   UN didn't ask Volcker to disclose finances    The Volcker Oil-for-Food Commission: Is it credible?   
Wei Ming Yi
Chairman of the International Advisory Council
CITIC Group
People’s Republic of China
The CITIC Group is the state owned conglomerate that oversees the Chinese government's international investments.  It was founded by Li Ka Shing and Henry Fok.   Li Ka-shing one of the world's richest men, is the owner of Hutchison Whampoa Limited and has been involved in such business activities as the Panama Canal, Suez Canal, and various other business deals of a global nature.  The relationship between his communications companies like Hutchison Telecommunications and their part in Internet censorship in China is at this time a question.   CITIC Pacific is part of this CITIC group and Paul Desmarais is a board member and is reported to have 4% of the shares.  CITIC is one of the 5 companies along with Minmetals that bid for Noranda.  The parent company of Noranda is Brascan, owned by the Bronfmans.  Charles R. Bronfman (see listing above) is also part of this advisory council. The chairman of Noranda is Trevor Eyton, Conservative Senator, appointed by Brian Mulroney (see listing above).
Wei Ming Yi also sits on the International Advisory Board of MMC: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc  along with John R. Evans, the Chairman of Torstar Corporation who own the Toronto Star among other newspapers and media and part of Sing Tao Daily the pro communists Chinese newspaper.  John R. Evans is also the chair of Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

 

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