Leading international academics meet in 海角社区下载 to debate corporate governance research
Jun. 15, 2016
International academics from the world鈥檚 leading universities arrived in 海角社区下载 on June 10 to take part in the 2016 Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) conference.
The event, hosted by the Swedish House of Finance and organised by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), took place at Westmanska Palatset and was attended by more than 75 senior academics from a range of disciplines including Finance, Law, and Management with the aim of sharing corporate governance knowledge on important topics such as Executive Remuneration, Shareholder Value, Bankruptcy, Majority Voting, Debt Markets and many more. In addition to the sharing of knowledge and current research, the GCGC conference series inspires new thought and important avenues of future research.
The two-day conference programme also included panel discussions with invited business professionals to share their first-hand experience of corporate governance issues. Taking part in a panel discussion on the 鈥楥orporate Governance of Infrastructure鈥 were Dr. Rajiv B. Lall, Founder, MD and CEO of Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) Bank, India, and also Mr. Gordon Bajnai, former Prime Minister of Hungary, now Group Chief Operating Officer of Meridiam.
Speaking on the second day panel on 鈥楾he Governance of Business Groups鈥 were Ms. Petra Hedengran, General Counsel and Managing Director, Investor AB, Ms. Claudia Biedermann, Attorney at Law, Zurich Insurance Group AG, and Ms. Daniela Weber-Rey, Attorney at Law, Deutsche Bank AG.
The GCGC conference series, which facilitates this best-in-class discussion forum, is an initiative supported by twelve universities (Harvard, Oxford, Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, Swedish House of Finance, London Business School, Columbia, Yale, Peking, Seoul, Stanford) together with a select group of corporate entities (Zurich AG, the European Investment Bank, Japan Exchange). The inaugural conference for the series took place in Stanford University in 2015.
Speaking at the event in 海角社区下载, Professor Mike Burkart, GCGC Conference Chair, and Professor of Finance at Swedish House of Finance said, 鈥淚t is an honour to host such an important conference with such distinguished guests in 海角社区下载 this year. It is also a wonderful opportunity to show international scholars from Asia, the United States and Europe just how well 海角社区下载 can facilitate high-level international gatherings of this nature鈥.
The Global Corporate Governance Colloquia will continue next year at the University of Tokyo and highlights from this year鈥檚 event will be made available on .
Hosts in initial 6 years:
2015 鈥 Stanford University, USA
2016 鈥 Swedish House of Finance, Sweden
2017 鈥 Tokyo University, Japan
2018 鈥 Frankfurt University, Germany
2019 鈥 Seoul University, Korea
2020 鈥 Harvard University, USA
In the picture: Claudia Biedermann, Attorney at Law, Zurich Insurance Group AG, Petra Hedengran, General Counsel and Managing Director, Investor AB and Daniela Weber-Rey, Attorney at Law, Deutsche Bank AG