TCI General Assembly 2011
2 December 2011
First Call 8.00am, Second Call 8.30am
Skycity Convention Centre
88 Federal Street
Auckland, New Zealand
For TCI members only: See the Call for GA 2011
About the Elections to the Board of Directors 2011
Election of New President
After two years of service, President Alberto Pezzi will complete his mandate in 2011. He will continue one more year in the Board as Outgoing President. The General Assembly will vote for a new president who shall be elected among the directors with at least one year in the Board. The Board is glad to announce the candidature of Christian Ketels for President 2011-2013.
Christian Ketels. Candidate to President 2011-2013.
Christian Ketels has been member of the Board since 2007, becoming Secretary in 2009. He is a member of the Harvard Business School faculty at Professor Michael E. Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Honorary Professor at the EBS Business School, Germany, and Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Christian has led cluster and competitiveness projects in many parts of the world. He is member of economic advisory groups in Europe and the Americas, has written widely on economic policy issues, and has been a frequent speaker on competitiveness and strategy in Europe, North America and Asia.
Partial Renewal of the Board of Directors
After three years of service, Director Barnabas Nawangwe will complete his mandate in 2011 and will step down.
The following candidates will be presented to the General Assembly for a vote:
• Klaus Haasis. Proposed new Secretary 2011-2013.
If Christian Ketels is finally elected as President, Klaus Haasis, elected Director 2010-2013, is proposed as new Secretary of TCI.
• Jaime Echeverri. Appointed Director March 2011-2013. Subject to ratification.
Jaime Echeverri was appointed interim member by the Board during the year. This decision will be presented for ratification at the General Assembly.
• Ted Lyman. Candidate to Director 2011-2014.
• Richard Walker. Candidate to Director 2011-2014.
New elected directors and confirmed positions will join the current directors who continue to 2012 and 2013:
Alberto Pezzi, Outgoing President, 2011-2012
Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, Treasurer 2010-2013
Amit Kapoor, Director 2009-2012
Rauli Sorvari, Director 2009-2012
Pierre Bonnet, Director 2010-2013
Nataliya Korchagina, Director 2010-2013
All the profiles of the Board Members and Candidates available on:
http://www.tci-network.org/tci/election_profiles
11 October 2011
