DHANIN CHEARAVANONT, CHAIRMAN & CEO OF THE CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP TO SPEAK AT THE 12TH FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE IN DUBAI, UAE

Tuesday 16 October 2012 15:59
For the first time on an international stage, Mr. Dhanin Chearavanont, Chairman & CEO of Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) will be speaking at the 12TH Forbes Global CEO Conference on Tuesday, October 23rd in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that will be attended by over 400 global CEOs, tycoons, capitalists, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. Under the panel titled, “Enlarging the Winner’s Circle”, Mr. Dhanin who is Forbes Asia’s ‘2011 Businessman of the Year’ will present his view on how Asian economies should play a bigger role in world trade as power shifts from the West to the East and will be joined by H.E. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister for Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates, Lindsay Fox, Founder of Linfox, Mohamed Mansour, Chairman of Mansour Group, and Xiang Wenbo, President of Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., the session will be moderated by Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media.

The Forbes Global CEO Conference will be held from October 21-23, 2012 and will be held in Dubai at the Madinat Jumeriah Hotel. Under the title “The Race Ahead”, global leaders will share their insights on how multinational companies strategize their businesses to be the first in the most promising markets after the financial crisis.

The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) is a Thai multinational conglomerate with core businesses in agribusiness & food, retail and telecommunications. Founded since 1929, the organization invests in 15 countries and employs over 250,000 worldwide. In 2011, CP’s annual sales were at USD 33 billion.

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