Gateway Partners CEO participates at Forbes Global CEO Conference in Bangkok

January 2019

Under the theme, “The World Reboots”, the 18th annual Forbes Global CEO Conference gathered approximately 400 of the world’s top global CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders. Gateway Partners CEO, V. Shankar, participated in a panel session at the two-day conference focused on the disruptive influence of financial technology on finance. The discussion tackled investment management strategies to capitalize on the opportunities presented by this brave new world, flushed with excess capital and new asset classes.

BANGKOK (October 30, 2018) – The 18th annual Forbes Global CEO Conference officially opens today in Bangkok, gathering some 400 of the world’s top global CEOs, tycoons, entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders. Under the theme of “The World Reboots”, this year’s conference will focus on how CEOs, companies and countries are confronting challenges and seizing opportunities arising from accelerating disruption.

Among the highlights of this year’s Conference, H.E. Somkid Jatusripitak, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, will deliver a keynote address in front of an audience of global business luminaries and thought leaders on the second day of the Conference, October 31.

Throughout the two-day conference, some 50 speakers will gather from around the world to generate insights on topics such as the world economy, technology, disruption, innovation, and investment opportunities in sectors such as finance and real estate. Panels will also discuss best strategies for leadership, entrepreneurship, family business, philanthropy and sustainable development.

The Conference features a lineup of distinguished speakers including Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media; Suphachai Chearavanont, CEO of Charoen Pokphand Group and Chairman of the Executive Committee of True Corporation Plc; Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Frasers Property Ltd; H. Roger Wang, Chairman and CEO of Golden Eagle International Group and Chairman of Committee of 100; Enrique K. Razon Jr., Chairman and President of International Container Terminal Services, Inc; Allan Zeman, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group; Goodwin Gaw, Managing Principal and Chairman of Gaw Capital Partners; Chartsiri Sophonpanich, President of Bangkok Bank; Suthiphand Chirathivat, Executive Director, ASEAN Studies Center, Chulalongkorn University and Executive Director, Central Group; Miwako Date, President and CEO of Mori Trust Co., Ltd; Fan Gang, President, China Development Institute and Director of National Economic Research Institute; Antoine Blondeau, Managing Partner at Alpha Intelligence Capital; Chairul Tanjung, Chairman, CT Corp; Neerja Birla, Chairperson of Mpower; Peter Moore, Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool FC; JP Gan, Managing Partner at Qiming Venture Partners; Mitch Garber, Chairman of Cirque du Soleil and Chairman of Invest in Canada; Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President and CEO of Vietjet Air; Tan Min-Liang, Chairman and CEO of Razer; Zhao Changpeng, Chief Executive Officer of Binance; Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines; Apichart Chutrakul, Chief Executive Officer of Sansiri; Carrie Jones-Barber, Chief Executive Officer of Dawn Foods and William E. Heinecke, Chairman and Group CEO of Minor International.

Other notable speakers include Harald Link, Chairman of B. Grimm; John Lim, Group Chief Executive Officer of ARA Asset Management Holdings Pte Ltd; Tan Hooi Ling, Cofounder of Grab; Kuok Meng Ru, Chief Executive Officer of BandLab Technologies; Shinta Widjaja Kamdani, Chief Executive Officer of Sintesa Group; B. R. Shetty, Founder and Chairman of NMC Healthcare; Mario Moretti Polegato, Chairman of GEOX Group; Serge Pun, Executive Chairman of Yoma Group of Companies; Patrick Grove, Group CEO of Catcha Group; Peter Sands, Executive Director at The Global Fund; Noni Purnomo, President Director of Blue Bird Group Holding; Jean Eric Salata, Chief Executive of Baring Private Equity Asia; Prakash P. Hinduja, Chairman of Hinduja Group of Companies (Europe); Yoshito Hori, President of GLOBIS University and Managing Partner at GLOBIS Capital Partners; Binod K. Chaudhary, Chairman of CG Corp Global; Xiang Bing, Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business; Jack Leslie, Chairman of Weber Shandwick; V Shankar, CEO and Partner of Gateway Partners; Hans-Paul Buerkner, Chairman of The Boston Consulting Group; Foo Jixun, Managing Partner at GGV Capital; Gary White, Chief Executive Officer of Water.org and WaterEquity; Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Global Chief Economist at MasterCard Inc; Jim Walker, Chief Economist at Asianomics Group and Parag Khanna, Managing Partner at FutureMap.

The Co-Host Sponsors of this year’s Forbes Global CEO Conference are C.P. Group and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited. Principal Sponsors are Central Group and Bangkok Bank. Corporate Sponsors are Sansiri PLC, International Container Terminal Services, Inc, One Bangkok, Indorama Ventures PCL, Thai Summit Group, Invest in Canada, Weber Shandwick Worldwide and Hill & Associates. Supporting Sponsors are Bank Mayapada, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau, FWD Insurance and Huawei Technologies.

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