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Messages From Commonwealth Heads of Government

Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia & Chair in Office of the Commonwealth The nations and peoples of the Commonwealth are enormously diverse, yet these values we share, our distinctive way of doing things and our distinctive set of concerns for the worlds people, unite us in a way that is truly wonderful ... Our friends in the Business Council call it the Commonwealth factor, the web of connections, friendships and values that drive opportunity among the 54 nations of our fellowship.

HE Armando Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique The Commonwealth Business Council is to be commended for their continued efforts on bridging the economic divide in the commonwealth and beyond, through the promotion of private investment and trade opportunities.

HE Goodluck Jonathan President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria I would like to begin by thanking the Commonwealth Business Council for being true friends and partners to Nigeria in our quest for development.

HE Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda I appreciate the unwavering support received from CBC during Rwanda's application to join the Commonwealth. Now that Rwanda is a formal member, we look forward to an even stronger partnership to promote business and investment not only in our country, but in Africa as a whole.

HE Ernest Bai Koroma, President, Sierra Leone I am delighted to be invited to address the Commonwealth Business Council, this great body of people with the common heritage, and the common support for each other, it foresees our democratic credentials, illustrates and demonstrates our recent peaceful transfer of power from one president to another.

HE Yoweri Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda Amongst the Commonwealth countries, there is significant untapped potential. With active involvement of the private sector in partnership with governments, this potential can be harnessed in a wide range of sectors...CBF provides an ideal platform to help achieve these goals in order to promote economic growth and sustainable development

Welcome Messages
Message from Alderman David Wootton The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor
The City of London is delighted to co-host the Commonwealth Economic Forum with the Commonwealth Business Council at Mansion House. The Commonwealth, with its rich and much valued diversity, provides great opportunities for its nations to work together to meet their trade and investment potential. We in the United Kingdom, in particular, look to grow bilateral trade with our Commonwealth partners and the new emerging economies. The City of London remains the world's pre-eminent financial centre and it continues to play a critical role as the financial hub for our Commonwealth partners. The City is also playing a leading role in developing socially responsible investment and in helping us to find the tools to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, such as sustainability and green finance. I therefore welcome the Forum's focus on important issues such as supporting entrepreneurs and enterprise, and how we can best support the vital SME sector. We can all learn a great deal from each other, so I welcome this opportunity for Commonwealth nations to come together to find ways of creating prosperity for all.

Forum Overview by Sir Alan Collins Director-General, Commonwealth Business Council

Against a background of continuing financial turmoil, increasing unemployment and growing inequality it is understandable that many are questioning the equity and sustainability of our current capitalist system. These voices are not just the unemployed or disadvantaged, but also some of our biggest business leaders such as Sir Richard Branson and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever who have called for a more responsible, inclusive and caring capitalism, which is driven by more than the bottom line. While the Commonwealth Business Council remains committed to private sector led development and making globalisation work for all, for our second Commonwealth Economic Forum we have adopted the theme shaping capitalism for global prosperity and sustainable growth. The Forum will focus on highlighting the positive impact business has on society. It will address economic policy issues around free and fair trade, employment and skills, support for small and medium sized enterprises, food security and short term decision making. It will also focus on areas where businesses can make a difference such as socially responsible investment, supply chain management, environmental sustainability and frugal innovation for pro-poor growth. Above all it will consider how we can establish more effective public private partnerships for the benefit of all. I believe that the Commonwealth, a diverse organisation of 54 countries, both developed and developing, spread over 6 continents, can play an important role in defining a better capitalism and also ensuring that a new model is adopted as widely as possible. Since our foundation in 1997, the Commonwealth Business Council has played an active role in improving corporate governance standards in developing countries, establishing business led anti-corruption programmes and encouraging companies to adopt meaningful CSR programmes in the countries in which they work. We are extremely grateful to the City of London for again allowing us to host the Forum at the magnificent Mansion House. As the symbolic heart of the worlds most important financial centre there could not be a more appropriate place to hold this Forum. Throughout its history the City of London has been one of the UKs most important charitable and philanthropic institutions and in more recent times has been a leading global voice on issues relating to sustainable and socially responsible investment, as demonstrated by the London Principles of Sustainable Finance. I look forward to meeting you at the Forum.

Confirmed Speakers

HE Mahinda Rajapaksa President Sri Lanka

HE Michael Sata, President Zambia

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede CEO Access Bank

Tom Albanese CEO Rio Tinto

Robert Blackburn Senior Vice-President SNC-Lavalin

John W.H. Denton Partner & CEO Corrs Chambers Westgarth

James Gatera CEO & Managing Director Bank of Kigali

Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick Global Head of Citizenship KPMG International

Larry Howai Chairman National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago

Duncan Learmouth Senior Vice President Developing Countries and Markets Access GSK

Deborah Leary CEO Forensic Pathways Limited

Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP Chairman Trade Out of Poverty

Penny Low MP President and Founder Social Innovation Park

Andrew Mackenzie Chief Executive Non-Ferrous BHP Billiton

Mian Mohammad Mansha Chairman Nishat Group

Hugh Morgan AC CEO First Charnock

Roy Newey Group Board Director A4e

Nigel Phipps Managing Director Moodys Investor Services

Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza Deputy Director-General World Trade Organisation

Andy Thorne CEO Kestrel Liner Agencies

Sev Vettivetpillai CEO Aureos Advisers

Chris West Director Shell Foundation

Forum Programme
Wednesday 6th June
0915 - 1000
Egyptian Hall

Opening Session: Shaping Capitalism for Global Prosperity and Sustainable Growth
Sir Alan Collins, Director-General, Commonwealth Business Council Alderman David Wootton, The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (TBC)

1000 - 1030
Egyptian Hall

Special Address by HE Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Networking Refreshment Break Creating Shared Value: Promoting the Relationship between Business and Society
Chair: John W.H. Denton, Chairman, Commonwealth Business Council & CEO, Corrs Chambers Westgarth Tom Albanese, CEO, Rio Tinto Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CEO, Access Bank, Nigeria Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick, Global Head of Citizenship, KPMG International Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation

1030 - 1100 1100 - 1245

Egyptian Hall

1245 - 1400
Salon

Networking Lunch hosted by SOFITOUL

Rodolphe Simo Kam, Managing Director, SOFITOUL

1400 - 1530
Egyptian Hall

1. Strengthening SMEs for Innovation, Growth and Job Creation

Chair: Penny Low, President and Founder, Social Innovation Park Ltd and Member of Parliament, Singapore Evelyn Oputu, Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Nigeria Sev Vettivetpillai, CEO, Aureos Advisers Roy Newey, Group Board Director, A4e International

Long Parlour

2. Utilising Natural Resources for Growth and Sustainable Development

Chair: Larry Howai, Chairman, National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Andrew Mackenzie, Chief Executive Non-Ferrous, BHP Billiton Jeyakumar Janakaraj, Chief Executive Officer, Konkola Copper Mines plc Robert G Blackburn, Senior Vice President, SNC Lavalin

1530 - 1600 1600 - 1715

Long Parlour

Networking Refreshment Break 1. Learning from Doing Business in Emerging Markets: Improving Business Models, Local Content and Value Addition
Chair: Zeinab Badawi, BBC News Imoni Akpofure, Director and Head of Western Europe, International Finance Corporation Duncan Learmouth, Senior Vice President, Developing Countries and Markets Access, GSK Andy Thorne, CEO, Kestrel Liner Agency

Drawing Room

2. Commonwealth Business Womens Network: Promoting the Role of Women in Business

Chair: Deborah Leary, CEO, Forensic Pathways Limited Naheeda Rashid, Head of Emerging Markets, Associate Director, HEOS Hermes Equity Ownership Services Freda Miriklis, International President, Business & Professional Women (BPW International) Marcela Navarro, Chair of WEConnect Europe and Executive Business Manager, The Royal Bank of Scotland Arif Zaman, Advisor, Corporate Governance and South Asia, Commonwealth Business Council

1715 - 1830
Egyptian Hall

Banking and Financial Services: Driving Growth in the Real Economy

Larry Howai, CEO, First Citizens Group, Trinidad and Tobago Nigel Phipps, Managing Director, Moodys Investor Services James Gatera, Managing Director, Bank of Kigali, Rwanda

1830 - 2000
Salon

Reception hosted by the City of London in the presence of HRH The Duke of York, KG

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Forum Programme
Thursday 7th June
0915 - 1045
Egyptian Hall

Free and Fair Trade: Making Globalisation Work for All Commonwealth Leadership
Chair: John W.H. Denton, Chairman, Commonwealth Business Council & CEO, Corrs Chambers Westgarth Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organisation Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP, Chairman, Trade Out of Poverty Hugh Morgan, CEO, First Charnock, Australia

1045 - 1100
Salon

Networking Refreshment Break Special Address by HE Michael Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia: A New Vision for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Africa Special Session on Investing in Zambia
Chair: Hon Robert Sichinga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia Andrew Chipwende, Director-General, Zambia Development Agency Carl Irwin, Executive Director, Zambeef Products Plc Jeyakumar Janakaraj, Chief Executive Officer, Konkola Copper Mines plc

1100 - 1130
Egyptian Hall

1130 - 1300
Egyptian Hall

1300 - 1430
Salon

Concluding Lunch hosted by Konkola Copper Mines plc African Business Awards in association with African Business Grosvenor House Hotel (by invitation only)

1800 - 2200

Gallery from Commonwealth Economic Partnerships Forum 2010

Alderman Ian Luder, Former Lord Mayor of London, Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, John Denton and Dr Mohan Kaul, Co-Chairs, Commonwealth Business Council

Senator the Hon Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados

Hon Samuel Poghisio EGH MP, Minister of ICT, Kenya

Rt Hon Lord Howell, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK

Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP

The inaugural performance of the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra

Tony Elumelu, UBA Africa, TCA Ranganathan, Export-Import Bank of India, Geoff Rothschild, Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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Speakers at CBC Events

Commonwealth Business Council

The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) was established in 1997 with a direct mandate from Heads of Commonwealth Governments to promote trade and investment amongst 54 member nations and increase economic linkages with non-member countries. CBCs goal is to achieve economic empowerment for shared global prosperity through the enhancement of private sector contribution to social and economic development. For more information please visit our website www.cbcglobal.org
HE Jose Migeul Insulza, Secretary-General, Organisation of American States, Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Sir Richard Branson

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Lord Green, Minister of Trade and Investment, UK Michael Smith, CEO, ANZ
Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman, BP Group, Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CEO, Access Bank, Nigeria & HE Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria

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