When engaging in government affairs activities, the firm’s CEO is uniquely positioned to affect the desired outcome for a number of reasons. The CEO:

  • Has the broadest perspective on the firm’s interests, strategies and priorities- now and in the future;
  • Commands the most respect when representing the firm at the highest level of foreign governments
  • Can tell a government official with authority that the firm is or is not behind a policy decision
  • Has the most credibility when committing company resources to support that policy decision.

Globalization is requiring companies to deal more with foreign governments. The only person who can represent the company at the highest level of these foreign governments is the CEO. If CEOs are not knowledgeable about government affairs in other countries, they can make horrendous mistakes when trying to do business there.

For many reasons, the CEO can be the corporation’s most powerful public and government affairs advocate. Internally, he brings the broadest perspective to the table where the company’s public and government affairs policies are set and strategies formulated.

CEOs who are the most effective at public and government affairs enjoy public policy and respect politics and government. They accept the differences between government and business, even if they find the culture of government bodies to be far inferior to the typical culture of corporations. They work to build positive relationships with government officials who are important to their companies. They pay attention to the advice of their public and government affairs staff.

 

A

Abbas, Shamsul Azha, Petronas

Aboumrad Daniel Hjj, América Movil

Ackermann, Josef, Deutsche Bank

Agon, Jean-Paul, L’Oréal

Akermann, Markus, Holcim

Akerson, Daniel F., General Motors

Al-Mady Mohamed H. Sabic

Albanese,Tom, Rio Tinto Group

Alekperov Vagit Y., Lukoil

Allen, Samuel R., Deere

Ambani, Mukesh D., Reliance Industries

Amos, Daniel P., Aflac

Andersen, Nils Smedegaard, A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group

Anderson, Richard H., Delta Airlines

Andong, Liu, China Post Group

Apotheker, Léo, Hewlett-Packard

Appel, Frank, Deutsche Post

Arai, Jun, Showa Shell Sekiyu

Arakawa, Shoshi, Bridgestone

Armstrong, Greg L., Plains All American Pipeline

Arpey, Gerard J., AMR

Arruda Villela Filho, Alfredo Egydio, Itaúsa-Investimentos Itaú

Asada, Teruo, Marubeni

Azéma, Jean, Groupama

 

B

Bada, Hajime, JFE Holdings

Bailly, Jean-Paul, La Poste

Ballmer, Steven A., Microsoft

Balsillie, James L., Research in Motion

Baojun, Jia, Sinosteel

Barrett, George S., Cardinal Health

Barskiy, Maxim, TNK-BP International

Batista, Wesley M., JBS

Beckers, Pierre-Olivier, Delhaize Group

Bendine, Aldemir, Banco do Brasil

Benmosche, Robert H. American International Group

Benoist, Gilles, CNP Assurances

Bernabé, Franco, Telecom Italia

Bertolini, Mark, Aetna

Bewkes, Jeffrey L., Time Warner

Bezos, Jeffrey P., Amazon.com

Bin, Xu, China South Industries Group

Blake, Francis S., Home Depot

Blankfein, Lloyd C., Goldman Sachs Group

Blessing, Martin, Commerzbank

Bock, Kurt, BASF

Boer, Dick, Royal Ahold

Bogdanov, Vladimir L., Surgutneftegas

Bolliger, Herbert, Migros Group

Bouygues, Martin, Bouygues

Bracken, Richard M., HCA Holdings

Braly, Angela F., WellPoint

Breedon, Tim, Legal & General Group

Brennan, David R., AstraZeneca

Brito, Carlos, Anheuser-BushInBev

Brown, Gregory Q., Motorola Solutions

Buckley, George W., 3M

Buffett, Warren E., Berkshire Hathaway

Bulcke, Paul, Nestlé

Bunsumpun, Prasert, PTT

Burd, Steven A., Safeway

Burns, Ursula M., Xerox

Bush, Wesley G., Northrop GrummanButola, R.S., Indian Oil

 

C

Camilleri, Louis C., Philip Morris International

Carreño, Rafael Ramírez, PDVSA

Carroll, Cynthia, Anglo American

Casale, Carl M. CHS

Casamadrid, Antonio Vivanco, CFE

Cazalot, Clarence P. Jr., Marathon Oil

Chambers, John T., Cisco Systems

Chang-Woo, Han, China Shipbuilding Industry

Chaudhuri, Pratip, State Bank of India

Chazen, Stephen I., Occidental Petroleum

Chen, Ray, Compal Electronics

Chenault, Kenneth I., American Express

Chengyu, Fu, Sinopec Group

Chey, Tae Won, SK Holdings

Chifflet, Jean-Paul, Crédit Agricole

Choi, Geesung, Samsung Electronics

Choo, Kangsoo, Korea Gas

Choudhury S. Roy, Hindustan Petroleum

Chung, Joon-Yang, POSCO

Chung, Mong-Koo, Hyundai Motor

Chênevert, Louis R., United Technologies

Clark, W. Edmund, Toronto-Dominian Bank

Clarke, Philip A., Tesco

Clyne, Cameron A., National Australia Bank

Colao, Vittorio, Vodafone

Collis, Steven H., AmerisourceBergen

Conti, Fulvio, Enel

Cook, Tim, Apple

Cooper, Alison, Imperial Tobacco Group

Cordani, David M. Cigna

Cordes, Eckard, Metro

Cote, David M., Honeywell International

Cousins, Richard J., Compass Group

Crandall, Roger W. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

Creel, Michael A., Enterprise Products Partners

Crenshaw, William E, Publix Super Markets

 

D

D’Ambrosio, Louis J., Sears Holdings

Davis, D. Scott, United Parcel Service

Davis, Michael L., Xstrata

Davis, Richard K., U.S. Bancorp

de Castries, Henri, Axa

de Chalendar, Pierre-André, Saint-Gobain

de Juniac, Alexandre, Air France-KLM

De Maeseneire, Patrick G., Adecco Group

de Margerie, Christophe, Total

de Oliveira Ferreira, Murilo Pinto, Vale

de Riberolles, Dominique, CEPSA

Degenhart, Elmar, Continental

Dekkers, Merijn, Bayer

DeLaney, William J. III, Sysco

Dell, Michael S., Dell

Deshu, Liu, Sinochem Group

Desmarais, Paul, Jr., Power Corp. of Canada

Diamond, Robert E., Barclays

Diekmann, Michael, Allianz

Dillon, David B. Kroger

Dimon, James, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Donahoe, Patrick R., U.S. Postal Service

Dougan, Brady W., Credit Suisse Group

Dudley, Robert W., BP

Duke, Michael T. Wal-Mart Stores

Dunn, Brian J., Best Buy

Durak, Osman Turgay, Koç Holding

Durante, Nicandro, British American Tobacco

Dutkowsky, Robert M., Tech Data

 

E

Egashra, Toshiaki, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

Elkann, John, Exor Group

Ellison, Lawrence J., Oracle

Elop, Stephen, Nokia

Elsenhans, Lynn L., Sunoco

Endo, Nobuhiro, NEC

Engel, Klaus, Evonik Industries

 

F

Falk, Thomas J., Kimberly-Clark

Faraci, John V. Jr., International Paper

Farr, David N., Emerson Electric

Fehrenbach, Franz, Robert Bosch

Féraud, Pierre, Foncière Euris

Ferguson, Roger W. Jr., TIAA-CREF

Fishman, Jay S., Travelers Cos.

Fok Kin-ning, Canning, Hutchison Whampoa

Forster, Carl Peter, Tata Motors

Franz, Christoph, Lufthansa Group

Frazier, Kenneth C., Merck

Frenzel, Michael, TUI

Frérot, Antoine, Veolia Environnement

Fujimori, Fumio, Aisin Seiki

Fushu, Zhu, Dongfeng Motor

 

G

Gabrielli de Azevedo José Sergio, Petrobras

Galán, José Ignacio Sánchez, Iberdrola

Gallogly, James L., LyondellBasell Industries

Gallois, Louis, EADS

George, Richard L. Suncor Energy

Ghizzoni, Federico, Unicredit Group

Ghosn, Carlos, Nissan Motor

Ghosn, Carlos, Renault

Glasenberg, Ivan, Glencore International

Goff, Gregory J., Tesoro

Gorman, James P., Morgan Stanley

Gou, Terry, Hon Hai Precision Industry

Gould, Andrew F., Schlumberger

Goyder, Richard J.B., Wesfarmers

Gref, Herman O., Sberbank

Grossmann, Jürgen, RWE

Grube, Rüdiger, Deutsche Bank

Grübel, Oswald J., UBS

Guangfa, Zhao, China Railway Construction

Gulliver, Stuart T., HSBC Holdings

Guloien, Donald A., Manulife Financial

Guoqing, Zhang, China North Industries Group

 

H

Haldeman, Charles E. Jr., Freddie Mac

Hammergren, John H., McKesson

Hazarika, A.K., Oil & Natural Gas

Heinricht, Frank, Heraeus Holding

Hemsley, Stephen J., UnitedHealth Group

Herkert, Craig R., Supervalu

Hernádi, Zsolt, Mol Hungarian Oil & Gas

Hess, John B., Hess

Hesse, Daniel R., Sprint Nextel

Hester, Stephen, Royal Bank of Scotland

Hiesinger, Heinrich, ThyssenKrupp

Higuchi, Takeo, Daiwa House Industry

Hogan, Joseph M., ABB

Holliday, Steven J., National Grid

Hommen, Jan H.M.., ING Group

Hong, Kuok Khoon, Wilmar International

Hongbin, Ren, Sinomach

Horta-Osório, António, Lloyds Banking Group

Hsiung, Ming-Ho, Cathay Life Insurance

Huillard, Xavier, Vinci

 

I

Iger, Robert A., Walt Disney

Iijima, Masami, Mitsui

Immelt, Jeffrey R., General Electric

Ishiguro, Denroku, Alfresa Holdings

Ito, Takanobu, Honda Motor

Izuel, César Alierta, Telefónica

 

J

Jiafu, Wei, China Ocean Shipping

Jiangchao, Hu, Zhejiang Materials Industry Group

Jianguo, Zhao, China Southern Power Grid

Jianhua, Shen, Shanghai Automotive

Jianxin, Ren, ChemChina

Jianyi, Xu, China FAW Group

Jichang, Zhou, China Communications Construction

Jiemin, Jiang, China National Petroleum

Jimenez, Joseph, Novartis

Jinhang, Chen, China Datang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

Kaisheng, Yang, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

Kaiwa, Makoto, Tohoku Electric Power

Kandarian, Steven A., MetLife

Katayama, Mikio, Sharp

Kato, Susumu, Sumitomo

Katoh, Nobuaki, Denso

Kelly, Gail P., Westpac Banking

Kennedy, P.J., SHV Holdings

Kent, Muhtar, Coca Cola

Khudainatov, Eduard, Rosneft Oil

Kim, Seung Yuon, Hanwha

Kim, Ssang-Su, Korea Electric Power

Kimura, Hiroshi, Japan Tobacco

Kimura, Yaichi, Cosmo Oil

King, Ian, BAE Systems

King, Justin, J.Sainsbury

Kirsch, Wolfgang, DZ Bank

Kleinfeld, Klaus, Alcoa

Klesse, William R., Valero Energy

Kloppers, Marius, BHP Billiton

Kluge, Jürgen, Franz Haniel

Kobayashi, Ken, Mitsubishi

Kobayashi, Yoshimitsu, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

Komori, Shigetaka, Fujifilm Holdings

Kondo, Shiro, Ricoh

Koo, Bon-Joon, LG Electronics

Krawiec, Dariusz Jacek, PKN ORLEN Group

Kron, Patrick, Alstom

Kudo, Yasumi, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Kullman, Ellen J., DuPont

Kumakura, Sadatake, Medipal Holdings

Kwon, Young Soo, LG Display

L

Lafont, Bruno, Lafarge

Laidlaw, W. Samuel, Centrica

Lam, Barry, Quanta Computer

Landel, Michel, Sodexo

Lankhorst, Gertjan J., Gas Terra

Lechleiter, John C., Eli Lilly

Lee, Jai-Seong, Hyundai Heavy Industries

Lee, Myles, CRH

Leiman, Ricardo, Noble Group

Lejiang, Xu, Baosteel Group

Lévy, Jean-Bernard, Vivendi

Li, Sun, China National Aviation Fuel Group

Lianhong, Huo, China Pacific Insurance (Group)

Liehong, Liu, China Electronics

Ligresti, Giulia, Premafin Finanziera

Lihui, Li, Bank of China

Lin, Maw-Wen, CPC

Lin, Simon, Wistron

Lippe, Stefan, Swiss Reinsurance

Liveris, Andrew N., Dow Chemical

Livingston, Ian P., BT Group

Li, Yuan, China Life Insurance

Long, David, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Löscher, Peter, Siemens

Løseth, Øystein, Vattenfall

Lund, Helge, Statoil

Lundgren, Terry J., Macy’s

Luscombe, Michael, Woolworths

 

M

Marchant, Ian D., Scottish & Southern Energy

Marchionne, Sergio, Chrysler Group

Marco, Rafael Villaseca, Gas Natural Fenosa

Mariani, Pierre, Dexia Group

Marks, Peter, Co-operative Group

Martinez, José Manuel, Mapfre Group

Masuko, Osamu, Mitsubishi Motors

Mathas, Theodore A., New York Life Insurance

Matsumoto, Masayoshi, Sumitomo Elecric Industries

Matsuo, Kenji, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance

McAllister, Michael B., Humana

McDonald, Robert A., Procter & Gamble

McGee, Liam E., Hartford Financial Services

McNamara, Michael M., Flextronics International

McNervey, W. James Jr., Boeing

Meakins, Ian K., Wolseley

Merlo, Larry J., CVS Caremark

Mestrallet, Gérard, GDF Suez

Meyrowitz, Carol M., TJX

Miller, Alexey B., Gazprom

Mingzhe, Ma, Ping An Insurance

Matarai, Fujio, Canon

Mittal, Lakshmi N., ArcelorMittal

Miura, Satoshi, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Miyake, Senji, Kirin Holdings

Miyata, Koichi, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Mizuno, Akihisa, Chubu Electric Power

Moerland, Piet, Rabobank Group

Mosa, Markus, Edeka Zentrale

Moss, Andrew, Aviva

Moynihan, Brian T., Bank of America Corp.

Muillez, Vianney, Groupe Auchan

Mulally, Alan R., Ford Motor

Mulva, James J., ConocoPhillips

Muneoka, Shoji, Nippon Steel

Murdoch K. Rupert, News Corp.

 

N

Nagayasu, Katsunori, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Nakagome, Kenji, T&D Holdings

Nakanishi, Hiroaki, Hitachi

Nakano Kazuhisa, Idemitsu Kosan

Nanterme, Pierre, Accenture

Nerurkar, Hermant M., Tata Steel

Niblock, Robert A., Lowe’s

Nightingale, Anthony J.L., Jardine Matheson

Nish, David T., Standard Life

Nishizawa, Toshio, Tokyo Electric Power

Niubó, Antonio Brufau, Repsol YPF

Nixon, Gordon M., Royal Bank of Canada

Noji, Kunio, Komatsu

Nooyi, Indra K., PepsiCo

Norris, Ralph J., Commonwealth Bank of Australia

 

O

O’Connor, Sean M., INTL FCStone

Oberhelman, Douglas R., Caterpillar

Obermann, René, Deutsche Telekom

Ohtsubo, Fumio, Panasonic

Okada, Motoya, AEON

Okafuji, Masahiro, Itochu

Olofsson, Lars, Carrefour

Omiya, Hideaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Orsi, Giuseppe, Finmeccanica

Ostrowski, Hartmut, Bertelsmann

Ota, Hiroshi, Suzuken

Otellini, Paul S., Intel

Oudéa, Frédéric, Société Générale

 

P

Page, Larry, Google

Palmisano, Samuel J., International Business Machines

Pandit, Vikram S., Citigroup

Park, Keun-Hee, Samsung Life Insurance

Park, Yongmaan, Doosan

Passera, Corrado, Intesa Sanpaolo

Paz, George, Express Scripts

Peixi, Cao, China Huaneng Group

Pemberthy, Javier Gutiérrez, Ecopetrol

Pepy, Guillaume, SNCF

Perissinotto, Giovanni, Assicurazioni Generali

Pérol, François, Groupe BPCE

Pessina, Stefano, Alliance Boots

Philips, Dalton, Wm. Morrison Supermarkets

Pinault, François-Henri, PPR

Pohl, Reimund, Phoenix Pharmahandel

Polman, Paul, Unilever

Proglio, Henri, Electricité de France

Prot, Baudouin, BNP Paribas

 

Q

Qilin, Deng, Wuhan Iron & Steel

Qinghai, Wang, Shougang Group

 

R

Rasmussen, Stephen S., Nationwide

Ratcliffe, James A., Ineos Group Holdings

Read, Ian C., Pfizer

Reithofer, Norbert, BMW

Riboud, Franck, Danone

Richard, Stéphane, France Télécom

Roberts, Brian L., Comcast

Roberts, Julian V.F., Old Mutual

Rodríguez, Florentino Pérez, ACS

Rodríguez, Francisco González, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

Roell, Stephen A., Johnson Controls

Roiss, Gerhard, OMV Group

Rollier, Michel, Michelin

Rorsted, Kasper B., Henkel

Rosenfeld, Irene B., Kraft Foods

Rust, Edward B. Jr., State Farm Insurance Cos

 

S

Sáenz, Alfredo, Banco Santander

Saito, Jiro, Japan Post Holdings

Samyn, Gilles, Cie Nationale à Portefeuille

Sands, Peter A., Standard Chartered Group

Sargent, Ronald L., Staples

Sarmi, Massimo, Poste Italiane

Sasaki, Norio, Toshiba

Sato, Hiroshi, Kobe Steel

Sato, Masatoshi, NKSJ Holdings

Sato, Yasuhiro, Mizuho Financial Group

Sato, Yoshio, Sumitomo Life Insurance

Scaroni, Paolo, ENI

Schlifske, John E., Northwestern Mutual

Schneider, Ulf M., Fresenius

Schröder,Ulrich, KFW Bankengruppe

Schwan, Severin, Roche Group

Schwartz, Gerald W., Onex

Seaton, David T., Fluor

Seidenberg, Ivan G., Verizon Communications

Seino, Satoshi, East Japan Railway

Senn, Martin, Zurich Financial Services

Seo, Kyung Suk, GS Holdings

Shamolin, Mikhail V., Sistema

Sheping, Wang, Jizhong Energy Group

Shibo, Qiao, China Resources

Shuqing, Guo, China Construction Bank

Sinegal, James D., Costco Wholesale

Singh, R.K., Bharat Petroleum

Skinner, James A., McDonald’s

Smisek, Jeffrey A., United Continental Holdings

Smith, Donnie, Tyson Foods

Smith, Michael, Australia & New Zealand Banking

Smith, Frederick W., FedEx

Snow, David B. Jr., Medco Health Solutions

Son, Masayoshi, Softbank

Spierkel, Gregory M.E., Ingram Micro

Standley, John T., Rite Aid

Steinhafel, Gregg W., Target

Stephenson, Randall L., AT&T

Stevens, Robert J., Lockeed Martin

Stewart, Donald A., Sun Life Financial

Stieler, Frank, Hochtief

Straarup, Peter, Danske Bank Group

Strangfeld, John R. Jr., Prudential Financial

Stringer, Howard, Sony

Stumpf, John G., Wells Fargo

Suárez Coppel, Juan José, Pemex

Sumi, Shuzo, Tokio Marine Holdings

Suzuki, Osamu, Suzuki Motor

Suzuki, Toshifumi, Seven & I Holdings

Swanson, William H., Raytheon

T

Takahagi Mitsunori, JX Holdings

Tanaka, Takashi, KDDI

Teyssen, Johannes, E-ON

Thiam, Tidjane, Prudential

Thodey, David, Telstra

Tillerson, Rex W., Exxon Mobil

Tokura, Masakazu, Sumitomo Chemical

Toledano, Sidney, Christian Dior

Toyoda, Akio, Toyota Motor

Trabuco Cappi, Luiz Carlos, Banco Bradesco

Tricoire, Jean-Pascal, Schneider Electric

Tsutsui, Yoshinobu, Nippon Life Insurance

 

U

Ullman, Myron E. III, J.C. Penney

 

V

van Boxmeer, Jean-François, Heineken Holding

van Houten, Franz, Royal Philips Electronics

Vanhevel, Jan, KBC Group

Varin, Philippe, Peugeot

Verwaayen, Bernardus J., Alcatel-Lucent

Vestberg, Hans, L.M. Ericsson

Vetter, Hans-Jörg, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Vettier, Jean-Paul, Petroplus Holdings

Viehbacher, Christopher, Sanofi-Aventis

Villis, Hans-Peter, Energie Baden-Württemberg

von Bomhard, Nikolaus, Munich Re Group

Voser, Peter R., Royal Dutch Shell

 

W

Walker, Donald J., Magna International

Wang, J.T., Acer

Wang, Wilfred, Formosa Petrochemical

Wasson, Gregory D., Walgreen

Watanabe, Koichiro, Dai-ichi Life Insurance

Watson, John S., Chevron

Waugh, Richard E., Bank of Nova Scotia

Weimin, Wang, China Metallurgical Group

Weiping, Xiong, Aluminium Corp. of China

Weisser, Alberto, Bunge

Weldon, William C., Johnson & Johnson

Wenke, Li, China Railway Materials Commercial

Wenrong, Shen, Jiangsu Shagang

Weston, W. Galen, George Weston

White, Michael D., DirecTV

White, Miles D., Abbott Laboratories

Wijers, Hans, Akzo Nobel

Williams, Michael J., Fannie Mae

Wilson, Thomas J., Allstate

Winterkorn, Martin, Volkswagen

Witty, Andrew, GlaxoSmithKline

Woertz, Patricia A., Archer Daniels Midland

Wongtschowski, Pedro, Ultrapar Holdings

Wood, David M., Murphy Oil

Wynaendts, Alexander R., Aegon

 

X

Xiang’en, Chen, Henan Coal & Chemical

Xiaobing, Chang, China United Network Communications

Xiaochu, Wang, China Telecommunications

Ximing, Niu, Bank of Communications

Xubo, Yu, COFCO

 

Y

Yagi, Makoto, Kansai Electric Power

Yamada, Noboru, Yamada Denki

Yamamoto, Masami, Fujitsu

Yamanishi, Kenichiro, Mitsubishi Electric

Yamanouchi, Takashi, Mazda Motor

Yan, Wu, People’s Insurance Co. of China

Yifang, Wang, HeBei Iron & Steel Group

Yilin, Wang, China National Offshore Oil

Yongpeng, Zhu, China Guodian

Yuanqing, Yang, Lenovo Group

Yue, Li, China Mobile Communications

Yuzhuo, Zhang, Shenhua Group

 

Z

Zetsche, Dieter, Daimler

Zhengfei, Ren, Huawei Technologies

Zhenming, Chang, CITIC Group

Zhenya, Liu, State Grid

Zhiping, Song, China National Building Material Group

Zhongren, Bai, China Railway Group

Zhongshu, Zhou, China Minmetals

Zuoming, Lin, Aviation Industry Corp. of China