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.
AAbbas, 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
BBada, 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
CCamilleri, 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
DD’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
EEgashra, 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
FFalk, 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
GGabrielli 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
HHaldeman, 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
IIger, Robert A., Walt Disney Iijima, Masami, Mitsui Immelt, Jeffrey R., General Electric Ishiguro, Denroku, Alfresa Holdings Ito, Takanobu, Honda Motor Izuel, César Alierta, Telefónica
JJiafu, 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
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KKaisheng, 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 LLafont, 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
MMarchant, 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.
NNagayasu, 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
OO’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
PPage, 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
QQilin, Deng, Wuhan Iron & Steel Qinghai, Wang, Shougang Group
RRasmussen, 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
SSáenz, 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 |
TTakahagi 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
UUllman, Myron E. III, J.C. Penney
Vvan 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
WWalker, 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
XXiang’en, Chen, Henan Coal & Chemical Xiaobing, Chang, China United Network Communications Xiaochu, Wang, China Telecommunications Ximing, Niu, Bank of Communications Xubo, Yu, COFCO
YYagi, 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
ZZetsche, 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 |