Mr Gautam Banerjee
Executive Chairman
PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore 
 
Date: 14 May 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 8.00 am to 9.30 am (Registration begins at 7.45 am)
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Azalea Room, Mezzanine Level
Dress Code: Business Attire 

For 12 years, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been tracking CEOs' forecasts on topline challenges of concern across industries. Since the fallout from the current financial crisis, CEO confidence is at an all-time low. Worldwide, just 21 per cent of CEOs say that they are very confident about revenue growth in the next 12 months, down from 50 per cent from last year's Global Annual CEO Survey. As CEOs review their plans for the future, what are their top concerns, what do they expect from regulators and what trends do they foresee in the markets? Based on findings from the annual CEO thought leadership publication, Mr Gautam Banerjee, Executive Chairman, PwC LLP (Singapore) will draw insights from the current economic downturn and highlight the imperatives that will drive companies from survival to sustainable profits moving forward. 

Mr Gautam Banerjee heads the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore firm as Executive Chairman, and is also the Chief Operating Office of PwC's regional network of firms in Asia. During his 26 years with the firm, Gautam has been responsible for some of the firm's largest clients and contributed significantly to the development of PwC Singapore from a predominantly audit and tax practice to a multi-disciplinary professional services firms with capabilities in risk management, corporate finance and other business advisory services in banking and capital markets, telecommunications and technology.

Gautam is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore. He graduated with a First in Accounting and Financial Analysis from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Today, Gautam also serves as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore, a Member of the National Heritage Board, a Board Member in the Economic Development Board, Singapore, a Member of the Board of Governors of Singapore International Foundation as well as a Director of the Singapore School of the Arts Limited.

Report of IPS Corporate Associates Breakfast: “Leading Through the Global Financial Crisis: Insights from the PricewaterhouseCoopers 12th Annual Global CEO Survey” by Mr Gautam Banerjee  

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