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Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises

Third meeting of the Asia Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Assets

 

The OECD Asia Network for the Corporate Governance of SOEs met in Delhi, India on 25th-26th June 2008, gathering high level participation from India and Asian countries.  The Secretaries from both Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises spoke at the opening of this meeting. 

 

Discussions focused on:

  • the policy brief on SOEs in Asia
  • issues regarding SOEs in Asia and other emerging markets, such as transparency and disclosure and equitable treatment of shareholders
  • the role of the OECD Guidelines and the soon-to-be-published Transparency and Accountability Guide as global references

 

Documentation

 

Speakers' presentations

Inaugural Session
  • Dr. S. M. Dewan, Director General, SCOPE
  • Mr. R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprise, Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises
  • Mr. Anurag Goel, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs

India Focus 2: The role of competition in fostering SOE efficiency
  • Ms. Pavithra Suryanarayana, Consultant, World Bank
  • Keynote address: “Challenges in converging towards IFRS for SOEs”
    by Mr. Richard Rekhy, COO of KPMG, New Delhi

Landscape: Recent policy reforms and main challenges in SOE governance
  • Mr. Fuad Azim Hashimi, President & CEO, Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance
  • Mr. J. J. Moreno, Vice-President, Philippines Stock Exchange

Update on OECD and World Bank work in the area of SOE governance
  • The WB SOE Review of Bhutan by Dr. David Robinett, Corporate Governance Unit, World Bank
  • The OECD Transparency and Accountability Guide for State Ownership
    by Dr. Mathilde Mesnard, Economist, Corporate Affairs Division, OECD

 Theme II: Monitoring and Reviewing SOE Performance
  • Mr. Fuad Azim Hashimi, President & CEO, Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance
    Ms. Lopa Rahman, Corporate Governance Project, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute

 

Theme III: Auditing Performance
  • Ms. Thi Phuong Thuy Tran, Deputy Director, State Capital Investment Company (SCIC), Vietnam

Theme IV: Reporting on SOE performance at the aggregate level
  • Ms. Thi Phuong Thuy Tran, Deputy Director, State Capital Investment Company (SCIC), Vietnam

Theme VI: Equitable treatment of minority shareholders
  • Mr. Abdul Wahab Jaafar Sidek, CEO, Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group, Malaysia

 

 

Further reading

 

 

For further information about this event, please contact:

 

Ms Mathilde Mesnard ([email protected]) 

 

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