| Temasek Review 2011

We shared experiences with friends and partners in Asia and beyond, covering corporate governance, talent management and risk management.

We engaged actively with business partners and friends, policymakers, think-tanks, and other stakeholders worldwide.

During the year, we hosted over 85 delegations from 28 countries, including Australia, China, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Norway, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.

We maintained regular dialogue with international institutions including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Commission. In Asia, we exchanged knowledge and shared experiences extensively with China’s State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) and Vietnam’s State Capital Investment Corporation.

Global leaders on our Temasek International Panel (TIP) and other special guests met in Singapore in September for the seventh consecutive year, for a series of strategic events including the inaugural Singapore Global Dialogue and the Sentosa Roundtable.

The Singapore Global Dialogue focused on key global geopolitical issues of the day, while the Sentosa Roundtable discussed major structural trends reshaping the fast changing global economic and business environment. The TIP meeting heard the views of distinguished guests which included Mr Jeb Bush, former Governor, State of Florida and Dr Han Seung-soo, former Prime Minister, Republic of Korea.

Developing Leaders

More than 90 learning events and 14 business forums were organised last year. The business forums brought together senior management of our portfolio companies, partners and friends to share issues including macroeconomics, M&A challenges, trends and board effectiveness.

Some 100 participants attended our three flagship programmes in leadership development: Young LEADERS!, LEADERS!, andGlobal LEADERS!. Joining the programmes were participants from Temasek’s portfolio companies and strategic partner organisations from China, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Sharing Experiences

More than 200 senior corporate leaders from Singapore and overseas came together at the inaugural Sentosa Roundtable to discuss issues relating to global economic governance, new strategic approaches for a carbon-regulated world and monetary policies in an unchartered economic landscape.

In Singapore, we hosted more than 130 participants from SASAC Central, SASAC Qingdao, SASAC Beijing, and China Investment Corporation for exchanges and workshops on best practices in corporate governance, human resource, risk management and information technology. Since 2005, we have interacted with over 2,700 participants from China under various directorship forums.

Temasek worked closely with SASAC Central to organise a SASAC-Temasek Directors Forum in Beijing to discuss corporate governance trends in China, Asia and across the world. This Forum brought together 40 corporate leaders from Temasek and some of the key Temasek portfolio companies to build on relationships with close to 150 board directors from leading Chinese State-Owned Enterprises who had previously attended the SASAC-Temasek Directors Forums.

In addition, we shared our experiences with over 600 SASAC representatives including Chairmen and CEOs of State-Owned Enterprises at the Corporate Governance Forum in Shenzhen.

The 6th Asia Banking CEO Roundtable was co-hosted by Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 2010. Twenty five Chairmen and CEOs of leading banks in Asia covered the theme of “Managing For the Future” and enjoyed the privilege of hosting Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz of Bank Negara Malaysia, as their Guest of Honour to deliver the keynote address on “The Changing Regulatory Environment and Its Impact on Asian Banks”.

Connecting with Alumni

Launched in 2008, the Temasek Alumni Network connects Temasek with close to 400 former colleagues through professional and informal networks. Events such as the INSIGHTS platform for senior alumni to share their experiences were well supported.

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