Advisory Council

THE ASIAN BANKER SUMMIT ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN

Mr David Eldon Former Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and current Chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

David Eldon commenced a career in banking in 1964. He joined HSBC Bank Middle East, a principal member of the HSBC Group, in 1968. Following a 37-year career with the group, spent entirely in the Middle East and Asia, Mr Eldon retired as chairman of HSBC Asia Pacific and as a director of HSBC Holdings in May 2005. Mr Eldon holds a number of directorships and other appointments both in Hong Kong and internationally, including chairmanship of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority and co-chairmanship of the Korea Transitional National Competitiveness Committee, the first non-Korean to have held such a position. He has received many awards in recognition of his contribution to banking, in particular the Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement award.

Mr Cesar Virata Former Prime Minister of the Philippines and current corporate vice-chairman, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation

Cesar Virata is regarded to be amongst the most progressive political and financial leaders from the Phillippines, serving as Minister of Finance from 1970-1986 and Prime Minister from 1981-1986. Known for his tough economic policies and a clean international reputation, it was during Mr Virata’s time as Minister of Finance that the Philippines became economically strong through healthy trade and budgetary surpluses. Returning to private enterprise and serving as the president of the Bankers’ Association of the Philippines, he has been involved in strengthening the Philippines’ money exchanges. Mr Virata is now currently corporate vice-chairman of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.

Mr Paul Chow Former Chief Executive, Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Paul Chow has been a leading architect in the development of Hong Kong's modern securities and derivatives markets. He was former chief executive of the Hong Kong Exchange between 2003 and 2010 and a founding member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Previous to this, he was the Chief Executive, Asia Pacifi c ex-Japan Region of HSBC Asset Management (Hong Kong) from April 1997 to April 2003. Mr Chow has also made signifi cant contributions to the development of global fi nancial markets. He served as Chairman of the East Asian and Oceanian Stock Exchanges Federation from 1994 to 1995 and was Chairman of the Working Committee of the Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV, now known as the World Federation of Exchanges, or WFE) from 1995 to 1996 and an ex-offi cio member of FIBV's Executive Committee from 1994 to 1996. Mr Chow was Chairman of the WFE Working Committee from 2007 to 2008 and became WFE Vice Chairman in 2009.

Mr Ian Johnston Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, SWIFT

Johnston was appointed head of the Asia Pacific region for SWIFT in September 2007. Asia Pacific generates about 15% of total revenue for SWIFT and Johnston's vision is to grow that contribution to a quarter of the total by 2015 to minimise concentration risk arising out of being too heavily focused on Europe and the US. He was previously interim head of banking industry division in the Asia Pacific region, which included both banking and securities commercial activity. He joined SWIFT in 1993 with 20 years' experience in banking operations, international business, trade, treasury and communications.

Secretariat to the Advisory Council

Mr Emmanuel Daniel President & CEO, The Asian Banker

Founder of The Asian Banker, the most respected provider of consulting and intelligence in the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific region and other emerging markets. Mr Daniel has led it to become a combination of leading industry research, publication and consulting house, with a strong reputation worldwide.