WASHINGTON, June 9
The United States-China Business Council today announced the election of eleven senior U.S. business figures to the organization's Board of Directors.
At its Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, June 9, members of the Council approved a slate of new directors forwarded to the membership by the Council's Board of Directors at their meeting on June 8.
Council Directors on June 8 also named Michael R. Bonsignore, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell Inc., as the organization's chairman for 1999-2000.
Executives joining the Council's Board include the following:
Roger G. Ackerman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corning Incorporated
Carleton S. Fiorina, Group President, Global Service Provider Business, Lucent Technologies
Durk I. Jager, President and CEO, The Procter & Gamble Company
L. Oakley Johnson, Senior Vice President, Corporate and International Affairs, American International Group, Inc.
J. Bennett Johnston, Chairman, Johnston Development Co., LLC
Sean Maloney, Senior Vice President and Director, Sales & Marketing Group, Intel Corporation
Patrick J. Martin, Senior Vice President - Developing Markets Operations, Xerox Corporation
Terence H. Thorn, International Government Relations and Environmental Affairs
, Enron InternationalMorton L. Topfer, Vice Chairman, Dell Computer Corporation
Henry Wallace, Group Vice President, Ford Motor Company
Lawrence B. Zahner, President, GM China Operations, General Motors Overseas Corporation
In addition to Mr. Bonsignore, the Council's officers for the coming year include Ambassador Carla A. Hills (Hills & Co.) and Frederick W. Smith (FDX Corporation) as vice chairmen; Edgar Hotard (Praxair, Inc.) as Secretary-Treasurer; Larry L. Simms (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP) as Counsel, and Robert A. Kapp as president.
The US-China Business Council, headquartered in Washington, D.C. serves the business needs of more than 250 major US companies and firms. The Council maintains service offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Council is publisher of The China Business Review, the leading magazine on U.S. trade with China. Information on the US-China Business Council and The China Business Review is available at http://www.uschina.org.