PBEC Chairman Wilfred Wong and Chairman Emeritus Dr. Vachara Phanchet, co-Chaired the Horasis Annual Meeting in Zurich, 22-23 January, 2013. The Horasis Annual Meeting is the foremost annual gathering of business leaders from emerging and developed markets.

Wilfred Wong and Dr. Vachara Phanchet, co-Chairs of the 2013 Horasis Annual Meeting

Dr Vachara makes his introductory remarks to the 'Struggling for Resources' panel

The meeting's purpose was to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. The 2013 Horasis Annual Meeting focused on the scope for global institutional restructuring with sustainable regeneration following the recent financial recession and its attendant issues.

Horasis Chairman Frank-Jurgen Richter thanking PBEC for its support during a PBEC hosted dinner

A special panel with F.W. de Klerk, Former President of South Africa focused on the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate’s unique contribution to world history in initiating, leading and then handing on power to Nelson Mandela in what could be termed Africa's first Velvet Revolution. De Klerk emphasizing that he was convinced by the need to change when he assumed South Africa’s leadership in 1989. ‘Rather than making piecemeal concessions, I decided to accept the challenge of change and to end apartheid,’ he said.


Dr. Vachara Phanchet with F.W. de Klerk and Frank-Jurgen Richter


Wilfred Wong and F.W. de Klerk chatting during the opening reception

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For more information about Horasis go to Horasis.org