Friday, April 1, 2011
http://www.carlylecapitalcorp.com/
Begbies Traynor
Begbies Traynor (LSE: BEG) (until 1997 known as Traynor & Partners) is a firm specialising in corporate restructuring. They were formed in 1989, expanded through mergers and organic growth and were floated in 2004. The company employs over 500 people and has 45 offices around the United Kingdom.[1]
Charles House
Charles Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 4SF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begbies_Traynor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_McLarty
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/08-10-06/discussion.cgi.5.html
Mack McLarty, White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates, Carlyle Senior Advisor
http://www.theofficialboard.com/org-chart/global-crossing
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_Crossing_Development_Corporation
http://www.globalcrossing.com/company/company_board_sachs.aspx
Robert Sachs
Mr. Sachs has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He has been a principal of Continental Consulting Group, LLC, a Boston, Massachusetts based consulting firm serving the cable television industry, since February 2005, having previously held that same position from January 1998 through July 1999. From August 1999 through February 2005, Mr. Sachs was president and chief executive officer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the principal trade association of the cable industry in the United States, representing cable television operators, program services, and equipment and service providers. Prior to co-founding Continental Consulting Group in 1998, Mr. Sachs served in various legal and executive capacities for Continental Cablevision, Inc. and its successor, MediaOne, for 18 years. Mr. Sachs serves as a trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts and is vice-chair of the national Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kissinger_McLarty_Associates
Global Crossing Holdings Ltd. may be struggling to get past regulatory hurdles and bankruptcy, but the carrier also has some friends in some very high places ready to help get it out of the fix.
Adding to the list of heavyweight lobbyists and advisors already on its payroll, Global Crossing recently retained Defense Policy Board chairman (and Donald Rumsfeld friend) Richard Perle. He is, according to a company spokesperson, providing advice on how to convince the U.S. Department of Defense to take down the national security barricades blocking a buyout that could enable the carrier to emerge from Chapter 11.
“Richard Perle is providing guidance to help us through the regulatory approval process in Washington, D.C.,” says a Global Crossing spokesperson. “His policy expertise and advice is highly valued in advising Global Crossing on the various areas of public interest that impact the regulatory approval process in the U.S.”
According to a source close to the company, Global Crossing is paying Perle a total of $725,000. That sum includes a $600,000 bonus if the government approves the Hutchison-STT deal.
Global Crossing is seeking government approval of the sale of the company to Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (Hong Kong: 0013) and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte. Ltd. (STT). A bankruptcy court judge approved the Asia duo’s $250 million bid for a 61.5 percent stake in the carrier last year, but the carrier still needs the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) (see Court OKs GlobalX Reorg Plan). While the FCC is expected to approve the plan soon, the CFIUS very likely won’t. With opposition to the plan from the Defense Department, the Pentagon, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) , which claim that placing Global Crossing’s 20,000-mile fiber-optic network under Chinese ownership could present a national security risk, some observers speculate that the Committee could block the sale altogether.
Others, however, think CFIUS will let the deal go through, but with several limitations, including requiring the carrier to give up some, if not all, of the contracts it holds with the U.S. government. “They may have government contracts that have to be abandoned,” says Frank Dzubeck of Communications Network Architects. “You often see compromises like that taking place… I think it will go through with modifications.”
Global Crossing has reportedly offered to place sensitive parts of its network under the control of a committee with national security clearance. No matter what concessions it makes, the carrier doesn’t seem to expect the issue to be resolved anytime soon. According to reports, the company appealed for an extension to its March 31 deadline for approval. Global Crossing wouldn’t comment on the matter beyond stating that it continues to cooperate with regulators.
While Global Crossing is keeping its fingers crossed in hopes that its new lobbying efforts will pay off, others are hoping they won’t. Last month, New Jersey telecom group IDT Corp. made a rival $255 million bid for the carrier, insisting that the close link between Hutchison founder Li Ka-Shing with Beijing poses a serious security threat. Global Crossing’s creditors, however, reaffirmed their commitment to the Hutchison-STT deal earlier this month.
In view of Perle’s substantial influence over policy decisions, a regulatory blessing could be closer than some observers expect.
Global Crossing already engages lobbyists Covington & Burling and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP & Affiliates and has hired former secretary of state Henry Kissinger -- through his law firm, Kissinger McLarty Associates -- as an advisor, according to Global Crossing’s bankruptcy filings.
But while the above certainly have significant clout, they can’t touch Perle on influence with the current government. For someone who, among other things, has been credited with helping form the policy that today has bombs pulverizing Baghdad, getting the DOD to go along with a small business deal should be a piece of cake.
Global Crossing insists that there is nothing out of the ordinary in engaging someone of Perle’s stature to help it through the regulatory process. “It is common practice to engage expert legal counsel and regulatory advisors to provide guidance in matters involving government approvals,” the company spokesperson says.
— Eugénie Larson, Reporter, Light Reading
Begbies Traynor
Begbies Traynor (LSE: BEG) (until 1997 known as Traynor & Partners) is a firm specialising in corporate restructuring. They were formed in 1989, expanded through mergers and organic growth and were floated in 2004. The company employs over 500 people and has 45 offices around the United Kingdom.[1]
Charles House
Charles Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 4SF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begbies_Traynor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_McLarty
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/08-10-06/discussion.cgi.5.html
Mack McLarty, White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates, Carlyle Senior Advisor
http://www.theofficialboard.com/org-chart/global-crossing
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_Crossing_Development_Corporation
http://www.globalcrossing.com/company/company_board_sachs.aspx
Robert Sachs
Mr. Sachs has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He has been a principal of Continental Consulting Group, LLC, a Boston, Massachusetts based consulting firm serving the cable television industry, since February 2005, having previously held that same position from January 1998 through July 1999. From August 1999 through February 2005, Mr. Sachs was president and chief executive officer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the principal trade association of the cable industry in the United States, representing cable television operators, program services, and equipment and service providers. Prior to co-founding Continental Consulting Group in 1998, Mr. Sachs served in various legal and executive capacities for Continental Cablevision, Inc. and its successor, MediaOne, for 18 years. Mr. Sachs serves as a trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts and is vice-chair of the national Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kissinger_McLarty_Associates
Pentagon Pal Perle Gets GX Paycheck
March 24, 2003 | Comment (1) | 
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Adding to the list of heavyweight lobbyists and advisors already on its payroll, Global Crossing recently retained Defense Policy Board chairman (and Donald Rumsfeld friend) Richard Perle. He is, according to a company spokesperson, providing advice on how to convince the U.S. Department of Defense to take down the national security barricades blocking a buyout that could enable the carrier to emerge from Chapter 11.
“Richard Perle is providing guidance to help us through the regulatory approval process in Washington, D.C.,” says a Global Crossing spokesperson. “His policy expertise and advice is highly valued in advising Global Crossing on the various areas of public interest that impact the regulatory approval process in the U.S.”
According to a source close to the company, Global Crossing is paying Perle a total of $725,000. That sum includes a $600,000 bonus if the government approves the Hutchison-STT deal.
Global Crossing is seeking government approval of the sale of the company to Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (Hong Kong: 0013) and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte. Ltd. (STT). A bankruptcy court judge approved the Asia duo’s $250 million bid for a 61.5 percent stake in the carrier last year, but the carrier still needs the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) (see Court OKs GlobalX Reorg Plan). While the FCC is expected to approve the plan soon, the CFIUS very likely won’t. With opposition to the plan from the Defense Department, the Pentagon, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) , which claim that placing Global Crossing’s 20,000-mile fiber-optic network under Chinese ownership could present a national security risk, some observers speculate that the Committee could block the sale altogether.
Others, however, think CFIUS will let the deal go through, but with several limitations, including requiring the carrier to give up some, if not all, of the contracts it holds with the U.S. government. “They may have government contracts that have to be abandoned,” says Frank Dzubeck of Communications Network Architects. “You often see compromises like that taking place… I think it will go through with modifications.”
Global Crossing has reportedly offered to place sensitive parts of its network under the control of a committee with national security clearance. No matter what concessions it makes, the carrier doesn’t seem to expect the issue to be resolved anytime soon. According to reports, the company appealed for an extension to its March 31 deadline for approval. Global Crossing wouldn’t comment on the matter beyond stating that it continues to cooperate with regulators.
While Global Crossing is keeping its fingers crossed in hopes that its new lobbying efforts will pay off, others are hoping they won’t. Last month, New Jersey telecom group IDT Corp. made a rival $255 million bid for the carrier, insisting that the close link between Hutchison founder Li Ka-Shing with Beijing poses a serious security threat. Global Crossing’s creditors, however, reaffirmed their commitment to the Hutchison-STT deal earlier this month.
In view of Perle’s substantial influence over policy decisions, a regulatory blessing could be closer than some observers expect.
Global Crossing already engages lobbyists Covington & Burling and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP & Affiliates and has hired former secretary of state Henry Kissinger -- through his law firm, Kissinger McLarty Associates -- as an advisor, according to Global Crossing’s bankruptcy filings.
But while the above certainly have significant clout, they can’t touch Perle on influence with the current government. For someone who, among other things, has been credited with helping form the policy that today has bombs pulverizing Baghdad, getting the DOD to go along with a small business deal should be a piece of cake.
Global Crossing insists that there is nothing out of the ordinary in engaging someone of Perle’s stature to help it through the regulatory process. “It is common practice to engage expert legal counsel and regulatory advisors to provide guidance in matters involving government approvals,” the company spokesperson says.
— Eugénie Larson, Reporter, Light Reading
Sunday, March 6, 2011
http://farmwars.info/?p=5295
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Roberts_Noble_Foundation
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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, based in Ardmore, OK, was "organized in 1945 by Lloyd Noble, a southern Oklahoma native and successful oil man" and named to "honor his father, Samuel Roberts Noble,... who established a hardware business in Ardmore a century ago."
Established "with the underlying goal of helping farmers and ranchers make wiser and more productive use of their land," the Biomedical Division, "established in 1952, helped pioneer many of the treatments now being utilized in the battle against cancer. In 1993 the Biomedical Division relocated to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City.
"The Plant Biology Division was established in 1987. Its mission is to perform both fundamental and applied research on plant-microbe interactions and genetically modify plants for improved disease resistance and production potential. Collaborative efforts with the Agricultural Division provide a unique opportunity to see the fruits of cutting-edge molecular research reach the nation's farmers and ranchers.
"The Forage Improvement Division was established in 1997 to develop improved forage varieties that farmers and ranchers can use to decrease livestock production costs."[1]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Roberts_Noble_Foundation
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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, based in Ardmore, OK, was "organized in 1945 by Lloyd Noble, a southern Oklahoma native and successful oil man" and named to "honor his father, Samuel Roberts Noble,... who established a hardware business in Ardmore a century ago."
Established "with the underlying goal of helping farmers and ranchers make wiser and more productive use of their land," the Biomedical Division, "established in 1952, helped pioneer many of the treatments now being utilized in the battle against cancer. In 1993 the Biomedical Division relocated to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City.
"The Plant Biology Division was established in 1987. Its mission is to perform both fundamental and applied research on plant-microbe interactions and genetically modify plants for improved disease resistance and production potential. Collaborative efforts with the Agricultural Division provide a unique opportunity to see the fruits of cutting-edge molecular research reach the nation's farmers and ranchers.
"The Forage Improvement Division was established in 1997 to develop improved forage varieties that farmers and ranchers can use to decrease livestock production costs."[1]
Friday, February 25, 2011
Group of Thirty (Timothy Geithner) video
http://wn.com/group_of_thirty
Geithner told AIG not to reveal details about banks youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27AzEUw3sE&feature=related
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/09usofficials/2009-05/31/content_7955871.htm
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Jacob A. Frenkel, Vice Chairman, American International Group, Inc. and Chairman, AIG's Global Economic Strategies Group, New York, NY; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, G-30; former Chairman, Merrill Lynch International; former Governor, Bank of Israel; former Economic Counselor and Director of Research, IMF; former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank; former David Rockefeller Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_A._Frenkel
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Jacob Aharon Frenkel (Hebrew: יעקב אהרן פרנקל; born in 1943) is an Israeli economist and businessman. He is the former Governor of the Bank of Israel and currently serves as Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International.
Frenkel is currently the Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, which executes the international strategy of the American financial services firm.[1] He also serves as Chairman and CEO of the Group of Thirty (G-30), which is a private, nonprofit, consultative group on international economic and monetary affairs.
Frenkel served from 2004 to 2009 as Vice Chairman of American International Group (AIG) and from 2000 to 2004 as Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, as well as Chairman of Merrill Lynch’s Sovereign Advisory and Global Financial Institutions Groups. Between 1991 and 2000 he served two terms as the Governor of the Bank of Israel. He is credited with reducing inflation in Israel and achieving price stability, liberalizing Israel’s financial markets, removing foreign exchange controls, and integrating the Israeli economy into the global financial system. During 1995-1996, Frenkel served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and, during 1999-2000, as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Between 1987 and 1991, he was the Economic Counselor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund, and between 1973 and 1987 he was on the faculty of the University of Chicago where he held the position of the David Rockefeller Professor of International Economics and served as Editor of the Journal of Political Economy.
He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Trilateral Commission, a member of the board of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of the Investment Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of Turkey, and a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Development Bank. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics.
http://www.jpmorgan.com/cm/cs?pagename=JPM_redesign/JPM_Content_C/Generic_Detail_Page_Template&cid=1259886088790&c=JPM_Content_C
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http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/01/30/davos-cross-post-aig-vice-chairman-jacob-frenkel-says-its-not-his-fault-because-hes-vice-chairman-in-name-only/
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http://wn.com/group_of_thirty
Geithner told AIG not to reveal details about banks youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27AzEUw3sE&feature=related
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/09usofficials/2009-05/31/content_7955871.htm
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Early life and education
Geithner was born in Brooklyn, New York. He spent most of his childhood living outside the United States, including present-day Zimbabwe, Zambia, India and Thailand where he completed high school at International School Bangkok. He attended Camp Becket-in-the-Berkshires-for-boys, a summer camp located in western Massachusetts. He then attended Dartmouth College, graduating with a B.A. in government and Asian studies in 1983. He earned an M.A. in international economics and East Asian studies from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in 1985. He has studied Chinese and Japanese.
Geithner's paternal grandfather, Paul Herman Geithner (1902–1972), emigrated with his parents from Zeulenroda, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1908. His father, Peter F. Geithner, is the director of the Asia program at the Ford Foundation in New York. During the early 1980s, Peter Geithner oversaw the Ford Foundation's microfinance programs in Indonesia being developed by S. Ann Dunham-Soetoro, President Barack Obama's mother, and they met in person at least once. Timothy Geithner's mother, Deborah Moore Geithner, is a pianist and piano teacher in Larchmont, New York where his parents currently reside. Geithner's maternal grandfather, Charles F. Moore, was an adviser to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and served as Vice President of Public Relations from 1952-1964 for Ford Motor Company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
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Dunham studied at the University of Hawaii and the East-West Center and attained a bachelor's in anthropology or mathematics[4] and master's and Ph.D. in anthropology.[5] Interested in craftsmanship, weaving and the role of women in cottage industries, Dunham's research focused on women's work on the island of Java and blacksmithing in Indonesia. To address the problem of poverty in rural villages, she created microcredit programs while working as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development. Dunham was also employed by the Ford Foundation in Jakarta and she consulted with the Asian Development Bank in Pakistan. Towards the latter part of her life, she worked with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, where she helped apply her research to the largest microfinance program in the world.[5]
http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NWO/Trilateral_Members.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
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Dunham studied at the University of Hawaii and the East-West Center and attained a bachelor's in anthropology or mathematics[4] and master's and Ph.D. in anthropology.[5] Interested in craftsmanship, weaving and the role of women in cottage industries, Dunham's research focused on women's work on the island of Java and blacksmithing in Indonesia. To address the problem of poverty in rural villages, she created microcredit programs while working as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development. Dunham was also employed by the Ford Foundation in Jakarta and she consulted with the Asian Development Bank in Pakistan. Towards the latter part of her life, she worked with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, where she helped apply her research to the largest microfinance program in the world.[5]
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Jacob A. Frenkel, Vice Chairman, American International Group, Inc. and Chairman, AIG's Global Economic Strategies Group, New York, NY; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, G-30; former Chairman, Merrill Lynch International; former Governor, Bank of Israel; former Economic Counselor and Director of Research, IMF; former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank; former David Rockefeller Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_A._Frenkel
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| Jacob A. Frenkel | |
|---|---|
 Frenkel, October 16, 2007 | |
| Born | 1943 British Mandate of Palestine |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | JPMorgan Chase 2009-Present AIG 2004- Group of Thirty Merrill Lynch 2000-04 Bank of Israel 1991-00 IMF 1987-91 University of Chicago 1973-87 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, B.A. |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Mundell |
Jacob Aharon Frenkel (Hebrew: יעקב אהרן פרנקל; born in 1943) is an Israeli economist and businessman. He is the former Governor of the Bank of Israel and currently serves as Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International.
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Dr. Frenkel earned a B.A. in economics and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Chicago.Frenkel is currently the Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, which executes the international strategy of the American financial services firm.[1] He also serves as Chairman and CEO of the Group of Thirty (G-30), which is a private, nonprofit, consultative group on international economic and monetary affairs.
Frenkel served from 2004 to 2009 as Vice Chairman of American International Group (AIG) and from 2000 to 2004 as Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, as well as Chairman of Merrill Lynch’s Sovereign Advisory and Global Financial Institutions Groups. Between 1991 and 2000 he served two terms as the Governor of the Bank of Israel. He is credited with reducing inflation in Israel and achieving price stability, liberalizing Israel’s financial markets, removing foreign exchange controls, and integrating the Israeli economy into the global financial system. During 1995-1996, Frenkel served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and, during 1999-2000, as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Between 1987 and 1991, he was the Economic Counselor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund, and between 1973 and 1987 he was on the faculty of the University of Chicago where he held the position of the David Rockefeller Professor of International Economics and served as Editor of the Journal of Political Economy.
He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Trilateral Commission, a member of the board of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of the Investment Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of Turkey, and a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Development Bank. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics.
http://www.jpmorgan.com/cm/cs?pagename=JPM_redesign/JPM_Content_C/Generic_Detail_Page_Template&cid=1259886088790&c=JPM_Content_C
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Dr. Jacob Frenkel appointed Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International
Dec 08, 2009
New York, December 8, 2009 – JPMorgan Chase announced today that Dr. Jacob Frenkel will join the firm as Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, and will become a member of the JPMorgan Chase Executive Committee and the International Council.
Dr. Frenkel is the Chairman of the Group of Thirty (G30), a private, nonprofit consultative group on international economic and monetary affairs, and plays leadership roles in a number of other leading international organizations. From 1991 to 2000, he served for two terms as the Governor of the Bank of Israel, where he is credited with reducing inflation, liberalizing Israel’s financial markets, removing foreign exchange controls, and integrating the Israeli economy into the global financial system. He most recently was a Vice Chairman of AIG, and previously was Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, Inc.
Dr. Frenkel is the Chairman of the Group of Thirty (G30), a private, nonprofit consultative group on international economic and monetary affairs, and plays leadership roles in a number of other leading international organizations. From 1991 to 2000, he served for two terms as the Governor of the Bank of Israel, where he is credited with reducing inflation, liberalizing Israel’s financial markets, removing foreign exchange controls, and integrating the Israeli economy into the global financial system. He most recently was a Vice Chairman of AIG, and previously was Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, Inc.
http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/01/30/davos-cross-post-aig-vice-chairman-jacob-frenkel-says-its-not-his-fault-because-hes-vice-chairman-in-name-only/
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