Corporate honchos like to serve on boards of trustees, etc, of reputable educational institutions to show that they are giving back. Gupta was convicted of insider trading and received a two year jail sentence. While the jury is still out on Verghese, one wonders how he got to be Chairman of IE Singapore. Singapore Inc seems to have a penchant for corporate poster boys (and girls).
Sunny Verghese
Mr. Sunny Verghese is the Group Managing Director and CEO and was appointed to the Board in 1996. He has been with the Kewalram Chanrai (KC) Group for two decades and in 1989 was mandated to start Olam with a view to building an agricultural products business for the Group. Before joining the KC Group, he worked for Unilever in India. He is a member of Olam’s Capital & Investment and Risk Committees. Mr Verghese is currently Chairman of International Enterprise, Singapore and serves on the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore.
He also chairs the Governing Council of the Human Capital Leadership Institute. Mr. Verghese is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of PureCircle Limited. He holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has completed the Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Verghese has won several awards including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Singapore in 2008 and most recently Best CEO of the Year 2011 at the Singapore Corporate Awards. He was also awarded the Public Service Medal by the Government of the Republic of Singapore in 2010.
Rajat Gupta
In his capacity at McKinsey, Gupta was recognized as the first Indian-born CEO of a global Western company. After becoming a senior partner emeritus at McKinsey, Gupta served as corporate chairman, board director or strategic advisor to a variety of large and notable organizations: corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter and Gamble and American Airlines, and non-profits including The Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and the International Chamber of Commerce.
In June, 1995, Gupta was elected to the University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees.[SUP][27][/SUP] He also served as a member of the Yale President’s Council.[SUP][28][/SUP]
Gupta co-founded the Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Association. He also chaired the Board of Directors and served on the Advisory Board.[SUP][29][/SUP]
With Anil Kumar, Gupta co-founded the Indian School of Business, and under his chairmanship of the governing and executive boards the school became one of the leading business schools in the world.[SUP][30][/SUP]
Gupta served as Chairman of the Board of Associates of the Harvard Business School,[SUP][31][/SUP] and was a member of the Board of Governors for the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Additionally he served on the Dean's Advisory Council at the MIT Sloan School of Management and on the advisory board of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.[SUP][32][/SUP]
Gupta was a Member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and served on the board of Skolkovo.[SUP][33][/SUP][SUP][34][/SUP] Gupta also was on the boards of Millennium Promise and the Pratham India Education Initiative.[SUP][35][/SUP]
Sunny Verghese
Mr. Sunny Verghese is the Group Managing Director and CEO and was appointed to the Board in 1996. He has been with the Kewalram Chanrai (KC) Group for two decades and in 1989 was mandated to start Olam with a view to building an agricultural products business for the Group. Before joining the KC Group, he worked for Unilever in India. He is a member of Olam’s Capital & Investment and Risk Committees. Mr Verghese is currently Chairman of International Enterprise, Singapore and serves on the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore.
He also chairs the Governing Council of the Human Capital Leadership Institute. Mr. Verghese is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of PureCircle Limited. He holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has completed the Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Verghese has won several awards including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Singapore in 2008 and most recently Best CEO of the Year 2011 at the Singapore Corporate Awards. He was also awarded the Public Service Medal by the Government of the Republic of Singapore in 2010.
Rajat Gupta
In his capacity at McKinsey, Gupta was recognized as the first Indian-born CEO of a global Western company. After becoming a senior partner emeritus at McKinsey, Gupta served as corporate chairman, board director or strategic advisor to a variety of large and notable organizations: corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter and Gamble and American Airlines, and non-profits including The Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and the International Chamber of Commerce.
In June, 1995, Gupta was elected to the University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees.[SUP][27][/SUP] He also served as a member of the Yale President’s Council.[SUP][28][/SUP]
Gupta co-founded the Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Association. He also chaired the Board of Directors and served on the Advisory Board.[SUP][29][/SUP]
With Anil Kumar, Gupta co-founded the Indian School of Business, and under his chairmanship of the governing and executive boards the school became one of the leading business schools in the world.[SUP][30][/SUP]
Gupta served as Chairman of the Board of Associates of the Harvard Business School,[SUP][31][/SUP] and was a member of the Board of Governors for the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Additionally he served on the Dean's Advisory Council at the MIT Sloan School of Management and on the advisory board of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.[SUP][32][/SUP]
Gupta was a Member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and served on the board of Skolkovo.[SUP][33][/SUP][SUP][34][/SUP] Gupta also was on the boards of Millennium Promise and the Pratham India Education Initiative.[SUP][35][/SUP]
