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- By Parinda News Bureau, March 24, 2006, 12:14 IST
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has been appointed to an influential advisory council set up to advise the British government on
business related issues. This comes at a time when India's economy is going from strength to strength and is an acknowledgement of the same.
It also points to the close relations between the two countries.
The other members of the International Business Advisory Council include Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and James Wolfensohn, special envoy for disengagement and former president of the World Bank.
The council will be advising Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alan Johnson over the next three years on meeting the challenges and opportunities of globalisation. This is toe ensure that Britain continues to be a top location for international companies.
Other members of the council are Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMR Lord Browne, group chief executive of BP, Jean-Pierre Gamier, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, Sir Ka-shing Li, chairman of the Board of Hutchison Whampoa, Teny Leahy, CEO of Tesco, John Rose, CEO of Rolls Royce, Robert Rubin, director and chairman of the executive committee of Citigroup Inc, Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart, and
Meg Whitman, president and Ceo of eBay.
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