SINGAPORE, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/—The
Richard Chandler Corporation (RCC) today appointed Mr David Walker,
CFA, as Group Chief Executive Officer, with
oversight of the company and its businesses and investments in the
energy and environment, consumer, financial services, and
healthcare sectors. Mr Walker, 50, has a distinguished career in
international business, consulting, and investment banking.
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Mr Walker is RCC’s first Group
CEO. His appointment follows a reorganisation
in late 2012, which saw all businesses and investments consolidated
into the four industry groups.
Mr Richard F. Chandler, Chairman of RCC,
said: “David brings solid business experience and a track record of
integrity and success in all he has done. He has worked closely
with us on a number of matters over the past year and in every case
I have been impressed by his business and leadership skills and his
judgment. He is ideally suited to lead the company in building and
investing in great companies around the world.”
Mr Walker said: “The Richard Chandler Corporation is a business
group with exceptional vision and ambitious goals. It is founded on
strong ethical principles and a passion for building great
companies which foster sustainable prosperity in the communities
and countries in which they operate. We have a group of excellent
businesses and significant capital to invest in global
opportunities. I am excited by the possibilities, and to be joining
Mr Chandler and his team of professionals.”
David Walker: Biographical background
David Walker has over 25 years of professional advisory and
investment banking experience in forestry, energy, and other
industries, focused on strategy consulting, M&A advisory and
financial structuring.
In 2010, he founded his own strategic and M&A advisory,
Kauri Capital. Before establishing the firm, David was head of
global forestry, pulp, paper and packaging advisory at Macquarie
Capital and prior to that President and CEO
of Poyry in Asia-Pacific, and CEO of Poyry
Consulting, the world’s leading forest products industry consulting
and engineering firm.
In these roles, he has led many engagements for industry and
financial clients in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North and South
America.
Mr Walker is a New Zealand citizen and has been based in
Singapore since 1996. Before moving to Asia, he was based in
Finland for 11 years. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and
Administration with Honours (BCA (Hons) 1984) from Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand, in Accounting and Finance,
and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (1990).
About the Richard Chandler Corporation
The Richard Chandler Corporation is an international business
group founded by New Zealand-born entrepreneur Richard F. Chandler.
The Richard Chandler Corporation builds and operates businesses in
the energy and environment, consumer, financial services, and
healthcare sectors, with operations in Asia and the Pacific,
Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. The
Corporation’s vision of Building Great Companies and Great Nations
reflects its belief in the power of business to drive national
prosperity. In all its work, the Corporation places a special
emphasis on good corporate governance as a crucial element of
business sustainability and increasing stakeholder value.
Further Information
For more information, please visit: www.richardchandler.com
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