China corporate governance report: legal framework
1 June, 2009China corporate governance report: CNOOC interview
1 June, 2009BOX: Westerners on the boards of China’s biggest companies (for non-independents, employer in brackets)
ICBC: Christopher Cole, non-executive director (Goldman Sachs)
Petrochina: Franco Bernabè, independent non-executive director
Sinopec: None
Bank of China: Alberto Togni, independent non-executive director
China Construction Bank: Jenny Shipley, Elaine LaRoche (both independents)
China Mobile: Nicholas Read, non-executive director (Vodafone)
China Telecom: None
China Life: None
Ping An: Nigel Bannister, non-executive director (HSBC)
Bank of Communications: Ian Wilson, Thomas Manning (both independent non-executive directors)
CNOOC: None
Source: Company websites, annual reports, company interviews.
Chris Wright
Chris is a journalist specialising in business and financial journalism across Asia, Australia and the Middle East. He is Asia editor for Euromoney magazine and has written for publications including the Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Forbes, Asiamoney, the Australian Financial Review, Discovery Channel Magazine, Qantas: The Australian Way and BRW. He is the author of No More Worlds to Conquer, published by HarperCollins.