Asian Centre for Corporate Governance has been organizing an international Conference every year for last several years. The idea of connecting a Golf Tournament and to mix fun with the Conference has been brewing for few years, it was in the November 2007, when two leaders of Asian Governance space, Mr John Lim – President, Singapore Institute of Director & Mr M.K.Chouhan, Vice Chairman, Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability got together in Singapore, that this idea came to fruition.

1^st Asian Directors Golf Tournament was organized on the very next day of 8^th International Conference on Corporate Governance & Sustainability, which was held on 23^rd January 2008 at Hotel Taj Mahal, Mumbai, with the support of Major Institutes of Directors from Asian Countries like Singapore, Hongkong, Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand.

Bombay Presidency Golf Club (BPGC) Chembur, Mumbai, provided the ideal setting for the 1^st Asian Directors Golf Tournament on 24^th January, 2008. The high-powered Chairmen, MDs, CEOs, Directors, CXOs & CFOs from Indian corporate world rubbed shoulders with Directors of Several nationalities like Japanese, Singaporean, American, European & South African. Directors gathered at BPGC at 8.30 am to enjoy ‘off the course’ networking & breakfast before tee off. At 9.45 am, Mahendra Chouhan hit the first tee off with his four ball comprising of Andrew, Pramod & Shiv. Participation was by invitation to maintain a certain quality of participation. Young Golfers like Shashank, Alok, Rajiv, Arpit  & Royota Nakagawa mingled with the senior Golfers like Capt. Batra & Rear Admiral Thakural to participate in the tournament. Indian Corporate world was well represented by A.K. Bansal of BPCL, S.K.Mitra, Pramod Bhambani of Siemens, Bala Belluri of Delloitte, Suresh Balasubramanian of Edelweiss Finance, Andrew Levermore & John Wilcox of HyperCity Retail (India) Limited and many more.

To ensure that ‘Non Golfers’ did not miss the ‘FUN’ a special feature was added, Practice area was reserved for them to try their hand at Golf with practice of Putting & Chipping.

Gordon Mock (22 points) was the proud winner of 1^st Asian Directors Golf Tournament and took home the Gorgeous Golden Rolling trophy along with a Winner’s Crystal Trophy, which will remain his proud possession and adorn his shelf.  Alok Agarwal (20 points) as runner up acquired second beautiful trophy in crystal.

There was the yet another category of prizes with goody bags of golf balls and cap. The ‘3^rd Hole: Straight Drive’ goody bag went to John Wilcox, the ‘8^th Hole : Closest to Pin’ went to Ryoto Nakagava who placed his ball 2 feet from the pin and the ‘9^th Hole : Longest Drive’ goody bag went to Andrew Levermore at 290 yards. Awards were presented by Mahendra Chouhan, Vice Chairman, Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability, Mr S.K.Mitra & Capt. Batra.

The Golf tournament committee comprised of Mr S.Hajara, CMD, Shipping Corporateion. Mr Humayun Dhanrajgir- Member, Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre. Capt. A.S. Mann – Captain, BPGC. Ranga Iyer – MD, Wyeth Labs. R. Ramakrishnan – ED Bajaj Electricals & M.K.Chouhan.

Asian Centre for Corporate Governance (ACCG) is a non–profit institution launched with a Mission “To promote Global Corporate Governance principles of Transparency, Accountability & Equity and to become a ‘Catalytic Institution’ to bring about qualitative improvements in the Corporate Governance ‘Processes & Practices’ of Asian Companies for optimizing the shareholder’s as well as stake holder’s value, in a balanced manner.”

Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) is a premier Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry in India. It is the only Chamber that enjoys the privilege of having Mahatma Gandhiji, the Father of the Nation, as its honorary member (1931). The Chamber is a non-profit organization. It works as a facilitator between the Government on the one hand and the Industry on the other. It has a large membership of over 3,000 Corporate Bodies, Professionals and Firms and 250 Trade and Industry Associations, Young Leaders’ Forum with over 230 members, IMC Ladies’ Wing 1,600 women entrepreneurs and the IMC Economic Research and Training Foundation (IMC ERTF). Above all, Major industrial and business houses in India are members of the Chamber. The Chamber, thus, represents directly more than 250,000 businesses. IMC started celebrating its Centenary Year from 7^th September 2006. Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam inaugurated its Centenary celebrations. Also, the Govt. of India issued a commemorative postal stamp on September 7, 2006 in recognition of the services rendered by the IMC to Trade, Commerce and Industry over the years.

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