And he repeatedly pledged not to undermine the significant rules approved by his predecessor, William H. Donaldson, who was criticized by some executives, sectors of Wall Street and administration officials who said he went too far.
Juliette Garside Chief executive, Tesco Sector: Retail It's the UK's biggest supermarket, with some of retail's biggest problems.
Larry Elliott Chief executive, RBS Sector: Banking Being boss of Royal Bank of Scotland was never going to be a low-profile role and Ross McEwan, who took over from Stephen Hester three months ago, will be in the industry spotlight throughout 2014.
Terry Macalister Chief executive, WPP Sector: Media In a few months Sir Martin Sorrell will be unseated as the most powerful man in advertising, as rivals Publicis and Omnicom complete a $35bn£21.4bnbn) merger to create the world's largest marketing services group.
Compaq and HP's installed customer base "is fair game for IBM and Sun," says Jon Powers, chief executive of Sector 7, an Austin, Texas-based computer consulting firm that has worked with such organizations as Blockbuster and the City of New York.
After nearly 20 years of teaching negotiation at Harvard Law School, and the same years spent advising and training thousands of executives, public sector leaders, consultants and lawyers from all over the world, I see things differently.
Embraer SA designs, manufactures and sells aircraft and its parts for commercial, defense and executive aviation sectors.
For corporate security managers it is critical to understand the differences between public sector executive protection and corporate executive protection.
Upon completing more than fifty interviews with executives across sectors and party lines (government, nonprofit, academia, industry, and civil society) a consistent message emerged.
