CEO Profiles

Diego Della Valle, entrepreneur

Diego Della Valle, entrepreneur

The man who commands a luxury business empire that, unlike many other luxury Italian players, has shrugged off the global recession. This CEO's secret? Understated elegance - and shrewd marketing
Leif Johansson, Volvo

Leif Johansson, Volvo

Quietly rising through the ranks, the newest CEO of Volvo AB has set his own standards in research and development
Karl-Johan Persson, H&M

Karl-Johan Persson, H&M

Will the grandson of fast fashion retailer, H&M's founder give confidence in his ability to steer the business through current economic woes?

Artistic investment

Investing in art can yield big dividends, we investigate the market for corporate acquisitions

Open for business

How Ireland is timidly opening up to new investment strategies.

Danone a good job

We profile Franck Riboud, CEO Danone

Bulgarian squeeze

How the EU are putting pressure on the Eastern European country.

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Bulgaria's investment potential

Bulgaria's Investment Agency Director on investing in Bulgaria
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Real-Time communication

Peter Quinlan explains the manifold benefits of benefits of telepresence
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Belgian investment

An interview with the Belgian economic attache on investment in Flanders

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Political risk becomes key market volatility driver

From southern Europe's debt crisis to US banking reform, politics has emerged as a driver of volatility in Western markets this year in a way normally more associated with emerging economies

Greek woes could slow ECB's exit from crisis mode

Turmoil brewing in Greece could slow the ECB's withdrawal of its extra liquidity measures, especially if other countries become infected with similar woes

Russian deals cost Turkey

Deals that have strengthened energy ties between Turkey and Russia may boost Ankara's much desired control over regional gas and oil transit, but at a cost to other foreign players in its downstream market

State of information

Why should European CEOs care about managing information? Mark Lewis, President of Content Management and Archiving, EMC tells us why

UK's FSA boss Sants quits in unexpected move

Britain's top financial regulator has announced he plans to step down, surprising the markets and casting doubt over the future of the Financial Services Authority and broader banking reform.

Britain's opposition Conservative Party, tipped in the polls to win the next election expected in May, has said it wants to abolish the FSA and hand its banking supervisory powers to the Bank of England, saying it failed to spot problems ahead of the financial crisis.

The regulator said Hector Sants, who will leave in July, had always planned to hold the chief executive post for only three years, but did not outline a succession plan. It said Sants' successor would be announced in due course.

Sants, a highly regarded former investment banker, took over the top job in July 2007, rising from head of the regulator's wholesale and institutional markets division to take the helm.

Sants, who has steered the regulator through the financial crisis and the painful fallout that followed, joined the FSA from Credit Suisse First Boston in 2004.