Singapore's Senior Trade Minister to Keynote Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Rankings and
Asia Leadership Awards Dinner
SINGAPORE, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Singapore's Iswaran to Highlight Asia-Pacific's Rising Energy Role at October 20 Gathering of Energy
Company Executives
Singapore's top official for trade and industry, S. Iswaran, is slated to keynote the acclaimed Platts Top 250
Global Energy Companies rankings and Asia leadership recognition awards dinner and gala presentation on
October 20 in Singapore.
The Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Rankings, now in its seventh year, measures corporate
leadership by examining each company's financial performance and tracking the movement within the ranks of
Asia companies as
their role in the world's global energy sustainability equation increases. Platts executives anticipate that the 2008
awards will reflect a continued rise in leadership and dominance of regional energy companies, and the
increasing importance of their contributions to sustainable energy
technologies and practices.
"Platts is honored that Mr. Iswaran will deliver this year's keynote
address highlighting the growing influence of Singapore and other Asia-Pacific
countries in an increasingly global energy marketplace," said Platts President
Victoria Chu Pao. "Asia's representation in the Platts Top 250 is 20 percent
and rising steadily."
In addition to his role as Senior Minister of State for Trade and
Industry, Mr. Iswaran was elected to Parliament three times and was Deputy Speaker of Parliament for two years.
Iswaran has also held senior executive
positions at Singapore Technologies, Temasek Holdings and the Singapore Indian
Development Association. He has an economics degree from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public
Administration from Harvard.
"Singapore has been host to the Platts Top 250 event for the last three years and we are pleased to once
again welcome energy executives from the region and the world to Singapore to celebrate their leadership and
performance as they embrace the challenge of finding solutions to the world's
future energy needs," said S. Iswaran, Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry. "It's fitting that
Singapore, fast-becoming a hub for
environmental sustainability, is the site for this event and the important industry dialogue that will be occurring at
the corresponding Top 250
Executive Summit."
Platts is the world's leading energy information provider and a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies. At the Top 250 Asia Leadership Awards Dinner and
gala, now in its third year, Platts will also recognize the Top 10 Asian
Energy Companies, the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Asian Energy Companies, and the
Top Asian Energy Companies in each of eight industry segments:
-- Diversified utilities
-- Exploration and production
-- Electric utilities
-- Gas utilities
-- Integrated oil and gas companies
-- Refining and marketing
-- Independent power producers
-- Coal and consumable fuel companies
The dinner and gala follow the unveiling of the 2008 Platts Top 250 Global
Energy Companies Ranking and the associated Executive Summit, where CEOs and
other executives will gather to discuss key issues facing the energy industry
and the Asia-Pacific region.
Attendance at the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Asia Leadership
Awards Dinner is open to all companies with business interests in Asia or to
top energy companies worldwide. For additional information, a list of last year's Platts Top 250 rankings, or to
reserve attendance, visit
Television cameras are permitted.
For the third year, Logical Information Machines (LIM) is the key sponsor
of the Platts Top 250 events. LIM provides data, analytics and research to the
energy and financial sectors. Its customers are among the world's largest hedge funds, mutual funds, banks and
energy concerns. Additional sponsorships
are still available. For more information contact Bob Botelho at +970-232-9754
or Robert_botelho@platts.com.
About Platts
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global provider of energy and commodities information. With nearly a century
of business experience, Platts serves customers across more than 150
countries. An independent provider, Platts serves the oil, natural gas,
electricity, emissions, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical, shipping, and metals markets from 17 offices
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SOURCE Platts
Note to Editors: List of 2007 Winners: In 2007, the Platts Top 250
ranked ExxonMobil Corporation as #1 globally and PetroChina Co. Ltd as #1 in
the Asia/Pacific Rim region; China Resources Power Holdings of Hong Kong was
Asia's #1 Fastest Growing Company. In 2007 India and China had seven
companies each in the Top 250 ranking. China had 4 companies in the ranks of
the Top 250's Fastest Growing Energy Companies.
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or
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shiona_ramage@platts.com
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