CII announces it 5th flagship mega conference for the Chief Financial Officers and other Finance Heads ? The CFO Summit; scheduled for 5th February 2008 at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace & Towers, Mumbai.

The Summit would focus on ?Sustaining Value Creation? by Indian corporates in the global arena thereby focusing on creating and executing strategies that will deliver sustainable value for company as a whole and simultaneously drive the shareholder value. The global challenges associated with sustainability viewed through the appropriate set of business lenses can help to identify these strategies and practices that can facilitate in contributing to a more sustainable world.

Mr K V Kamath, Vice President, CII and Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank and Chief Guest at the Summit, would be releasing a CII-PWC white paper on ?Sustaining Value?.

The Summit aims to deliberate and discuss on wide topics ranging from Financial Risk Management, Sustainable Value Creation, Capital Allocation, Expectations Management and Building High Performing Organisation.

Some of the other industry stalwarts who would be addressing at the Summit are Mr Y M Deosthalee, Chairman, CFO Summit and Chief Financial Officer, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Mr Ashwani Puri, Executive Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Mr Shrinivas Dempo, Chairman, CII Western Region, Mr Monish Mahurkar, Managing Director & Head ? FICC, DSP Merrill Lynch, Mr Ved Prakash Chaturvedi, Managing Director, Tata Asset Management, Mr D Sundaram, Director ? Finance, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Dr Ajit Ranade, Group Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group, Mr Deepak Ghaisas, Vice Chairman, i-flex Solutions, Mr Aquil Busrai, Executive Director ? HR, IBM India Pvt Ltd, Mr Mohit Nayyar, Associate Director ? HR, Procter & Gamble, Mr R Shankarraman, Executive Vice President ? Finance, Larsen & toubro Ltd, Mr R Sankar, Executive Director, PWC amongst others.

For more information on The CII CFO Summit 2008 please visit a www.ciicfosummit.in

About CII

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes.

CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organization, playing a proactive role in India?s development process. Founded over 111 years ago, it is India?s premier business association, with a direct membership of over 6300 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 336 national and regional sectoral associations.

A facilitator, CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes.

With 57 offices in India, 7 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Singapore, UK, USA and institutional partnerships with 240 counterpart organisations in 101 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.

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