They supported a bill sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Jake Garn ( R-NV ) that would have amended Glass-Steagall Section 20 to cover all FDIC insured banks and to permit bank affiliates to underwrite and deal in mutual funds, municipal revenue bonds, commercial paper, and mortgage backed securities.

Until the 2000 municipal elections, the Chairman of the Regional Council had been appointed by the Ontario government.

The Council consists of the elected Chairman, the mayors of the local municipalities, and regional councillors elected by wards from the local municipalities ( who also sit on their respective municipal councils ).

On formation in 1969, the RMOC was a Council of members selected by the municipal councils, who elected among themselves a Regional Chairman.

At the first Metro Council session following the municipal election, Tonks was elected Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto by the other members of Metro Toronto Council defeating incumbent Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn, the only time a sitting Metro Chairman would be defeated by a challenger.

Undefeated in civic elections, he remained in municipal office until 1962 when, upon retirement of Fred Gardiner, Allen defeated the Mayor of North York, Norman Goodhead, to become the second Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto.

Accordingly, in the 1988 municipal election incumbent Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn was required to run for election from a Metro ward if he wanted to be re-elected as Metro Chairman.

As well, Alan Tonks, ran for a Metro Council seat rather than for re-election as Mayor of York as he wished to challenge Flynn for the position of Metro Chairman which was voted upon by Metro Council at its first meeting following the municipal election.

The work of the Riga City Council is organized by the Chairman ( currently Nils Ušakovs ), deputy chairmen, the Presidium, City Executive Director, District Executive Directors and the staff of municipal institutions and enterprises.

After the municipal elections in 2005, Aivars Aksenoks became Chairman of the City council.

San Francisco's Caspar W. Weinberger, Chairman of the California Assembly Government Organization Committee, held a series of state-wide hearings in 1954 and 1955 focused on creating a State Water Project that could supply the growing municipal and agricultural demands of the state.

Within the corporate office or corporate center of a company, some companies have a Chairman and CEO as the top ranking executive, while the number two is the President and COO ; other companies have a President and CEO but no official deputy.

He emerged as the leader of the Party's right wing, which included two other Politburo members Alexei Rykov, Lenin's successor as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and Mikhail Tomsky, head of trade unions, and he became chairman of Comintern's executive committee in 1926.

He then became Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation ( a newly established body with legislative and executive powers for what was described as a transitional period ), and assumed the posts of chief of state, prime minister, chief of the armed forces, and minister of defense.

Since the president is both the " Chairman for Life " of the Halk Maslahaty and the supreme leader of the Mejlis, the 2003 law has the effect of making him the sole authority of both the executive and legislative branches of government.

His brother Courtlandt S. Gross was a co-founder and executive, succeeding Robert as Chairman following his death in 1961.

The President also designates one of the Commissioners as Chairman, the SEC's top executive.

Percy Nils Barnevik ( born 13 February 1941 in Simrishamn ) is a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later Chairman of Asea Brown Boveri ( ABB ) 1988 – 2002, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2003.

The Board is led by a separately-elected Chairman, who holds executive power.

* Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr., American business executive and Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 1963-1965

Serves as executive director of the American Watch Guild and Chairman of The International Fine Jewelers Guild.

* Thornton Wilson, former Chairman of the Board and Chief executive officer of Boeing was born on a farm near Sikeston.

In November 2009, it was announced that Marc Bolland, formerly of Morrisons, would take over as chief executive from Executive Chairman Stuart Rose in early 2010 ; Rose remained in the role of non-executive Chairman until he was replaced by Robert Swannell in January 2011.

Subsequently, he was Chairman of the People's Alliance executive committee from 1983 to 1987 ; additionally, from 1983 to 1985 he was editor of a newspaper, Þjóðviljinn.

The President of the Republic of Tajikistan is the head of the state and the Chairman of the Government-the highest executive body of the country.

Entrepreneur and business executive alumni include Safra Catz ( President of Oracle Corporation ), David L. Cohen ( executive Vice-President of Comcast and former Chief of Staff to Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell, Scott Mead, former partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs, Peter Detkin ( co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, and former Vice-President and assistant general counsel at Intel ), Paul Haaga ( Vice Chairman of Capital Research and Management Company, a constituent company of the Capital Group Companies ), Sam Hamadeh ( founder of Vault. com ), Edward Benjamin Shils ( professor and founder of the first research center for entrepreneurial studies in the world ( at Wharton )), Gigi Sohn ( founder of Public Knowledge ), and Henry Silverman ( CEO of Cendant Corporation ).

Lewis-Smith is Chairman of a TV and radio production company called " Associated-Rediffusion " and was its executive producer of a series of documentaries.

" Tokkie " Smith, Duncan McTavish ( HKRFC then captain ), Trevor J. Bedford OBE ( Chairman of Hong Kong Land, Jardine Matheson Limited, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and Director of HSBC ) and Ian Gow, a Rothmans ' Tobacco company executive.

an-Naif and Daud had been appointed Prime Minister and Minister of Defence respectively, while al-Bakr was appointed President and Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, established the morning after the coup and became the highest executive and legislative branch of government.

* Nita Ing ( born 1955 ), Taiwanese executive and the former Chairman of the Board of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation

Chairman and chief executive Clive Leach was sacked as a consequence.

His successor, Moses Blah, ceded executive power on October 13 of that year to Gyude Bryant, the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia.

It also claims Ken Lucas, a former U. S. representative from the commonwealth's fourth congressional district, United Methodist Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, current U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Carol Gatton, an automobile dealer executive and donor of the largest gift ever to the university, and Paul Chellgren, Chairman and CEO of Ashland Inc ..

That such expansion can be obtained without a raise in taxes is due to growth of the tax digest and sound fiscal planning on the part of the board of commissioners, headed by Chairman Charles O. Emmerich who is demonstrating that the public trust he was given was well placed, and other county officials.

Chairman C. Richard Mears pointed out that perhaps this was not strictly a school board problem, in case of atomic attack, but that the board would cooperate so far as possible to get the children to where the parents wanted them to go.

Philippe Kahn and the Borland board came to a disagreement on how to focus the company, and Philippe Kahn resigned as Chairman, CEO and President of Borland, a position he had held for 12 years, in January 1995.

* Chairman of the Board – presiding officer of the corporate board of directors.

The Chairman influences the board of directors, which in turn elects and removes the officers of a corporation and oversees the human, financial, environmental and technical operations of a corporation.

Following the takeover of English football club Aston Villa by MBNA Chairman Randy Lerner in August 2006 and as of September 19, 2006, General Krulak joined the board of Aston Villa as non-executive director, where he quickly earned the approval of the fans by taking the time to post on various Aston Villa messageboards.

Ben Rosen provided the venture capital financing for the fledging company and served as chairman of the board for 18 years from 1983 until September 28, 2000, when he retired and was succeeded by Michael Capellas who served as the last Chairman and CEO until its merger with HP.

Immediately after Pfieffer's ouster, Capellas was elevated to interim chief operating officer by Rosen, and after several months Capellas was made President and CEO, also assuming the title of Chairman on September 28, 2000 when Rosen retired from the board of directors.

He succeeds Ray Horsburgh ( Chairman since 2006 ) who will remain as a board member for the remainder of his term.

On August 12, 2010 GM announced that Whitacre would relinquish the CEO position effective September 1, 2010 and that of Chairman of the Board at the end of the year, to be replaced in those functions by current board member Dan Akerson.

On arrival in Britain the passengers and mail were unloaded in Plymouth, but the Koh-i-noor stayed on board until the ship reached Portsmouth, from where Lawrence and Mansel took the diamond to the East India House in the City of London and passed it into the care of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the EIC.

The board has five members nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate for five year terms, one of whom is nominated the Chairman by the President and then approved by the Senate for a fixed 2-year term.

Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors.

Prior to its sale to News Corp, the last members of the board of directors of the company were: Christopher Bancroft, Lewis B. Campbell, Michael Elefante, John Engler, Harvey Golub, Leslie Hill, Irvine Hockaday, Peter Kann, David Li, M. Peter McPherson ( Chairman ), Frank Newman, James Ottaway, Elizabeth Steele, and William Steere.

The Korean piano and guitar maker Samick Music Corporation is the largest shareholder, controlling 33 % of Steinway stock ; Samick Chairman Jong Sup Kim has been a member of the Steinway board of directors since November 2009.

In 1971, the board brought in Dave Lewis ( no relation ) as Chairman and CEO.

The company's board of directors forced then – Chairman and CEO Rick Scott to resign at the beginning of the federal investigation ; Scott was subsequently elected Governor of Florida in 2010.

She has widely contributed to the creation of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, of which governing board she became the first Chairman in 1966.

The day before a proposed EGM to reinstate Lowe along with Wilde was to take place, the remaining board room members bar David Jones resigned, allowing Lowe and Wilde to return ; Wilde as Chairman of Southampton Football Club and Rupert Lowe as Chairman of Southampton Leisure Holdings p. l. c.

Durham County is governed by a five-member board of county commissioners, currently consisting of Chairman Michael Page, Vice Chairwoman Ellen Reckhow, Joe Bowser, Brenda Howerton and Pam Karriker.

The current board Chairman is J. C. Sanford.

After his premiership, Biesheuvel retired from active politics and occupied many posts in industry and seats on numerous supervisory boards, including Chairman of the supervisory board for the NIBC Bank, from 1973 until 1991.