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FIRST Strategic Insight is a multi-disciplinary international affairs organisation founded in 1984 to enhance communication between leaders in industry, finance and government worldwide, and to promote dialogue at the strategic level. This is achieved through three principal channels: publishing, events and roundtables, and awards.

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National Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Rupert Goodman DL addressed the official reception to mark Kazakhstan’s National Day in London alongside keynote speakers HE Magzhan Ilyassov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan, and Mark Clayton, Deputy Director, Central Asia, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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The recipient of a PPA Award for publishing excellence, FIRST was established in 1984 to enhance communication between leaders in industry, finance and government at the strategic level. FIRST brings together the ideas and opinions of the global leadership community in special publications.

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In 2000 FIRST instituted the Award for Responsible Capitalism to honour business leaders who have excelled by both commercial success and social responsibility. When making the Award the judges are looking for a business leader who has consistently demonstrated social responsibility as an integral part of commercial success, examining in particular the manner in which their business interacts both with the environment and the communities in which they operate; someone who has run a company in a clearly responsible way.

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