FIRST

Business aircraft sales reach record altitude

Jack Carroll

Business Aviation Editor

Message

King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Responsibility and stability

HRH Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

Crown Prince, First Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard

Peace and prosperity

HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation, and Inspector-General

Strategic influence

HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Message

Rt Hon Tony Blair, MP

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Memorable millennium

HE Dr Ghazi Algosaibi

Saudi Ambassador to the Court of St. James’ and to Ireland

An important friendship

Sir Patrick Cormack, FSA MP

International President of FIRST

Trust and respect

HE Sir Derek Plumbly, CMG

British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Lasting friendship

HE Wyche Fowler Jr

Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Economic integration

HE Osama Faqih

Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia

Geopolitics of energy

HE Eng Dr Ali Bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

Transport and globalisation

HE Dr Nasir M Al-Salloum

Minister of Communications of Saudi Arabia

Trade and investment

HE Dr Ibrahim Al-Assaf

Minister of Finance and National Economy

Confidence and loyalty

HE Dr Khaled A Ben-Bakr

Director General of Saudi Arabia Airlines

Message in Arabic

King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Award introduction

Message

Lord Dahrendorf, KBE

Chairman of the Judging Panel

Award speech

Sir John Browne

Chief Executive of BP Amoco

Award presentation

Rt Hon Gordon Brown, MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Message

HRH The Duke of Kent, KG GCMG GCVO

The home of invention

Patricia Hewitt, MP

Minister for Small Firms and E-Commerce, United Kingdom

The knowledge driven economy

Sir Richard Sykes, CBE

Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline

The potential of Gene Therapy

Professor Alan Kingsman

Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Oxford Biomedica

Science and business

Professor Susan Greenfield, CBE

Director and Fullerian Professor of Physiology, The Royal Institution of Great Britain

Research partnerships

Professor Sir Alec Broers

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

Globalisation

Sir Peter Bonfield

Chief executive of BT

Times are e-changing

Ken McGinness

Head of BT e-Locations

Open for e-business

Mike Gibson-Sharpe

Vice-President of Marketing for BT eLocations

Broadband Britain

John Campbell

Vice-President of International Customer Development for BT eLocations

Inspiration and innovation

Brent Hoberman

Co-Founder and CEO of Lastminute.com

The mother of invention

Trevor Baylis, OBE

Inventor of the Clockwork Radio

The UK taxation of e-commerce

John A Kilby

Tax Partner at Deloitte and Touche

Honest adventure

Sir Robert May

President of The Royal Society

The time to act is now

P J Adam

Chairman of the WEC Executive Assembly

Empowering India

Suresh P Prabhu

Union Cabinet Minister for Power of India

Pressing ahead with reform

A K Basu

Secretary of the Ministry of Power of India

Transparency and efficiency

Rajendra Singh

Vice-Chairman, WEC Studies Committee on Energy Pricing in Developing Countries

A powerful force for change

C P Jain

Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC

Keeping pace with demand

N T Shanmugam

Union Minister of State for Coal of India

Progress in IPP development

Yogesh Garg

Chief Executive Officer of Infraline Technologies (India)

New investment opportunities

HE Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Co-operation and partnership

HE Ali Benflis

Prime Minister of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Attracting investors to Algeria

HE Dr Chakib Khelil

Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria

Unlocking potential

Abdelhak Bouhafs

Chairman and CEO of Sonatrach

Partnership for success

Howard Paver

Managing Director International of Amerada Hess

A flourishing relationship

Michael T Heffner

President of BP Amoco Algeria

ABB Lummus Global in Algeria

G Foeke Kolff

Senior Vice-President of ABB Lummus Global

Developing strategic partnerships

Carlos Pérez de Bricio Olariaga

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cepsa

Tourism: a national treasure

Atman Sahnoun

General Manager of the Algerian Office of National Tourism

Creating an investment climate

Hamid Temmar

Minister for Participation and the Co-Ordination of Reforms of Algeria

Modernising the health system

Professor Mohamed Larbi Abdelmouméne

Minister of Health and Population of Algeria

A vision for tourism

Lakhdar Dorbani

Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts of Algeria

Era of opportunity for investors

Abdulmadjid Attar

General Manager of the Holding Company for Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Services

Revitalising Algeria

François Sauvegeot and M J Bourdin

Respectively, General Manager of the Mercure Grand Hotel, Alger and General Manager of the Hotel Sofitel

Accelerating towards reform

Hamid Lounaouci

Minister of Transport of Algeria

Partners in development

Mustafa Aít Adjedjou

Chief Executive Officer of the Algerian Pharmaceutical Laboratory (LPA)

Attentive to the market

Hadj Tahar Soufi

Managing Director of CIAR

City of intrigue

Colin Kilkelly

Regional Publisher of FIRST

ONGC: the nimble giant

Corporate Profile

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)