Transatlantic Business Awards Dinner

BritishAmerican Business’s Transatlantic Business Awards Dinner in New York is the premier gala event of the transatlantic business calendar and regularly attracts an audience of more than 500 senior business executives from both sides of the Atlantic.

Each year at this Dinner, BritishAmerican Business presents its Transatlantic Business Awards to the leaders of two major multinational companies for their leadership in transatlantic business, and Special Awards to other distinguished business leaders for their achievements in particular fields.

BritishAmerican Business will present its Transatlantic Business Awards for 2011 to William C. Weldon, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson, and Sir Michael Rake, Chairman, BT Group plc in recognition of their outstanding business leadership. We will also present a Leadership Award to Jeff Smisek, President and CEO, United Continental Holdings, Inc., and an Entrepreneurial Award to Evan G. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, ACE Limited.

Past honorees include: George David (United Technologies); Lou Gerstner (IBM); Stephen Green (HSBC); Jeff Immelt (GE); AG Lafley (Procter & Gamble Co); Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP Group); Peter Sutherland KCMG (BP and Goldman Sachs); Ratan Tata (Tata Group); Rex W Tillerson (Exxon Mobil); Tom Glocer (Thomson Reuters); Peter Sands (Standard Chartered PLC); Dick Clark (Merck); and Bob Diamond (Barclays).

BritishAmerican Business's 2011 Transatlantic Business Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, October 13th at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.

For more information, please contact Jessica Pancoe on +1 (212) 338-9635.