Peter Cremers, CEO of Hong Kong-based ship manager Anglo-Eastern Group, is a compelling speaker. He puts his audience at ease, moves effortlessly to whichever topic requires analysis, dissects it and illuminates it with clarity. "My presentation is kind of a 'state of the nation' address," he told the organisation's conference in Mumbai in February. "Having looked at Obama the other nighi I would like to make your lives a little bit easier: you don't have to stand up and applaudrneach time." He added thai his own life is easier than Obama's because he doesn't have his vice-president "standing behind and smiling" all the way through.
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