CEO of the AES Corp., appointed US Export Council member (***Arne M. Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International Inc)

CEO of the AES Corp., Mong Duong 2 largest shareholder appointed US Export Council member by President Obama | dtinews.vn | September 28, 2013 04:03 PM President Barack Obama is naming seven executives from technology, drug and hospital firms to his export council, which advises him on ways to boost exports, the White House said Wednesday. The seven new members include Kenneth C. Frazier, president of Merck & Co.; Marillyn A. Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin; Vanessa Keitges, CEO of Columbia Green Technologies; Ian C. Read, CEO of Pfizer Inc.; Virginia M. Rometty, CEO of International Business Machines Corp.; Arne M. Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International Inc.; and Andres Gluski, CEO of AES Corp., the largest shareholder of the gross 1,240MW coal-fired Mong Duong 2 BOT Power Project currently under construction in Mong Duong Ward, Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh Province. The export council currently includes more than a dozen business leaders, various administration officials and lawmakers from both parties. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet with the export council on Thursday. President Obama has called exports one of the bright spots in the U.S. economy. He told a group of business leaders earlier Wednesday that he wanted to do more to broaden sales of U.S. products abroad and was working to sign more trade deals to promote American products.