Pan Gongsheng, executive president of Agricultural Bank of China ABC, was named Capital Markets Person of the Year for 2010 at our annual Achievement Awards gala dinner on February 17. He received the award for his hands-on approach in making sure that ABC’s record-breaking initial public offering was successfully completed within the extremely tight timetable set by the bank.
About 320 bankers, lawyers and corporate executives turned up for the black-tie event, which for the first time, was held at the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong.
In total, we handed out 51 awards at the dinner. Citi collected the awards for Best Commercial Bank and Best Bank, while the Best Investment...