Dear friends,

We cordially invite you to attend the CEIBS Executive Forum on November 28th, presented by Mr. John A Thain, Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Group, Inc.

Mr. John Thain will share with us his observation of "Transformation of the Global Capital Markets and the Importance of China". Mr. Thain is chief executive officer of the NYSE Group, Inc., effective March 8, 2006. He served as chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange since joining the Exchange on Jan. 15, 2004.Prior to joining the NYSE, Mr. Thain served as president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. since July 2003.

The forum will be broadcast live in CEIBS Beijing office.

CEIBS Executive Forum Committee

18:30
Opening remarks by Prof. Pedro Nueno, Executive President, CEIBS 

18:35
Address by Mr. Xu Hang, EMBA2002 Alumus, CEO of Mindray
 
18:45-19:15
Speech by Mr. John A. Thain, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Group, Inc
 
19:15-19:45
Q&A 

19:45-20:30
Cocktail reception

John A. Thain
Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Group, Inc.

John A. Thain, 51, is chief executive officer of the NYSE Group, Inc., effective March 8, 2006. Mr. Thain served as chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange since joining the Exchange on Jan. 15, 2004.

Prior to joining the NYSE, Mr. Thain served as president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. since July 2003 and was previously president and co-chief operating officer from May 1999 through June 2003; he had been a director since 1998, prior to joining the NYSE. He was president and co-chief operating officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. in 1999.   From 1994 to 1999, he served as chief financial officer and head of operations, technology and finance. From 1995 to 1997, he was also co-chief executive officer for European operations.

He is a member of The MIT Corporation, the Dean's Advisory Council - MIT/Sloan School of Management, INSEAD - U.S. National Advisory Board, the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's International Capital Markets Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the French-American Foundation and the Board of The Trilateral Commission, as well as a governor of the New York-Presbyterian Foundation, Inc., a trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a General Trustee of Howard University.

Mr. Thain received an MBA from Harvard University in 1979 and a B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.

NYSE Group, Inc.

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) is a leading provider of securities listing, trading and market data products and services.

NYSE Group, Inc. operates two securities exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Arca, Inc. (NYSE Arca).

The NYSE is the world's largest and most liquid cash equities exchange, with 2,762 listed issuers representing a $23.9 trillion market capitalization, including 450 non-US companies from 47 countries valued at $9.2 trillion. The NYSE provides a reliable, orderly, liquid and efficient marketplace where investors buy and sell listed companies' common stock and other securities.

NYSE Arca, Inc. is the first open, all-electronic stock exchange in the United States, and has a leading position in trading exchange-traded funds and exchange-listed securities. NYSE Arca, Inc. is an exchange for listing emerging issuers that do not yet qualify for the NYSE, and for trading equity options. NYSE Arca's trading platforms provide customers with fast electronic execution and open, direct and anonymous market access.
For more information on NYSE Group, go to: www.nyse.com.

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CEIBS Petrochemical Auditorium, 699 Hongfeng Road, Pu Dong

Please R.S.V.P. before November 27th  to Ms. Donna Zhang at execforum@ceibs.edu
or telephone +86-21- 2890 5486