Houten, new Philips director
Mumbai: Philips India has appointed Frans van Houten as an additional director of the company with effect from 22 July. He is managing director, Philips Electronics Asia Pacific, covering Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

S. Dasgupta, director and senior vice president (Lighting) will take up a new assignment with Philips Electronics outside India from 16 August. He will continue on the board as a non-executive member.
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Mike Moore is WTO director general
Geneva: Former New Zealand prime minister Mike Moore has been formally appointed new head of the World Trade Organisation for a three-year period staring 1 September.

The appointment is under the compromise formula, which will see Thai deputy prime minister Supachai Panitchpakdi following Moore as director general from 2002 to 2005.

Moore has been a labour unionist in the past.
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Magazine to head South Asia arm of real estate firm
Mumbai: CB Richard Ellis, the international real estate services firm, has appointed Anshuman Magazine as managing director for South Asia. Mr Magazine was head of the Richard Ellis's corporate real estate division and western regional operations.

The previous incumbent, Dinesh Chandhok, has moved to Singapore as head of the company's corporate advisory group for Asia-Pacific region.
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