The US-based Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) bestowed the 2016 Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Innovation Award upon the CEO of Singapore Airlines, Goh Choon Phong at a gala dinner in New York. This is the first that the accolade is given to a recipient from south-east Asia.
The chairperson and CEO of Dow Chemicals Company, Andrew Liveris was also presented with the 2016 Dwight D. Eisenhower Business Statesman Award. BCIU is a non-profit, non-partisan organisation aimed at forming relationships and promoting dialogue between business and government communities on a global level.
