Panelist Bios

Richard Boocock | Vice President, Global Operations

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Summary Bio

Richard Boocock was appointed vice president, Global Operations, in February 2012. He is responsible for the worldwide leadership and management of Air Products' gases, chemicals and electronics manufacturing operations.

Mr. Boocock joined Air Products in 1982 as a participant in the company's Career Development Program, with assignments in engineering and R&D. After working on a variety of international projects he moved into the sale of equipment business in 1990. He then moved into a business management role and from 1995 to 2000 led the European Electronics Division.

In 2000 Mr. Boocock moved to head the European arm of the global information technology function, and in 2001 was asked to lead implementation of SAP into Air Products worldwide. In 2o04, he returned to Europe  as vice president, Tonnage Gases Europe and Middle East, and in 2008 he was appointed vice president, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer.

Mr. Boocock graduated from Birmingham University with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) I degree in Chemical Engineering, and received and M.B.A. from Henley Management College. 


Ylber Dauti | Principal 

The Dauti Law Firm, P.C. 
Summary Bio

Ylber Dauti is an attorney admitted to the Bar of the State of New York and to practice law in the Federal Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mr. Dauti is also a duly licensed attorney-at-law in Albania (non-practicing) and is a duly licensed Solicitor of England and Wales (non-practicing).

Mr. Dauti is also a member of the International Bar Association, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, The Law Society of England and Wales, and the International High IQ Society. Mr. Dauti is also a life member of Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forums, where less than 1% of U.S. lawyers have acheived the required professional results to qualify for membership and have become members. Some of the decisions and/or results of the cases in which he has been involved as Lead Attorney have been published on the front pages of New York Law Journal, Gotham Gazette, and Verdict Search Reporter.

Prior to founding The Dauti Law Firm, P.C., Mr. Dauti was a trial attorney for five years with two highly respected New York City law firms and also served as the General Counsel of a U.S. Corporation with international business activities.

Mr. Dauti is a graduate of Tirana Law School, Central European University, and the University of Connecticut School of Law.


Sandi Klose | Global Head of Operations, Investors

Thomson Reuters
Summary Bio

Sandi Klose manages a global team focused on developing commercial strategy and managines commercial operations for the Investors Group at Thomson Reuters. This role runs across multiple business lines and sectors making Sandi responsible for bringing together strategies and process across Thomson Reuters' Investment Banking, Investment Management, and Enterprise businesses. A critical part of her responsibilties in 2013 is driving desktop upgrades from Investors' legacy platforms to Eikon, the strategic platform and future of Thomson Reuters' financial products business.

Earlier phases of Sandi’s career have included working in Hong Kong, where Sandi headed up Customer Segments and Product Development in Asia for Thomson Financial, managing the local commercial teams for Investment Management and Investment Banking, local product development teams and liaison with operational centers in Japan and the Philippines.

Sandi started her career over twenty years ago at Securities Data Company, a subsidiary of Thomson Financial, as a Research Analyst in the Municipal Bond Department, and subsequently held various positions in Content, Client Support, Product and Strategy.

Sandi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Cornell University and an Executive M.B.A. in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. 

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