The Mortgage Banker’s Association (MBA) announced earlier this week that Jonathan L. Kemper, current President and CEO, will be stepping down on December 31, 2008. According to the same MBA statement, during Kempner’s seven years with the MBA, the association doubled its revenues and operating reserve fund.

“This has been an extremely intellectually stimulating and rewarding period in my professional life,” said Kempner. “Navigating the highs and lows of the real estate cycles, with a first rate leadership and wonderful membership, afforded me a rare opportunity to contribute to one of the most important industries in our society. I am very proud for the extraordinary staff I have helped assemble at MBA, as my colleagues’ dedication, intelligence, and expertise make a true difference in the overall quality of life for many Americans. MBA’s mission, I am convinced, will be enhanced with new leadership, and on a personal level I very much look forward to a new position of leadership myself after nearly eight wonderful years at MBA.”

Kieran P. Quinn, MBA Chairman of the Board of Directors had this to say of Kempner, “Jonathan has been an exceptional leader for MBA. He has led a major transformation in our operations, and put in place a first rate staff that is widely acknowledged to be one of the most effective in the Washington association world. He has poured his heart and soul into MBA with the highest degree of professionalism, integrity, and devotion to our members, and always with a personal warmth and sense of humor. The entire MBA family will miss him.”

Quinn also announced that John A. Courson, former MBA Chairman, will become their COO effective August 1, and will assume the position of President of MBA, effective January 1, 2009.

Quinn said that, “John Courson brings tremendous industry knowledge, business savvy, and political skills to MBA. John has worked tirelessly on behalf of our industry for more than 40 years. He has been an advocate ensuring safe and affordable housing for all Americans and for simplifying the mortgage process. We are lucky to have John join MBA and steer our association to represent the real estate finance industry as we continue to build America’s communities.”

Courson, who currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Housing Finance Agency, served as Chairman of MBA in 2003 and as a member of MBA’s Board of Directors, the Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG) and the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG).]

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If his intention was evozieren a sense of patriotism and pride among young graduates of IIM Bangalore, M. Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, doubtless succeeded.

Time, the convocation address on the 30 annual Convocation of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Mr. Anand Mahindra, invited the graduates to create a model of capitalism compassion and investment with integrity. ”

He advised the students strap on an anti-gravity belt, had three buttons: one to turn off their failure mechanisms of protection, the second to activate its secret weapons (brahmastra) and the third to activate self-belief. In his view, India is not USP’s Low-Cost yet the advantage of linguistic knowledge in English, but ensuring the lowest cost through innovation. Following the example of how Mahindra’s Scorpio R & D team, he said, “We are against a fee of $ 120 million, while the USA have not done so to $ 600 million.”

IIM-B Terming as “one of the best business schools in the world,” these studies Harvard Graduate asked the party from 2005 to tackle the gravity and soar high. ”

“You are the first generation of Indians to be completely free. You are diploma, if India wins its second freedom fight,” he said.

On the convocation today, four students were the headlines a Fellow of the IIM-B, 192 students were established by the degree of post-graduate diploma in management, 54 students have graduated from a PG software business management and 28 students were graduates PG-Public Policy.

The International Institute of Management and Governance (IIMG) is organising a six-day workshop for company directors. The workshop, which began on October 13, will address issues of transparency, accountability, equity, integrity and social and environmental responsibilities of company directors.

Participants at the end of the six-day programme will be given a PG Diploma in Company Directorship. The programme is divided into 12 modules. These include Duties, Responsibilities and Liabilities of Directorship, Board’s Role in Strategic Planning and Managing Innovation among others.

The faculty for the programme includes Justice M. N. Venkatchaliah, former Chief Justice of India, Dr P. G. Apte, Director IIM Banagalore, Mr C. P. Jain, Chairman NTPC

Kochi, Jan. 16 - The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, is the organization for managing the annual festival of 23 and January 25 Kozhikode in January, where students from other institutions management, including IIMs, XLRI , etc. are likely to participate.

Backwaters, as the event is called, it would be a crystallization of the energy of young people and says the clarity of the modern spirit, the manager, a fax K-IIM said.

The event includes games of strategy, workshops, informal non-academic events, a summary of the promotion of the Exchange online, simulation competitions, conferences, etc.

The demonstrations are supposed to be more to test the intellectual capability, logical thinking, spontaneity, knowledge on the various areas of management and, most importantly, the integrity of thought and execution of the brave new ideas, This increases competition in the business world requires.

Patni Computer, one of the sponsors of the event, the organization of a workshop on an interactive platform between participants and industry, with lectures, presentations and games. Participants will have the opportunity to learn what it is what happens in the industry.