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In July 1993 the
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King is a founding member of the
Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa. He has acted as a company inspector and commissioner of inquiry into the affairs of companies, and has chaired many meetings to effect compromises for company creditors and on behalf of shareholder interests. In 1994 he
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an opportunity to educate the recently democratized South
African public on the principles of working in a free economy. King I was the first report of its kind in South Africa. In 2002, when the
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King was born on 22 July 1937 to Aubrey and Mona King. He attended the
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Business Governance Handbook: Principles and practice, Volume 1
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