Gold Mercury book launch: SHAKING THE SKIES | The Future of Aviation

Gold Mercury book launch: SHAKING THE SKIES | The Future of Aviation

Gold Mercury International President Nicolas De Santis hosted an event to launch the book Shaking the Skies by former IATA (International Air Transport Association) CEO Giovanni Bisignani. The CEOs of various airlines attended the meeting, including Robert Milton, Chairman of United Airlines. The book describes how the aviation industry survived 9/11 and underwent one of the most significant transformations in business history.

Giovanni Bisignani assumed the Director General of IATA role in June 2002, when the aviation industry was grappling with the aftermath of 9/11, one of its most formidable challenges. IATA, the global airline authority entrusted with managing a financial clearing system of $300 billion/year, ticketing, government lobbying, passenger safety policies, landing rights, and the future of commercial flying, was at a crossroads. Over his 10-year tenure, Bisignani spearheaded and supervised monumental and contentious changes in aviation. The Gold Mercury published book is a gripping account of the industry’s fight for survival in one of the world’s most dynamic sectors.

 “In the turbulent skies of the aviation industry, Giovanni Bisignani rewrote its destiny with resilience and transformation. ‘Shaking the Skies’ illuminates the remarkable journey of survival and reinvention after 9/11, capturing the essence of a pivotal era in aviation.” 

Nicolas De Santis, President of Gold Mercury International.
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Gold Mercury President, Nicolas De Santis, speaks at the World Law Congress 2019

Gold Mercury President, Nicolas De Santis, speaks at the World Law Congress 2019

Nicolas De Santis, President of Gold Mercury International, gave a speech on UNIVERSAL VALUES AND THE LAW during the World Law Congress in Madrid in the presence of H.M. the King Felipe VI of Spain and other international authorities.

The World Law Congress of the World Jurist Association, gathered in Madrid more than 2,000 people from the international legal world and prominent figures from global civil society, to take the pulse of the most relevant issues of the international agenda.

“We support the mission and values of the World Jurist Association in promoting and defending democracy and liberty around the world. To achieve this we must guarantee for the respect and correct application of the rule of law. The World Jurist Association, organiser of this congress, is one of the global protectors of these values”

said Nicolas De Santis, President of Gold Mercury International.

 

Peace and Liberty Award Presented to the HM the King Felipe VI of Spain

During the Congress, the WJA World Peace & Liberty Award was presented to His Majesty King Felipe VI to distinguish the unwavering commitment of King to the Rule of Law and its prominent role at the international level as a leader in the defense of Democracy and Liberty. His invaluable contribution to the soundness and strengthening of the constitutional model, democratically approved by all Spaniards, makes him worthy of this recognition, making Spain a symbol for democracies in the world, with special emphasis on Latin America and Europe.

Full speech of Nicolas De Santis, President of Gold Mercury International, at the World Law Congress:

UNIVERSAL VALUES AND THE LAW

“Your Excellencies, local, national and international authorities, Ladies and Gentlemen,

 It is an honour to be here today at the World Law Congress, organised by the historic World Jurist Association, to present its new brand and vision based on Universal Values. This global event in Madrid is a historic moment for all people present here, but also for people around the world, as we will discuss the future of our planet.

Today, the structures of global governance are stretched to the limit as they try to resolve global issues, such as war, poverty, forced migration, degradation of our environment, global health, protecting human rights, and defending democratic principles. As the importance of non-state actors increases, year after year, and as our global population will reach 10 billion by 2050, our planet’s resources and social structures will face even bigger challenges and risks. We, as a planetary species, will know by then if we were able to work closer together, in peace and cooperation to guarantee our own future.

Within this narrative of global inter-dependence, law and justice will have to play a crucial role to support our sustainable future and create the basis for increased cooperation. We have now agreed 17 sustainable development goals of the UN, to achieve 169 targets by 2030.

To this challenge, I ask of all you here today, and the legal profession around the world, to keep innovating. Jurists and philosophers thousands of years ago, started the difficult road of defining crucial concepts. Law at its very core is originated and evolved from values. I ask of all of you, to think how law and justice can continue to define, defend and consolidate UNIVERSAL GLOBAL VALUES of equality, freedom, peace, fairness, mercy, respect and dignity for the individual and nature. 

Universal values are a precious public good. And law and justice must go hand in hand in consolidating and protecting them. It is the only way in which power will be controlled and will be properly exercised for the benefit of all. The new brand of the world jurist association represents this new powerful mission. A beautiful mission for all of you to join.”

Thank you!

It is now time for me to present the new brand of the World Jurist Association.

Nicolas De Santis

President, Gold Mercury International

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Gold Mercury attends Davos during World Economic Forum 2019

Gold Mercury attends Davos during World Economic Forum 2019


Nicolas De Santis, President of Gold Mercury International, attended Davos week during the World Economic Forum 2019. This year’s theme was: ‘GLOBALISATION 4.0 – Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of Industrial Revolution’. The main focus of discussions was on the future of technology and how it affects the future of our world.

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Nicolas De Santis, met with the CEO’s of various corporations to discuss the state of the world, progress of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and the Brexit situation in UK.
“Davos is now heavily influenced by technology and tech companies as the future of the world is being shaped by exponential technologies affecting every economic sector, from mobility and cyber defense to robotics and health. It is critical that we prepare the right economic and social transitions across industries, to make sure that change and disruption are managed properly and for this we all require great foresight, vision and ethical frameworks based on sustainable development. Most corporations are now embracing the SDG framework and linking those sustainable goals to corporate strategy and investments, but much more can be done.”
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Moments in History: Corporate Award Ad honorem Don Jose Ignacio Domecq

Gold Mercury International grants Ad-Honorem Awards to industry leaders that have contributed to generate progress by increasing trade relations with other nations while improving international cooperation.

Moments in History: Corporate Award Ad honorem Don Jose Ignacio Domecq


Don Jose Ignacio Domecq (left) in May 1970 at the Capitoline Hill in Rome with Don Manuel Domecq-Zurita, after receiving the Gold Mercury Corporate Award for his contribution to developing international cooperation through trade.

One of our historic Laureates is Don Jose Ignacio Domecq who won the Gold Mercury Award in May 1970. The award was presented at the Gold Mercury annual ceremony at the Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) in Rome.

I remember Pedro with incredible love. He was an intelligent man of great human values. It was an honour to present him with the Gold Mercury Award”

says Eduardo De Santis, Chairman Gold Mercury, who presented Domecq the Award in 1970.

Jose Ignacio Domecq Gonzalez, was the aristocratic head of the Spanish wine-making family who owned Pedro Domecq, one of Spain’s oldest and largest sherry and brandy shippers, from 1816 until 1994, when it was merged with Allied Lyons P.L.C., the beverages giant based in London. It is now known as Allied Domecq P.L.C.

The tall, lean Mr. Domecq was known throughout the international wine trade as ‘El Nariz’ for literal as well as figurative reasons. His hawk like nose, endlessly caricatured in profile, was memorably large. It was also his fortune, an indispensable gift in the blending necessary for creating fine sherries.

From childhood on, he said, he memorized aromas and tastes ranging from those of the freshly pressed must of palomino grapes to those of the rich, old dry sherries called olorosos dating to 1730, when the company was founded. Its rise began in 1816 when a forebear, Pedro Domecq, acquired it and gave it his name.

Sherry, like port and madeira, is a fortified wine, which means that alcohol is added for body and strength. The name is an Anglicization of Jerez, the capital of sherry production. Mr. Domecq’s skills as a blender were outstanding. In an essay for ”Christie’s Wine Companion” (Salem House, 1987), he wrote:

Strolling through a bodega, dipping out old sherries which have rested undisturbed for generations, must be one of the most satisfying encounters a man can have with wine”.

It was this relationship to sherry, perhaps Spain’s unique contribution to wine culture, that led Mr. Domecq’s competitors and admirers to observe that he was a man of long views. In his essay, he offered his perspective this way: In ancient bodegas

One watches human egos come and go — all talking loudly about market trends etc., in the jargon of the moment — while the wine ignores them all and silently ages, turning itself with our tactful guidance into the same lovely old perfection enjoyed by our ancestors”.

Mr Domecq died in 1997 at his home in Jerez de la Frontera, in southern Spain. He was 82.

Don Jose Ignacio Domecq (left) in May 1970 at the Capitoline Hill in Rome with Don Manuel Domecq-Zurita, after receiving the Gold Mercury Corporate Award for his contribution to developing international cooperation through trade.

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