Global Impact Speaker Series

The William Davidson Institute sponsors a Global Impact Speaker Series for the University of Michigan community.  Business and policy leaders working in emerging markets provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities around globalization.  

The following is a list of speakers in prior years.

09/30/2008	Kunal Chawla Senior Manager                  Drishtee	W2759
11/06/2008	Sebastian Fries Director, Strategic Planning   Africa/Middle East/Latin America Pfizer	E0550
11/20/2008	Late Lawson-Lartego Director, Economic Development Unit  CARE-USA	E0550
Winter 2009
01/20/2009	Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada President,  Global Health Program    Gates Foundation	Blau Auditorium
02/04/2009	Harold Rosen Executive Director,             Grassroots Business Fund	W2760

09/19/07				Chetna Gala-Sinha Founder & President Mann Deshi Mahila Sah Bank Ltd. (Ashoka)
10/10/07				Peter Bendor-Samuel CEO Everest Group
11/15/07				David McGuire AED - Netmark Project
11/29/07				Brian Trelstad CFO  Acumen Fund
12/05/07				Scott Hillstrom CEO & Volunteer Chairman  The HealthStore Foundation   Dan Logan, Jennie Amias, Joyce Rukungu CFW Shops Forum
01/23/08				Maria Leal Founder & President Mann Deshi Mahila Sah Bank Ltd.
02/13/08				Alcely Barrosso Instituto Crescer, Brazil
03/05/08				Peter Maquera President & CEO, SPI - BPO, Phil
04/08/08				Fadi Ghandour CEO Aramex International   Alonzo Fulgham COO, US-AID

09/21/06				Stuart Hart Professor of Management Cornell University
				View the one-on-one interview Listen to the talk
09/27/06				VN Tyagarajan Executive Vice President Genpact
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11/15/06				Beth Collins Country Director Clinton Foundation, Rwanda Program
				Presentation Slides
11/30/06				Vijay Sharma Unilever
				View the one-on-one interview
12/06/06				Mark Sutter President and CEO Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
01/11/07				Trevor Field Playpumps International
02/07/07				Gregg Pascal Zachary Journalist, Author and Teacher
				View the one-on-one interview
03/07/07				Ed Potter Director of Global Labor Relations, Coca-Cola Company
				Presentation Slides
04/04/07				Theodore Kattouf President, AMIDEAST

 

04/05/06				Farooq Kathwari Chairman, CEO and President, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
03/28/06				Anurag Jain Business Process Solutions, Perot Systems
				Listen to the talk
03/15/06				Somshankar Das President, CEO and Co-Founder, e4e
				View the one-on-one interview Listen to the talk
02/01/06				Thomas Bombelles Director of Government Relations, Merck
				Presentation Slides
10/20/05				Huang Rengang Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO

 

04/13/05	Greg Josefowicz Borders Group, Inc.
03/14/05	Dennis Marvin and Larry DeWitt CMS Energy
	Presentation Slides
03/08/05	Dieter Zetsche   Chrysler President and CEO
	Presentation Slides
01/13/05	Thomas Barry Zephyr Management
12/08/04	John Sviokla Diamond Cluster International
10/27/04	Paul Laudicina A.T. Kearney