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.
2008-2009
| 09/30/2008 |
Kunal Chawla
Senior Manager Drishtee
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W2759 |
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11/06/2008
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Sebastian Fries
Director, Strategic Planning Africa/Middle East/Latin America Pfizer
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E0550 |
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| 11/20/2008 |
Late Lawson-Lartego
Director, Economic Development Unit CARE-USA
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E0550 |
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| Winter 2009 |
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| 01/20/2009 |
Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada
President, Global Health Program Gates Foundation
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Blau Auditorium |
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| 02/04/2009 |
Harold Rosen
Executive Director, Grassroots Business Fund
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W2760 |
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2007-2008
| 09/19/07 |
Chetna Gala-Sinha
Founder & President
Mann Deshi Mahila Sah Bank Ltd. (Ashoka)
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| 10/10/07 |
Peter Bendor-Samuel
CEO Everest Group
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| 11/15/07 |
David McGuire
AED - Netmark Project
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| 11/29/07 |
Brian Trelstad
CFO
Acumen Fund
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| 12/05/07 |
Scott Hillstrom
CEO & Volunteer Chairman
The HealthStore Foundation
Dan Logan, Jennie Amias, Joyce Rukungu
CFW Shops Forum
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| 01/23/08 |
Maria Leal
Founder & President
Mann Deshi Mahila Sah Bank Ltd.
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| 02/13/08 |
Alcely Barrosso
Instituto Crescer, Brazil
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| 03/05/08 |
Peter Maquera
President & CEO,
SPI - BPO, Phil
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| 04/08/08 |
Fadi Ghandour
CEO Aramex International
Alonzo Fulgham
COO, US-AID
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2005 - 2006
| 04/05/06 |
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| 03/28/06 |
Anurag Jain
Business Process Solutions,
Perot Systems |
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| 03/15/06 |
Somshankar Das
President, CEO and Co-Founder, e4e |
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| 02/01/06 |
Thomas Bombelles
Director of Government Relations, Merck |
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| 10/20/05 |
Huang Rengang
Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO |
2004 - 2005