Department of Management Business in the Global Age lecture series
Date: Wednesday 31 October 2007
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Richard J Gnodde
Chair: Howard Davies
The global capital markets are being transformed by the emergence of new actors, new flows and new partnerships - creating opportunities as well as challenges for business, government and civil society. In this lecture, Richard Gnodde will share the lessons of global businesses operating in this new environment, and reflect on the ways in which global capital markets can be a force for progress for business as well as society.
Richard Gnodde is Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International and a Member of the Firm's Management Committee. Mr. Gnodde joined Goldman Sachs in 1987, and was named president of Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte. and co-head of Investment Banking in Asia in 1999, before moving to Hong Kong that same year to become President of Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC. In January 2005, he returned to London as vice chairman, and in July 2006 assumed his current position.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.
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The next lecture in this series will be on Thursday 29 November and is entitled Turning Risk into Opportunity: An insider's guide to entrepreneurial strategy.