DRIVERS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Throughout the year, board members and other high-level company executives visit Lauder and give lectures to students. Following these lectures, students are encouraged to spend time discussing issues with the speakers. In some instances, a select group of students is invited to have dinner with the guest speaker.

It’s a great way to gain insight into some of global business’ greatest minds!

Below you will find a list of upcoming lectures and some of the guest speakers that have visited the Lauder Institute over the past 3 years.

Past Speakers

Mr.Reza Ansari
President
Aveda Korea
Lauder Class of 1993

Mr. Tom Bendheim
Former President and Chief Executive Officer The Colibri Group

Mr. Bill Blumenthal
King and Spalding
Global Leadership Forum Washington

Mr. Deuk-Kyu Bok, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Department of Technology and Industry
Samsung Economic Research Institute

Mr. Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Lexa Partners, LLC
New York, New York

Mr. Gunter Burghardt
EU Ambassador to the U.S.
Global Leadership Forum Washington

Ms. Janifer Burns
Managing Director
BBVA Securities, Inc.
New York, New York

Mr. Richard Burt
Former Ambassador to Germany
Former Lauder Institute Board of Governors

Mr. Thomas Byrne
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Cisneros Group of Companies

Mr. Gustavo A. Cisneros
Chairman and CEO
Abril S.A.
Sao Paolo, Brazil

Mr. Roberto Civita
Chairman and CEO
Abril S.A.
Sao Paolo, Brazil

Dr. Ángel Corcóstegui
former First Vice Chairman & CEO
Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A.
Madrid , Spain

His Excellency Francois Bujon de l'Estang
French Ambassador to the United States

Brig. General Andrew Davis
U.S. Marine Corps
Global Leadership Forum Washington

Mr. Douglas Daft
President and CEO
The Coca-Cola Company

Mr. Michael Diekmann
Member of the Board of Management responsible for the Americas
Allianz AG
Munich, Germany

Dr. Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Global Human Rights Advocate

Mr. Paul Fribourg
Chairman and CEO
ContiGroup Companies, Inc.
New York, New York

Mr. Enrique Garcia
CEO
Corporacion Andina de Fomento
Venezuela

Mr. Robert Goldberg
U.S. Department of State
Global Leadership Forum Washington

Mr. Evan Greenberg
Vice Chairman
Ace Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda

Mr. Rajat Gupta
Managing Director
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Stamford, CT

Dr. Carl Hahn
Member of the Supervisory Board
Volkswagen AG
Germany

Dr. Edward T. Hand
U.S. Department of Justice
Global Leadership Forum Washington

Ambassador Charles Kartman
Executive Director
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation

Mr. Richard Katz
Senior Editor
The Oriental Economist

Mr. Stefan Kawalec
Former Polish Undersecretary of Finance
Current Chief Advisor to the Aviva Plc group

Ambassador Takekazu Kawamura
Consul General of Japan
New York, New York

Mr. Rene M. Kern
Managing Director
General Atlantic LLC
Lauder Class of 1990

Mr. Allan Kwan
Regional VP and Managing Director
Yahoo! Northern Asia
Lauder Class of 1987

Mr. Shiv Khemka
Lauder Institute Board of Governors
Wharton Board of Overseers
Lauder Class of 1990

Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi
Chief Corporate Advisor & Former Chairman
Fuji Xerox

Mr. A. G. Lafley
President & CEO
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio

Mr. John D. Langlois, Jr.
Director, Nanjing City Commercial Bank
Nanjing , China

Mr. Nicholas Lardy
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution

Mr. Leonard Lauder
Chairman
Estee Lauder Companies
New York, New York

The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder
Chairman
Clinique Laboratories
New York, New York

His Excellency Jean-David Levitte
Ambasssador of France to the U.S.

Dr. Edward N. Luttwak
Senior Fellow, CSIS
Global Leadership Forum
Washington

Mr. David Mussafer (WG'90)
Managing Partner
Advent International, Boston, MA

Dr. Roger Owen
Harvard University

Sir Anthony Neoh
Chief Advisor for the China
Securities Regulatory Commission

Dr. R. K. Raghavan
Former Director
Central Bureau of Investigation
India

Mr. Jeff Rathke
Deputy Director
NATO Operations, Office of European Security and Political Affairs at the U.S. Department of State

Mr. Jean-Pierre Rosso
Chairman
Case New Holland

Mr. Douglas A. Silliman
Director, Offife of Southern European Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Mr. Steve Sloan
Managing Partner
Cogent Partners
Lauder Class of 2000

Mr. George Soros
President and Chairman
Soros Funds International LLC

Ambassador Francis Taylor
U.S. Department of State
Global Leadership Forum
Washington

The Honorable Barbara S. Thomas
Executive Chairman
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
London, England

Mr. David Trachtenberg
President
The Hartland Group
McLean, Virginia

Mr. James Wolfensohn
President
The World Bank

Mr. Jacob Wallenberg
Chairman of the Board Investor AB ( Sweden)

Mr. Vahana Zanoyan
President & CEO
Petroleum Finance Co.