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Registration Fees:
European Business Group (EBG) members - $15
Chicago Booth and Other Students - $20
Chicago Booth Alumni - $30
Other attendees - $50
Breakfast and lunch provided
Speaker Profiles
Jose Maria Aznar (Speaker)
Former Prime Minister of Spain
Before José María Aznar took office as Prime Minister of Spain, his country was economically paralyzed by high unemployment, a deficit and little growth. Aznar instituted numerous economic reforms - including liberalizing the market and privatizing industry - in turn creating five million new jobs and a budget surplus. His changes increased Spain’s GNP by 68% and propelled Spain to the eighth largest economy in the world. Today Aznar shares his strategies for creating economic opportunity in the new global economy and the values he believes are necessary for leadership: acting with conviction in the face of criticism and taking responsibility for one’s actions. Aznar also provides an understanding of how the loosening of economic borders will influence local markets, Europe’s economic future and the survival of the EU in today’s international economy.
Yiannos Papantoniou (Speaker)
Former Minister for National Economy and Finance of Greece
Yiannos Papantoniou is the main architect behind Greece's economic reforms in the late 90s that led to the implementation of the euro.
Mr. Papantoniou started his political career in 1981 when he was elected Member of the European Parliament. In 1984, he was appointed Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on European Community affairs and also as Prime Minister’s representative on the ad hoc committee established by the European Council for the examination of the institutional problems of the European Communities. In 1985, he became Deputy Minister for National Economy and, in March 1989, Minister of Trade. In June 1989, he became a Member of Parliament. He was re-elected in October 1993 and was appointed Alternate Minister for National Economy. He became Minister for National Economy in May 1994. In September 1996, he was re-elected as Member of Parliament and became Minister for National Economy and Finance.
Yannos Papantoniou is the author of several books and numerous articles on economics and politic
Abe Tomas Hughes, II (Speaker)
Vice President Director of Business Development for the Americas, CNH - Case New Holland
http://www.cnh.com
Abe Tomas Hughes is currently Vice President Director of Business Development for the Americas (U.S., Canada and Latin America) of Case New Holland, responsible for mergers, acquisitions and new business ventures for the construction and agriculture equipment business lines as well as the Parts & Services and Capital organizations.
Abe has diversified international corporate experience, having worked in Brazil, Spain, California and Indianapolis in various roles from business development, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and sales at Eli Lilly and Company, R.R. Donnelley and within the investment banking sector.
Born in Arizona, Abe received his MBA from the Harvard Business School and his BA from Cornell University.
Sekhar Bahadur (Speaker)
Vice Chairman - Global Banking, Deutsche Bank
http://www.db.com/
Sekhar Bahadur is Vice Chairman of Global Banking in Deutsche Bank’s Financial Sponsors Goup and manages Deutsche Bank’s relationships with several key clients. He has played an important role in many of Europe’s largest sponsor transactions. He was previously responsible for the European Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsor Coverage groups at Deutsche Bank and the Sponsor Group at Bankers Trust. Before joining Bankers Trust in 1992, he was a partner of a London-based merchant banking firm specialising in cross-border European M&A. From 1983 to 1990, Sekhar was with Salomon Brothers, most recently in London as a Director in the M&A department responsible for Southern Europe, with previous experience in New York (1983 to 1987) in a wide range of M&A, equity and debt financing, advisory, capital markets and risk management assignments. Sekhar received an AB with General Honors in Chemistry in 1981 and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1983.
Questions
Pedro Uria-Recio
Co-chair, European Business Group
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