Global Leaders Group

The Global Leaders Group is a group of engaged alumni and friends of the University of the Chicago Booth School of Business around the world who advise and support the dean of Chicago Booth on global strategy.

Our Global Leaders Group (GLG) is comprised of Booth alumni and friends who have been asked to serve as strategic partners and who have demonstrated affinity for and investment in the school and our global initiatives. The GLG is organized around the regions in which Chicago Booth has campuses, including the APAC and EMEA regions.

 

Members work closely with the school’s senior leadership on local strategy, geopolitics, and current business and financial trends in APAC and EMEA. These esteemed alumni serve as ambassadors for the school and help expand the brand by facilitating networking channels and hosting high-level meetings and events to support Booth’s mission and efforts globally.

 

Members from the APAC Region

Brian Baker, ’97
Senior Consultant, China Pacific Insurance Company Investment Management

Wei Cai, AM ’95, MBA ’95
Partner and Head, China Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs

Christopher S. Chan,  ’86
CIO: Public Markets, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Dave Chenn, ’00
Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner, Oceanpine Capital

Samuel Wai-Tak Chu, ’87
Managing Partner and CIO, Phoenix Property Investors, Ltd.

John Ehara, ’78
Co-Founder, Unison Capital

JP Gan, ’99
Founding Partner and Director, INCE Capital

Jerry He, SM ’97, MBA ’04
Chairman and CEO, Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.

Hiro Hirano, ’89
Partner, Co-Head of Private Equity, and CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Shin Horie, ’93
Managing Director, Integrated Solutions Group, GIC

Raymond K. Hung, ’73
CEO, Applied Enterprises Limited

Abhinav Jhunjhunwala, ’14 (AXP-13)
CEO, AJ Capital Asset Management

Benjamin Kai Yiu Lee, ’83
Managing Partner, Phoenix Property Investors

Michelle Liem, ’89
Managing Director, Nuri Holdings

Merlin Lu, ’16 (AXP-15)
CEO, Reckitt & Manon Business Co., Ltd

Sean Lu, ’00
Managing Director, CBC Group

Sue S. Luh, ’01
Partner, One Plus One Group for Disability

Luis Miranda, ’89
Cofounder and Chairman, Indian School of Public Policy

Tandean Rustandy, ’07 (AXP-6)
Founder and CEO, PT Arwana Citramulia Tbk

Morgan Sze, ’93
CIO, Azentus Capital Management

Agus Tandiono, ’95
Managing Director, Head of Fundamental Equities Asia, CPP Investment Board

Tony Tang, MBA '00
Head of China, Citadel Securities

Tao Tao, ’16 (AXP-15)
Managing and Founding Partner, Co-Stone Capital Investment Management

Jack S. Wadsworth Jr., ’63
Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley

Osamu Yamamoto, ’93
Partner, Unison Capital, Inc

Lincoln C. K. Yung, ’70
Managing Director, Nanyang Holdings

Dennis Demiao Zhu, ’93 
Managing Director, Yuan Management Hong Kong

Members from the EMEA Region

Jose Alvarez, ’96 (EXP-1) 
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Banco Santander SA

Ryan Blute, ’04
Managing Director, PIMCO

Keith Breslauer, ’88
Managing Partner and Senior Partner, Patron Capital Partners

Craig Dawson, ’99
Managing Director, PIMCO

Raquel Dawson, ’00

Renaud DePlanta, ’87
Senior Partner, Chairman of the Group Executive Committee, Pictet Group

Constantinos Economou, ’10 (EXP-15)
CEO, Colourfield Liability Solutions

Mariam Elsamny, ’08 (EXP-13)
Head of Personal Banking, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Carl-Thomas Epping, ’85
Manager, Carl-Th. Epping GmbH

Babatunde Fajemirokun, ’13 (EXP-18)
CEO and Managing Director, AIICO Insurance

Rolf Friedli, ’96 (EXP-1)
Partner and Chairman, CapVis Equity Partners Ltd.

Stefan Hepp, ’90 
CEO, INIZIA Capital AG

Heba Iskander, ’10 (EXP-15)
Board Secretary and Corporate Development Director, Orascom Construction PLC

Blair Jacobson, ’99 
Partner and Co-Head of European Credit, Ares Management Corporation

Rajeev Kakar
Senior Banker and Board Member; Strategic and Start-up Investor; Founder, Dunia Finance; Global CoFounder, Fullerton Financial Holdings; Former Citibank Mg. Dir and CEO, Turkey, ME and Africa Region

Ashwin Kumar, ’88
Industry Partner, Motive Partners

Nathan Lacaze, ’12 (EXP-17)
Co-CEO, EMEA, Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd.

Dirk Louis Lievens, ’99
Partner, Goldman Sachs Group

Tarak B. Mehta, ’00
President, Electrification Business Area, ABB Ltd.

Roger Orf, MBA ’77, JD ’79
Partner, Apollo Global Management LLC

Sam Pokroy, ’04
Founder and CEO, Sanari Capital

Stephanie Rada Zocco, AB ’88
Co-President, The Rada Zocco Foundation

Bruce Rigal, ’89
Director of the Institute of Business, Law and Society, St. Mary’s University

Felix Robyns, ’85
Founder and Principal, 12 Advisors

Adarsh Sarma, MBA '00
Co Head EMEA, Partner, Warburg Pincus International

Jerome M. Stern, ’96
Managing Partner, J. Stern & Co.

Van J. Stults, ’78
Founding Partner and Managing Director, Orion Capital Managers

Elaine Zong, ’98
Private Investor, ERJ Investments