Emerging Market Risk (Part 1)
Join a high-level conversation with fellow industry leaders and experts from The Conference Board to address emerging business issues identified by our members. Each KnowlEdge Series is composed of three or four half-hour programs that build on each other. The interactive, web-based format ensures ease of access. Supplemental materials and online availability keep the discussion going long after the series ends. Provocative and proactive, the KnowlEdge Series informs and deepens your company’s internal dialogue on the most pressing issues of the day.
While emerging markets offer significant opportunities for multinational company growth, these markets also have their own unique risks. The lure to fuel corporate growth through opportunities in emerging markets often clouds our understanding of risk and reward trade-offs.
Series Host
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Ellen Hexter
Senior Advisor, Enterprise Risk Management The Conference Board Ellen Hexter is senior advisor, enterprise risk management at The Conference Board. She has served on the faculty of The Conference Board Directors’ Institute and worked with boards to provide director training in risk management practices a... Full Bio |
Emerging Market Risk (Part 1)
Part 1 - Learning from Experience: Doing Business in Africa
18 September, 2012 | (01 hr)
We will discuss some of the compelling reasons to consider business opportunities in Africa today:
- The panel will discuss why the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development recently cited Africa as providing the highest risk-adjusted returns on foreign investment among emerging economies.
- What are some innovative business structures that are helpful when entering different African markets?
- What is the best way to navigate working with different governments, different legal structures and physical infrastructure?
- Can you find and develop the right workforce?
Who should attend
Operating Executives working in Africa or whose businesses have ties to Africa; Finance Executives ; Enterprise Risk Management Leaders; Legal Executives, and functional executives who are supporting business growth in Africa.
Speakers
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Harry Broadman
Harry G. Broadman is the Leader of PwC's Emerging Markets Practice; Co-Leader of PwC's Anti-Corruption and Corporate Intelligence Practice; and PwC's Chief Economist. Prior to coming to PwC, Broadman was Managing Director of The Albright Gro... Full Bio |
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Marc Schaedeli
Marc is the Head of Group Risk Management at Nestlé, based in Vevey / Switzerland. For the last 10 years he has built up and further developed world-wide Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) at Nestlé. He is responsible of developing and... Full Bio |
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Nelly Akoth
Joined IBM 15 years ago and has held a number of key positions across services business. These were mostly Financial Analysis roles in different areas of the IBM services business that varied from Parts accounting to the Business units' fore... Full Bio |
Emerging Market Risk (Part 2)
Part 2 - Learning from Experience: Doing Business in Russia
19 September, 2012 | (01 hr)
We will discuss some of the compelling reasons to consider business opportunities in Russia today:
- Is there long term growth opportunity in Russia outside the energy sector?
- What is the reality of safety and security of people, data and intellectual property in Russia today?
- What are some innovative business structures that are helpful when entering Russian markets?
- Can you find and develop the right workforce in Russia?
Who should attend
Operating Executives working in Russia or whose businesses have ties to Russia; Finance Executives ; Enterprise Risk Management Leaders; Legal Executives, and functional executives who are supporting business growth in Russia.
Speakers
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Harri Spolander
Harri has assumed the role of Vice President and Chief Risk Officer in Fortum since 2008. Fortum is a Nordic leading power utility with operations in Nordic countries, Baltic states, Poland and Russia. Before that he had different roles within ris... Full Bio |
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Harry Broadman
Harry G. Broadman is the Leader of PwC's Emerging Markets Practice; Co-Leader of PwC's Anti-Corruption and Corporate Intelligence Practice; and PwC's Chief Economist. Prior to coming to PwC, Broadman was Managing Director of The Albright Gro... Full Bio |
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Hans Laessoe
Based on an M. Sc., Hans Læssøe started at the LEGO group in 1981 programming medium term production planning IT-systems. In 1982 he started eductaing the LEGO Group organization in using IT as a tool. In 1984 Læssøe tran... Full Bio |
Emerging Market Risk (Part 3)
Part 3 - Learning from Experience: Doing Business in Brazil
25 September, 2012 | (01 hr)
We will discuss some of the compelling reasons to consider business opportunities in Brazil today:
- Brazil has been a major success story in Latin America, with reliable growth until just recently. We will look at long term prospects in this country.
- What are some of the challenges of entering the Brazilian market or increasing corporate presence there?
- Are partnering opportunities helpful to mitigate risk?
- What is the labor situation? Can you find and develop the right workforce in Brazil?
Who should attend
Operating Executives working in Brazil or whose businesses have ties to Brazil; Finance Executives ; Enterprise Risk Management Leaders; Legal Executives, and functional executives who are supporting business growth in Brazil.
Speakers
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Olivier Balmat
Olivier Balmat is Head Group Risk Management and responsible for the Enterprise Risk Management within Syngenta. This includes the regular review and reporting of the Group Risk Profile to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, as wel... Full Bio |
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Harry Broadman
Harry G. Broadman is the Leader of PwC's Emerging Markets Practice; Co-Leader of PwC's Anti-Corruption and Corporate Intelligence Practice; and PwC's Chief Economist. Prior to coming to PwC, Broadman was Managing Director of The Albright Gro... Full Bio |
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Manuel Aguirre
Mr. Manuel Ernesto Aguirre has been Managing Director - Latin American Operations at CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. since 2009. Mr. Aguirre is a registered structural and civil engineer. Mr. Aguirre served as the Theater Director for South America Thea... Full Bio |