KEYNOTE SPEAKERS...
John A. Quelch is Senior Associate Dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Between 1998 and 2001 he was Dean of London Business School. Professor Quelch is an expert on global marketing and branding in emerging as well as developed markets. In 2002 he was appointed Chairman of the Port Authority of Massachusetts. With around $400 million in annual revenues, Massport oversees three airports and the seaport of Boston. He has served as a consultant, seminar leader and speaker for firms, industry associations and government agencies in more than forty countries. He has consulted to over fifty leading firms. Professor Quelch is the author and co-author of sixteen books including Global Marketing Management (4th edition, 1999), Cases in Advertising and Promotion Management (4th Edition, 1996) and The Marketing Challenge of Europe 1992 (2nd Edition, 1991)
Richard Vietor is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration where he teaches courses on the regulation of business and the international political economy. He also teaches in several executive education programs. He received a B.A. in economics from Union College (1967), an M.A. in history from Hofstra University (1971), and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh (1975). He was appointed Professor in 1984.
Before joining to the Harvard Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Missouri. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and Harvard's Newcomen Fellowship. In 1981, he received the Newcomen Award in business history. He serves on the editorial board of the Business History Review, the advisory board of IPADE, in Mexico, and the Infrastructure Committee of the Competitiveness Policy Council. He was President of the Business History Conference for 1993-1994.
Pankaj Ghemawat. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration and Head of the Strategy Unit. After receiving his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in London during 1982 and 1983, and has taught at the Harvard Business School since then. In 1991, he was appointed the youngest full professor in the Business School's history. Between 1995 and 1998, he headed the School's required first-year course on Competition and Strategy. He currently teaches the elective course, Globalization and Strategy. His research and teaching in this area focuses on the dynamics of globalization and generic strategies for globalizing firms.
Charles A. Ford. Senior Advisor United States
and Foreign Commercial Service. US
Department of Commerce. He joined the U.S. Department of Commerce
in 1982 after working for eight years in the private sector. Mr. Ford
has served in a variety of senior positions in Washington and overseas.
From 1992-94, Mr. Ford was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International
Operations of the Department's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service.
In this capacity, he had responsibility for the overseas operations
of the US&FCS in over 80 countries. From May 1993 through June
1994, Mr. Ford also served as the Acting Assistant Secretary and Director
General of the US&FCS. This is the highest position in the organization
with responsibility for over 1600 employees overseas and throughout
the U.S. Subsequent to these Washington assignments, Mr. Ford served
as the Commercial Minister at the American Embassy in London where
he was responsible for supporting US commercial interests in the U.K.
He also was designated the senior field coordinator of our European
program. From January 2000 until August 2003, he was the Commercial
Minister at the US Mission to the European Union in Brussels.In July
2003 he was elected to the Governing Board of the American Foreign
Service Association, where he serves as Foreign Commercial Service
Vice President.
Mr. Ford has been the recipient of the Department of Commerce's two
highest awards, the Gold and Silver Medals, for his work on Europe
and Russia/NIS.
Joaquín de la Herrán has worked
for 20 years serving with the Spanish Ministry of Finance and Economy.
He is the managing director of
CESCE ("Compañia Española de Seguros de Crédito
a la Exportación, S.A."). Main responsibilities were related
to international activities posted as Spain representative at the
IMF in Washington, in Brussels as the Permanent Representation of
Spain and in Miami as Trade Commissioner of Spain. Also served as
Chief of staff of the Finance Minister and Head of the International
Department in the Ministry of Finance. CEO of Atento (Telefonica's
group call-center company). Now is founder and General Manager of
SYNI
CONSULTING, consulting firm based in Madrid devoted to promote
business between Spain and the U.S. He advises Spanish companies on
doing business in the U.S. and American companies on doing business
in Spain. He earned his degrees in Law and Business Administration
at ICADE-Madrid.
Pedro Nueno was educated at Harvard University,
PhD of Business Administration. He is Professor of IESE and the Bertran
Foundation Chair on Entrepreneurship. Nueno is the author of many
books, most notably, Compitiendo en el Siglo XXI, 1998, coauthor of
The Light and the Shadow, 1997, Entrepreneuring, 1994, and Corporate
Turnaround, 1992. He is Chairman of FINAVES,
venture capital coproration associated to the entrepreneurship activity
of IESE Alumni. Professor Nueno has been involved in the development
of several business schools around the world. He is currently Executive President of the China Europe International Business School, CEIBS, Shanghai.
Ricardo Martinez-Rico
Former
Secretary of State for Financial Affairs (Spain) (2003-2004). He is
Managing Director of Montoro & Associates. Head of the Economic and
Commercial Office of Spain, Washington DC (2004-2006).
Head of the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain. Washington , D.C. (2004). Ricardo Martinez-Rico was a member of Spain’s Economic Team that implemented a comprehensive set of macro and micro economic policies, which have been the basis for the strong growth of the Spanish economy during the last four years (2002-2004) Mr. Martinez-Rico was directly involved in implementing economic and structural reforms, in the privatization and liberalization of former public monopolies and in setting up the fiscal framework for budgetary consolidation. He has conducted frequent briefings with missions of international organizations such as OECD, IMF
and the European Commission as well as with groups of international
investors. After serving for 6 years in Spain ’s Ministry of
Commerce, Ricardo Martinez-Rico was Director of the Cabinet of the
Finance Minister during the period 1996 thru 2002.
Gary V. Litman is Vice President for Europe & Eurasia at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Mr. Litman is responsible for developing and implementing regional trade policy agenda of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, managing the Chamber's office in Brussels, assisting member companies in trade and investment in the region, and providing member companies with relevant business advocacy services in the United States, European Union and the Eurasian transitional markets.
Prior to assuming his current position at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Mr. Litman worked as an intellectual property specialist in a patent law firm in Arlington, VA, and later was an intern at the largest French international arbitration and litigation law firm of S.G Archibald in Paris, France. Upon graduation from the National Law Center, he joined as an associate the Law Offices of Stewart and Stewart in Washington, D.C. At Stewart and Stewart, he worked for three years as the attorney responsible for the legal work of the firm's international business and investment division. He advised corporate clients on regulations and investment opportunities in Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan, drafted and negotiated joint venture contracts, export/import and licensing agreements, technology transfers and investment projects. He was also responsible for ensuring the firm's compliance with export controls, Foreign Agent Registration Act and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Mr. Litman is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars. He authored several legal publications on various aspects of international business, including U.S. export controls, privatization in Central Europe, oil and gas sector investment and intellectual property legislation. He also rendered technical consulting services to the World Bank on energy projects in Central Asia.
Eric Stewart was appointed by the Bush Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe at the U.S. Department of Commerce in September 2003. Mr. Stewart directed the Department's activities on trade, commerce, compliance and investment policies for more than 50 countries (including European Commission and 25 EU countries, Turkey, Russia and the Independent States) in the region. He also was responsible for developing programs, policies and strategies designed to strengthen the United States' commercial position in Europe. He was particularly committed to the protection of U.S. investments and intellectual property rights and aggressively engaged in the solving of commercial disputes involving foreign governments. He was also asked to create and oversee the federal government's Hurricane Contracting Information Center to assist small, minority, women and local-owned businesses access the resources needed to compete for government contracts to rebuild the Gulf Coast. During his tenure at Commerce he was also tapped as a surrogate for the Bush Administration on issues ranging from Social Security to energy policy.
Mr. Stewart joined the U.S. Department of Commerce in September 2001 and served as Chief of Staff to then Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance William H. Lash. In that role, Mr. Stewart served as an international trade policy advisor, a liaison to the business community and a link to the U.S. Congress. Former Commerce Secretary Donald Evans assigned Mr. Stewart to improve outreach to the business community and solve international trade problems for U.S. firms. During these two years, Mr. Stewart provided policy support and actively participated in bi-lateral discussions during overseas policy and trade missions.
Patricia Hayden is a multilingual global management
and communications specialist with extensive practical experience
in the field of global leadership development, global relationship
building and cross-cultural communications coaching. She is Founding
President of Intercultural Consulting, a global advisory consulting
firm based in Dallas,
Texas. She specializes in counseling both US and non-US senior level,
public and private sector executives regarding their global communication
challenges. She has recently been appointed as an advisor to the Bush
Administration by serving on the Sub-Committee for Public Diplomacy
within the Department of State. She designs, develops and presents
executive and group region-specific global communications briefings
for organizations desiring to improve their global performance through
enhanced leadership, global relationships and multicultural communication
skills.
Michael W. Liikala
Michael Liikala is President of Solutions International; a firm focused on helping leading firms enter new international markets. Prior to returning to the private sector, he was the National Director of International Strategic Alliances for the U.S. Commercial Service (CS) and leader of the CS California Trade Partnership initiative. Before working on the California Trade Partnership, he had a distinguished and highly recognized career as a U.S. Diplomat overseas and in the Senior Executive Service in the USA.
Overseas Mr. Liikala served as Senior Commercial Officer, SCO, in the U.S Embassy in Spain and oversaw the commercial operations for the United States through offices in Madrid and Barcelona. He assisted U.S. firms including IBM, G.E., General Dynamics and Cisco expand operations in Spain. Prior to Madrid he served as SCO in Buenos Aires where Mr. Liikala had extraordinary achievements in commercial diplomacy including opening the telecom market for U.S firms, serving as acting Ambassador and helping a U.S. firm win the concession on the privatization of all 33 airports in Argentina, the largest such privatization in history.
He has lectured and spoken to business groups worldwide and is often quoted in business media including the Wall Street Journal and foreign business press. He can be reached at michaelliikala@hotmail.com
or 916-802-4978.
Janet Pollman Kafka is
Principal of Kafka and Associates, specializing in International Marketing
and Public Relations and serves as Consular Representative of Spain
in 24 counties in North Texas. Current Civic Involvement: Board of
Directors, Meadows School of Arts. Board of Directors, American Institute
of Wine & Food. She is a graduate from the Thunderbird, American
Graduate School of International Management. Adjunct Professor of
International Marketing and cross-cultural management, University
of Texas at Dallas. Adjunct Professor of Retail Advertising, Southern
Methodist University.
