Annual Jerome A. Chazen Lecture
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis
on Emerging Market Economies
Fifth Annual Jerome A. Chazen Lecture
Featuring:
Alberto J. Verme '84
Co-CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Citi
Moderated by:
Senior Vice Dean Christopher J. Mayer
Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate
Columbia Business School
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Columbia Club
15 West 43rd Street
$10 for students, $20 for alumni, $30 for guests
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Registration now closed, but walk-ins are welcome.
Alberto Verme '84
Alberto Verme is CEO of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Citi, responsible for the performance of all of Citi's businesses in EMEA, with a particular focus on Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Prior to his current role, Alberto was Citi's cohead of Global Investment Banking and served as a member of the Institutional Clients Group Management Committee and Investment Banking Operating Committee. During Alberto's tenure as cohead of Global Investment Banking, Citi attained investment banking leadership across key regions, products and sectors.From 2001 to 2004, Alberto was head of Global Energy, Power and Chemicals Investment Banking. During his tenure, the franchise achieved world leadership and executed a number of marquee transactions and key restructurings. Alberto joined Salomon Brothers in 1994 and worked as head and later chairman of Citi's Latin America Investment Banking Group through May 2001. During that time, he built the leading Latin America banking team, recognized with the IFR 2000 Latin America Bank of the Year award. Alberto's experience in Latin America has since been expanded into a truly global expertise, with client and transaction experience spanning every continent.
A Peruvian national, Alberto received a BA in Economics from Denison University in 1979 and an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1984. He is a member of the Citi Foundation Board of Directors, Columbia Business School London Advisory Board, and Columbia Business School Board of Overseers in the United States.
About the Annual Jerome A. Chazen Lecture
Through the Annual Jerome A. Chazen Lecture, the Chazen Institute
brings business leaders to campus to lend their perspective on topics of
importance within the global academic and business communities.
Previous speakers
- 2008: Shantayanan Devarajan, chief economist, World Bank Africa Region
Event Report Video Interview Event Slideshow - 2007: Alan Hassenfeld, chairman, Hasbro
Event Report - 2006: John Taylor, former Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs
Event Report Video Interview - 2005: Wolfgang Bernhard '88, former member of the Board, Volkswagen AG
Event Report
