2021 Agenda
The Harold Pratt House . 58 East 68th Street . New York . NY
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
2:00 PM Welcome
Dennis Carey – Founder, CEO Academy & Vice Chairman, CEO & Board Recruiter, Korn Ferry
Michael Useem – Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Leadership Center & McNulty Leadership Program, Wharton School
2:05 Leading Under Pressure
Erika James – Dean, The Wharton School and Director, Momentive Global Inc.
2:50 Leading with Passion: What that Means
Alan Mulally – Former President & CEO, Ford Motor Company and Director, Google Inc., Carbon 3D and the Mayo Clinic
3:30 What Do Shareholders Want From Boards?
Donna Anderson – Head of Corporate Governance, T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
Benjamin Colton – Global Co-Head of Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors
Abe Friedman – Partner & Head, PJT Camberview
William McNabb – Former Chairman & CEO, Vanguard and Director, IBM Corporation & UnitedHealth Group Inc.
4:15 Break
4:30 What Good CFOs are Sharing with Their Board
Clare McGrory – Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer, Atairos Management LP
David Meline – Chief Financial Officer, Moderna Inc. and Director, ABB Ltd.
Leslie Seidman – Former Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Director, General Electric Company & Moody’s Corporation
John Shrewsberry – Former Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Wells Fargo & Company
Facilitated by Tandra Jackson – Vice Chair, Growth and Strategy, KPMG
5:15 The Geopolitics of Energy
Meghan O’Sullivan – Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director, Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and Board Director, Raytheon Technologies Corporation
6:00 Cocktails
7:00 Dinner
Speaker: Jeremy Siegel – Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance, The Wharton School
Topic: The Economy and Market Dynamics
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Thursday, November 18, 2021
8:00 AM Informal Breakfast
8:45 The U.S. / Asia Connection – Future Prospects / Barriers
Aloke Lohia – Chief Executive Officer, Indorama Ventures
Mekala Krishnan – Partner, McKinsey Global Institute
- John Zhang – Tsai Wan-Tsai Professor, Professor of Marketing, Director, Penn Wharton China Center, The Wharton School
Facilitated by Harbir Singh – Mack Professor of Management, Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, Vice Dean, Global Initiatives, The Wharton School
9:30 New Ideas for Leaders and Their Board of Directors
Richard Kramer – Chairman, President & CEO, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Director, Sherwin-Williams Company
Mark Turner – Former Executive Chairman, WSFS Financial Corporation and Director, WSFS Financial Corporation
Dawn Zier – Former CEO, Nutrisystem and Director, Spirit Airlines Inc., Hain Celestial Group Inc., Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc., and Purple Innovation Inc.
Facilitated by Martine Haas – Lauder Chair Professor & Professor of Management, The Wharton School
10:30 Break
10:45 Managing a Board from a CEO’s Perspective
Gary Adams – Director, Phillips 66 & Trecora Resources Inc.
Greg Garland – Chairman & CEO, Phillips 66 and Director, Amgen Inc.
John Lowe – Director, Phillips 66, APA Corporation, & TC Energy Corporation
Facilitated by Richard Truesdell – Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Managing Your Portfolio
Ken Keverian – Former Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, IBM Corporation
Raj Ratnakar – Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, DuPont Inc.
Facilitated by Thomas Donaldson – Mark O. Winkelman Professor, Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, The Wharton School
2:00 Thinking for the Long-Term
Ram Charan – Best Selling Author and Business Advisor
Brian Dumaine – Founder & Editor in Chief, High Water Press, and Contributor,
Fortune Magazine
Rodney Zemmel – Senior Partner and Global Leader, McKinsey Digital, McKinsey & Company
Facilitated by Michael Useem – Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Leadership Center & McNulty Leadership Program, Wharton School
3:00 Break
3:15 How Should Companies Be Thinking About Transformation?
George Bailey – Senior Fellow, Center for Global Enterprise, Digital Supply Chain Institute
Ram Charan – Best Selling Author and Business Advisor
Tom Quinlan – Former Chairman & CEO, LSC Communications
Facilitated by Rodney Zemmel – Senior Partner & Global Leader, McKinsey Digital, McKinsey & Company
4:15 Talent Is Paramount
Gabriella Giglio – CHRO & Executive Talent, General Catalyst
Nadia Rawlinson – Chief People Officer, Slack Technologies Inc., and Director, Vail Resorts Inc. and J. Crew Group
Andrea Coughlin Rowley – Senior Vice President & CHRO, AltaGas
Tim Richmond – Executive Vice President & CHRO, AbbVie Inc.
Facilitated by Katherine Klein – Edward H. Bowman Professor, Professor of Management & Vice Dean Wharton Social Impact Initiative, The Wharton School
5:15 How Does Private Equity Govern, Compared to Public Corporations
Don Gogel – Chairman, Clayton Dubilier & Rice
6:00 What Have You Learned? Key Takeaways
Dennis Carey – Founder, CEO Academy & Vice Chairman, CEO & Board Recruiter, Korn Ferry Michael Useem – Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Leadership Center & McNulty Leadership Program, Wharton School
6:15 Cocktails
7:00 Dinner
Prium Prize: Awarded to Marillyn Hewson, Former Chairman, President & CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Director, Johnson & Johnson and Chevron Corporation; and Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman & CEO, Pfizer Inc.