CEO Speaker Series

The CEO Speaker series is a unique forum for leading global CEOs to share their insights on issues that are at the center of commerce and foreign policy and to speak to the changing role of business in the international community. The series, sponsored by the Corporate Program, is one way that CFR seeks to integrate perspectives from the business community into ongoing dialogues on pressing policy issues, such as the international economic recovery, sustainable growth and job creation, and the expanding reach and impact of technology.

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CEO Speaker Series: A Conversation with Kenneth Chenault

Speaker: Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Express
Presider: Alan S. Murray, Deputy Managing Editor and Executive Editor, Online, Wall Street Journal
December 6, 2011

This meeting is also a Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture on Business and Foreign Policy.

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CEO Speaker Series: United States, Mexico, and Latin America with Ricardo Salinas

Speaker: Ricardo Salinas, Chairman and Founder, Grupo Salinas
Presider: Donna J. Hrinak, President, Boeing Brazil
November 16, 2011

As chairman and founder of Grupo Salinas, Ricardo Salinas has built one of the largest business conglomerates in Latin America providing banking and telecommunication services to millions at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Through his non-profit work and foundations, Fundacion Azteca and Fundacion Azteca America, he is increasingly involved in improving Latin America and the Latino community in the United States. Please join us for a discussion with Salinas on the state of poverty, democracy, free enterprise, and rule of law in Latin America, and the prospects for its relationship with the United States.

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CEO Speaker Series, "American Revival: A Conversation with Jonathan Browning, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc."

Speaker: Jonathan Browning, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Presider: Steven Pearlstein, Associate Editor; Business and Economics Columnist, "Washington Post"
May 13, 2011

Fundamental fiscal challenges and a fragmented political system are fueling concerns about the United States as an investment destination. Yet, Volkswagen, an iconic brand worldwide, is nearing completion of a billion-dollar U.S. manufacturing plant in Tennessee, with a production goal of 150,000 vehicles annually. Please join Mr. Browning as he shares his views on his company's aggressive investment in the United States as well as the future of manufacturing, the global automobile market, and other topics.

On the occasion of CFR's 90th anniversary, we will examine through a series of meetings and other projects how policies at home will directly influence the economic and military strength of the United States and its ability to act in the world.

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