Meeting

Lessons Learned With Afsaneh Beschloss

Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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Speaker
Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RockCreek; Former Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, World Bank; Former Managing Director and Partner, The Carlyle Group; Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider
David M. Rubenstein

Cofounder and Co-chairman, The Carlyle Group; Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Afsaneh Beschloss discusses her distinguished career in finance, including her roles as founder and CEO of RockCreek, a leading global investment firm, her time as treasurer and chief investment officer of the World Bank, and as managing director and partner at the Carlyle Group.

Lessons Learned is a roundtable series, open to term members and younger life members, which features distinguished speakers who reflect on their career experiences, the choices they made along the way, and the lessons they have learned from them.

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