Taster lecture topic : Risk Management and the Multinational Enterprise
Lecture outlines:
What is Risk Management
The Risk Management Process
Comparing Country Risk
Advantages & Disadvantages of Implementing a Risk Management Process
Speaker :
Professor Derek Condon
Professor of International Business and Corporate Governance
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programs, University of Birmingham
Before embarking on an academic career Derek worked in the financial services industry where he was a Director of Kleinwort Benson Investment Management and the CEO of the Tata Asset Management Company in Mumbai. Following 13 years as a fund manager specializing in N. American equity investments for investment trusts, mutual funds and pension funds he moved into the management of the business undertaking a variety of senior roles that included responsibility for a number of key relationships. During this time he lived for extended periods in the UK, USA, India and Taiwan. He has also worked in Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and Canada. He teaches International Business and corporate governance postgraduate modules.
Agenda:
18:30-19:00 Registration
19:00-20:00 Taster lecture and MBA program presentation Professor Derek Condon
20:10-20:40 Alumni sharing University of Birmingham
20:40-21:00 Networking
21:00 Event ends