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High-Caliber Speakers
The AFP Annual Conference features the most influential speakers in finance and treasury. AFP educational sessions are led by treasury and finance leaders from companies including Dell Computer Corporation, Bacardi Bottling Corp., Crate and Barrel, Kellogg Company and T-Mobile.
Gen. Colin Powell
Former Secretary of State
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Opening General Session
Over the years AFP has had the great fortune of hosting some of the nation's most recognized leaders as Annual Conference keynote speakers. This year, we are pleased to announce that General Colin L. Powell, U.S.A. (Ret.) will kick-off the Opening General Session. As a world leader who served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and then as Secretary of State during some of the most trying times in recent history, Colin L. Powell will share a unique perspective on the process of forging alliances and bringing together key stakeholders.
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) became the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001. As he stated at his confirmation hearing, the guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy during his tenure was that "America stands ready to help any country that wishes to join the democratic world."
General Powell brought extensive experience with him to his office. Before becoming Secretary of State, Colin Powell served as a key aide to the Secretary of Defense and as National Security Advisor to President Reagan. He also served 35 years in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Four-Star General and serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989 - 1993). During this time he oversaw 28 crises to include the Panama intervention of 1989 and Operation Desert Storm in the victorious 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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Geoffrey Bell
Executive Secretary
Group of Thirty
Session: Executive Institute: The Global Economic Outlook
Geoffrey Bell is President of Geoffrey Bell and Company which advises a wide range of central banks and governments on their international reserve asset and liability management programmes. He was financial adviser to the ...more
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Andrew B. Busch
Director and Global Foreign Exchange Strategist
HarrisNesbitt
Session: U.S. Public Policy and Its Impact on Global Economic Markets
Andrew Busch will speak on the effects of U.S. public policy and politics on global economic markets. Busch is the Global Market Strategist in the Investment Banking Group for HarrisNesbitt at the Bank of Montreal's Chicago office. He ...more
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Lanny Davis
Partner
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Session: Legal Aspects of Crisis Management
Lanny Davis will discuss reputational risk from his perspective as former White House Special Counsel. Davis, a partner in Orrick's Washington, D.C. office, is a member of the Litigation Practice Group. He advises clients ...more
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Lois Frankel, Ph.D.
President
Corporate Coaching International
Session: Women in Finance
Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., President, Corporate Coaching International, is an author, sought after public speaker and an internationally recognized expert in the field of work place behavior. For over 20 years Lois has traveled around ...more
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Peggy Klaus
President
Klaus and Associates
Session: Selling Your Strengths: Helping Others Recognize Your Achievements
Top Fortune 500 communication and executive leadership coach Peggy Klaus is also author of a best-selling book, Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It. Her colorful and frank advice is frequently sought out ...more
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Timothy Koller
Partner
McKinsey and Company
Session: Executive Institute: Sustaining Shareholder Value
Timothy Koller, a partner with McKinsey and Company, is author of the newly updated best seller, Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Values of Companies. ...more
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Ronna Lichtenberg
President
Clear Peak Communications
Session: How a Woman Can Be Herself and Still Succeed
Ronna Lichtenberg will discuss the concepts in her book, Pitch Like a Girl, or how a woman can be herself and still succeed. Lichtenberg is President of Clear Peak Communications, a management-consulting firm that helps leaders ...more
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Jon Meacham
Managing Editor,
Newsweek
Session: Certification Luncheon Speaker: Trust and Sources: Rethinking Reporting in a New Media Age
Jon Meacham is the managing editor of Newsweek. He arrived at the magazine as a writer in January 1995, became National Affairs Editor in June of that year, and was named managing editor in November 1998. He ...more
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Ronald M. Shapiro
Co-Founder and Chairman
Shapiro Negotiations Institute
Session: The Power of Nice: Negotiate so Everyone Wins, Especially You!
Expert Negotiator, Sports Agent, Attorney, Educator, Author, and Civic Leader, Ron Shapiro attended Haverford College and graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1967. After moving to Baltimore in 1967 for a federal ...more
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