World Leadership Forum Dinner 2014

Event Details
- Date:
- Thursday, September 25, 2014
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Location:
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The Pierre
2 East 61 Street
New York, NY
- Event type
- Lunch / Dinner
Event Transcripts and Video
Noel Lateef
Carol Byrne
Hugh Roome III
Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco
Event Speakers
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Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco - Honoree
President and Chief Executive Officer, GE EuropeFerdinando "Nani" Beccalli-Falco is President and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of GE Europe and CEO GE Germany. He is a Senior Vice President ofGE and a member of the Corporate Executive Council of the Company.In his current role, Beccalli-Falco is managing the European activitiescreating and implementing the strategy and coordinating all GEbusinesses.Beccalli-Falco is also responsible for the leadership of GE in Germanywhere he is heading the operations of a "One GE" country business.Strengthening GE's operations in Germany is key to accelerating growthin Europe, which currently represents 40% of GE's internationalrevenues. He is based in Frankfurt, Germany.Beccalli-Falco has enjoyed a long career at GE, starting in 1975 in theUnited States. Most recently, Beccalli-Falco served as President & CEOGE International where he successfully built GE's global team over nineyears. Prior to that, he held leadership positions in GE Capital and GEPlastics in the U.S., the Netherlands and Japan.In February 2013 Beccalli-Falco was appointed to the Science andTechnology Advisory Council to European Commission President JoséManuel Barroso. He is the President of the Board of GE Avio S.r.l and aboard member the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); theEmmanuel Center Stiftung, Germany; the GE Foundation; and the JuniorAchievement Young Enterprise. He is a Member of the TrilateralCommission and participates in the International Business AdvisoryCouncil of the cities of Jerusalem, Rome and Rotterdam.Beccalli-Falco also serves as an International Advisor to BocconiUniversity in Milan. Previously, he was an International Advisor to PrimeMinister Raffarin of France from 1994-95, and was International Advisorto the Polish Minister of Finance in 1995.In 2007, the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, appointed Mr. Beccalli-Falco "Cavaliere del Lavoro." In 2009, the President of France, NicholasSarkozy, awarded Mr. Beccalli-Falco La Lėgion d'Honneur. A native ofItaly, Beccalli-Falco earned a master's degree in chemical engineeringfrom the Polytechnic of Torino in Italy. -
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Edward Forst - Honoree
Chief Executive Officer, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.Edward C. Forst is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cushman & Wakefield. He is a highly accomplished executive with more than 30 years of experience working in international asset management, capital markets and operational leadership. Prior to joining Cushman and Wakefield he served as an advisor to Fenway Partners, a private investment firm.
Previously, Mr. Forst held executive roles at Goldman, Sachs, where he was elected Partner in 1998. Mr. Forst was selected in 2008 to be the first Executive Vice President and Principal Operating Officer of Harvard University. He also served as Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
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