Keynote Speakers
Robert C. Pozen is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Chairman of MFS Investment Management®, which manages over $200 billion in assets for over five million investors worldwide. This represents an increase of 50% from the first half of 2004 when Bob was named to his current position.
Bob was formerly Vice Chairman of Fidelity Investments and President of Fidelity Management & Research Company, the Investment Advisor to the Fidelity mutual funds. During his five years as President, Fidelity’s assets increased from $500 billion to $900 billion. As Managing Director and General Counsel of Fidelity Investments, he created Fidelity’s Charitable Gift Fund, launched Fidelity’s entry into the Japanese mutual fund business, and served as a director of its credit card bank.
He currently serves as an independent director of Medtronic, Inc. and BCE (Bell Canada Enterprises), as a member of the Audit Committee. In addition, he is involved in various nonprofit organizations, such as the Council on Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth Fund. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of two commissions on global competitiveness. He served as Chairman of a new SEC advisory committee on improving financial reporting.
Bob has published in many venues on a wide variety of subjects and is author of the book Too Big to Save - How to Fix the US Financial System.
Patrick S. McGurn is Special Counsel at RiskMetrics Group (RMG). As the recognized standard in financial risk management, RMG has earned the trust and respect of over 2,300 institutional investor clients, including a broad range of investment managers, advisory and private wealth managers, mutual fund complexes, hedge funds, and pension funds.
Prior to joining RMG/ISS in 1996, Pat was Director of the Corporate Governance Service at the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), a not-for-profit firm that provided governance research to investors. He also served as a private attorney, a congressional staff member, and a department head at the Republican National Committee. Pat serves on the Advisory Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors and was a member of the NACD's 2001 Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Evaluations.
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