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Speakers

Sloan Leadership Panel

Dean Robert Joss enjoys a light moment as a distinguished panel of Sloan alumni share a "View From The Top" to a packed audience. This was one of several alumni panels during the Stanford Sloan Program's 50th Anniversary Celebration in September 2007.

Seated from left to right: Bill Amelio, Sloan '89, CEO of Lenovo Group Holdings; Scott Brady, Sloan '00, co-founder and former CEO of FiberTower Corp.; Sir Deryck Maughan, Sloan '78, managing director and Asia chairman of Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co.; and Frank Schrontz, Sloan '70, retired chairman and CEO of Boeing Corp.

 

Throughout the academic year, various speakers make presentations about leadership, hold extended discussions, and meet informally with Sloan Fellows at receptions and dinners. There are additional opportunities to hear speakers who address the entire Business School community on a host of topics and take part in student-run panel discussions and conferences.

Top Management Seminars

Each year an impressive array of top level leaders from government, industry, and the nonprofit sector come to the Sloan classroom to talk about leadership and spend time with Sloan Fellows. Recent Sloan Top Management Seminar speakers were:

Bill Amelio, Sloan '89
CEO
Lenovo

Phillip Chen
Chief Executive Officer
Cathay Pacific

Dr. Aart de Geus
Chairman and CEO
Synopsys

Patricia Dunn
Former Chairman of the Board
Hewlett-Packard Company

Charles Griffith
Managing Partner
Arcapita

John Hennessey
President
Stanford University

Pat House
Co-Founder
Siebel Systems

Mark Leslie
Founding Chairman and CEO
Veritas Software

Marco Milani
CEO
Indesit

Yong Nam
CEO
LG Electronics

Youssef Nasr
Former President and CEO
HSBC USA

Lynn Odland
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Australia

Alejandro Ramirez
CEO
Cineopolis

Dr. Beth Seidenberg
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Dr. John Simpson
CEO
FoxHollow Technologiees

George Shultz
Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Former U.S. Secretary of State

Ray Webster
Chairman
EasyJet Airline

Stanford Business School Speakers

In addition to programs specifically for Sloans, you will have the chance to interact with the constant flow of visitors invited to the Business School or who visit on the Stanford Campus. Recent speakers at the Business School included:

John Browne, Sloan '81
Former Group Chief Executive
BP Amoco, p.l.c.

Tim Draper
Founder and Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Donna Dubinsky
Former Cofounder
Handspring

Jorma Ollila
Chairman and CEO
Nokia

Carly Fiorina
Former Chairman & CEO
Hewlett-Packard Company

Jose Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
and Foreign Minister, East Timor

Richard Wagoner
President & CEO
General Motors

Jack Welch
Former Chairman & CEO
General Electric

Meg Whitman
Chairman & CEO
eBay