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Bretton Woods@75 Launch; 2018 International Council Highlights; 2018 Rome Investment Forum; Bretton Woods@75 Blog; Member Spotlight; End of Year Contribution; and More!
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Happy Holidays from the Bretton Woods Committee!
Our office will be closed for the winter holidays from December 24, 2018 through Dec 26, 2018 and from December 31, 2018 through January 1, 2019.
Our office will be open on December 27 and 28 and will reopen on January 2 following the New Year.
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Featured: Bretton Woods@75
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Bretton Woods Committee Announces Historic Bretton Woods@75 Initiative in Bali
On October 11, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia, Bretton Woods Committee Executive Director Randy Rodgers announced the launch of Bretton Woods@75: a global dialogue to honor 75 years of economic progress and to revitalize the spirit of Bretton Woods now and for the future. Learn more about Bretton Woods@75 and the Committee’s exciting year ahead.
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Stay Tuned for Ways you can Participate in Bretton Woods@75 in 2019!
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2018 International Council
On October 10, 2018, the Bretton Woods Committee held its annual International Council meeting in Bali, Indonesia, part of the Bretton Woods@75 Global Dialogue series, alongside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings. An esteemed group of global leaders joined approximately 60 Committee members and friends in an intimate roundtable discussion. This year’s conversation – Modernizing Multilateralism: Leadership for the Next Generation – examined the current and future forces shaping the global economy and discussed ways the multilateral system and institutions can be modernized to meet the demands of the next generation. Read More.
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Bretton Woods@75 Sponsorship Opportunities
Bretton Woods@75 offers an unparalleled opportunity to align with the Bretton Woods Committee’s network of global leaders through high-level partnership, thought leadership, and relationship building. To discuss sponsorship opportunities for Bretton Woods@75 that can help you further your business objectives, please contact Executive Director Randy Rodgers, rrodgers@brettonwoods.org, +1-202-331-1616.
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Rome Investment Forum 2018
The Bretton Woods Committee was delighted to once again partner with the Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation at the 2018 Rome Investment Forum: Financing Long-Term Europe. This event was part of our Bretton Woods@75 initiative: a global dialogue to honor 75 years of economic progress and to revitalize the spirit of Bretton Woods now and for the future. Read More and watch the program recording.
Bretton Woods Committee Speakers Included:
- Randy Rodgers, Executive Director, Bretton Woods Committee
- Carlotta de Franceschi, Chairwoman, Action Institute
- Paolo Garonna, Secretary General, Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation
- Jose Manual Gonzalez-Paramo, Executive Board Member, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
- Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Intesa Sanpaolo
- Hung Tran, Executive Managing Director, Institute of International Finance
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Views from the Members - Bretton Woods@75 Blog
As part of the broader Bretton Woods@75 dialogue, the Bretton Woods Committee has launched the Bretton Woods@75 blog which seeks to gather perspectives on past, present, and future issues impacting the Bretton Woods architecture, institutions, and Committee.
Committee members are invited to submit their thought leadership to this dialogue via blog essays. Submissions will be published online as part of the Bretton Woods@75 blog, as an appendix in the Bretton Woods@75 Compendium, and spotlighted across the Committee’s social media platforms. For more details on the blog and submission guidelines, please visit our website.
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Member Spotlight
The Bretton Woods Committee would like to congratulate the following members on their recent achievements!
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C. Fred Bergsten, Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus at the Peterson Institute, was recently reappointed by President Trump for another four-year term to the White House Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
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Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, was presented an Honorary Doctorate from King’s College London for his longstanding support of the College’s international programs.
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Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, received the EDGE Heritage Award from the Council on Legal Education Inc., for his work in helping bring diversity into the legal profession.
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Roger Latchman, Executive Chairman at Maruti Global, was awarded the Ulaga Thamizhar Maamani award in India by the World Tamil Economic Foundation for his contribution towards poverty alleviation and job creation programs.
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Manisha Singh was recently designated as Acting Under Secretary for Economic Growth and the Environment as well as Privacy Shield Ombudsman.
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Welcome New Members!
- Diane Alleva Caceres, PhD, Market Access International & Georgia Institute of Technology
- Mohammed Mahfoodh Alardhi, Investcorp Bank BSC
- Stefan Selig
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