Laurence Mulliez '92
CEO of Castrol Industries, BP

Laurence is the CEO of Castrol Industrials at BP, a $1.5 billion revenue global company located in 30 countries and employing 2,000 people. She has also been a non-executive Director at a leading international Do-It-Yourself retailer, Leroy Merlin, for the last ten years. Laurence joined Amoco in 1993 and BP in 1999, where she held various general manager roles looking after B2B sales and marketing, supply chain, finance, manufacturing as well as strategy roles. She worked in different parts of BP such as Chemicals, Gas & Power, Renewables and Refining & Marketing across the US and Europe.

Laurence started her career at Banque Nationale de Paris as a Financial Analyst after a diploma from Sup de Co Rouen, a French "grande ecole de commerce" and subsequently obtained an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1992.

Markus Stadlmann '99 (EXP-4)
Managing Director, Harald Quant Holding

Markus is Managing Director of Harald Quandt Holding and Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of HQ Trust. Before coming to work for the Harald Quandt family, he was Chief Investment Officer at Verwaltungs- und Privatbank, a family-owned private bank with €24 billion in customer assets, where he was in charge of the investment strategy, portfolio management and investment consulting teams.

From 2000 to 2003, Markus was Director of Global Asset Allocation at WestAm, an international investment management company headquartered in London with €41 billion in assets under management. Prior to WestAm, he held a number of executive positions in the Siemens Group over an eight year period. His achievements included the establishment of Innovest Finanzdienstleistungs AG, a 100% Siemens subsidiary which he managed as chairman of the board.

Dragos Badea-Taylor '01 (EXP-6)
CEO, The P&P Club

Dragos has 20 years' experience in expanding business trough acquisitions and organic growth and in marketing high value products across geographic and cultural boundaries; particular expertise in Central and Eastern Europe and Emerging Markets; interested in management in changing business environments.
In his current role he focuses on private and private-public investment opportunities in emerging markets in transport, energy, real estate and agriculture/food production/retail.
Former member of the G24 Infrastructure Group, IFS London, Speaker at large International events, Member of the IOD. Dragos earned his MBA from Chicago in 2001 from the Executive Program.

Merilee McDougal '00
Senior Marketing Manager, Gatorade Innovation, PepsiCo, Inc.

Merilee leads development of new product and packaging ideas for core & expanded Gatorade consumers as well as a 3-year innovation pipeline strategy for the brand. Before this she led marketing efforts for Quaker Snacks. Prior to PepsiCo Merilee was a consultant for Bain & Co. developing turnaround strategies for retail businesses. She also worked as a planner for Gap, Inc. and a buyer at Williams Sonoma, Inc. Merilee earned her Chicago Booth MBA with Honors, with a concentration in Marketing Management and Strategic Management.

Logan McDougall '00
Vice President - Customer Marketing and Operations, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

Logan manages Wrigley's internal sales and operations functions, including customer marketing, category management, customer support, demand planning, and logistics. Logan is also responsible for several aspects of the integration of Wrigley into Mars Inc., and works directly with Wrigley's US and Global executive teams across the Commercial, Marketing, and Supply Chain organizations. He most recently served as Wrigley's Vice President - Global Wal-Mart, where he was directly responsible for Wrigley's relationship globally with the largest retailer in the world, including Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and McLane. 

Cathy Carroll '97
Director, Global Accounts TMC, United Airlines Inc.

Cathy has led a variety of groups in Finance, Marketing and Sales within the travel industry. In her current role, Cathy is responsible for United's largest travel agencies such as American Express and Expedia which represent over $5B each year, more than a third of United's domestic passenger revenue. Prior to that, she led Marketing teams at united.com and in a centralized strategy function.

Before joining United Airlines she enjoyed a variety of roles in Finance and Marketing at Sabre outside Dallas, TX starting as a budget analyst, managing an ad hoc Corporate Analysis team, leading agency development for a new internet product, and finally as a Director of Product Marketing for CRM. Her work experience also includes six years as a defined benefit pension actuary at Hewitt Associates where she earned her Associate in the Society of Actuaries (ASA) prior to attending graduate school.  

Alan Loewy '06
VP, Wealth Management/ JP Morgan

Alan recently joined JP Morgan as a Vice President in the Private Wealth Management Group, where he works as a financial advisor for affluent families across all of their financial interests. Areas of expertise include; wealth strategy, asset allocation, liability matching, portfolio implementation and transaction planning. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Alan worked for Goldman Sachs in their Investment Management Division as a Summer Associate in 2005 and a Full-time Associate beginning in 2006. He earned his BBA from Emory University in 1999 and spent the subsequent 5 years working as a strategy consultant for Booz|Allen|Hamilton and Deloitte Consulting.

Larry Gelwix '07 
Associate, Greenhill & Co.

Larry was most recently an associate at Lehman Brothers (now Barclays Capital) in Lehman's Chicago office where he focused on M&A and corporate finance transactions for industrial companies. Larry recently resigned from Lehman / Barclays to join Greenhill & Co., and is part of the team opening Greenhill's Chicago office. Prior to attending business school, Larry held strategy and consulting positions with Delta Air Lines and Hewlett-Packard. Larry currently lives in Evanston with his wife, Amy, and two daughters, Lucy and Jane.

Jake Crampton '98 
Founder & CEO, Medspeed LLC

As the CEO and cofounder of MedSpeed, an innovative provider of transportation and logistics services to the healthcare industry and the winner of the 1998 Chicago Booth New Venture Challenge, Jake's responsibilities include formation of strategic direction, company oversight and customer relationship management. In these capacities, Jake has led MedSpeed from the concept stage through venture financing through expansion across the MidWest and, now, towards national rollout. Prior to founding MedSpeed, Jake was the founder and President of Native English, a Mexico City based language training and consulting business.

Rahul Danak '02
Former VP Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets

Rahul was most recently Vice President in Citigroup's Global Industrial Investment Banking Group, responsible for origination and execution of M&A and corporate finance transactions for the Automotive industry, including global OEMs and Tier-1 automotive suppliers.
Rahul began his career as an IT systems consultant working for Pricewaterhouse (currently IBM Global Services), james martin + co (currently Headstrong), and Nexus Consulting Group. He led design and implementations for large-scale IT systems and data warehouses in the automotive, electronics, utilities, and financial services industries. Rahul joined Cowen and Company's Technology Investment Banking Group after the Chicago Booth. While at Cowen, he executed M&A and corporate finance transactions for emerging growth companies in the business services, semiconductor, semi-cap equipment, and display sectors.

Jonathan Weiss MBA'00, MD'01
Co-Founder & Director, Endeavour Health

Jonathan is Co-Founder and Director of Endeavour Health, one of the UK's first preferred provider healthcare networks; Co-Founder of Hollywood Look, the UK's premier cosmetic treatment group; and Co-Founder of Better2Know, the UK's largest sexual health screening service. Prior to these, he was Co-Founder, CEO and Director of Nations Healthcare, one of the largest diagnostic and surgery centre companies contracted in the UK to build, staff and manage centres which diagnose and treat 300,000 patients annually. Jonathan serves as an advisory director to various US and UK-based companies and is a Director of Bridgeview Partners, a corporate advisory firm which introduces mid-market firms to various funders and strategic partners.
Jonathan is a medical doctor and has also earned law, business, and economics/policy qualifications.

David Battman '04 (AXP-3)
Executive Director, International Development & Strategy, Arthur J. Gallagher UK Ltd

David joined AJG UK in July 2006 to drive business development in key areas of the world including Asia, Latin America and Spain & Portugal, working closely with the different business units based in London. His work involves the identification of the most productive markets and optimal distribution routes. Further, he also runs AJG UK's Financial & Professional Lines team, providing specialized insurance for a range of corporate clients around the globe, notably for financial institutions. Prior to joining AJG UK, David held various positions within Lloyd's as well as posts with two consulting firms - European Research & Communications (ERC) S.A. and Control Risks Group (CRG).

David has spoken at and helped organize many industry conferences, been interviewed by media including the BBC, New York Times, CNBC and Sky News. He has also written articles for publications such as The Financial Times, The Independent, as well as various industry journals. David received his MBA from Chicago Booth's Executive MBA Program in Singapore and a BA in Politics and International Studies from the University of Southampton. 

Blair Jacobson '99
Partner, Citi Private Equity

Blair Jacobson is a Partner of Citi Private Equity and Managing Director within Citi Alternative Investments. He serves on the investment team of Citigroup Capital Partners II, a $3.3 billion global equity investment fund, and Citigroup Mezzanine Partners, a $700 million global subordinated debt fund. He joined CPE in January 2001 and moved to the UK in 2005 to establish CPE's European presence. Blair had prior investment banking and M&A experience in a broad range of industries, most recently at Lehman Brothers. He was also a founding member of the Corporate Development Group of Tachion Networks. He started his career as a financial analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Kidder Peabody & Co. Blair received a BA from Williams College, where he graduated magna cum laude, and an MBA with Honors from Chicago Booth.

Chuck Becker '61
Former Senior VP HR RJR Tobacco

Chuck's career has spanned the industries of consumer goods, financial services, and heavy manufacturing and operating in both the U.S. and Europe. Since 1995 Chuck has been running the consulting firm he founded, C. E. Becker & Associates, a management consulting firm specializing in organizational effectiveness. Prior to starting his company, Chuck was Senior Vice President, Human Resources, at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International. He has also held key management positions at RJR Nabisco, Continental Illinois National Bank, and Inland Steel.

Kevin Mysliwiec '05
Vice President, Strategic Consulting, Jones Lang LaSalle

Kevin focuses on Corporate Strategy with more than 10 years of client management and investment evaluation experience. He assists corporate clients in evaluating real estate portfolios from both a tactical and strategic perspective. In his prior role, he specialized in the evaluation of property performance for acquisition and finance by investment clientele. He has also performed in a corporate environment composing and implementing strategic roadmaps for emerging markets and lifecycle platforms.

Prashant Srivastava '05
Founder, Evive Health LLC

Prashant co-founded Evive Health with the mission to encourage healthcare consumers to seek appropriate care and live healthier lives. Prior to founding Evive Health, Prashant directed clinical operations for Focused Health Solutions, a premier disease management company. Prior to that, Dr. Srivastava was employed at Pfizer, Inc., where he was involved with the commercialization of new health care products and strategic planning efforts. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University (in addition to his Chicago Booth MBA).

Mark Vander Ploeg '77
Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners

Mark brings over 25 years of relevant experience to his current position as Senior Managing Director in Evercore's Advisory business. Prior to joining Evercore, Mark worked for 12 years for Merrill Lynch, where he served as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Co-Head of Consumer Industries, and Head of West Coast Operations. He was also responsible for managing the firm's relationships with such key retail and consumer companies as Lowe's, Target, SUPERVALU, SYSCO, Cargill, Safeway, Molson Coors, 7-Eleven and Radio Shack, among others, focusing primarily on strategic advice and transactions. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Vander Ploeg was a Managing Director at Salomon Brothers.

Basil Vasiliou '74
Chairman, Vasiliou & Company, Inc.

Since 1986, Basil has analyzed and dealt with the financial obligations of troubled and bankrupt corporations. In addition, Basil holds directorships with Pepsi Americas, Pepsi Bottling of Puerto Rico, Richmond Tank Car, Interco, UNR Corp., and Costain PLC (LSE). I, 1974, Basil began his career in the research department of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He moved on to Citibank as a municipal bonds trader and then to Merrill as a corporate bonds trader. Basillater joined Bear Stearns and Co. as a partner in corporate bond sales in 1974. During that time, he became a general partner with a controlling investment in Revere Copper and Brass while in bankruptcy. In 1984, Basil co-founded the Smith-Vasiliou Special Situations Fund, dedicated to investing in non-performing bank loans. Basil earned a JD from Fordham University Law School. Basil and Jane Vasiliou, '74, named a study room at the Harper Center in honor of Professor James Lorie.

Bill Barnhart '81
Former Financial Markets Columnist, Chicago Tribune

For the last 15 years, Bill was the financial markets columnist for the Chicago Tribune. His daily column, "Market Report," summarized daily stock action, bond and currency markets, and offered insights into the stocks of Chicago-area companies. Bill also gave a daily financial market summary on CLTV, the Tribune'scable television operation. In March 2008, he took a buyout offer from the company to pursue a career as a writer. Previously, Barnhart was an associate financial editor for the Tribune. Before joining the Tribune in 1979, Bill was a business reporter with the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News, an editor and political columnist for the Suburban Trib, and a reporter and editor for the City News Bureau of Chicago.

James Adams '98
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Panther Expedited Services

Throughout his career, James has successfully combined in-depth quantitative analysis with practical business experience to develop leading-edge products and services, implement best-in-class operations, and launch winning marketing and sales initiatives. Prior to joining Panther, James was Director of Product Development at Brunswick Corporation, Managing Director at Qorvis Communications in Washington, D.C, and a Management Consultant at Pittiglio Rabin Todd and McGrath (PRTM). James began his career as a Global Product Manager at 3M Corporation.

Jason Heltzer, '02
Principal, OCA Ventures

As a Principal with OCA Ventures since 2001, Jason has board responsibilities for Selero, Alert Logic, Univa UD and TradeKing. Before OCA, Jason spent three and a half years as a management consultant and technical architect for Deloitte Consulting. He also led engineering and business teams at 1stUp, a CMGI company that provided technology to 130 web properties. During his time at Chicago Booth, Jason was selected as a Siebel Scholar. He continues his involvement as a guest lecturer in the Private Equity Lab, judge in the New Venture Challenge, and as a founder and board director of the Chicago Private Equity Network (CPEN).

Michael Herzberg, '80
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, FPL Advisory Group

Founded in 1989, FPL Advisory Group is a family of service based companies dedicated to the real estate and related financial services industries. The firm is involved in the functions of Executive Recruitment, Compensation, Management Consulting, and Finance. With offices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong, FPL employs approximately 70 individuals. Michael is also Chairman and CEO of Roseworth Capital, a merchant banking firm involved in growth investments in private companies. In addition, Michael is a Chicago Booth Global Advisory Board Member.

Jay Anderson, '02
Vice President of Operations over Surgery and Imaging Services, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Jay is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of all surgical and imaging services for Northwestern's large urban academic medical center. Prior to this role, Jay was instrumental in leading the quality efforts at NMH, bringing the skill sets of process improvement, measurement and monitoring to the organization. Prior to joining NMH, Jay was a certified Six Sigma Black Belt for the General Electric Company and a Nuclear Trained Officer for the United States Navy.

Robert M. Bordeman, '86
Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors at Safeway Insurance Group

Safeway Insurance Group is the largest privately-held automobile insurance provider in the country. Robert has been active in the financial services industry, concentrating in insurance, his entire career. Robert began his career at Safeway Insurance Group as Controller and held this position till 1983. He moved on to become Chief Financial Officer for two property/casualty subsidiaries, the Insurance Company of Illinois and W.W. Vincent and Company; Corporate Controller for Blue Cross of California (now Wellpoint Health); and Vice President, Finance for the Merrill Lynch Insurance Group at Merrill Lynch & Company. In 1995, Robert rejoined the Safeway Insurance Group in his current role.

Igor Rozenblit, '02
Investment Manager at Credit Agricole Asset Management

Igor manages the North American market for Credit Agricole's private equity fund of funds. Prior to his current position, Igor was Vice President at Seneca Partners, making venture and growth investments in emerging healthcare companies, and Senior Associate with White Pines Ventures, structuring and executing private equity and mezzanine transactions. In years before Chicago Booth, Igor was an employee of Deloitte Consulting.

Logan McDougal ’00
Vice President, William Wrigley Jr. Company, Wal*Mart

As the lead in managing Wrigley’s relationship with its largest customer Wal*Mart, Logan is responsible for all sales, marketing, and category management on a global level. Logan first joined Wrigley in 2004 as the Director of Global Commercial Operations, where he led the successful acquisition and integration of former Kraft business. Prior to Wrigley, Logan was a management consultant with Marakon Associates (now Trinsum) and a banker with Rothschild and Merrill Lynch.

Eunhee Choi Sumner '98
First Vice President, WaMu Corporate Strategy & Development

As the Corporate Development Lead in the Corporate Strategy & Development department at Washington Mutual, Eunhee evaluates and executes mergers and acquisitions, and manages the strategic venture capital fund. Previously, Eunhee was a Director at Portage Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on technology and life sciences companies. Prior to Portage, she launched a financial services start-up and held positions at Fidelity Investments, Lehman Brothers Mergers & Acquisitions Group, and Chase Manhattan.

Benjamin Bader '98
Senior Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle

Benjamin manages the relationships with Whirlpool Corporation and Glaxo Smith Kline in the Americas region. Prior to joining JLL, Ben was Sales Manager at China Enterprises, Inc., an import-export company specializing in trade with China, where he managed quality control and both the graphite and industrial/rigging hardware divisions. Ben has been recognized as a CoStar "Power Broker" for Philadelphia, awarded to the Top 20 commercial real estate brokers based on volume of transactions closed.

Chris Roth ’98
Senior Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle

Chris manages the relationship with the U.S. Air Force, specifically the Military Family Housing (MFH) privatization program. After starting in JLL's Chicago headquarters with a focus on underutilized assets, he relocated for four years to Los Angeles where he managed teams across the country for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army. Prior to joining JLL, Chris practiced Architecture in Ohio working on projects for the Veterans Administration, the U.S. Air Force, and the Iams Corporation as well as individuals developing single family homes.

George Tanasijevich, '01
General Manager / VP Singapore Development Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd

A senior management executive and accomplished attorney, George is responsible for coordinating the development of the Marina Bay Sands. Prior to his involvement in the company's Singapore activities, Mr. Tanasijevich was based in Macao as Director of Development.

Mr. Tanasijevich previously served as Senior Vice President / Equity Markets at CapitaLand President Limited in Singapore. Prior to joining CapitaLand, Mr. Tanasijevich served as Corporate Vice President of General Growth Properties, the second largest shopping mall REIT in the US, following his assignment as General Growth's senior attorney.

Kim Yin Wong ’03 (AXP-2),
Managing Director, Investments, Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd

As the head of the Energy cluster, Kim Yin oversees Temasek’s investments in the Power and Oil & Gas industries. In 2008/9, he led the S$12 billion divestment program of Tuas Power, Senoko Power and PowerSeraya. Prior to joining Temasek in 2004, he was with The AES Corporation, responsible for M&A and greenfield project development in Asia Pacific. His professional career began at DBS Bank where he was part of DBS’ corporate banking team. Kim Yin attended the National University of Singapore and graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. In 2003 he received his executive MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School Of Business.

Jeanette Wong ’02 (AXP-1)
Group Executive, Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank

Jeanette oversees the international geographies in the DBS Group’s portfolio. Prior to her current appointment, she was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for 5 years and was responsible for financial and management reporting of DBS Group and capital management. She also led the Group's financial initiatives, including capital fund raising, mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining DBS Bank, Jeanette was at J.P. Morgan. In her 16-year career at J.P. Morgan, she worked in the Global Markets and Emerging Markets business, and had held senior management positions with regional responsibilities in Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income.