Global Leaders Group
The Global Leaders Group is a group of engaged alumni and friends of the University of the Chicago Booth School of Business around the world who advise and support the dean of Chicago Booth on global strategy.
Our Global Leaders Group (GLG) is comprised of Booth alumni and friends who have been asked to serve as strategic partners and who have demonstrated affinity for and investment in the school and our global initiatives. The GLG is organized around the regions in which Chicago Booth has campuses, including the APAC and EMEA regions.
Members work closely with the school’s senior leadership on local strategy, geopolitics, and current business and financial trends in APAC and EMEA. These esteemed alumni serve as ambassadors for the school and help expand the brand by facilitating networking channels and hosting high-level meetings and events to support Booth’s mission and efforts globally.
Members from the APAC Region
Brian Baker, ’97
Senior Consultant, China Pacific Insurance Company Investment Management
Wei Cai, AM ’95, MBA ’95
Partner and Head, China Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
Christopher S. Chan, ’86
CIO: Public Markets, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Dave Chenn, ’00
Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner, Oceanpine Capital
Samuel Wai-Tak Chu, ’87
Managing Partner and CIO, Phoenix Property Investors, Ltd.
John Ehara, ’78
Co-Founder, Unison Capital
JP Gan, ’99
Founding Partner and Director, INCE Capital
Jerry He, SM ’97, MBA ’04
Chairman and CEO, Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.
Hiro Hirano, ’89
Partner, Co-Head of Private Equity, and CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Shin Horie, ’93
Managing Director, Integrated Solutions Group, GIC
Raymond K. Hung, ’73
CEO, Applied Enterprises Limited
Abhinav Jhunjhunwala, ’14 (AXP-13)
CEO, AJ Capital Asset Management
Benjamin Kai Yiu Lee, ’83
Managing Partner, Phoenix Property Investors
Michelle Liem, ’89
Managing Director, Nuri Holdings
Merlin Lu, ’16 (AXP-15)
Chairman and CEO, RB & Manon Business Co., Ltd.
Sean Lu, ’00
Managing Director, CBC Group
Sue S. Luh, ’01
Partner, One Plus One Group for Disability
Luis Miranda, ’89
Cofounder and Chairman, Indian School of Public Policy
Tandean Rustandy, ’07 (AXP-6)
Founder and CEO, PT Arwana Citramulia Tbk
Morgan Sze, ’93
CIO, Azentus Capital Management
Agus Tandiono, ’95
Managing Director, Head of Fundamental Equities Asia, CPP Investment Board
Tony Tang, MBA '00
Head of China, Citadel Securities
Tao Tao, ’16 (AXP-15)
Managing and Founding Partner, Co-Stone Capital Investment Management
Jack S. Wadsworth Jr., ’63
Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Osamu Yamamoto, ’93
Partner, Unison Capital, Inc
Lincoln C. K. Yung, ’70
Managing Director, Nanyang Holdings
Dennis Demiao Zhu, ’93
Managing Director, Yuan Management Hong Kong
Members from the EMEA Region
Jose Alvarez, ’96 (EXP-1)
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Banco Santander SA
Ryan Blute, ’04
Managing Director, PIMCO
Keith Breslauer, ’88
Managing Partner and Senior Partner, Patron Capital Partners
Craig Dawson, ’99
Managing Director, PIMCO
Raquel Dawson, ’00
Renaud DePlanta, ’87
Senior Partner, Chairman of the Group Executive Committee, Pictet Group
Constantinos Economou, ’10 (EXP-15)
CEO, Colourfield Liability Solutions
Mariam Elsamny, ’08 (EXP-13)
Head of Personal Banking, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Carl-Thomas Epping, ’85
Manager, Carl-Th. Epping GmbH
Babatunde Fajemirokun, ’13 (EXP-18)
CEO and Managing Director, AIICO Insurance
Rolf Friedli, ’96 (EXP-1)
Partner and Chairman, CapVis Equity Partners Ltd.
Stefan Hepp, ’90
CEO, INIZIA Capital AG
Heba Iskander, ’10 (EXP-15)
Board Secretary and Corporate Development Director, Orascom Construction PLC
Blair Jacobson, ’99
Partner and Co-Head of European Credit, Ares Management Corporation
Rajeev Kakar
Senior Banker and Board Member; Strategic and Start-up Investor; Founder, Dunia Finance; Global CoFounder, Fullerton Financial Holdings; Former Citibank Mg. Dir and CEO, Turkey, ME and Africa Region
Jacques Kemp, ’96 (EXP-1)
Chairman and Cofounder, NextportChina B.V.
Ashwin Kumar, ’88
Industry Partner, Motive Partners
Nathan Lacaze, ’12 (EXP-17)
Co-CEO, EMEA, Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd.
Dirk Louis Lievens, ’99
Partner, Goldman Sachs Group
Tarak B. Mehta, ’00
President, Electrification Business Area, ABB Ltd.
Roger Orf, MBA ’77, JD ’79
Partner, Apollo Global Management LLC
Sam Pokroy, ’04
Founder and CEO, Sanari Capital
Stephanie Rada Zocco, AB ’88
Co-President, The Rada Zocco Foundation
Bruce Rigal, ’89
Director of the Institute of Business, Law and Society, St. Mary’s University
Felix Robyns, ’85
Founder and Principal, 12 Advisors
Adarsh Sarma, MBA '00
Co Head EMEA, Partner, Warburg Pincus International
Jerome M. Stern, ’96
Managing Partner, J. Stern & Co.
Van J. Stults, ’78
Founding Partner and Managing Director, Orion Capital Managers
Elaine Zong, ’98
Private Investor, ERJ Investments