The Premier Academy for Chief Executive Officers and Board Leaders
2017 Agenda
The Harold Pratt House . 58 East 68th Street . New York . NY
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
2:00 PM
Welcome
Dennis Carey – Founder, CEO Academy & Vice Chairman, CEO & Board Recruiter, Korn Ferry
Michael Useem – William & Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management, Director, Center for Leadership & Change Management, The Wharton School
2:15
Why “CEO Continuous Improvement” Is Critical
Geoffrey Garrett – Dean, The Wharton School
3:00
Lessons From the Top
Cynthia Carroll – Former CEO, Anglo American
Arthur Collins – Former CEO, Medtronic Inc.
Denise Ramos – President & CEO, ITT Inc.
Facilitated by Maggie Wilderotter – Former Chairman & CEO, Frontier Communications Corporation
4:15 Break
4:30
What Does a Good CFO Look Like
Brian Kane – Senior Vice President & CFO, Humana Inc.
David Meline – Executive Vice President & CFO, Amgen Inc.
Facilitated by Charles Holley – Former Executive Vice President & CFO, Walmart
5:15 Working Together Management Systems – Principals and Practices
Alan Mulally – Former CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and The Ford Motor Company, and current Director of Google and Carbon3D
6:15 Cocktails
7:00 Dinner
Thursday, November 16, 2017
8:00 AM
Informal Breakfast
8:30
Unlocking Shareholder Value
Ed Breen – Chief Executive Officer, DowDuPont Inc.
Facilitated by Sir George Buckley – Former Chairman & CEO, 3M Company
9:30
Leadership Lessons Looking Back
James McNerney, Former Chairman & CEO, The Boeing Company
Facilitated by Martine Haas – Associate Professor of Management, The Wharton School
10:30 Break
10:45
The Relationship Between the CEO and Board
Greg Garland – Chairman & CEO, Phillips 66
Bonnie Hill – Co-Founder, Icon Blue Inc., Director of Multiple Companies
William P. Lauder – Executive Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies
Dinesh Paliwal – President & CEO, HARMAN
Richard Truesdell – Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Facilitated by Tom Donaldson – Mark O. Winkelman Professor, Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, The Wharton School
12:00 Lunch
1:00
Relationship Between the CEO and Institutional Investors
Amy Lissauer – Managing Director, Corporate Advisory Business, Evercore Partners
W. Robert Main – Head of Portfolio Company Engagement, Analysis, and Voting
Investment Stewardship, The Vanguard Group
Abe Friedman – Chief Executive Officer, CamberView Partners
Facilitated by Michael Useem – William & Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management, Director, Center for Leadership & Change Management, The Wharton School
1:45
How CEOs Should Think About Their Portfolio
Donald Gogel – Chairman & CEO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Andrew Liveris – Executive Chairman, DowDuPont Inc.
Rodney Zemmel – Managing Partner, Northeast Office, McKinsey & Company
Facilitated by Habir Singh – Mack Professor of Management, Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Vice Dean, Global Initiatives, The Wharton School
2:30 Break
2:45
Is Globalization Dead?
Cynthia Carroll – Former CEO, Anglo American
Dinesh Paliwal – President & CEO, HARMAN
Facilitated by Gary Pinkus – Managing Partner, North America, McKinsey & Company
3:30
New Dimensions in Healthcare
Dr. Roy Beveridge – Chief Medical Officer, Humana Inc.
Maggie Wilderotter – Former Chairman & CEO, Frontier Communications Corporation
Facilitated by Peter Cappelli – Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School
4:15
CHRO as Chief Transformation Officer
Larry Costello – Former Executive Vice President & CHRO, Tyco
Brian McNamee – Executive Vice President, Full Potential Initiatives, Amgen Inc.
John Stacey – Executive Vice President & CHRO, HARMAN
Facilitated by Peter Cappelli – Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School
5:00
Digital Disruption
Facilitated by Paul Willmott – Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
6:00
Closing Remarks
Dennis Carey – Founder, CEO Academy & Vice Chairman, CEO & Board Recruiter, Korn Ferry Michael Useem – William & Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management, Director, Center for Leadership & Change Management, The Wharton School
6:15 Cocktails
7:00 Dinner
Speaker: Richard Haass – President, The Council on Foreign Relations and the author of A World In Disarray
Prium Prize: Awarded to Maggie Wilderotter, Former Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications Corporation