2018 Agenda

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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

2:05                  Why “CEO Continuous Improvement” Is Critical
Geoffrey Garrett – Dean, The Wharton School

2:45                  Leadership Lessons Looking Back
Fernando Aguirre – Former Chairman, President & CEO, Chiquita Brands International
Ivan Seidenberg – Former Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications Inc.
Mark Turner – Chairman, President & CEO, WSFS Financial Corporation & WSFS Bank
Facilitated by Martine Haas – Associate Professor of Management, The Wharton School

3:45                  Break

4:00                  What Does a Good CFO Look Like
Dominic Caruso – Former Executive Vice President & CFO, Johnson & Johnson
Brian Kane – Chief Financial Officer, Humana Inc.
David Meline – Executive Vice President & CFO, Amgen Inc.
Facilitated by – Joanne Crevoiserat, Executive Vice President & COO, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

5:00                  Reflections on Being a CEO and Director
Ellen Kullman – Former Chairman & CEO, DuPont Company and current Director of United Technologies Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Amgen Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., and Carbon3D
Facilitated by Sigal Barsade – Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor, Professor of Management, The Wharton School

6:00                  Cocktails

7:00                  Dinner
Speaker:          Ram Charan, Business Advisor & Best Selling Author
Topic:              The Digital CEO

Thursday, November 15, 2018

8:00 AM          Informal Breakfast     

8:45                  Activists, Spins and Value Creation:  A Case Study of SPX Corporation
Chris Kearney – Former Chairman, President & CEO, SPX Corporation

9:30                  A Case Study of Board / CEO Interaction – Phillips 66
Greg Garland – Chairman & CEO, Phillips 66
Denise Ramos – CEO, ITT Inc., and Director, Phillips 66
Glenn Tilton – Former Chairman & CEO, United Airlines, and Director, Phillips 66
Facilitated by Richard Truesdell, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell

10:30                Break

10:45                Relationship Between the CEO and Institutional Investors
Glenn Booraem – Principal & Investment Stewardship Officer, The Vanguard Group
Amy Lissauer – Managing Director, Evercore Partners
Abe Friedman – Partner, PJT Camberview
Facilitated by Michael Useem – William & Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management & Director, Center for Leadership & Change Management, The Wharton School

12:00                Lunch

1:00                  How CEOs Should Think About Their Portfolio
Ishaan Seth – Senior Partner, Leader of Americas Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice, McKinsey & Company
Facilitated by Harbir Singh – Mack Professor of Management, Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Vice Dean, Global Initiatives, The Wharton School

2:00                  The Cyber Threat is Real
Art Coviello – Former President & CEO, RSA Security Inc.

2:45                  Break

3:00                  Go Long:  Why Long-Term Thinking Is a Good Short-Term Strategy
David Dorman – Chairman, CVS Health Corporation
Rodney Zemmel – Managing Partner, Northeast Office, McKinsey & Company
Facilitated by Brian Dumaine – Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine

3:45                  CHRO as Chief Transformation Officer
Dennis Carey – Founder, CEO Academy & Vice Chairman, CEO & Board Recruiter, Korn Ferry
Larry Costello – Former Executive Vice President & CHRO, Tyco
Brian McNamee – Executive Vice President, Full Potential Initiatives, Amgen Inc.
Facilitated by Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management & Director of the Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School

4:30                  Break

4:45                  Digitization, Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain – and Other Terms Being Thrown About
Facilitated by Paul Willmott – Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

5:15                  Unlocking Shareholder Value
Ronald Williams – Former Chairman, President & CEO, Aetna Inc., and current Director of American Express Company, Johnson & Johnson, and The Boeing Company
Shubham Singhal – Senior Partner, Leader of Global Healthcare Systems & Services Practice, McKinsey & Company
Facilitated by Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, The Wharton School

6:15                  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

6:30                  Cocktails

7:00                  Dinner
                        Speaker:          Michael McFaul – Former U.S. Ambassador to The Russian Federation
                        Topic:              The Current Geo-Political Environment – What CEOs Should Know
Prium Prize:   Awarded to Kenneth Chenault, Former Chairman and CEO, American Express Company, and current Director of Airbnb Inc., Facebook Inc., IBM Corporation, and Procter & Gamble Company

List of CEO Academy Faculty and Attendee Board Affiliations for 2018