Global Summits and Speaker Series
The Global Business Initiative brings accomplished business leaders to engage the Georgetown McDonough community in dialogue about the challenges of leading global businesses in specific industries. By hearing from senior executives currently working in multinational companies our students receive invaluable experience transforming theoretical knowledge into practical business applications. The GBI makes this possible through our board members and our global network.
The GBI has also partnered with the Georgetown Retail & Luxury Association (GRLA), a student-run organization that focuses on educating peers about the retail and luxury industries as well as increasing opportunities for them within those fields.
Blackstone Group
Joe Zidle
Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist in the Private Wealth Solutions Group
Colgate-Palmolive
“A Conversation with Panagiotis Tsourapas“
Panagiotis Tsourapas
Group President, Colgate-Latin America, Asia Pacific & Africa-Eurasia
Costco Wholesale Corporation
“A Conversation with James Sinegal”
James Sinegal
Co-founder and Former CEO
Supply Chains
“Global Supply Chain Strategies in a Trade War”
Executives from Tommy Hilfiger, Estée Lauder, A.T. Kearney, American Apparel & Footwear Association, and Amazon
Microsoft
“Digital Transformation Opportunities in Latin America”
Cesar Cernuda
Corporate Vice President
Global Sustainability
“Global Sustainability and Business Summit”
Executives from VF Corporation, National Geographic, Sodexo, Colgate-Palmolive, and Chevron
Lamborghini
“The Past, Present, and Future of a Luxury Car Maker”
Alessandro Farmeschi
Chief Executive Officer – Americas Region
Tiffany & Co.
“On Appealing to the Next-Generation Luxury Shopper”
Alessandro Bogliolo
Chief Executive Officer
Global Business of Travel
“The Global Business of Travel: Land, Air and Sea”
Executives from Airbnb, Bentley Motors, Booking Holdings, Gulfstream, National Geographic, and Sodexo
Bentley
“A Bentley Motors Case Study with Mark Del Rosso”
Mark Del Rosso
President and CEO – Americas Region
Global Luxury Summit
“Building a Global Luxury Brand”
Executives from Tom Ford, Estée Lauder, Michael Kors, Kara Ross and Ermenegildo Zegna
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