Profile
In the late 1970's, New York investment bank Dillon Read's Chief Economist Herbert Lewis began conducting overseas programs for institutional investors to evaluate first-hand the risks and rewards of international investment and asset diversification. Later spun off as a separate company in the 1980's and renamed in the 1990's, Worldview has hosted programs in 7 European, 10 Asian, and 5 Latin American countries as well as in the United States. In each country, face-to-face high level meetings are conducted with economic planners, political leaders, financial experts, corporate executives, leading journalists and editorial writers, prominent think tanks, and others well-positioned to evauate that country as an investment destination.
In the past 5 years, the coverage has expanded to include America (programs in Washington DC, Silicon Valley, and other US cities). Participation has expanded to now include 50 investment and financial institutions from 12 American and 8 foreign cities.
Chairman: Herbert Lewis, New York
Herbert Lewis began his career as an economist at the New York Stock Exchange, then served as Chief Economist of Dillon Read investment bank in New York. He has conducted macro-economic investment seminars overseas since the late 1970's when US institutions first began to invest abroad.
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On the famous Shanghai Bund.
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President: William Anawaty, Washington, DC
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A graduate of Yale University and the University of Texas Law School, Bill Anawaty dealt with foreign financial issues and leaders while serving at the US Treasury Department as International Legal Counsel, Director of Special Programs, and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, respectively. He founded ANARI Inc. in 1983 to conduct international business transactions, initially with Asia, and teamed with Herbert Lewis beginning in 1985 to continue and expand investor programs to destinations around the world. More on Bill Anawaty |
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Senior Advisor / Europe: Christopher Cviic, O.B.E.,London, UK
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Conferred the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for his work in Eastern Europe, Chris Cviic has a distinguished record in European economic and political analysis, as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (directed by Arnold Toynbee for many years), as lead analyst/writer on East Europe for The Economist, and currently as Senior Advisor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. More on Chris Cviic |
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Director / Latin America: Barbara Bennett, Washington, DC
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At Citibank in the 1980's, BA/ MBA Barbara Bennett was Vice Chairman Bill Rhoades' team coordinator during the Latin debt crisis, handling debt swaps, workouts, and restructuring the debt of Latin nations. A Director of the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, she is fluent in Spanish and has lived and run a business in Panama. More on Barbara Bennett |
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Special Advisor: Uwe Bott, Global
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Uwe Bott is President and CEO of Cross-Border Finance, Westchester - NY, a private consulting firm aiding clients to originate, structure and manage the risk of cross-border transactions. Previously, he was Managing Director and Head of Country Risk at GE Capital Services (covering more than 90 countries); and a Senior Sovereign Risk Analyst at Moody's Investors Service, for over 30 countries and multilateral development banks globally. A native of Germany, Mr. Bott holds degrees in law and economics and was a US Fulbright Scholar. |
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Special Advisor: Yuko Serizawa, Japan
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Currently serving
on Advisory Committees to the Japanese Prime Minister, Yuko Serizawa
runs her own international business and financial advisory company
in Tokyo and serves as the organizer of all Japanese participants
to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Born in
Tokyo and raised and schooled in France (where her father was the
Japanese financial envoy), Yuko began her financial career with Credit
Lyonnais in Paris before establishing her own company in Tokyo, where
she lives with her husband (accomplished Toshiba Corporation thrice-patented
inventor) and their tri-lingual 12-year old son. |
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Washington, DC Staff Members and Coordinators Around the World:
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Anthony Gallagher
—Research
Associate Larry Quetsch
—Investor
Development |
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