Principal Speaker Series: A Conversation with Gary Cohn
Thursday September 5
at 10:00 AM EDT
WEBINAR ENDED
About this webinar
Join Principal Asset Management℠ Chief Global Strategist, Seema Shah as she hosts Vice Chairman of IBM and former Director of the National Economic Council, Gary Cohn. They’ll discuss the U.S. economy, monetary and fiscal policy, and potential investment implications for the remainder of 2024.
Continuing education credit
Our event offers 1 hour of continuing education (CE) credit for U.S. financial professional participants. CE approval is available for the following designations: CFA, CFP, CFFP, and IWI (state insurance CE isn’t available).
CE credit eligibility requirements:
- Attend the live webcast for a minimum duration of 50 minutes.
- Complete the applicable CE credit fields during registration.
Agenda
Featured presenter(s)
Gary D. Cohn
Vice Chairman of IBM and former Director of the National Economic Council
Gary D. Cohn is an American business leader, investor and the former director of the U.S. National Economic Council. He is an internationally recognized expert on the financial markets, global economy and economic policy.
Mr. Cohn is Vice Chairman of IBM, working in partnership with IBM’s Executive Leadership Team on a wide range of business initiatives and external engagement in areas including business development, public advocacy and client relationship management.
Mr. Cohn served as Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from 2017-2018. As chief economic advisor to the president of the United States, Mr. Cohn managed the administration’s economic policy agenda and led the successful effort to grow the U.S. economy, create jobs and increase wages through tax and regulatory reform.
Before serving in the White House, Mr. Cohn was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from 2006-2016. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 and held several other leadership positions including Global Co-Head of the Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division. He was a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and Chairman of the Firmwide Client and Business Standards Committee.
Mr. Cohn began his career at U.S. Steel before moving to New York to trade on the New York Commodities Exchange from 1982-1990.
Mr. Cohn actively invests in private companies and serves on many private corporate boards including Abyrx, Lazurite, Sotera Digital Security and Pallas Advisors. Additionally, Mr. Cohn serves on the advisory board for Starling. He is a member of the Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee (SRAC) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Mr. Cohn has long been dedicated to advancing healthcare and education. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of NYU Langone Health and serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. He is also on the Board of Overseers of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. In 2019 Mr. Cohn was a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.
Mr. Cohn lives in New York. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and received his undergraduate degree from American University in 1982.
Seema Shah
Chief Global Strategist, Principal Asset Management
Based in the U.K., Seema oversees global market strategy and advises investment staff across the firm in making economically sound asset allocation calls. She’s responsible for the creation of global economic macro and secular event research, closely monitoring global central bank policy and political developments.
Seema is a regular participant in conferences and forums speaking about global macro market issues. She’s frequently quoted by the financial news media and appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg TV.
Seema joined the firm in 2010, previously working as a strategist within Principal Fixed Income. Prior to joining Principal, Seema served as an economist at Capital Economics where she focused on macroeconomic analysis of the U.K. and the European economies. Seema also worked with the macro consulting group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and as an economist at HM Treasury & Inland Revenue Service.
She received a master's degree and bachelor's degree with honors in economics from the London School of Economics.
Webinar details
Date:
Thursday September 5, 2024
Time:
10:00 - 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Cost:
Free
Language:
English(Customized)
Webinar ID:
93b8c34df487
Dial-in Info:
Dial-in number: +1 (312) 248-9348
Dial-in ID:
Dial-in passcode: 5046
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