2008-2009 Ohlone College World Forum Topics

Global Economic Outlook - Finding a Compass for Uncharted Waters

• Thursday, March 5, 2009
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm Presentation, 1:00pm - 2:00pm Q&A
• Speaker: Kausik Rajgopal from McKinsey & Company, San Francisco
• Jackson Theatre, Smith Center, Ohlone College (Fremont Campus Map)
• Mr. Rajgopal encourages you to read the following document before the forum: The Unfolding Financial Crisis and Economic Downturn: Managing Under Uncertainty (PDF), Lowell Bryan, Kevin Buehler, and Diana Farrell, McKinsey & Company, November 2008.

A video archive of the World Forum live webcast (WMV) is available. The video is not captioned and a transcript is not available.

Speaker Bio: Kausik Rajgopal

Kausik Rajgopal is a Partner in McKinsey & Company's San Francisco office.  He is a leader of McKinsey's North American Financial Services Practice.  He also leads the West Coast Payments and Organization practices and is active in the Public Sector practice.  Kausik joined McKinsey in 1997, and has served a range of clients, including retail and wholesale banks, brokerages, asset managers, software companies, private equity firms, hedge funds, foundations and governments on a range of strategy, organization and operation issues.  Kausik has worked with clients on change management issues including leadership team effectiveness, executive transitions, global restructurings and front-line performance transformations.  

His recent engagements include an assessment of the U.S. consumer credit landscape for a private equity firm, a performance improvement program for a large consumer finance organization, an assessment of competitive challenges and strategic options for a global payments network, an analysis of U.S. household deleveraging and implications for financial services, and strategy development for an online banking provider.

Kausik has authored articles on performance transformation in banking and asset management, and on emerging payments strategies.  He has spoken at industry and public forums on “The Future of Online Banking”, “The Psychology of Change”, “The Globalization of Supply Chains”, and “End of the Beginning: The Outlook for U.S. Housing”.

Kausik graduated from Stanford University with Distinction in Political Science and Honors in Industrial Engineering.  He obtained his MBA from the Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.  He lives in San Francisco and enjoys poker, hiking, and cooking.

About the Ohlone College World Forum

Inaugurated in Spring 2005, the Ohlone College World Forum brings speakers to our community twice a semester to engage in dialog about important global issues that affect our community.

The World Forum is free to the community. World Forums are most often held in Jackson Theatre, Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont campus. Refer to the Fremont Campus Map for locations of parking lots. There is a $2.00 fee (8 quarters recommended, although the Intella-pay machines will accept exact change in dollar bills, nickels, dimes, quarters) for a one-day parking permit, which can be purchased from the machines in the parking lots.

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