General Michael Hayden, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Rep. Paul Ryan & Others to Join Global CFOs at WSJ CFO Network

Leading CFOs to Collaborate on Recommendations for Strong Financial Leadership


NEW YORK, May 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal will again convene nearly 100 leading global chief financial officers from the world’s top corporations at the annual meeting of the CFO Network. The invitation-only event, which will take place June 15-16 at the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C., will address the most pressing business and policy issues facing corporate finance today.

The gathering will feature policymakers and leaders from a range of sectors. General Michael Hayden, Principal of The Chertoff Group, will open the program in an interview with Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Gerard Baker (@gerardtbaker) on global security and whether it is getting safer or more dangerous to do business around the world.

Other speakers include:

  • Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, WilmerHale; U.S. Trade Representative (1997-2001)
       
  • Shaun Donovan, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2009-2014)
      
  • Keith F. Higgins, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
       
  • Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
       
  • Kevin McCarthy, U.S. House Majority Leader, U.S. Representative (R. Calif.)
       
  • John H. Noseworthy, M.D, President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
       
  • Charles Penner, Partner and Chief Legal Officer, JANA Partners LLC
      
  • Paul Ryan, Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Representative (R., Wis.)
       
  • Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente
       
  • Chris Young, Head of Contested Situations, Credit Suisse


Speakers will be interviewed by top editors from The Wall Street Journal, including Deputy Editor in Chief Rebecca Blumenstein (@RBlumenstein), Associate Editor John Bussey (@johncbussey), Assistant Managing Editor Laura Landro (@LauraLandroWSJ), Business Editor Dennis Berman (@DKBerman), and Washington Bureau Chief Gerald F. Seib (@GeraldFSeib).

In addition to the on-stage discussions, The Wall Street Journal CFO Network meeting includes subject-specific Task Force sessions in which the CFO members collaborate to develop a strategic agenda for financial leadership in key areas facing global corporate finance executives.

The results of the meeting will be published in a worldwide special report on June 22 in The Wall Street Journal and on WSJ.com. For more information on The Wall Street Journal CFO Network and its annual meeting, please visit: cfonetwork.wsj.com/. Follow the social conversation at #WSJCFO.

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