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Maurella van der Ree, MBA, ’87, was promoted to regional head of wealth management for Latin America at HSBC on March 1, 2012. She has 20 years of experience in wealth management in the private banking sector and more than four years experience in asset management, providing wealth management solutions to HSBC premier customers.
Posted by GWSB on May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Alumni News,Classnotes,GWSB News.
Emrah Karakilic, MBA, ’96, has returned home to Turkey from Geneva, Switzerland, where she was working as an economic counselor at the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office in Geneva. Karakilic assumed the responsibilities of senior expert in charge of Multilateral Economic Affairs at the Directorate General of Foreign Economic Relations.
Posted by GWSB on May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Alumni News,Classnotes,GWSB News.
Brutawit Dawit, MBA, `90, has been nominated by Enat Bank in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to become the bank’s president. The nomination is subject to approval by the National Bank of Ethiopia – the nation’s central bank. Brutawit previously worked as an administrative assistant at the World Bank, and for the American Bankers Association and several other banks in Ethiopia.
Posted by GWSB on May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Classnotes,GWSB News.
Kevin Coyner, MBA, `85, a career firefighter in Greenwich, Conn., and a former bond trader and U.S. Senate aide, is a Democrat running for the 132nd District seat in Connecticut’s General Assembly. Coyner is the son of Wesley I. Coyner, a former chief of staff to William Egan, a Democrat who was Alaska’s first governor. Coyner, a triathlete who has competed in 11 Ironman competitions, lives with his wife in Fairfield, Conn. For more on Coyner’s campaign: http://www.coyner2012.com/
Posted by GWSB on May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Classnotes,GWSB News.
Richard M. Bayus, MS, ’65, a retired Air Force colonel and administrative judge with NASA, died of bladder cancer on March 30 at the Sunrise assisted living community in Fairfax County. He was 83 and a resident of McLean, Va.
Posted by GWSB on May 1, 2012 | Filed under: Classnotes,GWSB News.
Dong-ik “Don” Lee, MBA, ’93, was named chief investment officer of the $45-billion Korea Investment Corp., based in Seoul, replacing Scott Kalb, who has stepped down. Mr. Lee previously was managing director and head of the private markets group at KIC.
Posted by GWSB on April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Classnotes,GWSB News.
David Menda, BBA, ’07, has been appointed Director of Digital Strategy for Delucchi Plus, a strategic marketing communications firm, and Blue Bug Digital, a digital public relations and social-media marketing agency, both located in Washington, D.C. As Director of Digital Strategy, Menda will oversee the integrated digital marketing strategies for the client portfolios of both companies including website development, interactive campaigns, social media, digital applications, search and online advertising campaigns and email marketing programs. Menda was formerly the Senior Digital Account Manager at both firms.
Posted by GWSB on April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Classnotes,GWSB News.
Robert E. Loehe, MBA, ’74, of Silver Spring, Md., a retired Marine Corps colonel who served three tours of duty in Vietnam and earned his MBA while in the Marines, died March 13. Col. Loehe joined the Marines at 17, rose through the enlisted ranks and attended officer candidate school. His final assignment was at NATO headquarters in Naples, Italy. He later operated a defense consulting firm.
Posted by GWSB on April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Classnotes,GWSB News.
Bob Tansey, BA ’73, MPA ’81, is External Affairs & Policy Director for Northeast Asia & Greater China for The Nature Conservancy. Bob retired from the Foreign Service in 2009 following thirty-three years with State, the Patent Office, and USDOE in addition to several years in consulting and other private sector positions. He has been in Beijing with TNC since January 2010.
Posted by GWSB on March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Alumni News,Classnotes.
Faith Knight, MSPM ’08, has published her second book on the subject of relationship management. The book, entitled Projects Are People, Too!: A guide to getting along so you can get some work done, discusses the management of people and relationships throughout a project.
Posted by GWSB on March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Alumni News,Classnotes.
Dr. Doug Guthrie, Dean, Professor of International Business and Professor of Management at The George Washington University School of Business is an expert in the fields of economic reform in China, leadership and corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility.
James Bailey is the Ave Tucker Professorial Fellow of Leadership and director of the World Executive EMBA at the George Washington University School of Business.
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