2013 Keynote Speakers

Dr. Wolfgang Engshuber; Chairman, Principles for Responsible Investment, the United Nations

 Dr. Wolfgang Engshuber was elected chair of in the PRI Advisory Council in January 2011.  He is an ex officio Board member of the UN Global Compact. 

After a career spanning 25 years, he retired formally from his executive position at Munich Re in October 2011, although he will continue as a senior advisor to Munich Re. As President, Corporate Centres, Munich Re America for 13 years, he oversaw key corporate departments,  including Investments, Integrated Risk Management, Human Resources, IT, Claims, Legal, Internal Audit and Marketing. Dr. Engshuber served as a director of MEAG New York, a company that manages North American assets of Munich Re.  Before moving to the United States in October 1998, he was employed by Munich Re, where he was a member of the executive management responsible for global asset management.

Dr. Engshuber earned his Masters of Law Degree in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Economics in 1986, both from the University of Munich. He also studied at the London School of Economics and worked for the International Monetary Fund and the German Ministry for Developing Countries.  Dr. Engshuber earned his Masters of Law Degree in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Economics in 1986, both from the University of Munich. He also studied at the London School of Economics.  Dr. Engshuber will speak on 'Sustainable Investing'.

Dr. Roberta Romano; Sterling Professor of Law and Director

Her research has focused on state competition for corporate charters, the political economy of takeover regulation, shareholder litigation, institutional investor activism in corporate governance, and the regulation of securities markets and financial instruments and institutions. 

Professor Romano is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Corporate Governance Institute, a research associate of the National Bureau for Economic Research, a past President of the American Law and Economics Association and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, and a past co-editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. 

She is the author of The Genius of American Corporate Law and The Advantage of Competitive Federalism for Securities Regulation, and series editor of the Foundations of Law reader series and editor of the volume in the series, Foundations of Corporate Law (2d ed.).  

Professor Romano will speak on ‘International Financial Regulations’.