Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: JMHH F85

 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Haier Opening Keynote:

Haier America, founded in 1999, is the Sales and Marketing arm of the Americas for the multinational Haier Group, one of the world’s leading appliance makers. Richard Block is Vice President of Marketing for Haier America leading all marketing initiatives as well as company and product promotion through a variety of marketing platforms. He also directs the company’s relationship with the National Basketball Association supporting Haier as the Official HDTV of the NBA. Bringing almost 30 years of experience as a marketing veteran, Mr. Block joined Haier America in June of 2006. Before taking his current position with Haier, Mr. Block was the regional Vice President for Westwood One, one of the largest producers and distributor of audio content in the United States. He spent the bulk of his career building awareness for the consumer electronics retailer Nobody Beats the Wiz through a multitude of initiatives.

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Interview Workshop:

 Talk about your cat too much? WAX’s Interview Workshop will teach you the do’s and don’ts of interviewing. Learn all the traps, tips, and tricks and learn how to transform interviews into offers. Learn from expert interviewer Kiichi Umezawa who successfully obtained internships at Bank of Japan, McKinsey, Baring Private Equity, Goldman Sachs, and Sawakami Mutual Fund with his secret interviewing techniques.

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Mitsubishi UFG Keynote:

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is Japan’s largest financial group and the world’s second largest bank holding company. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities is the core securities company of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MTU) and offers a broad range of domestic and foreign securities and investment banking products and services, including brokerage, trading, underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, securitization and corporate advisory services to individual and corporate customers in Japan and around the world.

Mitsubishi’s Managing Director of Human Resources in America, Colette Gardner, will be coming to speak about career management and Mitsubishi’s role in the recent economic crisis.

Colette Gardner leads Human Resources for Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. the American investment banking and brokerage unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd. As a member of the firm’s senior management, she participates on the management committee and works closely with the global management division in Tokyo on all related initiatives. Colette’s previous experience on Wall Street include a number of varied HR assignments as the Global Director of Human Resources, Treasury & Capital Markets for Misys International Banking System and the Managing Director of Human Resources — Wholesale Client Services – Americas at ABN-AMRO where she oversaw the integration of ING Barings into the ABN North American footprint.

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch

 Lunch is sponsored by Vics Sushi.

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Resume Workhop:

Not sure if your resume can catch the recruiter’s attention? Learn how to build a resume that maximizes the impact of your experiences.

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Banking 101:

You all know of the obsession with banking on campus, but what exactly is investment banking? What’s M&A, FIGs, and what do you do in the Restructuring group? Is banking in Asia the right path for you? Have all your questions about Investment Banking answered during this entry-level lecture.

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Internship Panel:

Have questions about launching your big career in Asia? Come to this panel to learn the ins and outs of investment banking, sales and trading, consulting, and accounting in countries halfway around the globe. The panel will feature Derek Ho (JP Morgan Securities, Lehman Brother Equity Prop Trading, Bain & Company, Credit Suisse Securities), Kendrew Tan (Goldman Sachs IBD), Eugene Lui (KPMG – Auditing), and Kohei Fukushima (Barclays Capital Trading, Merrill Lynch IBD Japan).

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Haier Door Prize Drawing:

Win a MP3 player from Haier!
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