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| CHAPTER LUNCHEON - SPONSORED BY: Thursday, October 25 , 2007 11:30a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Loyola Marymount University ECC 1857, University Hall 1 LMU Drive Westchester, CA 90045 |
| TOPIC: "Corporate Governance in the Post-Enron Era" SPEAKER: Robert Deutschman Vice Chairman, Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. DESCRIPTION OF SPEECH: *The atmosphere in corporate board rooms and on the street pre-Enron *Corporate culture contributing to the fall of Enron *An insider’s perspective of what happens (a “feeding frenzy”) when a large and well publicized entity like Enron collapses *Mr. Deutschman’s own story as to how he was selected to be a board member of Enron (now called Enron Recovery Corp.) after bankruptcy and some defining (which could have been career breaking decisions) he made as he attempted to live up to the responsibilities of a corporate board member concerned with the greater good of the company he guides *The new responsibilities on corporate directors shoulders in the post Enron era *Confusions in the new Sarbox regulations that corporate directors are struggling to deal with SPEAKER BIO: Rob Deutschman has specialized in investment and merchant banking activities for nearly 20 years, with a particular emphasis on executing private placements of institutional capital for growing public and private companies. Mr. Deutschman’s ability to deliver financing solutions to companies facing complex circumstances is enhanced by his experience as a founder and operator of companies and his background advising and accessing capital for companies in distressed situations. Mr. Deutschman’s diverse background also encompasses venture capital, law, entertainment, real estate, financial services, service industry operations, and restructurings and workouts. Prior to joining Cappello, Mr. Deutschman was a Managing Director of Saybrook Capital Corp. where he focused on corporate finance, venture capital and defaulted/troubled municipal bond issues and related workouts and restructurings. Previously, he was a principal of Cheviot Capital Corporation, a financial advisory and investment firm specializing in bankruptcy, insolvency and distressed situations, which was sold to Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin in 1988, commencing the formation of Houlihan’s Financial Restructuring Group. Mr. Deutschman subsequently became a Senior Vice President and Director of Principal Investments of Houlihan’s Public Finance Group. Mr. Deutschman began his career in 1982 as a practicing attorney with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles. |
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