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People at SCEPA
SCEPA Advisory Board
Felix
G. Rohatyn
President
Rohatyn Associates, LLC
Felix G. Rohatyn
is the master financier and global economics and urban policy expert
who, as Chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation of the
City of New York, saved New York City from bankruptcy. Catapulted
to international renown when he was called to rescue New York as
The Daily News ran its famous headline, "Ford to City: Drop
Dead," Rohatyn conceived and spearheaded the ingenious multi-billion
dollar plan that saved America's largest city from financial meltdown.
One of the most
original and influential economic thinkers in the world, Rohatyn
has served on the Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange
and on the boards of directors of a number of multi-national corporations.
He led the NYSE Crisis Committee through a period of great instability
in the 1970's, working to find financing that kept tottering companies
from collapse. A visionary investment banker who guided a host of
the world's largest corporations through the takeover wars of the
1980's, Rohatyn negotiated a number of historic mergers and acquisitions.
Rohatyn served
as United States Ambassador to France from 1997 to 2000. Prior to
that, he was managing director of the investment banking firm, Lazard
Frères & Company in New York, where he earned his reputation as
a leading world authority on mergers and acquisitions. He is a regular
contributor to The Wall Street Journal and his columns and
editorials also appear in The New York Times, The Washington
Post, The International Herald Tribune, Financial
Times, Le Monde, and The New York Review of Books.
Rohatyn is also frequently a guest commentator on network news programs.
His book, Money Games: My Journey Through American Capitalism,
1950-2000, will be published by Simon and Schuster in April
2003.
Rohatyn is a
trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and
a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He currently serves
on the boards of directors of Comcast Corporation, Fiat, S.p.A.,
Suez, LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton), and Publicis Groupe, S.A.
Rohatyn also is chairman of Aton Pharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical
company involved in the research and development of drugs for the
treatment of cancer. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and of numerous other nonprofit organizations. He is
a commander in the French Legion of Honor.
Rohatyn currently
serves as president of Rohatyn Associates, LLC, which provides financial
advice to corporations. He resides in New York City.
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