H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference

What’s Next in Emerging Markets/Taking it Global

Over the next 20 years, real GDP is projected to grow 6.7% annually in emerging markets. This number is almost 4x the projected growth rate for mature markets, a modest 1.8%. Where there is growth, there is opportunity. This panel will feature HBS alums who have "taken it global" and seized the emerging markets opportunity in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. Come learn about their global business outlook and hear their personal stories about the challenges and benefits of pursuing an international career.

Panel Speakers

Debbie McCoy, Vice President, AECOM

Debbie McCoy is Vice President at AECOM and a Harvard Business School alumna.

Jonathan Lee Kelly, Principal, Rosemont Capital

Jonathan is a Principal at Rosemont Capital and has worked around the globe and across a number of investment platforms around the globe.

A native of the American South, Jonathan received a BA in Chemistry from Wake Forest University where, as a student, he served for two years on the Board of Trustees. He has held the Thomas C. Sorensen Institute Political Leadership Fellowship at the University of Virginia as well as the Mortimer B. Zuckerman and George Family Foundation Fellowships through the Center for Public Leadership during his graduate studies at Harvard, where he received both a MBA and MPA concurrently.

Gregory A. White, Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners (Moderator)

Gregory A. White, is Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners (“THL”), a Boston-based buyout firm which has raised over $20 billion of aggregate assets since inception. He runs one of the four business units of the firm, the Investor Relations Group, and serves on the Valuation Committee and participates on the Investment Committee as a non-voting member. THL currently manages two funds (Equity Fund V and VI) which total $16 billion and is recognized as one of the best performing growth buyout firms in the world.

Prior to joining THL in 2004, Mr. White was a Managing Director of Thomas Weisel Partners, responsible for Marketing and Investor Relations for their private equity funds. In 1997, Mr. White worked with TA Associates, one of the leading growth capital private equity firms, located in Boston.

Mr. White also served as the Executive Director for the Massachusetts pension fund, the Pension Reserves Investment Management (“PRIM”) Board from 1994 to 1997. He directed all activities of the fund and was active in expanding the investments in private equity.

He started his career on Wall Street with Morgan Stanley & Company and Smith, Barney, Harris, Upham and worked with UNC Ventures in Boston. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering degree, cum laude, from Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is active with several civic and charitable organizations including Howard University Board of Trustees (Chairman of the Investment Committee) and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.