Finance Expert to discuss Greenspan's THE AGE OF TURBULENCE Jan 4th 7:30 pm Four Seasons Hoetl WHISTLER, BC

Our next Whistler Reads discussion held at the Four Seasons Resort Hotel on Jan 4th is shaping up to be a very interesting event. BC Entrepreneur of the Year Lukas Lundin is our sponsor and will be attending. The speaker, Glen Donaldson has just submitted his bio to me (see below).  He is going to speak to our current book, THE AGE OF TURBULENCE by Alan Greenspan, and talk about Greenspan the man, some of the financial decisions he made and the market effects they had during his 14 year tenure at the Federal Reserve, as well as macro and micro economics pertinent to our region.

Biography – Glen Donaldson
 
Dr. Glen Donaldson is an internationally recognized finance and business expert with over 20 years of experience in financial markets, strategy, financial instruments trading and risk management.
 
Dr. Donaldson is currently Chairman of the Finance Division and holder of the Finning Professorship in Finance at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. He is also currently a Regional Director of the Professional Risk Managers International Association, a consultant to the Bank of Canada, and Chairman of Quadrus Development. Over the span of his career, Dr. Donaldson has also served as a finance and business expert for the United States Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, plus several private banks, investment groups and international corporations. Prior to joining UBC, Dr. Donaldson was a professor of financial economics at Princeton University.
 
Dr. Donaldson has published numerous articles regarding finance, money, markets and business matters in leading business journals and has been a panelist/speaker at business-technology and finance events including Enterprise Outlook Silicon Valley and the Western Finance Association. Dr. Donaldson has received awards for his work from the New York Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones Company.     
 
Dr. Donaldson holds a B.A. from UBC, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Brown University. In his spare time he enjoys sailing and powerboating and is a recreational pilot.


Here is the link to the full article describing the event, book and sponsor. Extra tickets are avail online as below, or they're also available at Armchair Books in Whistler, and 32 Books in North Van. Let me know if I can put you on the special guest list.

Paula Shackleton 907-2804

http://www.bookbuffet.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.article/article_ID/CC024382-E4B2-48E2-9E11E62B7AADA1D8/index.html