Topic:
Geopolitical Update and Economic/Midterm Impacts -A Conversation with Capital Group
Summary:
Gain timely insights into the evolving geopolitical landscape and its potential impact on markets, economic conditions, and the upcoming midterm election cycle in this conversation with Capital Group. We’ll explore how global events may influence investment strategies, policy direction, and market volatility in the months ahead.
Speaker:
John Emerson
Capital Group
John Emerson works in global distribution as vice chairman of Capital Group
International, Inc. He has 25 years of industry experience, all with Capital Group.
From 2013 to 2017, he served as the United States ambassador to the Federal
Republic of Germany. In 2015, John was awarded the State Department's Susan
M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service, which is given annually to one
non-career ambassador, and in 2017 he was awarded the CIA Medal and the
U.S. Navy's Distinguished Public Service award.
Prior to accepting the ambassadorial posting, John spent 16 years as president
of Private Client Services for the Capital Group Companies. Before joining Capital,
he was deputy assistant to President Clinton where he coordinated his economic
conferences, served as the president's liaison to the nation’s governors, and led
the administration's efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay
Round Agreement and the extension of China's MFN trading status. Additionally,
he was appointed by President Obama to serve on his Advisory Committee for
Trade Policy and Negotiations. Before working in the Clinton White House, John
served as Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney, and was a partner in the law
firm of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg, and Phillips.
Ambassador Emerson currently serves as Chairman of the American Council on
Germany and on the boards of the Pacific Council on International Policy, the
German Marshall Fund, the American Friends of the Munich Security Conference,
the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the Music Center Foundation. Previously
he served as Chairman of the Music Center of Los Angeles (2003-11), Vice
Chairman of the Los Angeles Metropolitan YMCA (2007-13), and as Chair of the
first ever Los Angeles City Independent Redistricting Commission (2001). He is a
long serving member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
John holds an honorary doctor of laws degree from Hamilton College, a juris
doctorate degree from the University of Chicago and a bachelors degree in
philosophy from Hamilton College. John is based in Los Angeles.