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Topics and Subtopics:
Entrepreneurial Management
Business Models
Doing Business in Asia
Doing Business in China
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Entrepreneurial Strategy
Entrepreneurial Thinking
Entrepreneurship
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Finance
Financial Analysis
Financial Institutions
Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Diversity
Negotiation
Tasks:
Consulting Services
Corporate Training
Keynotes
Lectures
Seminars
Webinars
Workshops
Industries:
Financial Services
Professional Services
Challenge:
Audience:
Leaders in Transition
Middle Managers
New Managers
Senior Executives
School Affiliation:
Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Location:
United States of America, New York
Direct Educator Connection:
Yes
Dr. Susan S. Fleming is an educator, researcher, businesswoman and
mother with deep experience and expertise in the areas of finance,
investing, business strategy, organizational behavior and issues of
gender diversity. Susan began her career on Wall Street, where over a
period of twelve years she held various positions in the investment
community, including that of Analyst at Morgan Stanley & Co., Vice
President of Insurance Partners, L.P., a $540 million private equity
fund and Partner at Capital Z Financial Services Partners, a $1.85B
private equity fund.
After retiring from Wall Street in 2003, Susan began work as an
educator, teaching executives, investment professionals, MBAs and
undergraduates in the areas of corporate finance, insurance, valuation,
and gender bias. She also enrolled at Cornell University’s Johnson
Graduate School of Management to pursue a Ph.D. in Management where her
research focused on better understanding the factors contributing to a
dearth of women in leadership positions in U.S. society. In addition to
Susan’s work as an educator, researcher and business consultant, Susan
helped to found a start-up company in Ithaca, NY; has previously served
on the board of directors of four publicly traded insurance companies,
one private company and a non-profit organization; and currently serves
on the board of Hanover Investors, L.P. a UK based hedge fund; Virtus
Investment Partners, Inc., a publicly traded asset management firm;
Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., a publicly traded global insurance
and reinsurance holding company; and Educate the Children, a non-profit
focused on improving conditions for the women and children of Nepal
through literacy education, scholarships and microfinance.
Susan currently is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Cornell
School of Hotel Administration and a Visiting Senior Lecturer of Finance
and Management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. She holds a
BA. in Economics and Asian Studies (Highest Distinction) from the
University of Virginia and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Management from Cornell
University.