William J. Holstein
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Bill provides highly skilled speaking and panel-moderation services, applying his considerable expertise on such issues as:
- • Competitiveness of the United States
- • Challenges of the global economy
- • Innovation in the business environment
- • Corporate governance issues
- • Strategic communications:
- How CEOs can better communicate
UPCOMING SPEAKING/MODERATION ENGAGEMENTS:
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Overseas Press Club Foundation luncheon.
Yale Club, Manhattan.
President.
APRIL 28, 2011
Overseas Press Club Annual Awards Dinner
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Manhattan, New York
Dinner Chairman
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
July 8, 2010
THE SEOUL FORUM
"Korea in 2010 and Beyond: Reinventing Korea to Become a Global Economic and Technological Leader."
Moderator of a panel on the future of the world automotive industry with Dr. Carl Hahn, former chairman of Volkswagen; James Treece of Automotive News; Hyun-Soon Lee, vice chairman of Hyundai/Kia Motor; and Zung-Su Byun, president, Mando Corporation.
Shilla Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
July 7, 2010
THE SEOUL FORUM
Member of panel on Korean competitiveness, appearing with Stephane Garelli, International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland; and with three Korean experts, Oh-Seok Hyun, Hung-Ho Kim and Ho-Chull Yang. Moderated by Steve Chai, managing director of the Boston Consulting Group, Seoul Office.
Shilla Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
April 22, 2010
Overseas Press Club Annual Awards Dinner
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Manhattan, New York
Dinner Chairman
April 9, 2010
THE CRISIS IN FOREIGN NEWS REPORTING
Moderator, panel discussion, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists
at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Panelists: Dorinda Elliott, Conde Nast: Marcus Mabry, The New York Times; and Craig Whitney, retired, New York Times
March 18, 2010
JAPAN HANDS REUNION
Organizer,
Overseas Press Club, Manhattan
February 19, 2010
OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION
President
Annual Scholarship Luncheon.
Featuring Lionel Barber, editor of The Financial Times:.
11:30 a.m.
Yale Club, Manhattan, New York
June 3, 2009
SEVENTH ANNUAL INSTITUTE ON BOARD/COMMITTEE INDEPENDENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS.
Moderated a panel discussion entitled:.
THE IMPACT OF HARD TIMES ON GOVERNANCE – WHAT’S AHEAD FOR BOARDS? ARE THERE NEW ISSUES FOR DIRECTORS?.
Panelists: John J. Castellani, President – The Business Roundtable.
E. Norman Veasey, Senior Partner, Corporate Governance – Weil Gotshal.
William McCracken, Chairman, CA; President of Executive Consulting Group, LLC, Director: CA, Inc..
May 15, 2009
The City Club of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Luncheon remarks on "Why GM Matters."
Noon
May 5, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Engineering
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Remarks on "Why GM Matters"
11:30 a.m..
April 22, 2009
Overseas Press Club annual awards dinner, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Manhattan. Featuring Jim Lehrer of PBS News Hour, Christiane Amanpour, CNN.
April 6
Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University
Symposium on the Auto Industry
Appearing with Steve Sturm, Executive Vice President of Toyota North America.
March 5, 2009
Keynote speech
Sponsored by Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, the Great Lakes World Affairs Council, and the International Business Center at Michigan State University
University Club, East Lansing, Mich.
Feb. 25, 2009
New York Financial Writers Association, drinks night with author Bill Holstein
Playwright’s Tavern, 732 8th Avenue, Third Floor
6 to 8 p.m.
Feb. 19, 2009
The Overseas Press Club
“GM vs. Toyota: The Next Chapter in a Global Battle”
A book night with William J. Holstein, author of “Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon.”
Club Quarters, 40 West 45th Street, Manhattan
Feb. 19, 2009
Luncheon Remarks, The International Motor Press Association
New York, New York
Feb. 13, 2009
Hosted the annual Overseas Press Club Foundation luncheon
Yale Club, Manhattan. 11:30 a.m. Guest speaker was Michael Oreskes, managing editor of the Associated Press.
Feb. 11, 2009
The Future of America Series. The Economy in Transition: Personal and National Strategies for Change.
A panel discussion moderated by Linda Krouner, senior vice president, Fiduciary Trust International.
Panelists:
William J. Holstein, author, “Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon.”
Anthony Karydakis, former chief U.S. economist, JP Morgan Asset Management; adjunct professor, New York University’s Stern School of Business
George Mannes, senior writer, Money Magazine
Jonathan Weil, columnist, Bloomberg News
Fiduciary Trust, 600 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center,
Panels and cocktails, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Feb. 5, 2009
Appeared on a panel entitled "Code Red: Obama's Economic Challenges."
With Steve Liesman, CNBC, and Floyd Norris, The New York Times
Moderated by Business Week Editor in Chief Steve Adler
McGraw Hill Building
New York, New York
2007-2008 ENGAGEMENTS
Overseas Press Club panel discussion: China, Taiwan and the United States in the Obama Era
Organized and moderated a discussion of: Andrew J. Nathan, professor of political science at Columbia University; Chong-Pin Lin, executive director of the Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies in Taipei; and Jerome A. Cohen, co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University School of Law.
November 21, 2008, Club Quarters, Manhattan, 8:30 a.m.
Boardroom Consultants, 6th Annual Boardoom Institute, TIA-CREF headquarters, Manhattan, June 25, 2008. Day-long programs. Organized and moderated a panel on “Manage the Media.”
Overseas Press Club Annual Awards Dinner, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York, April 24, 2008, 6–10 p.m. I was dinner committee chair.
Fairfield County Public Relations Association, Stamford, CT.
April 16, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Speaking on “Manage the Media (Don't Let The Media Manage You.)"
Stern School of Business, New York University, Manhattan, April 1, 2008, 6–9 p.m.
Speaking on “Manage the Media” to a class on the Media and Business.
Organized and moderated the Overseas Press Club Annual Scholarship Luncheon at the Yale Club. February 15, 2008. New York
Moderated an Overseas Press Club book night with author Rebecca Fannin, who wrote Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race. January 28, 2008, New York.
Moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Keeping America Competitive: An Analysis of Future Economic Prospects.” Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York. New York. Panelists: Robert Hormats, Goldman Sachs; Roger Kybarych, Council on Foreign Relations; Jagadeesh Gokhale, Cato Institute. January 17, 2008, New York.
Addressed the Public Relations Society of America, New York Chapter, regarding his new book about CEOs and the media. December 12, 2007, New York.
Moderated a panel discussion on the release of new AIDS data from the M-A-C Aids Fund, philanthropic arm of Estee Lauder. Panelists included representatives from the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Get Screened Oakland, the international Center for Research on Women, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. November 13, 2007, New York.
Moderated a panel discussion, “Prospering in The Global Economy” at the ING Investment Seminar , featuring Mark Cliffe, chief economist and global head of financial markets research, and Brian Gendreau, investment strategist. November 1, 2007, New York.
Organized and moderated a panel discussion, “The Democratization of the Governance Function,” featuring Holly Gregory, Weill, Gotshal & Manges; Pearl Meyer, Steven Hall & Partners; Mike Musuraca, AFSCME; and John Wilcox, TIAA-CREF. The panel discussion was part of a day-long event organized by Boardroom Consultants on “Corporate Decision-Making: Who’s in Charge—The CEO, the Board or Shareholders?” September 20, 2007, New York