LaGuardia of Logan Rockefeller Global on Sri Lanka's Potential as Frontier Market at ICASL CEOs Forum

25th October 2010, www.dailymirror.lk

A highly resourceful interactive session is expected at the forthcoming CEOs' Breakfast Forum organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) on 27th October at 7.30 a.m. at the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo.

The keynote speaker for this high profile event will be Mr. Don LaGuardia - Principle Partner of Logan Rockefeller (LR) Global in New York who will speak on the theme "Investing in Frontier Markets." During his speech, LaGuardia will give an overview of the Global Frontier Markets and the benefits to the economy and local companies from frontier market investments.

LaGuardia will use the breakfast forum as a platform to impart his knowledge and experience to the participants which will include a high degree of corporate leaders including CEOs, business leaders and other professionals in the country.

He will stress on the attractiveness of Sri Lanka as a frontier market and also given an insight into what LR Global looks for in an investment and his company's experiences in other frontier markets.

LaGuardia is a founder and partner of LR Global Partners, and a member of the portfolio investment team that manages the firm's funds. He has been investing in frontier markets for over 13 years and oversees all of the firm's activities in its five offices based in New York, Dhaka, Colombo, Hanoi and Singapore.

Since founding LR Global in 1997, LaGuardia has travelled to more than 30 Frontier Markets and has built up a global network of relationships with local business leaders that aid in the firms due diligence process and opportunity pipeline in otherwise opaque markets.

Previously, LaGuardia spent five years at Rockefeller & Co. (R&Co.) as an equity analyst. Prior to joining R&Co., he spent six years at BMW of North America as a financial analyst and business planning manager. Previously, LaGuardia spent five years as an auditor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

LaGuardia received a BA in public accounting from Pace University and an MBA in international finance from New York University. In 1992, he received his Certified Public Accountant designation and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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