At
yesterday's Leading
Industries Executive Forum, the Chamber hosted Martin Sullivan, president
& CEO of AIG, the
world’s leading global insurance and financial services organization.
Just the third CEO in the 88-year history of AIG, Sullivan joined the company
more than 35 years ago as a 17-year old office clerk. He was named vice
chairman and co-chief operating officer of AIG in 2002, and took over as
president & CEO in 2005.
Sullivan has brought an
open and inclusive management style to AIG, and helped quell unease among
regulators and investors. He has made AIG into a role model of governance
reform and disclosure, improved transparency, and used his three decades of
experience at the company to refine the corporate culture. Sullivan has now
refocused one of the world’s first global companies (AIG was founded in
Shanghai in 1919) on international expansion, and is working to open new
markets in
His speech at yesterday's
event (which can be heard on 90.9 WBUR on
Sunday, January 6, at 8:00 p.m.), focused on globalization, financial service
regulation, crisis management, and increasing shareholder value.
View photos of the event here,
and be sure to listen to WBUR on Sunday, January
6, at 8:00 p.m.
