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Dear SAA Members, You and your guests are warmly invited to the Stanford Australia Association's Annual Dinner on Monday 19 December. The Annual Dinner is the Stanford Australia Association's major event for 2011 and we hope you will be able to join us. We are very pleased that Bob Joss, Dean Emeritus of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a prior CEO of Westpac, and a recipient of the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society will be this year’s keynote speaker. While Dr. Joss needs no introduction, a copy of his bio is below. As is the case every year, the annual dinner is a great opportunity to catch up with Stanford Alums you know and get to know others whom you may not have had the opportunity to meet. Partners and special guests are encouraged to attend. The SAA would also particularly like to welcome recent Stanford graduates and a discount rate will be available to make it easier for you to attend. The format of the evening is pre-dinner drinks and aperitifs, followed by a short AGM for the Stanford Australia Foundation and the Stanford Australian Association (15 minutes), the keynote presentation and dinner. This leaves plenty of time to enjoy stimulating company over a drink and dinner. To attend please register by following the RSVP link below. To ensure a seat please register early. For additional information email James Hole. Please also contact James with any special seating or food requests. Guest of honour: Dr. Robert Joss Date: Monday 19 December Time: 6:30pm Location: The Royal Sydney Golf Club, Kent Road, Rose Bay Dress: Business (coat & tie) Cost: Financial members, their partners & guests $100 Non-financial members, their partners & guests $110 Recent graduates from an undergraduate degree and their partners $65 We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the dinner. We will be celebrating a fantastic year for the Association and hearing from one of Stanford’s most recognised leaders. Robert Joss Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business Robert Joss has been a long-time student and practitioner of general management and organizational leadership. His interests and work lead him to explore such issues as (a) what makes managers and leaders effective, (b) how can people be developed to be good managers and leaders, and (c) what causes people to succeed or fail in these important roles. A leader in global banking, a former U.S. Treasury Department official, and a Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA (’67) and PhD (’70), Robert Joss became the eighth dean of the Business School in 1999. He served as dean for 10 years--overseeing the introduction of a new MBA curriculum, the institution of new collaborations between the school and Stanford University, and the construction of a new Business School campus which opened in 2011. Joss has observed that ideas, capital, and technology move freely across borders around the world, but that there is a significant lack of management skill. As dean he drew on both his academic and business experience to address this issue through education. He has a strong belief in experiential learning, leadership development, and academic research that constantly tests the boundaries of what we know about organizational effectiveness. He continues to teach leadership and management in the school’s MBA curriculum. Prior to joining the Business School as dean, Joss was chief executive officer of Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia’s largest banks, a post he held for six years. At Westpac, he was credited with refocusing the bank strategically, modernizing operations, and building a culture of teamwork, customer focus, open communication, and community support. Bank shareholders also benefited substantially during and after his tenure. Before going to Australia, Joss held a variety of posts at San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank between 1971 and 1993, serving from 1986 onward as vice chairman. Prior to Wells Fargo, Joss worked 3 years at the U. S. Treasury, first as a White House Fellow and then as deputy to the assistant secretary for economic policy. He is currently a director of Citigroup, Bechtel Group, Makena Capital Management, and CM Capital; and is active in Australian-American affairs, serving as Co-chair of the Advisory Board for the U.S. Studies Center at Sydney University. In 2001 he received the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society. |