Speaker Details
Ken Courtis
Chairman, Next Capital Group
Kenneth S. Courtis is Founding Chairman of Next Capital Partners, an investment group with offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong. He also founded Next Capital Advisors, the advisory arm of the group. He was formerly Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, and Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asia. He is one of the world's leading investment bankers and analysts of Asian economies. He has led a number of large, international corporate transactions, and pioneered in several investment banking areas across the Asia Pacific.
Widely sought after by the heads of major corporations and investors for his knowledge of how global market forces, finance, politics, and corporate strategy interact, Kenneth Courtis advises major clients throughout the AsiaPacific region, as well as in Europe and North America.
He also works closely with central banks, ministries of finance, and heads of government. He has been called on several occasions to advise the President of the United States, and the heads of government of countries in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
Kenneth Courtis has lectured at Keio and Tokyo Universities, Japan's two most prestigious educational institutions,lInstitut detudes politiques, Paris, and at Universities in North America. He is a member of the boards, advisory councils, and trustee of a number of leading international firms, universities, and research institutes in Asia, Europe and North America.
He received an undergraduate degree from Glendon College in Toronto and an M.A. in international relations from Sussex University in the United Kingdom. He earned a M.B.A. at INSEAD (the European Institute of Business Administration), and received a Doctorat detat, with honours and highest distinction, from lInstitut detudes politiques, Paris.
Prior to his positions at New Capital and Goldman Sachs, he was Managing Director, Chief Economist and Strategist, for the Deutsche Bank Group Asia.
He has lived and worked in Asia for more than two decades, and maintains residences as well in Europe and North America.
