Protectionism through a Corporate Lens

Sep 26, 2018

Escalating trade conflict could upset the current multilateral global trading system. Reorienting global operations and supply chains could be difficult, disruptive, and costly for many businesses. We believe understanding how a business and its competitors are exposed to this risk is critical to evaluating the potential impact of protectionism on profits.

Featured Speaker

Ron Temple
Managing Director, Co-Head of Multi-Asset and Head of US Equity
Lazard Asset Management LLC (New York)

Ronald Temple is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Multi-Asset and Head of US Equity, responsible for oversight of the firm's multi-asset and US equity strategies as well as several global equity strategies. He is also a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on various US and global equity teams. He joined Lazard in 2001 with ten years of global experience including fixed-income derivative trading, risk management, corporate finance and corporate strategy in roles at Deutsche Bank AG, Bank of America NT & SA and Fleet Financial Group in London, New York, Singapore, San Francisco, and Boston. Ron has an MPP from Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Economics & Public Policy from Duke University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, Duke University’s Graduate School Board of Visitors and the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). He also served as a trustee of the Link Community School in Newark, New Jersey, from 2006-2014, as a member of the Trinity Board of Visitors at Duke University from 2006-2012 and a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council from 2013 to 2015.