“Fascinating.” –Newt Gingrich

Lawrence stage left, discusses financial reform in Brussels with Jan Hommen, Chairman of ING, and Richard Gnodde, co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International.

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ENGAGEMENTS…
iGlobal Distressed Debt Forum, New York, NY - 9/14/09
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio - 9/19/09
Franklin Templeton Investments, CIO Conference, San Mateo, CA - 9/23/09
Danske Bank Fokus Markets, Oslo, Norway - 10/03/09

“A wealth of information.” –Franklin Templeton

 

ENGAGEMENTS…(cont’d)
ABS East Fontainebleau, Miami, FL - 10/25 to10/27/09
Deal Flow Distressed Debt Summit, Washington D.C, 11/9/09
Wharton, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA 11/10/09
Museum of American Finance, Wall Street - 11/12/09
Global Markets Summit, New York, NY - 12/03/09
Distressed Debt Conference, Las Vegas - 12/04/09 to 12/05/09
Opal, Alternative Investing Summit, Laguna Beach CA - 12/06 to 12/08/09
Columbia University Business School, New York, NY 1/13/10

“Every serious trader and investor should hear [this].”–Columbia University Alumni Club

2010 European Business Summit in Brussels

 

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ENGAGEMENTS…(cont’d)
DePaul University, Chicago, 1/22/10
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), Chicago - 1/23/10
Beijing China Banking Council and Book Launch with Yilin Press 1/26/10 - 2/2/10
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing China 1/26/10 - 2/2/10
American University, Kennedy Political Union Washington D.C. - 2/24/10

“I loved it. You’ll have to come again next year.” –University of Florida, Ethics and Leadership Department

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TESTIMONIALS

“Fascinating. Greatly appreciated.”
–Newt Gingrich

“That was the best speech about corporate greed, ethics and Wall Street I have ever heard. Outstanding.”
–Cheung Kong Graduate School Business

“I’ve read “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,” and found it to be fascinating.”
–Anton Valukas, Examiner, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy

“Unbelievable. A great speech. Something every serious trader and investor should hear.”
–Columbia University Alumni Club

“Fantastic lecture. The clients loved it. Packed with lifelong trading and risk management lessons.”
–Dankse Bank, Norway

“Spell-binding. I was on the edge of my seat. Fantastic lecture.”
–Minister of Culture, People’s Republic of China

“Mesmerizing. I’ve had several people comment to me about how riveting the story was. Best of all, it was so much fun to meet you and get to know you on a personal level.
–Director, Business Development, CBOE

“Wonderful talk. The students were enthralled.”
–DePaul University, Business Ethics.

“I loved it. You’ll have to come again next year.”
–University of Florida, Ethics and Leadership Department

“Thoroughly enjoyable. A wealth of information.”
–Franklin Templeton

Lawrence McDonald is one of the great risk managers, bond traders and business motivators on the lecture circuit.

He is also the only man from the inside of Wall Street who is permitted to speak about the disaster of Lehman Brothers, and is on the front-line of financial reform. In the last couple of weeks, he has personally spoken to some very senior men on Capital Hill who would prefer not to be mentioned, along with Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s lifelong friend and business partner.

Lawrence used to be a retail broker at Merrill Lynch, and fought tooth and nail to be a Wall Street bond trader, on one of the toughest trading floors on earth - the trading floor at Lehman Brothers, where he was twice the most profitable trader in his department.

Lawrence McDonald’s book, “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers” was written with the same man who helped the Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell write the #1 New York Times bestseller “Lone Survivor.”

“Colossal Failure,” is now in 12 languages, and is the #1 business book in the world. It was also a New York Times bestseller. It is one of the great lessons in risk management, business motivation, ethics, and trading.