Professor Raghuram Rajan Speaking Fee: $75,000 to $100,000
Travels From:
ORD - Chicago (All Airports)
Primary Topic Category:
Economy
Secondary Topic Category:
Business & Entrepreneurship
Professor Raghuram Rajan Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School. Prior to that, he was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2013 to 2016, as well as the Vice Chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements from 2015 to 2016. Dr. Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2006.
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