Roger Leeds
Research Professor of International Finance; Director of the Center for International Business and Public Policy

Expertise by Geographic Area:
Brazil; China

Expertise by Issue:
Corporate Governance and Financial Markets; Economic Development; Foreign Aid and American Foreign Policy; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalization; International Finance; International Financial Markets; Privatization and Private-Sector Development; World Bank and International Monetary Fund

Background and Education:
Prior to joining the faculty at SAIS, was an international finance practitioner for 25 years, including positions as investment banker at Salomon Brothers, senior staff member of the International Finance Corporation (World Bank), partner at KPMG in charge of its global privatization practice and a managing director of a major private equity firm in New York; currently serves as chairman of the Emerging Markets Privare Equity Association; in addition to SAIS, teaches at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania; has served as a guest commentator on CBS, CNBC News, CNN and NPR; has served on various boards and advisory committees; Ph.D., international relations, SAIS

Languages:
Portuguese

Publications:
Financing Small Enterprises in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned From Experience (2003); author of more than 30 articles and book chapters on international financial and economic issues in developing countries; currently writing a book on private equity in emerging markets