Legg Mason Ceo Visits Carey

Main navigation Johns Hopkins Legacy Online programs Faculty Directory Experiential learning Career sources Alumni mentoring program Util Nav CTA CTA Breadcrumb Legg Mason CEO Visits Carey Legg Mason CEO Addresses Carey Finance Students Legg Mason Chairman and CEO Joseph A. Sullivan visited the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School final week to meet with scholar, college and school leaders. During his visit, Sullivan sat for a one-on-one interview with Senior Lecturer Demir Yener before an viewers of MS graduate finance college students. The hour-long dialog, which included a Q-and-A with the scholars, coated a wide range of matters together with particulars about Legg Mason’s historical past, enterprise model, and future outlook; tendencies and the current future state of the global and domestic financial market; and what Sullivan and Legg Mason look for in prospective employees. On the ultimate point, Sullivan said Legg Mason is looking for more than just numbers-crunching analysts â€" although having those expertise is necessary. He said the company values employees who possess a well-rounded talent set, which incorporates management and communication. “To me, there's a difference between information and insig ht. Human beings can provide insight and judgment in a method that's totally different than technology can. Your capacity to interpret, inform and supply insight and judgment is what is going to distinguish you,” Sullivan mentioned. Later including: “More schooling is great, but we count on folks to be good and to know how to be an analyst. The hard part is to drive insight and to inform. We are on the lookout for leaders; we're looking for individuals who have capability and may do so much.” Legg Mason is an asset administration firm with $757 billion underneath management. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore and employs approximately 3,four hundred people worldwide. Sullivan, who joined Legg Mason in 2008, has been CEO since October 2012. Sullivan visited the Carey Business School as part of the Executives in Residence Program during which prime-degree executives from a variety of high-profile corporations visit the school to work together with students, school, staff and faculty leaders. Since Executives in Residence’s launch in 2014, greater than 30 executives have visited Carey’s campus. Posted a hundred International Drive