Cost:

FWA Members: $35  |  Non-Members: $60

Registration closes at 5 pm EST on Mar 1, 2024.

Description: 

Mark Women's History Month at a special event sponsored by the FWA and RBC's RWomen. Helima Croft, RBC's Global Head of Commodity Strategy, will discuss geopolitical risks and the energy markets with Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC contributor and former Anchor and Chief International Correspondent. From the Ukraine to the Red Sea to North Korea, global events could impact energy supply and have significant implications for markets and the economy.

Don't miss this important and timely opportunity during Women's History Month to hear from two renowned women experts on how the geopolitical developments they are watching could impact global markets, energy supply, oil prices, and the economy. RBC's Helima Croft, Head of Global Commodity Strategy, also oversees research on the Middle East and Africa region. She will be interviewed by Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC Anchor with vast international experience, including on the ground reporting in the Middle East. They will share valuable insights into how risks from the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East could impact the global economy. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.  A networking reception with refreshments will be held after the program.     

Organized by the Programming Division with Special thanks to Annette Stewart, FWA President and RBC’s RWomen

Bios: 
 

Helima Croft, PhD
Managing Director, Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research
Global Research, RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Helima is a Managing Director and the Head of Global Commodity Strategy and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research at RBC Capital Markets. She specializes in geopolitics and energy, leading a team of commodity strategists that cover energy, metals, and cross-commodity investor activity, as well as policy analysis and both Washington and global political insights. Helima is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a select group of individuals who advise, inform, and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas. She also is a CNBC contributor, a member of the channel’s exclusive family of experts. Helima is on the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Council, is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is on the Advisory Council for the Department of History at Princeton University. She is on the Board of Directors of Reservoir Media, Inc., the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company in the US. Helima joined RBC Capital Markets from Barclays, where she was a Managing Director and Head of North American Commodities Research. Prior to that, she worked in Lehman’s Business Intelligence Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Central Intelligence Agency, where she focused on geopolitics and commodities. Helima has received many industry accolades throughout her career and received her PhD in economic history from Princeton in 2001. 

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has 30 years of experience at the nexus of finance, economic development, and communication. She is currently the chief executive of MCC Productions and a CNBC Contributor.

Caruso-Cabrera was the first Latina anchor at CNBC and the network’s first Chief International Correspondent for over a decade.  She joined CNBC in 1998 and spent more than 20 years covering economic crises and international markets as well as interviewing presidents, prime ministers, and CEOS.  She has reported live from Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Greece, Italy, and Mexico, just to name a few. She began her career at Univisión Spanish-language news in 1991, where she produced stories relevant to the immigrant experience. In 1993, she received an Emmy for a series she co-produced on the AIDS Crisis. Hispanic magazine has named her one of the most influential Hispanics in America. She sits on the International Advisory Board of the Instituto Empressa in Madrid, one of the world’s top business schools, and serves as President of the Board of Directors of Ballet Hispánico in NYC. She is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of NY, and the Latino Corporate Directors Association. In 2023, she joined the board of directors of Wendy’s and Del Real Foods, a portfolio company of Palladium Equity.

Michelle has a BA in economics from Wellesley College.