VIDEO: Noted economist addresses Professionals of Color Lecture Series

A rising star among global economists will visit campus this week to discuss emerging markets and the future of business in third world countries.

Euvin Naidoo is the president and CEO of South African Chamber of Commerce in America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating trade and business between South Africa and America. Last year, SACCA was honored at the Clinton Global Initiative; in 2007, Naidoo talked about investment in Africa at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Global conference.

Naidoo will speak at the Professionals of Color Lecture Series on Thursday, November 20, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Eberhard Center. "Emerging Markets: The Future of Business and Investing" is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Seidman College of Business. The event is free and open to the public.

Naidoo earned a master's of business administration from Harvard University and had worked as a consultant for McKinsey and Company, a global management firm that advises leading businesses, governments and organizations.

For more information about Naidoo's presentation, call the Office of Multicultural Affairs at (616) 331-2177. A video of Naidoo's 2007 TED talk is available here: