Emily
			on Frost Over The World
Emily Walker is interviewed by Sir David Frost on
Frost Over The World on Al Jazeera English
April 17, 2009 on the subject of investment in Iraq.
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Emily Landis Walker currently acts as consultant through Landis & Co to encourage private sector investment in projects in Iraq. Emily is an approved Finder for MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency), a member of the World Bank Group, which provides political risk insurance for emerging economies. She represented MIGA at the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference in Washington, DC, this past October. A banker with over 25 years international financial experience at the IMF, US Treasury, EBRD, Citibank and Barclays, Emily meets frequently in Washington, DC and in London with financial institutions, government agencies and non-profit business organizations. In association with Simudyne, a software simulation company, Emily spent several months working in Iraq on a Department of Defense contract and actively serves as an adviser to financial institutions on their ongoing efforts there. She is a frequent public speaker on investment opportunities in Iraq including an appearance with Sir David Frost on his Frost Over the World program.
 
Emily was chosen in December 2008 to serve as a member of the working group to provide advice on The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review under the auspices of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). She has served since August 2007 as a member of the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council Private Sector Advisory Committee (PVTSCAC). Emily was recently named as a member of the Advisory Board to London First’s Security and Resilience Network. She is also a member of the US delegation to the ISO Technical Committee on Societal Security.
 
   
     
Emily frequently speaks in public in a range of forums on topics as varied as business resilience, emergency preparedness and corporate philanthropy. If your organization would like to arrange for Emily Walker to speak at an upcoming conference or event, please feel free to send appropriate details to
 
Recent appearances include:
  Societal Security - ISO Technical Committee Meeting November 15-20, 2009
  Mumbai: One Year On - Bombay First / London First November 13, 2009
  Business Policing Conference - London Police / London First November 4, 2009
  U.S. - Iraq Business and Investment Conference October 20-21, 2009
  Royal Holloway University Lecture: National Preparedness Standards October 13, 2009
  IMF / World Bank Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Turkey October 2-6, 2009
  National Academy of Sciences - "Private-Public Sector Collaboration" September 10, 2009
  Arete Club - "Rebuilding Iraq" July 28, 2009
  Technology Den - London First: Business Resilience July 23, 2009
  Fundraising Dinner for the Victims of the Mumbai Attack July 6, 2009
  London First "Lessons from 9/11, 7/7, and 26/11 for Safer Cities"
         Lessons Learned from New York and the USA (doc)
July 6, 2009
 
  Execellence "Change Directors Forum" at Eversheds June 25, 2009
  Continuity Insurance & Risk Summit May 27, 2009
  Gartner Business Continuity Management Summit
         PDF Highlights From the Business Continuity Summit 2009
April 27-29, 2009
 
  Crisis Response Management sponsored by London First March 19, 2009
  Lessons from 9/11 and 7/7 for a Safer Mumbai
         Video from the conference at Bombay First's blip.tv site
         PDF summary of press coverage of the conference
January 14-18, 2009
 
 
  ANSI-Homeland Security Standards Panel 7th Plenary Session October 2, 2008
  MacBain Foundation Global Creative Leadership Summit September 21-23, 2008
  Global Security and Resilience Conference Summit September 15-16, 2008
  Flood Fighters "City::Resilient" Conference May 9, 2008
  International Security National Resilience (ISNR) Conference
         PDF "What Has The Private Sector Learned From 9/11?"  
December 4, 2007
 
  Lauder Institute Global Business Forum October 20, 2007

Emily is a frequent public commentator in London media offering an American and global perspective on a broad range of issues including the UK-US "special relationship", terrorism, security issues, disaster preparedness, Iraq, health care reform and American politics.
 
Her appearances on television and radio include:
  BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show with Matthew Bannister August 24, 2009
  Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show August 19, 2009
  BBC Radio 4 Today Show: "US Anxiety Over Health Reform" August 14, 2009
  Late Show with Ian Collins: "US-UK Special Relationship" March 8, 2009
  Sunrise Breakfast Sky News TV January 20, 2009
  BBC2 Documentary: "What Can Obama Learn from FDR" January 14, 2009
  BBC Five Live Breakfast Show January 1, 2009
  BBC Five Live Breakfast Show November 9, 2008
  PJ Mir Q & A Show ARY One World (Pakistan TV) November 5, 2008
  BBC Merseyside November 5, 2008
  BBC Radio Solent Southampton November 5, 2008
  BBC Radio Sheffield November 4, 2008
  Canadian Broadcast TV Interview November 4, 2008
  Voice of America TV Interview November 4, 2008
  Talk Sport Radio Interview November 4, 2008
  MSNBC TV Interview November 4, 2008
  CNBC Segment with Maria Bartolome November 4, 2008
  CBS News: Man on the Street (London) November 1, 2008
  PJ Mir Q & A Show ARY One World (Pakistan TV) October 30, 2008
  BBC Radio Scotland: Live Interview with Mhairi Stewart October 21, 2008
  BBC Radio Today Show with Ed Stourton and Jim Naughtie October 20, 2008
  BBC Radio London Breakfast Show with Jo Good and Paul Ross October 14, 2008
  BBC Radio Today Show with Jim Naughtie and Justin Webb September 5, 2008

 

 
                           
 
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