MC LMS - The World's Most Strategically Significant Component: A Semiconductor Chip

The World's Most Strategically Significant Component: A Semiconductor Chip

This session is from the September 2024 Trustee School. Content may be dated.

Session Summary: Semiconductors have evolved into one of the world’s most strategically significant industries as our day-to-day lives increasingly depend on the technological progress of these tiny components. An industry that is $500bn in size today is expected to be $1tn by 2030. Today, globalization is threatened by geopolitical tensions and protectionist trade policies – causing it to go into retreat. Using the semiconductor chip as an example of the importance of an interconnected world, this shift has significant consequences.

Presenters:

Gustavo Bikkesbakker

Client Services Manager

Walter Scott

Alex Torrens

Head of Walter Scott North America

Walter Scott

Credits: This course is worth 1.0 GAPPT CEC (Continuing Education Credit). It also qualifies for 0.1 IACET CEU (Continuing Education Unit).

Instructions: Participants must watch the session video presentation and pass the session assessment to earn GAPPT CECs and IACET CEUs.

Prerequisites: None.

Equipment Requirement: Computer, tablet or smartphone and internet access. To avoid issues, please use Google Chrome as your browser.

Cost: Member Registration: $80.00 / Non-Member Registration: $120.00

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Instructors

Alex Torrens

Alex is Head of Walter Scott North America, a division of BNY Mellon Securities Corporation, and is based in Boston. He is a member of several governance bodies including the Executive, Client Service, and Investment Management committees. He first joined the firm before university in 2006 and intermittently worked in different departments. Alex participated in the Walter Scott investment internship program in 2009 and joined full-time as an investment analyst in 2010. He performed investing roles until 2023, as an investment manager and as Co-Head of the Research team from 2016. Alex holds an MA in Law from the University of Cambridge and an Executive Education certificate from Columbia Business School.

As a GAPPT presenter, Alex has received information regarding educational instructional methods and adult learning processes.

Gustavo Bikkesbakker

Gustavo is a Client Investment Manager. He joined Walter Scott* in 2022, after 11 years at Meketa Investment Group where he contributed to the firm’s client services, sustainability and research efforts. Prior to this, he worked as an investment analyst at Ernst Research and Management, a Boston-based hedge fund. Gustavo earned an MS in Finance from Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College, an MSM/MBA from the Arthur D. Little School of Management, an Analista de Sistemas degree from the Fundación BankBoston School of Information Science in Buenos Aires, and a Certificate of Advance Studies in Sustainable Finance at the Haute Ecole de Gestion Geneva.

As a GAPPT presenter, Gustavo has received information regarding educational instructional methods and adult learning processes