Arturo Bris, Ph.D., Director of Worldwide Competitiveness Center & Professor of Finance, IMD; Hau Yee Ng, Executive Director of Junior Achievement Singapore; and John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Operation HOPE & CNBC Contributor join esteemed group of personal finance & financial literacy experts
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ – (March 27, 2024) – CNBC, the global leader in business news, today announced it is welcoming Arturo Bris, Ph.D., Director of Worldwide Competitiveness Center & Professor of Finance, IMD; Hau Yee Ng, Executive Director of Junior Achievement Singapore; and John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Operation HOPE to its “Global Financial Wellness Advisory Board.” The group is comprised of today’s most innovative experts, thought leaders and influencers dedicated to financial literacy research, policy, and advancement of personal finance education around the world. CNBC’s Global Financial Wellness Advisory Board will share their insights and expertise with the CNBC editorial team to help CNBC empower, uplift, and prepare the next generation of audiences for a global economy.
“Providing financial information to audiences around the world is core to our business at CNBC as we believe it can put people on a path towards financial security and financial growth,” said KC Sullivan, President, CNBC. “We are partnering with this global collective of experts on our Financial Wellness Advisory Board to help more people live out their ambitions.”
Members of CNBC’s Global Financial Wellness Advisory Board include:
- Sheila Bair, Former Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Arturo Bris, Ph.D., Director, World Competitiveness Center & Professor of Finance, IMD
- John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Operation HOPE, CNBC Contributor
- Martin Cabrera, Jr., CEO & Founder, Cabrera Capital Markets/Cabrera Capital Partners
- Deepak Chopra, M.D., Founder, Chopra Foundation/Chopra Global; Clinical Professor of Family Medicine & Public Health, UCSD
- Brandon Copeland, Former NFL Linebacker; Entrepreneur; Professor; Philanthropist; Investor
- Yanely Espinal, Director of Educational Outreach, Next Gen Personal Finance
- Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., President & CEO, National Endowment for Financial Education
- George James, Psy.D., LMFT, Founder & CEO, George Talks, LLC
- Brad Klontz, Psy.D., CFP, Managing Principal, Your Mental Wealth Advisors; Associate Professor of Practice, Creighton University Heider College of Business
- Laura Levine, President & CEO, Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
- Joanne Li, Ph.D., CFA, Chancellor, The University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Annamaria Lusardi, Ph.D., Founder & Academic Director, Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center
- Nan J. Morrison, President & CEO, Council for Economic Education
- Hau Yee Ng, Executive Director, Junior Achievement Singapore
- Tim Ranzetta, Co-Founder, Next Gen Personal Finance
- Walter A. Tobin, Ph.D., President & CEO, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
For more information about CNBC’s financial literacy and personal finance information, please visit CNBC.com/YourMoney.
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