Doing Business in 70+ Countries feat. Robert Lesnick ‘00
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English - August 24, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSociety & Culture Business rice business rice university rice biz rice owls rice business school b-school alumni university alumnus Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Robert Lesnick got his MBA from Rice Business in 2000, where he was part of the school’s first Executive MBA cohort and was honored as a Jones Scholar. At this point in time, the program was mostly from the energy sector but from roles all over the industry.
Robert is now an executive advisor to the highest levels of governments and businesses seeking to develop policy and projects in the energy sector. His resume also includes a successful 30-year career in the private sector before leading the World Bank’s Petroleum Advisory Services Practice until 2013.
In his assignment at the World Bank, he managed the development of the business strategy and allocation of resources of the institution’s Petroleum Policy Advisory Services Unit and provided advice on a variety of energy policy topics to strategic government clients.
Robert joins host Christine to look at the state of energy and oil today, his career path from philosophy to the energy sector, roaming the globe working in international business development, and how Rice prepared him for it all.
Episode Quotes:
How energy affects every aspect of life
Advice to future MBA students
What advice would you give a young person considering oil and gas?
What Robert took from Rice
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Professional Profile at The World BankRobert Lesnick on LinkedIn