GLOBAL FINANCIAL CONSULTANT JOEL STERN TO SPEAK AT FEB. 13 ECONOMICS LUNCHEON

Joel Stern, managing partner of Stern Stewart & Co., will speak to Old Dominion University's Economics Club of Hampton Roads at a luncheon Wednesday, Feb. 13.

Co-sponsored by Old Dominion's College of Business and Public Administration, the luncheon will begin at noon at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk. Due to limited space, reservations are required. The cost of the luncheon is $30 for nonmembers.

Stern Stewart & Co. is a global consulting firm that specializes in helping client companies in the measurement and creation of shareholder wealth through the application of tools based on modern financial theory.

Managing partner since 1982, Stern pioneered the development of EVA (Economic Value Added), which offers a consistent approach to setting goals and measuring performance, communicating with investors, evaluating strategies, allocating capitol, valuing acquisitions, and determining incentive bonuses that make managers think like owners.

Stern, former president of Chase Manhattan Bank, is an author and a financial policy columnist for The Sunday Times of London. In addition to his two books on financial economics, he has written two books on financial planning and is the co-author of five other publications.

Stern completed his graduate studies in finance and economics at the University of Chicago.

For more information or to make reservations, call 683-4058.