AFP Annual Conference to Feature Business Icon Jack Welch Interviewed By Emmy- Award Winning Correspondent Elizabeth Vargas

AFP Annual Conference to Feature Business Icon Jack Welch Interviewed By Emmy- Award Winning Correspondent Elizabeth Vargas

Legendary Business Leader's Interview will be the Highlight of the Opening General Session at AFP Annual Conference

BETHESDA, Md., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is honored to host an interview by Emmy award-winning anchor Elizabeth Vargas of General Electric's (GE) longest-running CEO and business powerhouse John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. to open this year's AFP Annual Conference. AFP's 2007 Annual Conference will take place in Boston beginning on October 21.

"To have one of the most respected journalists in the world interviewing one of the most inspiring CEOs of his time will provide the financial professionals attending the Open Session of our conference an exciting and revealing look into the world of a business icon," said Jim Kaitz, CEO and President of AFP. "Mr. Welch's success in making GE the household name it is today provides inspiring lessons for professionals at all stages of their careers."

Jack Welch joined GE in 1960 and was devoted to changing the very thing that nearly drove him to leaving the company only after one year -- bureaucracy. In 1981, Mr. Welch became the eighth Chairman and CEO of GE. Welch's business acumen and innovative style was the driving force behind the growth of one of the country's most successful brands. During his tenure, GE's market value grew from $13 billion to $400 billion. Upon his retirement in 2001, Welch wrote his number one New York Times and international best-selling autobiography, JACK: Straight From the Gut.

Mr. Welch is currently the head of Jack Welch, LLC, where he serves as an advisor to a small group of Fortune 500 business CEOs and speaks to business people and students around the world. He also teaches a leadership course at MIT's Sloan School of Management and writes a weekly column for Business Week magazine.

Mr. Welch will be joined by ABC News Special anchor and correspondent Elizabeth Vargas, whose investigative talents led her to Cambodia reporting on questionable international adoption practices and the plight of the orphans; to the U.S. Gulf Coast covering Hurricane Katrina's devastation; and to Baghdad where she anchored World News Tonight reporting on the historic Iraqi elections. Vargas won an Emmy in 2000 for live coverage of the Elian Gonzalez case. Ms. Vargas can be seen co-anchoring ABC's 20/20 Friday nights at 10 p.m. EST.

The AFP Annual Conference is the premier event for treasury and finance professionals. This industry event attracts over 6,000 people from around the world bringing them under one roof to network with peers and learn about new industry information, how to do business in emerging markets, protect their business against risk, streamline operational processes, seek new market opportunities, and much more. This year, Jack Welch and Elizabeth Vargas headline an impressive list of accomplished speakers including U.S. Comptroller General David Walker and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

The AFP Exhibit Hall will feature hundreds of exhibitors showcasing new products, services and solutions for the treasury and finance industry. Attendees will have over 130 professional development opportunities including seminars, roundtables, and networking events.

This year's AFP Annual Conference will be held in Boston from October 21- 24. To register or for more information visit http://www.afponline.org/conference.

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Media interested in attending the finance event of the year should register for complimentary press passes by contacting Natalia Martinovic at nmartino@afponline.org.

About AFP(R)

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) serves more than 16,000 individual members throughout all stages of their careers in treasury and financial management. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, AFP provides professional certification, continuing education, research, development of industry standards, financial tools and publications, training and career development and representation to legislators and regulators. AFP's global reach includes AFP of Canada, a Toronto-based membership organization and gtnews, a London-based, on-line resource for the treasury and finance community.

AFP is the daily resource for its members to seek answers, solutions, best practices and collaboration with peers. For more information about AFP, visit http://www.afponline.org/.

Source: Association for Financial Professionals

CONTACT: Natalia Martinovic of the Association for Financial
Professionals, +1-301-961-8869, nmartino@afponline.org

Web site: http://www.afponline.org/

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