People: CNH Global NV (CNH.BE)

Mr. Kenneth Lipper is an Independent Director of CNH Global NV., since February 10, 1996. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Lipper was Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. He was Deputy Mayor of the City of New York under Mayor Edward Koch from 1983 to 1985. Mr. Lipper was a general partner of Salomon Brothers from 1976 to 1982 and Lehman Brothers from 1969 to 1975. Prior to that, Mr. Lipper was the Director of Industrial Policy for the U.S. Office of Foreign Direct Investment and an associate with the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Mr. Lipper received an Academy Award in 1999 as Producer of “The Last Days”. He wrote the novel “Wall Street” and was chief technical advisor of the film; he wrote the novel and screenplay “City Hall”, and was producer on the film; he was producer of the play and film “The Winter Guest.” He is co-owner and co-publisher of the celebrated biography series “Penguin Lives”, under the Lipper/Viking Penguin imprint. He is a trustee of The Hampton Film Festival and of The Jerome & Kenneth Lipper Foundation; he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Club of New York and the Century Club. Mr. Lipper received a B.A. from Columbia University, a JD from Harvard Law School and Master’s in Civil Law from New York University/Faculty of Law & Economics, Paris.