
That’s the advice given by Citi CEO Vikram Pandit (right), to students at the Olin Business School gathered at the Knight Center Nov. 9. Pandit offered career advice and thoughts on the finance industry to an audience of more than 300 Olin students, faculty and alumni. The hourlong forum, moderated by Anjan Thakor, Ph.D. (left), the John E. Simon Professor of Finance and senior associate dean, addressed topics from the financial crisis to the future of banking and microfinance. Pandit’s visit to the Danforth Campus was one stop on a trip to St. Louis to meet with employees of the CitiMortgage division, headquartered in O’Fallon, Mo., in addition to meetings with local government officials and community groups with whom Citi partners to provide foreclosure prevention assistance and tools to distressed homeowners.