"Careers in a Global Economy"
Rolf-Dieter F. Schnelle
Eric Roiter
Bob Kearney
Colin McCullough
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments

Eric D. Roiter is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Fidelity Management & Research Company, the investment advisor arm of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Roiter joined Fidelity in 1997 in his present position and is responsible for management and provision of legal advice and services to Fidelity, specifically legal matters related to Fidelity’s family of mutual funds.

Before joining Fidelity, Mr. Roiter was a partner for 12 years at Debevoise & Plimpton, resident in the firm’s Washington office where he specialized in financial services, securities and banking law. He was an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Law School from 1996-1997 and is presently an adjunct professor of law at Boston College Law School. Prior to Debevoise & Plimpton, Mr. Roiter was an Assistant General Counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1980-1982.

Mr. Roiter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Rhode Island in 1970. He received a Juris Doctor degree in 1973 and a Masters of Law degree, with a concentration in Securities Law, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981.