Wharton School Announces Senior Leadership Appointments in Executive Education and Finance and Administration
Thomas J. Colligan to Head Executive Education; Peter J. Degnan to Lead Finance and Administration

PHILADELPHIA, August 29, 2007 -- Thomas Robertson, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has appointed Thomas J. Colligan as vice dean of Executive Education, and Peter J. Degnan as senior associate dean for Finance and Administration.

“I am delighted to have Tom and Peter on board as part of our senior leadership team,” said Dean Robertson. “They bring a wealth of experience and a track record of success into two critical areas for our institution.”

In his role as vice dean, Colligan will oversee Wharton’s offering of non-degree executive education programs, including open enrollment and custom programs. Each year, Wharton Executive Education works with more than 8,000 business leaders on its campus in Philadelphia, at Wharton West in San Francisco, and at sites around the world.

Since 2004, Colligan has been a managing director of Duke Corporate Education, a for-profit corporation delivering custom executive education, and affiliated with Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Colligan has more than 35 years of experience working with Fortune 500 firms across a wide range of industries, as well as a strong commitment to professional development and training. He recently ended his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). While with the firm, Colligan led large, complex and high-profile transactions, served on the governing board and management committee, and developed the firm’s marketing strategy after the merger of Price Waterhouse with Coopers & Lybrand. As vice chairman of PwC, he developed firm-wide strategies for deepening relationships with PwC’s top 100 clients, representing $1.5 billion in revenue. He also spearheaded the firm’s global audit practice in the technology, telecommunications and entertainment areas, overseeing operations in 100 countries. In addition, Colligan had extensive responsibilities advising pharmaceutical and consumer products firms.

Colligan holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University (cum laude) and has attended a number of advanced management programs, including those at Harvard and the University of Virginia.

In his role as senior associate dean, Degnan will oversee Wharton’s operating and capital budget, human resources, computing, and facilities. He has extensive experience managing financial and administrative functions, such as finance, operations, information technology, and general administration. He worked as managing director for UBS Warburg Japan and was responsible for the complete integration of the merger between UBS and SBC Warburg operations in Japan. Prior to his work with UBS, Degnan spent 14 years with Lehman Brothers, Inc., where he held several senior executive positions, including chief credit officer and chief financial officer for Lehman operations in New York, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

He joined Wharton in 2002 as director of MBA Career Management, where he successfully reengineered the MBA recruiting process. In 2004, he was appointed executive director of Executive Education, helping to lead the important expansion of the School’s international client base and custom program offerings.

Degnan holds an MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a B.S. degree from Georgetown University.

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