Nov 06 2009
Professor Jean-Pierre Lehmann
IMD Professor & Founding Director of the Evian Group
Prof. Jean-Pierre Lehmann has been Professor of International Political Economy at IMD since 1997. In 1995, he launched the Evian Group, which has developed as a leading global voice on global trade and investment issues and acts as a forum for dialogue and a birth place of ideas. He was also Associate Professor of International Business at INSEAD. He is the author of several books and articles primarily dealing with globalization, modern East Asian history and East Asia and the international political economy.
“Advisor to WTO Director General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi”
Prof. Lehmann studied in Japan, Switzerland, the United States (Georgetown) and received his doctorate from Oxford. Prior to joining IMD, his academic and business careers encompassed activities in virtually all Asian and Western European countries, as well as North America. He was founding director of the European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS) at the Stockholm School of Economics and Professor of East Asian Political Economy and Business. He established and directed the East Asian operations of InterMatrix, a London-based business strategy research and consulting organization (1986-1992). During this time he was concurrently Affiliated Professor of International Business at the London Business School.[/expand]
Jean-Pierre Lehmann offers vast and highly respected experience in areas including globalization, global governance, trade and development, the role of business in reduction of poverty and inequality and the socio-economic, cultural, and business dynamics of Asia. Acting in various leading capacities in a number of public policy institutes and organizations, as an adviser to governments and corporations, and as a frequent commentator in the international media he is uniquely positioned to provide answers to questions on a variety of current issues.[/expand]
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Topics
Global Trade and Investment
Leading the Global Enterprise
Global Governance
The Role of Business in the Reduction of Poverty
Challenges Facing China
East Asia and the International Political Economy
Building on Talent
Mastering Technology Enterprise
Orchestrating Winning Performance
Publications
2009
Japan’s open future: an agenda for global citizenship (with John Haffner & Tomas Casas i Klett)
2008
Strategies, Markets and Governance: Exploring Commercial and Regulatory Agendas (with Ralf Boscheck, Christine Batruch, Stewart Hamilton)
2003
La clinique analytique de winnicott
1978
Image of Japan
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