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The Evian Group at IMD
Professor of International Political Economy at IMD & Founding Director of The Evian Group
Professor of International Political Economy, IMD
Switzerland
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Jean-Pierre Lehmann, founding director of the Evian Group, has been Professor of International Political Economy at IMD
International Institute for Management Development since January 1997. His main areas of expertise are the socio-economic and business dynamics of East Asia, the impact of globalisation on developing countries and the government - business interface, especially in respect to the global trade and investment policy process. He acts in various leading capacities in several public policy forums and organizations.
In 1995 Jean-Pierre Lehmann launched the Evian Group, which consists of high ranking officials, business executives, independent experts and opinion leaders from Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Evian Group's focus is on the international economic order in the global era, specifically the reciprocal impact and influence of international business and the WTO agenda.
Prior to joining IMD, Jean-Pierre Lehmann has had both an academic and a business career which over the years has encompassed activities in virtually all East Asian and Western European countries, as well as North America. He was (from 1992) the 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. From 1986 to 1992 he established and directed the East Asian operations of InterMatrix, a London based business strategy research and consulting organisation. During that time he was operating primarily from Tokyo, with offices in Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok and Jakarta and was concurrently Affiliated Professor of International Business at the London Business School.
Other previous positions include: Associate Professor of International Business at INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) in Fontainebleau, France, Visiting Professor at the Bologna Center (Italy) of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, twice in the 70s Visiting Professor and Japan Foundation Fellow at the University of Tohoku, Sendai (Japan), and Founding Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Stirling (Scotland), where he also taught East Asian history in the University's History Department. From 1981 to 1986 he directed the EC-ASEAN 'Transfer of Technology and Socio-Economic Development Programmes', held in Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala-Lumpur and Manila.
Jean-Pierre Lehmann obtained his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, Washington DC, and his doctorate from Oxford University (St Antony's College). He is the author of several books and numerous articles and papers primarily dealing with modern East Asian history and East Asia and the international political economy.
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