Jean-Pierre Lehmann is professor of International Political Economy at IMD — a leading international business school, based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He also is an adviser to WTO Director General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi.
In 1994, Mr. Lehmann established the Evian Group, a forum, thinktank and advocacy group. Composed of government, industry and opinion leaders mainly from Asia, Europe and America, it promotes improving global governance.
In the early 1960s, Mr. Lehmann began travelling and working extensively throughout Asia. In the past decade, he has undertaken projects in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
Mr. Lehmann studied in Japan, Switzerland, the United States (Georgetown) and received his doctorate from Oxford.
