Pascal Lamy

Pascal Lamy is vice-president and co-founder of the Jacques Delors–Friends of Europe Foundations and vice-president of the Paris Peace Forum.

He also serves as a senior adviser at Brunswick and is president or a board member of several global, European, and French organisations, including the European Starfish Mission (Ocean), European Climate Foundation, IFPRI, PECC, CERRE, TMEA, Antarctica 2020, UNOC 2025 Preparation, Transparency International, Alpbach Forum, Beijing Forum, World Trade Forum, World Economic Forum (Global Risks), Europaeum, Collegium International, Musiciens du Louvre, Institut Mendès France, and Fondation Colbert. He is an affiliated professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS, Shanghai) and at HEC Paris.

From 2005 to 2013, Pascal Lamy served two consecutive terms as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Previously, he was European Commissioner for Trade (1999–2004), Director-General of Crédit Lyonnais (1994–1999), Chief of Staff to European Commission President Jacques Delors and his G7 Sherpa (1985–1994), Deputy Chief of Staff to the French Prime Minister (1983–1985), and to the French Minister of Economy and Finance (1981–1983).