The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors governs, administers and represents the association.
The Board was partially renewed by the General Assembly of TCI in Auckland, New Zealand on 2 December 2011.
After the 2011 elections the TCI Board of Directors is formed by:
President Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School - USA. Term: 2011-2013
Outgoing President Alberto Pezzi, Catalan Government - Spain. Term: 2011-2012
Secretary Klaus Haasis, MFG Baden-Württemberg - Germany. Term: 2011-2013
Treasurer Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, BIPE - France. Term: 2010-2013
Director Amit Kapoor, Institute for Competitiveness - India. Term: 2009-2012
Director Rauli Sorvari, Estele - Finland. Term: 2009-2012
Director Pierre Bonnet, Lyon Chamber of Commerce - France. Term: 2010-2013
Director Nataliya Korchagina, Astrakhan State University - Russia. Term: 2010-2013
Director Jaime Echeverri, Medellin Chamber of Commerce - Colombia. Term: 2011-2013
Director Ted Lyman, IHS Global Insights - USA. Term: 2011-2014
Director Richard Walker, Economic Development Australia - Australia. Term: 2011-2014
President 2011-2013: Christian Ketels. Member of the Harvard Business School faculty at Professor Michael E. Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, has led cluster and competitiveness projects in many parts of the world. He is a Honorary Professor at the EBS Business School, Germany, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. He holds a PhD (Econ) from the London School of Economics and further degrees from the Kiel Institute for World Economics and University of Cologne. He is member of economic advisory groups in Europe and the Americas, has written widely on economic policy issues, and has been a frequent speaker on competitiveness and strategy in Europe, North America and Asia. Christian has been on the TCI Board of Directors since October 2007, becoming its Secretary in October 2009.
2011 Board of Directors - Profiles
Founders, 1998
Emiliano Duch
Michael Enright
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams
Eric Hansen
Frederic Richard
Former members of the Board of Directors
Presidents
Alberto Pezzi, 2009-2011
Juan Manuel Esteban, 2007-2009
Lars Eklund, 2005-2007
Alec Hansen, 2003-2005
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, 2001-2003
Emiliano Duch, 1998-2001
Secretary
Emiliano Duch, 2001 - 2003
Treasurer
Mateja Dermastia, 2003 - 2005
Directors
Frederic Richard, 1998 - 2003
Bob Breault, 1998 - 2003
Michael Enright, 1998 - 2002
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, 1998 - 2001
Eric Hansen, 1998 - 1999
Robert Polloc, 1999 - 2001
Rod Brown, 2001 - 2003
Nana Adeishvili, 2003 - 2006
Lars Eklund, 2003 - 2005, 2007 - 2008
Alan Koziarsky, 2003 - 2005
Alec Hansen, 2005 - 2006
Arthur Bayhan, 2006 - 2010
Nigel Gwynne Evans, 2007 - 2009
Alonso Ramos Vaca, 2007 - 2010
Kevin X. Murphy, 2007 - 2010
Hani Al Hamli, 2009 - 2010
Juan Manuel Esteban, 2009 - 2010
Thanks for your volunteer service to TCI. You have brought enormous insight, experience, knowledge and enthusiasm, and your leadership will continue to inspire our efforts in the future.
