Pascal Lamy served two terms as Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from September 2005 to September 2013. Currently, he is the President of the Paris Peace Forum and Brunswick Europe Chair, as well as a special advisor to the European Commission. Lamy graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP), and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He has received honorary degrees from eight universities and numerous awards and decorations from the French government and other countries worldwide.
Lamy began his career in the French civil service, working at the General Inspectorate of Finance and the Treasury. In 1981, he became an advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Jacques Delors, and later served as Deputy Head of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy’s cabinet in 1983. Between 1985 and 1994, Lamy was Head of the President of the European Commission’s Cabinet under Jacques Delors and served as the Commission’s “sherpa” at the G-7.
In 1994, Lamy joined the team in charge of recovering the French bank Crédit Lyonnais, eventually becoming its CEO until its privatization in 1999. He then returned to the European Commission, serving as Commissioner for Trade under Romano Prodi’s presidency. After his mandate in Brussels, Lamy chaired “Notre Europe,” a think tank focused on European integration, and became an associate professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He also advised Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the European Socialist Party.
Lamy has demonstrated his commitment to the European Union and its vision of globalization through several publications, including Quand la France s’éveillera (2014), The Geneva Consensus (2013), and Now for the Long Term (Report of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations, 2013). His recent works include Strange New World (2020) and Où va le monde? (2018).
He spends his spare time working with the Jacques Delors think tanks (Paris, Berlin, Brussels), the presidency of the UNWTO ethics of tourism committee, the French Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PEEC), and the Musiciens du Louvre orchestra (Marc Minkowski). Lamy also holds positions on various French, European, and global boards or advisory boards, including the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, IFPRI, CERRE, TMEA, Transparency International, Alpbach Forum, Beijing Forum, World Trade Forum, WEF global risks, Europaeum, and Collegium International.
Additionally, Lamy is an affiliate Professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai and at HEC (Paris).
Pascal Lamy served two terms as Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from September 2005 to September 2013. Currently, he is the President of the Paris Peace Forum and Brunswick Europe Chair, as well as a special advisor to the European Commission. Lamy graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP), and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He has received honorary degrees from eight universities and numerous awards and decorations from the French government and other countries worldwide.
Lamy began his career in the French civil service, working at the General Inspectorate of Finance and the Treasury. In 1981, he became an advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Jacques Delors, and later served as Deputy Head of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy’s cabinet in 1983. Between 1985 and 1994, Lamy was Head of the President of the European Commission’s Cabinet under Jacques Delors and served as the Commission’s “sherpa” at the G-7.
In 1994, Lamy joined the team in charge of recovering the French bank Crédit Lyonnais, eventually becoming its CEO until its privatization in 1999. He then returned to the European Commission, serving as Commissioner for Trade under Romano Prodi’s presidency. After his mandate in Brussels, Lamy chaired “Notre Europe,” a think tank focused on European integration, and became an associate professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He also advised Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the European Socialist Party.
Lamy has demonstrated his commitment to the European Union and its vision of globalization through several publications, including Quand la France s’éveillera (2014), The Geneva Consensus (2013), and Now for the Long Term (Report of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations, 2013). His recent works include Strange New World (2020) and Où va le monde? (2018).
He spends his spare time working with the Jacques Delors think tanks (Paris, Berlin, Brussels), the presidency of the UNWTO ethics of tourism committee, the French Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PEEC), and the Musiciens du Louvre orchestra (Marc Minkowski). Lamy also holds positions on various French, European, and global boards or advisory boards, including the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, IFPRI, CERRE, TMEA, Transparency International, Alpbach Forum, Beijing Forum, World Trade Forum, WEF global risks, Europaeum, and Collegium International.
Additionally, Lamy is an affiliate Professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai and at HEC (Paris).
