Curriculum Vitae: Professional Associations & Activities

 

NOV 2017–PRESENT Member, Consulting Editors Board, Journal of International Business Policy.
2006-2011 Founding Member, International Advisory Council, International Center for Corporate Accountability, Inc., Baruch College, New York.
2009-2011 Member of the International Advisory Council, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil.
2011 Expert witness, Hearings on “Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and U.S.-China Bilateral Investment”, speaking about “Chinese Investments in the United States”, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, March 30, 2011, pp. 104-128, Washington, D.C.
2002–2010 Senior Advisor, Investment Advisory Committee, China International Investment Council (formerly the China Federation of Investment Promotion Agencies).
2008 Member of the Advisory Board to the OECD Global Forum on International Investment.
2006 Fellow, Chatham House Foundation.
2004 Member of the Global Advisory Board of the Ph.D. Program in International Business Administration at Texas A&M International University.
2004 Expert witness, Hearings on “Ziele und Inhalte zukünftiger Investitionsabkommen”, Austrian Parliament, 6 October 2004.
1992 Expert witness, Hearings on “Foreign Direct Investment”, speaking about “Trends in Foreign Direct Investment”, Joint Economic Committee of the Congress of the United States, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, pp. 4-23, Washington, D.C., 13 May 1992.
1989 At the invitation of Fordham University, New York, evaluated its Ph.D. programme in economics.
1982 Board of Examiners, National Competitive Examination of the United Nations for junior professionals in the area of economics, and Board of Examiners for the third competitive examination for promotion to the professional category in the United Nations, Specialized Board for Economists.
1981–1982 Member of the Panel to Investigate Allegations of Discriminatory Treatment in the United Nations Secretariat.
1977–1979 Officer, Executive Committee, International Political Economy Section, International Studies Association.
1964–1965 President of the Student Body (“Schulsprecher”) of the Humboldtschule Hannover (Germany).
1963–1964 Political Affairs Facilitator (“Politischer Referent”), Association of Schools of Hannover (Germany).
1963–1964 Political Affairs Facilitator (“Politischer Referent”) of the Student Body of the Humboldtschule Hannover (Germany).
VARIOUS YEARS: Member, Editorial (Advisory) Board of the International Journal of Emerging Markets, International Trade Journal, Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review, Telecommunications Policy, Journal of International Business Studies, The Non-Aligned World, RIS Digest, Transnational Data Report, Development and Peace, Transnational Corporations Review, TDM, The Journal of Policy Modeling (co-founder). International Advisory Board of the Atwater Institute, Montreal, Canada.
ALSO:

Organizer and chairperson of a number of panels at professional conferences and conventions.

Statements before various intergovernmental bodies, including UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board; UNCTAD’s Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues and Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development; and the WTO’s Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment.