Authority on being competitive
Stéphane is both a Professor at IMD, the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, and Professor of International Business at the University of Lausanne. He is recognised as a world authority on the international competitiveness of organisations, nations & nationalities.
He is the director of the World Competitiveness Report, jointly published by IMD and the World Economic Forum. Since 1980, this Report has been analysing & comparing the ‘competitiveness’ of more than 50 countries through 380 criteria and is the most well-known publication on the subject. It is widely used by governments and business leaders across the world.
Since 1988, Garelli has been Senior Advisor to Hewlett-Packard Europe, where he is closely involved in the work of the European Management Team.
He has produced many publications and writes a column in two newspapers. In addition, he is often asked to contribute to CNN, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Herald Tribune, Business Week, Time Magazine, and The Economist.
From 1974 to 1987 he worked with the World Economic Forum, for the last nine years as Managing Director. He was also Director of the Davos Symposium, the World's most well-known annual gathering of top business and government leaders, from 1980 to 1987. He is a member of several institutes, such as the China Enterprise Management Association (the first non-Chinese member) and the Board of the Foundation Jean Monet pour L'Europe.
A natural enthusiast, Stéphane is a powerful and highly effective communicator on issues that affect an organisation’s ability to be truly competitive.