W. Lee Howell

W. Lee Howell
  • Managing Director, Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum

BA in Economics; BA in East Asian Languages and Literature; JD; LLM in International Legal Studies; currently, PhD candidate, University of St Gallen. 1993-96, Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; 1997-99, Deputy Director, Japan Society of New York; 2000, Consultant to UN High Commissioner for Refugees; 2002-03, Senior Policy Adviser, US Agency for International Development. With World Economic Forum: 2001-02, Director, Annual Meeting Programme, New York; 2004-08, Senior Director and Head, Asia; 2009-10, Managing Director responsible for the Annual Meeting in Davos, Annual Meeting of New Champions in China and Summit on the Global Agenda in the UAE; since 2011, Member of the Managing Board with additional responsibilities for the Network of Global Agenda Councils and Global University Leaders Forum; Editor-in-Chief, Global Risks Report (2012 and 2013 editions). Adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Member of the Editorial Board, Global Asia.