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 Advisor, 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 and Head, Programming; since 2011, Member of the Managing Board, responsible for Centre for Global Events and Risk Response Network. Adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Member of the Editorial Board, Global Asia.