Patrick Messerlin

Patrick Messerlin is Chairman of the European Centre for International Political Economy’ Steering Committee, Professor Emeritus at Sciences Po (Paris), and Director of the World Economy Group. He was a Senior Economist at the World Bank (1986-1990) and a special advisor to the WTO Director General (2001-2002). In 2003-2005, he co-chaired the Task Force on “Trade for Development” for the MDG. He also co-chaired the joint World Bank & UK Department for International Development Task Force on Global Finance and Trade Architecture (2008-2011). He was a member (2009-2012) and Chairman (2010-2011) of the World Economic Forum’s Global Trade Council.