Albert Bressand

Harvard and Polytechnique (Paris) political economist with experience in top echelons of policy and strategy formulation at EU Commission, French Quai d’Orsay, World Bank and the Royal Dutch Shell leadership group. Joined academia at age 50 as full professor and ED of the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation & Public Policy at Columbia University (New York). Skilled in International Relations, strategic planning, political philosophy and global scenarios. Cofounded and led PROMETHEE, a ‘top-20’ (The Economist) think-tank on the networked society. Served as Directeur de Collection at Le Seuil, Paris. Coauthor of Le Prochain Monde (Le Seuil), La Planète Relationnelle (Flammarion), the RAMSES report (IFRI) and lead-editor of art-illustrated thought-leadership books for companies such as Deutsche Borse, S&P and EY.