Dr Ian Goldin is Director of the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford.
Ian Goldin was Vice President of the World Bank (2003-2006) and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy (2001-2003). He served on the Bank's senior management team, and was directly responsible for its relationship with the UK and all other European, North American and developed countries. Goldin led the Bank's collaboration with the United Nations and other partners.
From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela. He succeeded in transforming the Bank to become the leading agent of development in the 14 countries of Southern Africa.
Previously, Ian Goldin was Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, and Program Director at the OECD Development Centre in Paris, where he directed the Programs on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development.
Ian Goldin has received wide recognition for his contributions to development and research, including having been knighted by the French Government and nominated Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. He has published over 50 articles and 12 books, the two most well-known being "Globalisation for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration and Ideas" (Palgrave Macmillan, reprinted 2007) and "The Economics of Sustainable Development" (CUP, 1995). In addition to being Director of the School, Goldin holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford.
He is an outstanding speaker on global future trends in technology, science, climate change, demography and other factors that will have an impact on corporations and government.
Recent speaking engagements by Dr Ian Goldin -
“21st Century Challenges for the Global Company” - Oxford Leadership Advantage
“What does the Future Hold?” - Royal Society of Medicine
“How Technology will Shape the next 25 Years” - Charity Investors Group,
“21st Century Challenges: Humanity at the Crossroads” - AusDavos Australian Leadership Retreat
"21st Century Challenges for the Global Company” - SAB Miller