June2014

BOHDAN HAWRYLYSHYN

Born in Ukraine 19.10.1926. Canadian citizen, Swiss and Ukrainian resident. Married, 3 children, 7 grandchildren. Works in Ukraine and Switzerland on a voluntary basis.

Chairman of: Fondation Vidrodgenia (Geneva)

Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Charitable Foundation (Kyiv)

Member of: Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Club of Rome

Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe (Lausanne)

Forum Suisse de Politique Internationale

InternationalAcademy of Management

World Academy of Art and Science

Former Advisor to: First President of Ukraine

Three Prime-Ministers

Four Chairmen of the Parliament

Founder of:

International Management Institute (IMI-Kyiv Business School)

Educational Background

B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. – Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto (1952 & 1954)

Diploma in Industrial Management, IMI-Geneva (now IMD Lausanne) (1958)

Ph.D. – Economicsand Social Science, University of Geneva (1976)

Distinctions

Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic (1975)

Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Laws: York University, Toronto, Canada (1984)

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (1986)

Ternopil Academy of National Economy, Ukraine (1995)

University of V. Stefanyk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine(1998) University of Y. Fedkovych, Chernivtsi, Ukraine (2000)

Kyiv Borys Hrinchenko University (2010)

Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (2014)

Engineering Hall of Fame, University of Toronto, Canada (1988)

Medal of Merit of the President of Ukraine (1996)

Medal by the President “Yaroslav the Wise”, 1st Category (2005)

Professional background

  • Positions in research, engineering and management in Canada.
  • Director of Studies (1960-1968), Director (1968-1986), Scholar-in-Residence (1986-1989), IMI-Geneva
  • Taught Economic Growth, Management of International Operations, World Business Environment, Governance of Countries, Geopolitics.
  • Chaired conferences, moderated seminars, lectured in over 88 countries.
  • Advisor on Governance of Countries, Consultant to multinationals (G.E., IBM, Unilever)
  • Participatedin Swiss governmental delegations to international conferences
  • Chaired Council of Advisors to the Presidium of the Parliament of Ukraine and International Renaissance Foundation 1991-1998, International Center for Policy Studies, Kyiv
  • Author of three books:
  • L’Education des Dirigeants – Aspects Methodologiques, Peter Lang, Berne, Frankfurt, las Vegas, 1977
  • Road Maps to the Future – Towards More Effective Societies, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980 (also published in French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Ukrainian)
  • Towards More Effective Societies - Road Maps to the Future, Dolman Scott, UK 2009 (second English edition with additional chapter on Ukraine and Retrosective-2009, also published in Ukrainian and Russian)
  • Author of over 150 articles in the fields of management, management education, economic and political environment, geopolitics one of them published in twelve languages.

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