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About Ian Goldin - Former VP of the World Bank, Speaks on Globalization and Future Trends:

Professor Ian Goldin took up his position as the first Director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford in September 2006. The Oxford Martin School is the world’s leading interdisciplinary centre for deep research on a wide range of critical challenges, including finance, energy and environment, demography and health. Economist and global futurist, Dr. Goldin delivers keynotes on the economic, science, technology, social and medical trends that will shape our future.

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 led the Bank's collaboration with the United Nations and other partners. As Director of Development Policy, he played a pivotal role in the research and strategy agenda of the Bank.

From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and served as an advisor to President Nelson Mandela. He succeeded in transforming the Bank to become the leading agent of development in the 14 countries of Southern Africa. During this period, Goldin served on several Government committees and Boards, and was Finance Director for South Africa's Olympic Bid.

Previously, 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.

He has a BA (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an MA and Doctorate from the University of Oxford. In addition to being Director of the School, Goldin is the University of Oxford Professor of Globalisation and Development and a Professorial Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford.

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 16 books, including Globalization for Development: Meeting New Challenges, Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped our World and Will Define our Future and The Economics of Sustainable Development. His latest book, Divided Nations: Why global governance is failing and what we can do about it, is due to be published by Oxford University Press in March 2013.