Paul Laudicina

Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Paul Laudicina is the CEO, chairman of the board, and managing officer at global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and the founder and chairman of the firm’s Global Business Policy Council. He has forty years of professional experience in various capacities in government, research institutions, businesses, and the United Nations and has worked in over 30 countries at the national, provincial, state and community levels.

Cross-Sector Experience. With more than 25 years of global consulting experience, Laudicina has worked with leaders of corporations and governments across a broad range of strategic, corporate, and public policy issues. He has also led scenario-based strategic planning and risk-management engagements for many of A.T. Kearney’s largest private- and public-sector clients.

Before joining A.T. Kearney in 1991, Laudicina was senior vice president and director with SRI International, the former Stanford Research Institute, where he was for 10 years. He is also the founder of its policy division. He had earlier served as chief of staff and legislative director to then U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; director of pre-investment studies for Mobil Corporation; associate fellow of the Overseas Development Council; and research associate for the United Nations’ Center for Economic and Social Information. In that role, he worked domestically and in Latin America, Switzerland, and East Africa.

Accolades and Authorships. Laudicina is the author of a number of articles and books, including World Out of Balance: Navigating Global Risks to Seize Competitive Advantage, which was also published in six additional language editions and was selected as one of the top business books of 2005 by Soundview Executive Book Summaries. He is currently working on its follow-up. He was also named to Consulting Magazine’s annual ranking of the “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants” in 2005 and 2007.

Appointments and Board Memberships. Laudicina was appointed by the President of the United States to the board of directors of the Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), is a principal of the Council on Excellence in Government, and serves as a trustee of the Board of the Committee for Economic Development. He also sits on the board of the Executives’ Club of Chicago, The Mayor’s Board of Chicago World Business, the President’s Council of the University of Tokyo, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the International Advisory Board of BritishAmerican Business. Additionally, he is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry/World Economic Forum Advisory Council, the Advisory Committee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Seven Revolutions Initiative, the Board of Advisors of the Latin American Advisor, the Academy of Political Science, and the American Economic Association. He has also joined with other leading CEOs in Partnership for a New American Economy, which is a non-partisan coalition to address U.S. immigration issues.