Ludo Van der Heyden is the founding Academic Director of INSEAD’s Corporate Governance Center, where, with colleagues, he created the International Directors Programme (with Tim Rowley, from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto), the Value Creation for Owners and Directors (with INSEAD colleague Massimo Massa), the Advanced Strategy for Directors (with INSEAD colleague José Santos), and the Modern Governance in Banking (with banking expert Peter Nathanial) programmes. He also teaches corporate governance in the Global Executive MBA programme.

He lectures as well on leadership, team dynamics, and business model innovation.

Ludo was the first holder of the Wendel Chair in the Large Family Firm and of the Solvay Chair in Technological Innovation, directed the Advanced Management Program, the INSEAD Zentrum Leipzig, also was INSEAD Dean (1990-95). He earned several Outstanding MBA Core Teacher Awards, as well as an Outstanding Service Award in Executive Education.

Before joining INSEAD, Ludo was on the faculty of Yale University (1980-1988) and of Harvard University (1978-80). He holds an Engineering Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Université Catholique de Louvain and a Ph.D. Degree from Yale University.

He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine and is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Seisquare, a software company for estimating natural resource reserves. He also is a member of the Advisory Board of Bencis Capital Partners and a co-founder of the Association des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, which supports the restart of essential oils production in Milly-la-Forêt (near Fontainebleau).

Ludo’s blog : http://medium.com/@ludovdh

Speaker at Pearl Initiative & United Nations Global Compact Regional Forum in Dubai