List of Speakers & Panelists

Daniel Diermeier
Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice, Kellogg School of Management

Daniel Diermeier is the IBM Distinguished Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice, a Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a Professor of Political Science at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, all at Northwestern University. He is the director of the Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship. He also served as the founding director of the Social Enterprise at Kellogg program (SEEK) and the founding co-director of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).  Professor Diermeier is a co-creator and academic director of the CEO Perspective Program, a joint venture between the Kellogg School of Management and the Corporate Leadership Center and Kellogg’s most senior executive education program.

His teaching and research focuses on integrated strategy, the interaction of business and politics, crisis leadership, reputation management and strategic aspects of corporate social responsibility.  His work has been published in numerous academic journals in management, economics, and political science and has been featured globally in numerous media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Chicago Tribune, and De Telegraaf. He has lectured globally on crisis and reputation management, integrated strategy, activists and consumer boycotts, political strategy and regulatory management. He has also led workshops and customized programs in biotechnology, energy, financial services, manufacturing, medical marketing, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, media management, regulatory management, security management, and transportation management. He has received numerous awards including the prestigious L.G. Lavengood Professor of the Year Award (Kellogg School of Management, 2001). In 2007 he was the recipient of the prestigious Faculty Pioneer awarded by the Aspen Institute.

Professor Diermeier is the founder and managing partner of Diermeier Consulting Associates LLC, based in Newport Beach, California, providing clients with analysis and strategy advice in crisis leadership, reputation management, stakeholder management, regulatory and political strategy.  Recent clients include Abbott, Accenture, Allianz , Baker & McKenzie , BP, Cargill, the City of Chicago (Office of the Mayor), CIBC, Exelon, the FBI, W. W. Grainger, Guidant, Heartland Automotive, Household International (now part of HSBC), IFCO Systems, Intercontinental Exchange, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, McDonald’s, Metro AG, Metro Cash & Carry International,  Nicor, People’s Energy, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Roche Diagnostics, Shell, and State Farm.

Professor Diermeier is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. In December 2004 Professor Diermeier he was appointed to the Management Board of the FBI. He has also served as a senior strategic advisor to PricewaterhouseCoopers and is an advisory board member for Quantum Secure, a security management technology company, and The Point, a company facilitating social organization.