Didier Cossin

Didier Cossin
Born (1964-09-19) 19 September 1964
Occupations
Title
  • Professor of Governance and Finance and Founder / Director
  • at IMD Global Board Center
  • Chair, PNYX Group
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Institutions
Main interests
Websitedidiercossin.com

Didier Cossin (born September 19, 1964) is a Swiss-French investor, author, and economics academic, with expertise in investment governance. He is a Professor of Governance and Finance and the Founder and Director at Global Board Center, part of the IMD Business School, where he is also the UBS Chair in Banking and Finance.[1][2] Cossin is the author of several books, including High Performance Boards: A Practical Guide to Improving and Energizing Your Governance.[3][4][5] He is the Chair of PNYX Group.

Early life and education

Cossin received Master's in Social Sciences from ENS Paris and a Master's in Economics from the Sorbonne University.[6] He earned an MPhil in Mathematical Economics from EHESS-ENSAE, studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar, and gained his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University.[7][8]

Career

Cossin has served as an advisor and executive educator to various organizations, including the United Nations, European Central Bank, World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the International Olympic Committee.[8][6] He has also worked with sovereign wealth funds and state investors such as the Public Investment Fund (PIF) in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding (ADQ), and Temasek in Singapore.[6][8]

Cossin provides governance advisory services to the Red Cross and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[6][8] He currently holds the position of Senior Advisor in Governance to UNICEF and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).[6][8]

Before his tenure at IMD Business School, Cossin worked for Goldman Sachs (London, UK) and pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf (Tokyo, Japan). He was previously a Professor of Finance at HEC Lausanne and taught at Harvard, where he obtained two Derek Bok Awards for excellence in teaching,[6][7] and was a visiting professor at the University of California and INSEAD. In the late 1990s, Cossin chaired Harvard’s Department of Management and became the director of its Institute of Banking & Financial Management and PhD in Management.[6]

Selected published works

Books

  • High Performance Boards: Improving and Energizing your Governance. ISBN 978-1119615651.
  • Advanced Credit Risk Analysis. ISBN 978-0471987239.
  • Optimal Control of Credit Risk (Advances in Computational Management Science, 3). ISBN 978-0792379386.

Articles and chapters

References

  1. ^ "Ensuring good corporate stewardship". The Business Times. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  2. ^ ""50% of all CFOs say their CEO has pressurised them to change the numbers"". Outlook Business. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. ^ Percy, Sally. "6 Leadership Lessons From The Events Of 2024". Forbes. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Didier Cossin, professeur à l'IMD: «Les groupes horlogers sont trop passéistes» - Le Temps" (in French). 7 August 2017. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  5. ^ "London Global Convention 2022". Institute of Directors, India. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Didier COSSIN | Founder and Director | Ph.D. in Business Economics (Robert C. Merton chair) | IMD, Lausanne | Global Board Center | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Didler Cossin: About us". Center for Governance: IMD Global Board Center. IMD Business School. n.d. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
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