Jean-Marie Guehenno
Jean-Marie Guéhenno does not fit the traditional mold of French diplomats; an ambassador who is by training a senior financial judge, he has also been a banker, a professor, a journalist and a writer. He strongly believes in the need to build bridges between work groups as well as between countries and cultures. Strongly believing in transparency and active leadership, he served two Secretaries-General of the United Nations and his tenure as the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping was the longest in the history of the United Nations.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno drew on his experience as head of policy planning at the end of the Cold War to become the author of a world-acclaimed book, The End of the Nation State, which was the first to identify globalization as the driving force of our time and was translated in more than a dozen languages. His background gives him a unique capacity to put political issues in a broader strategic perspective. Jean-Marie Guéhenno brought to the United Nations a unique combination of managerial, diplomatic and strategic experience. A true global citizen, he has been recognized as a successful change manager, a key actor in a world in transition and a staunch advocate of the disenfranchised.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno does not fit the traditional mold of French diplomats; an ambassador who is by training a senior financial judge, he has also been a banker, a professor, a journalist and a writer. He strongly believes in the need to build bridges between work groups as well as between countries and cultures. Strongly believing in transparency and active leadership, he served two Secretaries-General of the United Nations and his tenure as the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping was the longest in the history of the United Nations.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno drew on his experience as head of policy planning at the end of the Cold War to become the author of a world-acclaimed book, The End of the Nation State, which was the first to identify globalization as the driving force of our time and was translated in more than a dozen languages. His background gives him a unique capacity to put political issues in a broader strategic perspective. Jean-Marie Guéhenno brought to the United Nations a unique combination of managerial, diplomatic and strategic experience. A true global citizen, he has been recognized as a successful change manager, a key actor in a world in transition and a staunch advocate of the disenfranchised.
