Daniel Diermeier is the IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice, a Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at the Kellogg 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 political institutions, the interaction of business and politics, crisis leadership, issue and reputation management, non-market strategy, and strategic aspects of corporate social responsibility. His work has been published in numerous academic journals in, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, and management, and has been featured globally in numerous media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Financial Times, Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune, and De Telegraaf.

He is the director of the Global Health Initiative part of a joint venture between Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicines, Abbott, Inverness Medical and IDEO. The venture’s first project is to develop affordable diagnostic devices for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. This project has been sponsored by a Grand Challenges in Global Health Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Professor Diermeier 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 Award from the Aspen Institute, named the “Oscar of Business Schools” by the Financial Times.

Professor Daniel Diermeier is the co-founder and CEO of FirstSight Group LLC, based in Chicago, Illinois, providing clients with analysis and strategy advice in crisis leadership, reputation management, stakeholder management, issue 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, Exxon/Mobil, the FBI, W. W. Grainger, Guidant (now part of Boston Scientific), 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 was appointed to the Management Board of the FBI. He is an advisory board member for Quantum Secure, a security management technology company. He has also served as a senior strategic advisor to PricewaterhouseCoopers and on the advisory board of GroupOn, a technology company facilitating social commerce.