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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 which is home to the Global Health Initiative (GHI), a partnership between Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine, Abbott, Inverness Medical and IDEO. In 2006, Northwestern University received a $5M grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to research and develop affordable diagnostic devices related to testing and treating HIV/AIDS. Professor Diermeier 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). He is a co-creator and academic director of the CEO Perspective Program, a joint venture between the Kellogg School of Management, the Corporate Leadership Center, and Kellogg’s most senior executive education program. Professor Diermeier’s teaching and research focuses on political institutions, the interaction of business and politics, crisis leadership, reputation management, integrated strategy, 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 media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Financial Times, Newsweek, 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 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 received the prestigious Faculty Pioneer Award from the Aspen Institute. Professor Diermeier has been advisor to some of the world’s leading companies including Abbott, Accenture, Allianz , Baker & McKenzie , BP, Cargill, the City of Chicago (Office of the Mayor), CIBC, Exelon, the FBI, W. W. Grainger, Guidant, 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 technology company facilitating social organization. |
