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Juan Trippe Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Finance, and Business

Jeffrey E. Garten was dean of the school from November 1995 to June 2005. Prior to that he was undersecretary of commerce for international trade, 1993-1995. Before government service he spent 13 years on Wall Street. As a managing director of Lehman Brothers, he specialized in debt restructuring in Latin America, built up Lehman's investment banking business in Asia, and restructured some of the world's largest shipping companies in Hong Kong. Later he worked on mergers and acquisitions for The Blackstone Group. From 1997-2005 he wrote a monthly column for BusinessWeek on major challenges facing global business leaders, and he now writes a monthly column for Newsweek International. His articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and the Harvard Business Review.

Consulting Activities
He is also chairman of Garten Rothkopf, a consulting firm which works with corporations on long-term global strategies.

Corporate Boards of Directors
Aetna Corporation
CarMax, Inc.
Credit Suisse Asset Management

Nonprofit Board of Directors
The Conference Board
The International Rescue Committee
The Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore)

Advisory Boards
Toyota Motor Corporation, International Advisory Board
The Chicago Climate Exchange
Miller Buckfire (Financial Restructuring Firm) 

Books
The Politics of Fortune: A New Agenda for Business Leaders, Harvard Business School Press, November 2002

The Mind of the CEO, Perseus/Basic Books, February 2001

World View: Global Strategies for the New Economy, (editor and introduction), Harvard Business School Press, 2000

The Big Ten: Big Emerging Markets and How They Will Change Our Lives, Basic Books, 1997, 1998

A Cold Peace: America, Japan, Germany and the Struggle for Supremacy, Times Books, 1992, 1993

Selected Articles
"The Dangers of Turning Inward" Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2009

"The Coming Trade Wars" Newsweek, February 9, 2009

"The Big Bang of Bailouts" Newsweek, December 13, 2008

"Obama's First Trip Abroad Should be to China" YaleGlobal Online, December 12, 2008

"We Need A New Global Monetary Authority" Financial Times, September 26, 2008 

"The Next President and the Dollar" The International Economy, Spring, 2008 

"We Need Rules For Sovereign Funds" Financial Times, August 8, 2007 

"Bracing for a Rough Patch" Newsweek, Dec 25/Jan 1, 2007

"Wall Street Has No Need to Join a Race to the Bottom" Financial Times, December 4, 2006

"Hot Markets, Solid Ground" Newsweek, January 9, 2006

"The Global Economic Challenge" Foreign Affairs, January/February, 2005

"Bush's Guns -and- Butter Dilemma" Business Week, March 17, 2003

"A New Year, A New Agenda" The Economist, January 4, 2003

"From New Economy to Siege Economy: Globalization, Foreign Policy, and the CEO Agenda" Strategy & Business, Issue 26, First Quarter, 2002

"Lessons for the Next Financial Crisis" Foreign Affairs, March/April, 1999

"Opening the Doors for Business in China" Harvard Business Review, May/June, 1998

Education
PhD Johns Hopkins University, 1980
MA Johns Hopkins University, 1972
BA Dartmouth College, 1968

Military Service, 1968-1972
Lieutenant, 82nd Airborne Division
Captain, Special Forces
Advisor, Royal Thai Army