Mr Richard Dictus, President of AMFORI (formerly Foreign Trade Association)
Dick Dictus joined amfori in June 2021 as President, based in the Association's head office in Brussels. As a Dutch national, he began his career at the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in 1987 and has since followed a highly international career path with the UN. He has gained considerable experience in both the field, leading major UN programmes in Sudan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Malawi, and in the UN headquarters in New York, namely as the Deputy Director of the Office of Human Resources of the UN’s Development Programme. In 2017, he became the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Cairo, Egypt. He coordinated all UN activities across all 14 UN organisations in Egypt. Dick Dictus has a strong relationship with the private sector having worked closely with key actors such as Carlsberg, Orange, Vodafone and Microsoft.
Ajai S. Gaur, Professor of Strategic Management and International Business, Rutgers Business School, United States & Editor-in-Chief of Journal of World Business
Ajai is a Professor of Strategic Management and International Business and Vice-Chair in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick, with an additional appointment in the Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University. He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of World Business and a consulting editor at the Journal of International Business Studies.
Ajai is working on understanding the strategic adaptation of emerging economy firms during institutional transition. This line of work focuses on the interplay between internal governance structure and external governance environment and its effect on firm strategies and performance. Ajai has also worked on issues related to institutional distance between different governance environments, MNCs' ownership strategies, staffing strategies and entry mode choice in international investments. Empirically, he has examined firms based in Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, UK and USA.
Some of his research has appeared in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Management International Review.
Qing Liu, Professor of Economics, Deputy Dean of National Academy of Development and Strategy, and Director of Center for International Economics and Finance Research, at Renmin University of China.
Qing Liu, Professor of economics and Deputy Dean of National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China. He obtained his PhD degrees from The University of Hong Kong.
Professor Liu’s research specializes in international trade and investment, innovation, and Chinese economy.
He has published dozens of papers at internationally renowned academic journals like Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics and also at top Chinese academic journals. His research won Academy of International Business (AIB) Best Paper Award 2015, etc.
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