Jamil Mahuad

Dr. Jamil Mahuad (Doctor in Jurisprudence, Catholic University of Ecuador, 1975; Master in Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 1989) served as President of Ecuador (August 1998 to January 2000), capping a career of nearly 20 years in Ecuadorian politics, which included two terms as Mayor of Quito (1992-1998) and as member of the National Congress.

Mr. Mahuad is a Nobel Peace Price Nominee (1999) for the signing of a definitive Peace Treaty with neighbor country Peru that in the words of President Clinton “ended the longest source of armed conflict in this Hemisphere.” The World Wild Fund granted to Mr. Mahuad the Gift to the Earth Award (1999) in recognition to his decisive pro-environmental policies to protect the Ecuadorian Amazonia.

Mr. Mahuad was Co-Director of the Project on the Prevention of Global Violence, part of the Harvard Institute on Global Health (HIGH), under the office of the President of Harvard University. (2009-2010); Co-founder and Senior Adviser of the Harvard International Negotiation Program, at Harvard Law School (2004-Present), where he has been co-teaching with Professor Daniel Shapiro, Dealing with Emotions in Business Negotiations, an Executive Education Program based on the book Beyond Reason, by Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro, which has Mr. Mahuad’s contributing chapter.

Mr. Mahuad is a Board Member of The Abraham Path Initiative (2008-present) and of The Medici Summit: Where Business and Innovation Intersect (2008-present) and member of the Global Advisory Council Member of Mediators Beyond Borders (2009-present).