The Roland Berger Chaired Professor in Business and Technology
Professor of Information Systems
Dean of External Relations
Director of Elab@INSEAD

Soumitra Dutta is the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology, and Dean of External Relations at INSEAD. He is the faculty director of elab@INSEAD, INSEAD's initiative in building a center of excellence in teaching and research in the digital economy in collaboration with leading international organizations such as Morgan Stanley, SAP, Cisco and Intel.

Prior to joining the faculty of INSEAD in 1989, he was employed by Schlumberger in Japan and GE in the USA. Professor Dutta obtained his Ph.D. in computer science and his M.Sc. in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a visiting Professor at several international universities including the Haas School of Business (Berkeley) and the Solvay Business School (Brussels).

His current research is on technology strategy and innovation at both corporate and national policy levels. His latest books are "The Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development" and "The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe". He has authored seven other books including "The Bright Stuff", "Embracing the Net" and "Process Reengineering, Organizational Change and Performance Improvement". He has won several awards for research and pedagogy including awards for the European Case of the Year from the European Case Clearing House in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2002.

He is actively involved in policy development at national and European levels. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee for ICT for the Government of Qatar and has advised other national governments on ICT policy issues. He is the Chairman of the European Commission's Europe Innova panel on Innovation in the ICT sector and a member of the Steering Committee of eBSN, the European Commission's eBusiness Network initiative for SMEs. His research has been showcased in the international media such as CNN, CNBC, BBC and international publications. He has taught in and consulted with international corporations across the world. He has directed top management programs for several companies and is a regular contributor to in-house management programs. He is a fellow of the World Economic Forum.

Executive Director of INSEAD eLab
Former Senior Adviser, E-Strategies, CITPO, World Bank

From 2001 to 2003, Bruno Lanvin was the Manager of the Information for Development Program of the World Bank (infoDev), a multi-donor grant program focusing on extending digital opportunities for all (http://www.infodev.org/). InfoDev has financed over 170 projects in around 85 countries. Since early 2004, he has been the World Bank’s advisor on e-strategies and related issues, based in Geneva.

Since 2002, he has been editor of the ‘Global Information Technology Report’, which ranks countries according to their degree of readiness to benefit from the global information economy. In 2000, Mr. Lanvin was appointed Executive Secretary of DOT Force, the G-8 initiative launched by the Okinawa Summit of July 2000 to bridge the Digital Divide (http://www.dotforce.org/). He was recruited by the World Bank in September 2000 as senior advisor for e-commerce and e-government. Until then, he was Head of Electronic Commerce in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. During his twenty years with the United Nations, he has occupied various senior positions including Chief of Cabinet of the Director General of the United Nations in New-York, Head of Strategic Planning and later Chief of the SME Trade Competitiveness Unit of UNCTAD/SITE. He has been the Deputy Executive Secretary of UNISTE (UN International Symposium on Trade Efficiency) in 1994 and General Manager of GETUP (Global Electronic Trade UN Partnership) in 1998. From 1994 to 1998, he was the World Coordinator of the United Nations Trade Point Program, a global e-commerce network operating in over 100 countries. In 1999 and 2000, he managed UNCTAD's component of the UN 'Development Account', devoted to e-commerce and development, and organized a series of regional and interregional workshops on e-commerce, allowing more than 2000 representatives from governments and enterprises to exchange experiences and best practices in the area of e-commerce.

A frequent keynote speaker and participants in international conferences on the ‘New Economy’, he has published a large number of articles and books on ICT and development. He was the main drafter, team leader and editor of 'Building Confidence: electronic commerce and development', published in January 2000. In 2002 and 2003 he has been a co-editor and author of the ‘Global Information Technology Report’ (World Economic Forum/INSEAD/infoDev). In 2002, he oversaw the production of the ‘E-government Handbook for Developing Countries’ (infoDev/CDT).

Bruno Lanvin has worked in more than 60 countries. He holds a BA in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Valenciennes (France), an MBA from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris I (La Sorbonne) in France. He taught in several European and American universities. He speaks and writes French (mother tongue), English, Spanish and has a working knowledge of Italian, Portuguese, Russian and some Chinese.

Director of INSEAD eLab, Middle East and Asia

Since joining INSEAD, Mr. Králik has interacted with clients to conceptualize, structure and deliver custom research and thought leadership engagements in areas such as technology adoption, technology-based entrepreneurship in emerging markets, and innovation management. In addition, he has managed a network of research analysts across Asia Pacific.

Mr. Králik’s previous role was head of IDC’s Asia/Pacific Consulting practice, working directly with IDC’s Global Research Office. During this time, he delivered to IDC's multinational clients a number of research studies in areas such as vendor partnerships & alliances, value chain influencers, and total customer experience. He also developed research synergies with IDC’s regional consulting practices in EMEA and Latin America.

Prior to IDC, Mr. Králik worked as a technology and distribution channel researcher in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Mr. Králik graduated with a degree in Oriental Studies and English from Charles University in Prague and later received a Master's in Asian Studies from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Based in Asia since 1991, he is a fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese and Russian, and has also been working to improve his command of Bahasa Malaysia.