Henri-Claude de BETTIGNIES holds the AVIVA Chair in Leadership and Responsibility and is Emeritus Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management at INSEAD. He is also Distinguished Professor of Global Responsible Leadership at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), in Shanghai. Between 1988 and 2005, he held a joint appointment at Stanford University. He was educated at the Sorbonne, Catholic University of Paris, and Harvard Business School. He has worked in Africa, at the University of California, in New York (for IBM), and Tokyo.

Professor de Bettignies joined INSEAD in 1967 as Assistant Professor and initiated the development of the Organisational Behaviour department. Professor since 1975, he started and developed INSEAD's activities in Japan and the Asia Pacific region which led to the creation of the Euro-Asia Centre (1980), of which he was Director General (1980-1988). Professor de Bettignies is currently developing the Ethics initiative at INSEAD, and is pioneering a new approach (AVIRA), for business leaders from around the world.

Henri-Claude teaches MBAs and executives, in the areas of ethics and CSR, HR management and corporate transformation, culture and management. He directs a number of executive programmes in Europe and in Asia; he is the Founder and Director of CEDRE (Centre for the Study of Development and Responsibility) and Chairman of the LVMH Asia Scholarships Jury.

He has published several books: "The Management of Change" (1975), "Business Transformation in China" (1996), "The Changing Business Environment in the Asia Pacific Region" (1997), "Trade & Investment in the Asia Pacific Region" (1997). He has co-authored "Le Japon" (1998) and "Business Ethics: Policies and Persons" (2005). He has published more than 50 articles in business and professional journals. He is on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Asian Business, International Studies of Management & Organization, The Asian Academy of Management Journal, The New Academic Review, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business and Society, The Thunderbird International Business Review, Finance & Common Good. He is on the International Advisory Board of The International Association for China Management Research, Asian Business and Management, The University of the Common Good, VIGEO. He is a member of the Board of Jones Lang LaSalle.

Business Leaders' Vision and Corporate Transformation; Corruption and Managerial Behavior across Cultures; Social Change and Management Practices in Asia.

Managing Change & Change of Management in Asia; Strategies for Asia-Pacific; The Transformation of Japan: Implications for the World; AVIRA: Changing CEOs' Mindset; Culture and Management in Asia; Joint-Venture Management in Asia; Individual, Business and Society: The Ethical Dilemma.