Professor Garelli is closely connected to the world of business. He was, among others, Chairman of the Board of Directors and shareholder of “Le Temps”, the leading French language Swiss newspaper, Chairman of the Board of the Sandoz Financial and Banking Holding, and Member of the board of the Banque Edouard Constant.

Professor Garelli was the Managing Director of the World Economic Forum and of the Davos Annual meetings for many years. He was also permanent senior adviser to the European management of Hewlett-Packard.

He is a member of a number of institutes, such as: China Enterprise Management Association, Board of the ‘Fondation Jean Monet pour l’Europe’, The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, the Mexican Council for Competitiveness, etc. and an advisory committee member of the Thai Management Association.

He is also a member of the International Olympic Committee commission on Sustainability and Legacy. He was a member of the Constitutional Assembly of his local state – Vaud, Switzerland from 1999 to 2002.

Publications

• Are You a Tiger, a Cat Or a Dinosaur? 100 Questions: How Competitiveness Influences Your Life! (2016)
• Top Class Competitors! How Nations Firms and Individuals succeed in the New World of Competitiveness (2006)
• The World Competitiveness Yearbook, (Annual Reference Book)

Testimonials

“Stéphane Garelli was absolutely brilliant! He made a rather tired and complex subject fun and interesting. He was very much appreciated by the audience with a good sense of humour. One of the best keynote speakers we ever had.”

“Stéphane was very well received, very inspirational and very dynamic. It was great to have him at the end as he broadened our horizons.”

“Stéphane was an excellent choice. He dealt with a high level message and made it applicable to a wider audience with varied interests.”