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Olivier Giscard d'Estaing (born Paris, 30 December 1927) is chairman of the Committee for a World Parliament. The brother of former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, he is the Founding Dean and Director General of the INSEAD business school and Governor of the Atlantic Institute.
He has served as a member of the French Parliament (from 1968 to 1973), vice-chairman of the European Movement (from 1978 to 1992), and a member of the Conseil Économique et Social de France (from 1994 to 1999). He is also chair of the Business Association for the World Social Summit.
Co-founder of the Caux Round Table, Dr. Giscard d'Estaing is the author of six books and widely published in journals such as the Revue Politique Parlementaire and the Revue des Deux Mondes. He frequently lectures on business policy in Europe, the United States, Japan and the Middle East, and has taught business policy at various schools.
For many years a member of the board of several international corporations and an advisor of CEOs of French industrial corporations, Dr. Giscard d'Estaing has also served as mayor of Estaing (Aveyron).
He is a councillor of the World Future Council.