Alain Lempereur

Professor, Public and Private Policy Department

Negotiation and Mediation Chair, Founder and Professor Chair

Alain Lempereur is the Negotiation and Mediation Chair Professor at ESSEC - Paris & Singapore, in the Public and Private Policy Department. Member of the Board of Overseers, of the Faculty Senate and of the Enterprise Committee, he coordinates the Interdisciplinary Forum "Questioning the Crisis", which includes more than 50 ESSEC faculty.

In 1995, he founded ESSEC IRÉNÉ (Institute for Research and Education on Negotiation in Europe); he was its first director until the end of 2008; he is now the Chair of IRENE Steering Committee. He also served as the Academic Director of the ESSEC Executive MBA (1999-2001) and was the coordinator of negotiation teaching at ENA (the French National School of Administration, 1997-2002).  Former Special Fellow of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), he was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, at the University of Mannheim and the Cyprus International Institute for Management.

His books are devoted to:
- leadership (Le Leadership responsable; and with L. Susskind & Y. Duzert, Faciliter la Concertation);
- mediation (Méthode de Médiation with J. Salzer and A. Colson; La Médiation: Modes d'emploi with S. Bensimon; Modèles de médiateurs et Médiateur-modèle);
- negotiation (The First Move. A Negotiator's Companion and Négociations européennes, with A. Colson, and La Négociation, Revue française de Gestion, with J. Sebenius ; Callières. De la Manière de négocier avec les souverains); and,
- communication (Argumentation, Legal Argument, L'Homme et la Rhétorique).

He also published many articles, namely in the European Review, the Negotiation Journal, the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, International Negotiation, etc. His current research is devoted to responsible leadership in the crisis and the levels of transformation required in post-conflict situations. 

He has led programs of research, training and consulting on leadership, negotiation and conflict resolution for government and business leaders all over the world; he advised national and international administrations, including the European Commission, the FAO, NATO, OECD, UNDP, and the World Health Organization. He helps develop reconciliation and leadership programs in Africa, in Burundi and in D.R. Congo for example. He has also been a consultant for companies, like the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey. 

A graduate from the University of Brussels and a Fulbright Fellow, he received his S.J.D. from Harvard Law School. He and his wife, Michele, have three children, Daria, Henri, and Emery. 

Responsible Leadership.

Negotiators of the World and Leadership Programs in DRCongo and Burundi.

Research on early negotiation theories in Europe. 

Palmes académiques (Décret du 28 juillet 2006), awarded by Professor Alain Plantey from the Institut national de France

CONSULTING EXECUTIVE EDUCATION AND COACHING: IN LEADERSHIP, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND DEAL-MAKING IN INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONTEXTS:

- International public administration and development: OECD, UNITAR, UNDP, WHO, FAO, European Commission, European Broadcasting Union, W. Wilson International Center for Scholars, World Bank, ISAF (NATO), DFID, FASID, USAID, CMG, CBI, etc.
- for several governments or national and local public administrations: Burundi Cabinet, Departments of Foreign and European Affairs, Planning, Health, Labor, Transportation, Defense, etc.
- for NGO's and in law: World Food Forum, ICC, Paris Court of Appeal, Paris Bar, Bogota Chamber of Commerce, etc.
- in business: The Boston Consulting Group, Disney, EADS, Faurecia, Geodis, ICCA, Initial, McKinsey, MPI, Philips, Reed Midem, Sanofi Pasteur, Scientific Atlanta, Vivendi, etc.

OECD (2009-present) 
Facilitation for consultative meetings of the International Dialogue on Peace-Building and State-Building, in: 
- Dili, April 2010. 
- Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 2009. 
- Bangui, July 2009.

INITIATIVE FOR A COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AND THE COHESION OF THE STATE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (2005-present)
Coordination and delivery of reconciliation workshops for Congolese leaders (ILCCE), in collaboration with the UNDP, the European Union, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & ESSEC IRENE, with Howard Wolpe, president Clinton's former special envoy to the Great Lake Region. Facilitating the following interventions with 300 Congolese leaders, with 8 IRENE experts:
- Regional workshop, Masisi Communities, Goma, November 2009.
- Regional workshop, Goma, with Minister Kouchner's visit, January 2008.
- Preparation of regional workshops, Goma & Bukavu, March, August, and October 2007.
- Workshop for the National Assembly, April 2007.
- Media Workshop with A. Colson, November 2006.
- Follow-up Workshops, Kinshasa, August 2006 & Goma, October 2006.
- Preparation of follow-up missions in Butembo, Uvira & Minembwe, June-July 2006. 
- Conference on Post-Conflict in DRC, Université Catholique de Bukavu, May 13, 2006 .
- Bukavu, May 2006.
- Organization of a conference on Post-Conflict in DRC, ESSEC, April 7, 2006.
- Goma, March 2006.
- Nganda Center, Kinshasa, January & February 2006.

UNITAR FELLOWSHIP (1997-present)
Consulting, organization and delivery of programs for UNITAR
- "Negotiation Skills," 1997 until now, Geneva and the Hague.
- Strengthening Iraqi Civil service, Geneva, November 2005.
- "Negotiating European Integration," with UNDP, Belgrade, September 2005.
- With AEIO and the Austrian Government, Vienna, 2004, 2010.
- With UNEP, Nairobi, May 2002.
- With FASID, Tokyo, March 2001.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2004-present)
Consulting and program delivery for the European Commission, with 10 IRENE experts 
- Organization of the EC Negotiation Program, November 2005. 
- Seminar conception and delivery: "Executive Negotiations for Cabinet Staff", March 2010. 
- Seminar conception and delivery: "Multilateral Conference Negotiations," June 2005 until now. 
- Seminar conception and delivery: "International Negotiations," May 2005 until now.
- Report on negotiating at the European Commission, December 2004.

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION (1997-2010) 
Conception of current ENA negotiation seminars 
- Delivery, Strasbourg,2010. 
- Facilitating Consultation, ENA 60th anniversary, Paris, 2009 
- Workshop: "Post-conflict interventions," Paris, 2004-2005. 
- Coordination of negotiation workshops for 150 participants per year "Négociation dans l'administration publique," Strasbourg, 1997-2002. 
- Workshop "Maîtriser les concepts et outils de négociation dans l'administration publique," Bucarest, June 2000. 

BURUNDI LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM (2002-2006)
Coordination of seven IRENE experts involved in reconciliation workshops for 7000 leaders, in collaboration with WWICS & ESSEC IRENE. Facilitating the following interventions:
- Preparation and follow-up of workshops for the government, the civil society and the security sector, 2006-2007, including training of trainers. 
- Creation of a resource center for the BLTP, Bujumbura, May 2006.
- "The Sequence of Post-Conflict Intervention in Burundi: From Peace to Justice," seminar on the ICC and Conflict Analysis, Harvard, November 5, 2005.
- "Building the Other's Empowerment in the Negotiation Process", EC Negotiators Club. European Commission. Brussels, October 13, 2005.
- Cabinet retreat, with Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, and his vice-presidents and ministers, Bujumbura, September-October 2005.
- "Rebuilding Unity in Post-Conflict," with USAID support. Washington, July 2005.
- "Négocier la gestion des élections," Gitega, November 2004.
- Training of trainers "Négociateurs du Monde," with the suppport of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cergy, July 2004.
- "Négocier le processus de D.D.R.," Gitega, May 2004.
- "Faciliter la médiation au sein de la Commission mixte de cessez-le-feu," Bujumbura, February 2004.
- "Les compétences de négociation pour les responsables militaires," with the support of the European Commission and DFID, Nairobi, November 2003.
- Reporting, with Liz McClintock, on "Methodology of the Burundi Leadership Training Project," Washington, May 2003.
- Leadership pour le renouveau économique du Burundi," with the support of the World Bank, Bujumbura, May 2004, March and September 2003.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (1999-2002)
Consulting and delivery of training programs with Conflict Management Group & ESSEC IRENE, including the delivery of seminars "Atelier sur la gestion du processus de négociation pour la mobilisation des resources, in:
- Kpalimé, Togo. April 2002 & November 2000.
- Brazzaville. February 2001.
- Kinshasa, DRC, December 2000.
- Ndjamena, February 24, 2000.

ESSEC Business School
- Member of the Supervisory Board, 2003-present
- Founder (1995), Director (1995-2008), & Chair (2009-present), ESSEC IRENE
- Founder of the "Negotiators of the World" Programs, 2004-present
- Head of the Law Department, 2004-2006
- Academic Director, Executive MBA, 1999-2001

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- Special Fellow, 2006-present
- Consultant, 1997-2005 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Visiting Professor, Law School, 2003-2005, 2007
- Lecturer on Law, Law School, 2001-2003
- Research Scholar, Program on Negotiation, Law School, 2001-2002
- Research Assistant & Negotiation Fellow, Program on Negotiation, 1994-1997
- Teaching Fellow, Kennedy School of Government & College,1993-1994

National School of Administration (ENA), Paris & Strasbourg, France
- Lecturer & Adviser, 2002-2005, 2009-2010 
- Coordinator for negotiation teaching, 1997-2002

Cyprus International Institute for Management
- Visiting Professor, 2005-present

University of Mannheim 
- Lecturer and Visiting Professor, 2008-present

University of Paris II Assas, France, 1996-1999
University of Paris V René Descartes, France, 1998
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France, 1997-1999
State University at Mons, Belgium, 1988-1992
- Lecturer

University of Brussels, Belgium
- General Secretary, European Center for the Study of Argumentation, 1990-1991
- Managing Editor, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 1985-1990
- Teaching Fellow, Law School, 1984-1989

Staff of the Belgian Minister of Defense, 1988-1989
- Assistant to the Spokesperson