Change & Innovation in Governance7th Singapore Corporate Governance Week

Gunter Dufey or "GD" as he is known among friends and colleagues, is Professor Emeritus of The University of Michigan Ross School in Ann Arbor, MI USA and Consultant on the faculty of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business School, Singapore where he taught since 2000. Parts of his academic career were spent at Stanford (USA), University of Texas, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Austria), St. Gallen (Switzerland) and Universität des Saarlandes (Germany) where he was appointed Honorary Professor. His research interests focus on risk management, intl. financial markets and corporate governance. He has published widely.

Parallel to his academic career, he worked for extended periods with a number of multinational companies and government agencies. He continues to serve on the Boards of Guinness/Atkinson, USA and until recently on several subsidiaries of Ally Financial (GMAC), Detroit and Toronto.

As a board member and Executive Director he participates in managing the portfolios of several non-profit entities especially, Juetting Foundation, Stendal Germany and Education Exchange Ltd Singapore. He also served as an expert witness in the NKF case in Singapore some years agao. From 09/2001 to 02/2003 he was employed with McKinsey and Co. in Singapore, supporting the firm’s Corp. Governance practice in Asia.

GD has been a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, an active participant in the programs of the Asian Corporate Governance. Throughout his career he has been actively engaged in Academic teaching and research, Executive Education, non-profit work, focusing on governance.