Laurent Jacque

Laurent L. Jacque is the Walter B. Wriston Professor of International Finance and Banking. From 2004-2007, he was the Academic Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and engineered the successful launch of the Master of International Business Program. Since 1990 he has also held a secondary appointment at the HEC School of Management (France). He is the author of three books, Management and Control of Foreign Exchange Risk and Management of Foreign Exchange Risk: Theory and Praxis and the newly released, Global Derivative Debacles: from Theory to Malpractice (also available in French, Chinese, and Russian), as well as more than 25 refereed articles on Risk Management, Insurance, and International Finance. He served as an advisor to Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates and as a director of Water Technologies Inc. A recipient of four teaching awards at Wharton, Carlson, and HEC, Jacque received the James L. Paddock award in 1996 and the CEMS-HEC award in 2008. He has taught in a number of Executive Development Programs and consulted for several multinational corporations and banks, as well as the IFC (World Bank). A native of France, Jacque graduated from HEC (Paris), taught at the University of Tunis before receiving the M.A., MBA, and PhD degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he taught for eleven years. He is currently involved in research in the area of International Financial Risk, Capital Markets, and Global Strategic Management for Financial Institutions.

Research/Areas of Interest:

• Foreign exchange risk
• International finance
• Insurance
• Global financial services

Education

• PhD, Managerial Science and Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, 1981
• MBA, Finance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, 1976
• MA, International Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, 1973

Tufts University Appointments

• Walter B. Wriston Professorship of International Finance and Banking
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Sep 2003 - present
• Professor
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Sep 1993 - present
• Academic Dean
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Sep 2004 - 31 Aug 2011

Academic Positions

• Visiting Professor of International Finance
  HEC School of Management, France 1 Jan 2013 - present
• Director, International Business Relations Program
  The Fletcher School (Tufts), Medford, MA, United States 1 Jan 1995 - present
• Professeur de Finance et d' Economie Internationale,
  HEC School of Management, France 1 Jan 1990 - 1 Jan 2012
• Visiting Professsor of International Finance
  Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain 1 Jan 2004 - 1 Jan 2007
• Associate Professor International Management,
  University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, United States 1987 - 1993
• Sophonpanich Foundation Research Professor
  Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy,, Bangkok, Thailand 1990 - 1990
• Visiting Professeur de Finance et Economie Internationale and Fulbright Scholar
  Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion d’HEC, Jouy-en-Josas, France 1989 - 1990
• Assistant Professor of Finance and International Management
  University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, United States 1981 - 1987
• Visiting Assistant Professor
  University of Hawaii at Hilo, Pacific Asian Management Institute, Hilo, United States 1981 - 1982
• Lecturer on Multinational Enterprise
  University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, USA 1973 - 1981
• Instructor of Economics and International Business
  University of Tunis, Institut Superieur de Gestion, Faculty of Law and Economics, Tunis, Tunisia 1970 - 1972

Non-academic Positions

• Academic Director, MIB Program
  The Fletcher School (Tufts) 2007 - present