Martin Walker Appointed Head of Global Business Policy Council

Renowned Author and Commentator Martin Walker Appointed Head of A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 25, 2007)—Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney today announced the appointment of Martin Walker as senior director of the Global Business Policy Council (GBPC), a forum of CEOs and thought leaders focused on assessing global strategic opportunities and risk management. Since 1992, the GBPC has provided A.T. Kearney with a unique platform for delivering global business environment insights to its clients. 

Walker, 59, was most recently editor-in-chief emeritus of United Press International and also served as international correspondent and editor-in-chief since joining UPI in 2000.  Prior to UPI he spent more than 25 years as a reporter, columnist, foreign correspondent and assistant editor of Britain's The Guardian newspaper. He will be based in Washington, D.C.

Walker's insights on economics, politics and current affairs have been featured in some of the world's most prominent publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times of London, Die Zeit of Germany and El Mundo of Spain.  He also is a regular guest on CNN and Fox News, on CNN's Crossfire and Capital Gang; The McLaughlin Group; PBS-TV Washington Week in Review; NPR's Diane Rehm Show and On the Media; and public affairs shows on the BBC, ABC (Australia) and in Canada.

"Martin's keen intellect and broad perspective on economics and world affairs uniquely position him to lead the direction and strategic initiatives of the Global Business Policy Council," said Paul Laudicina, managing officer and chairman of A.T. Kearney.  "A.T. Kearney clients have come to rely on the Council for the insights they need to meet today's leadership challenges.  Martin's appointment ensures the Council will continue to play an essential role in helping business and government leaders monitor and understand global macroeconomic, geopolitical, socio-demographic and technological changes."

Walker has been on the faculty of the Global Business Policy Council since 1997.  He is the author of more than a dozen books including "The Cold War: A History" (1993) and "Europe in the New Century: Visions of an Emerging Superpower".  He also is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and a senior fellow of the New School University in New York. 

Walker regularly chairs Council on Foreign Relations events in New York and Washington, and has been a guest lecturer at Chatham House, London; Harvard's Kennedy school; the universities of Columbia, Pittsburgh, Edinburgh, Toronto, Sussex (UK); UCLA, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International studies and MGU (Moscow State University).

Walker was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was the Brackenbury scholar and took a first-class honors degree in modern history, and at Harvard, where he was a Harkness Fellow and a resident tutor at Kirkland House.  He was also a Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, and served as an aide to U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie.

About A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global presence spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting services to the world's leading companies. 

A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council is among the consulting industries longest-standing strategic services for CEOs.  The GPBC helps senior business executives and government leaders monitor and capitalize on macroeconomic, geopolitical, socio-demographic and technological change worldwide. Council membership is limited to a select group of corporate leaders and their companies. The Council's core program includes periodic meetings in strategically important parts of the world, tailored analytical products, regular member briefings, and other services.