Robert Zafft -- Speaker, Commentator, and Advisor
I have spoken, written, and been quoted on a range of business, legal, and geopolitical topics:
Business Ethics
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​Author, EthicsTalk, a nationally syndicated business-ethics advice column
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Senior Fellow, Technology, Privacy & Ethics, Washington Media Institute
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Corporate Governance
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Former Senior Corporate-Governance Expert, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Asia, Russia, and Eurasia
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Author, "World Bank/OECD White Paper on Corporate Governance in Asia," OECD, 2003 (uncredited)
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Senior Lecturer (Dotsent), Comparative Corporate Law, Faculty of Civil Law, St. Petersburg (Russia) State Univ.
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Technology & Privacy
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Senior Fellow, Technology, Privacy & Ethics, Washington Media Institute
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Former Associate Principal / Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company
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Former Legal & Deal Principal, Ventures & Alliances, Exigen Group
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Former Principal Member/Contributing Author, Technology Business Management Council
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Author, “A White Elephant is Not a Black Swan: Why You Can Do More about IT Project Risk Than You Think,” Risk Governance & Control: Fin’l Markets & Inst. Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2012
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Geopolitics and Cross-Border Business
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Private Legal Practice, North America, Europe, and Asia
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Former Associate Principal / Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company, North America, Europe and Asia
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Former Team Leader / Senior Advisor, Tony Blair Associates
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Panel Arbitrator, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan International Arbitration (2013-)
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Visiting Researcher, East European Legal Documentation Center, Univ. of Leiden (1999)
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Visiting Researcher, Institute of State & Law, USSR Academy of Sciences (1990)
Graduate of Harvard College (1986) and Harvard Law School (1990)
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Member, California, Illinois, and Missouri Bar Associations
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