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'''Orit Gadiesh''' was appointed a director of [[WPP]] and the [[World Economic Forum]] in 2004.
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==Background==
  
A former assistant to the deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army, the Israeli-born Gadiesh has overseen operations at the elite consulting firm [[Bain & Company, Inc.]] since 1993, when she was named chair. She is a world-renowned expert on management and corporate strategy. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and was a Baker Scholar. She is an active board member at [[Harvard Business School]] and Kellogg School in the US and the [[Haute Ecole Commerciale]] in France. She sits on the Boards of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New England]] and the [[Peres Institute for Peace]] and is a member of the [[Council of Foreign Relations]] {{ref|1}}.  
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Chairman, Bain & Company, USA; BA (Hons) in Psychology, Hebrew University; MBA and Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Assistant Professor, Hebrew University. Since 1977, with Bain & Company, since 1993, current position. Member of the Board: WPP; Trustees, Eisenhower Fellowships. Committee Member: New York Metropolitan Museum; Peres Institute for Peace; Council of Foreign Relations. Member: Council, Ben Gurion University of Negev; Foundation Board, World Economic Forum. Recipient of award, Lifetime Achievement, Women Leaders in Consulting, Consulting magazine (2007).<ref>http://www.weforum.org/en/about/Our%20Organization/FoundationBoard/index.htm</ref>
  
In 2005 Forbes voted Gadiesh #95 in their list of the Most Powerful Women on Earth {{ref|2}}.
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==Role Within the World Economic Forum==
  
==References==
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Member of the Foundation Board
  
#{{note|1}} The Economic Times [http://www.hcl.in/pro_OritGad&Ashish.asp Orit Gadiesh], Accessed 2nd August 2007.
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==Notes==
#{{note|2}} Forbes [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/GYK0.html Orit Gadiesh], Accessed 2nd August 2007.
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Background

Chairman, Bain & Company, USA; BA (Hons) in Psychology, Hebrew University; MBA and Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Assistant Professor, Hebrew University. Since 1977, with Bain & Company, since 1993, current position. Member of the Board: WPP; Trustees, Eisenhower Fellowships. Committee Member: New York Metropolitan Museum; Peres Institute for Peace; Council of Foreign Relations. Member: Council, Ben Gurion University of Negev; Foundation Board, World Economic Forum. Recipient of award, Lifetime Achievement, Women Leaders in Consulting, Consulting magazine (2007).[1]

Role Within the World Economic Forum

Member of the Foundation Board

Notes