Jan Nigel Bladen

Jan Nigel Bladen joined in 1996 and held the post of Treasurer in 1997-98, taking the role of president in 1999.

Jan  was  born  in  the Netherlands in 1968 and is both a British and Swiss citizen. Brought up in the Far East, Middle East, Europe and Africa, he was educated  in  French  embassy and British public schools.  Fluent in English,  French  and  Spanish  and  obtained an MBA (Summa cum laude) from Lausanne in 1993, Jan is married and has a daughter.

Jan's  professional  experience  combines  operational risk and consultancy experience  in  both  national  and  international levels.  Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers  in Geneva as a member of the Global Risk Management practice  in  February  1998,  Jan  held  managerial  positions in European companies  and  spent  three  years  as a management consultant with legacy McKinsey  Partners.  His consulting experience includes the evaluation of venture  capital  investment  opportunities  and  business  plan/private placement  memorandum  conception.  His professional experience with PwC has focused  on  strategic  business  consulting, operational risk management / EWRM / Basel  II,  new  risk  management methodology development, and has included international  mandates  spanning  over 25 countries from 1998 to 2002.  Jan went on to be one of PwC's Global Trainers on Operational Risk Management under the new Basel II accord.

From  1999  to  2002 Jan was the President of Executives International, and also during this period, was a Committee Member of the British  Swiss  Chamber of Commerce.  His leisure activities involve both horses  and  mountains  (including a Mt. Everest Expedition and more recently the Complete Lunana Snowman Expedition through the Kingdom of Bhutan).

Despite his transfer to Dubai, Jan remains a member of Executives International and is regular contact with our business group which we feel remains very much dear to his heart.