FORA.tv Speaker - Bernard Lietaer

Bernard Lietaer, author of Of Human Wealth (Citerra Press, 2007) and The Future of Money (London: Random House, 2001), has been active in the domain of money systems for a period of 25 years in an unusual variety of functions. While at the Central Bank in Belgium he co-designed and implemented the convergence mechanism (ECU) to the single European currency system. During that period, he also served as President of Belgium's Electronic Payment System.

His consultant experience in monetary aspects on four continents ranges from multinational corporations to developing countries. He co-founded one of the largest and most successful currency funds becoming its General Manager and Currency Trader. He was Visiting Professor of International Finance at the University of Louvain and Naropa University. He is currently Research Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Resources of the University of California at Berkeley, Member of the Club of Rome; Fellow at the World Academy of Arts and Sciences; of the World Business Academy; and of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.