Nicolas Gorjestani
PNicolas Gorjestani is a former Chief Knowledge & Learning Officer at the World Bank. An economist by training, Mr. Gorjestani had held a variety of senior staff and management positions at the World Bank for more than three decades, before retiring in July 2007.
A global thought leader on organizational knowledge and learning themes Mr. Gorjestani now devotes his time to advising, lecturing and writing on development strategy, organizational knowledge sharing and learning, and leadership development issues.
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He is currently a Senior Adviser/Consultant at the World Bank and an Adjunct Professor in Knowledge Ecology at the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. He is also the Director of the Secretariat of the Global Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation Partnership (GIKIP), a recently established advocacy group of formers Heads of State and other eminent global personalities to promote the integration of traditional knowledge systems in development programs. He was one of the pioneers of knowledge sharing, learning and innovation at the World Bank, having designed and managed several cutting edge programs and approaches to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the way to do business in development. He was also Program Director of the Indigenous Knowledge for Development Program and the Africa Region Debriefing Program. Some of the knowledge sharing and learning techniques and programs developed under Mr. Gorjestani's leadership have been recognized as best practice by the American Productivity and Quality Center. Mr. Gorjestani has lectured and contributed papers at several international conferences on knowledge and development.
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