Witold is an Associate Professor of Management at The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania and a Principal in the risk management consultancy The Probity Group. His research examines the impact of political hazards on international investment strategy. He analyzes the political and economic determinants of government attempts to redistribute investor returns to the broader polity and the determinants of the success of strategic responses by organizations to withstand such pressure. His research has been published in top-ranked journals in international business, management, international studies and sociology.

He received his Ph.D. in Business and Public Policy from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley and previously received a M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies as well as a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University. He worked at the International Monetary Fund and The Group of Thirty and consulted for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Conference Board.

At Stanford, Witold will be teaching a graduate course on the “Politics of Infrastructure Investment” and contributing to research projects and participating in events associated with the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects. He is also working on two book projects targeting academic and practitioner audiences respectively. Both books examine the international investment challenge faced by managers confronted with a turbulent and potentially hostile political and social landscape that can preclude the realization of economic and financial opportunities.

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