Di Meglio

Born 1956, studied at Ecole Normale supérieure (Ulm, Paris, Agrégation des Lettres) and Beijing University (1979-1981, Chinese Literature)

Over 25 years of banking experience (Paribas, then BNP Paribas, 1985-2011) in Europe, North America and Asia (Taiwan, Japan, Mainland China), fomer Head of Corporate and Investment banking for Asia-Pacific (1997-2005) and of Energy, Commodity, Project financing for China (2005-2008) then Head of Asia strategy at Head Office.

Overall 9 years of « on-the-gound » life, academic and professional experience in China and Taiwan (1979-1981, 1993-1997, 2005-2008) . Noticeable cooperation and involvement in European Chamber of Commerce (Vice-Chair of European Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan, 1995-1997) including PRC, with excellent memories of exchanges on various « positions papers »

Established Asia Centre in 2005 (www.asiacentre.eu), the only French reseach and expertise centre exclusively devoted to contemporary Asia, where around 20 fellows are contributing, executive President.CEO from 2009 to 2025. Now honorary Chair, non executive contributor to Asia Centre.

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Associate professor at Skema Business School since 2023 (and previoulsy with Paris School of International Affairs and « Ecole doctorale », Paris Dauphine University-PSL, Ecole Centreale-Supelec Paris, and others) as well as Ecole des Ponts Paris, lecturing on :

China as a new player in global governance
Governance in a digital world : Asian cases
Asia in the arena of international relations

Guest Professor at NCCU (National Cheng Ch’i University, Taipei), in the European AFfairs department (Pr Su Cho-hsin.(last 4-month tenure January-May 2023)

Member of CyclOpe since 2015 (CyclOpe is the yearly review on commodity markets, published every May, and holds montly meetings/luncheons on the relation between commodity markets and geopolitics), Author of the « Asia » chapter.

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