Stilpon Nestor is the principal of Nestor Advisors Ltd., the first global consultancy focusing exclusively on corporate governance advice to companies and international financial institutions, established in London. Until March 2002, he was the head of the Corporate Affairs Division at the OECD, in charge of corporate governance, privatization, insolvency and corporate restructuring. His team produced the global corporate governance benchmark, the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. Mr Nestor has worked around the world, including in all major emerging markets, to have these Principles understood and to see them implemented in local environments. He has interacted with international institutional investors, governments and stock exchanges in more than 30 countries. In addition, he has advised several emerging market governments in designing privatization and insolvency reform policies. He has published numerous articles on these issues and has edited several books. Prior to the OECD, Mr Nestor practised corporate and antitrust law in Greece. He has also represented the Greek government to the OECD and before the European Court of Justice. He has studied at the University of Thessaloniki Law School, Institute of European Studies in Brussels, Harvard Law School (LL.M 1982) and Sorbonne (University of Paris I).
October 09 2002