List of Activities


The Fezembat Group has been involved in a number of activities in the area of risk management. These range from analytical techniques to assess and manage risks to providing guidance on specific risks such as those in the supply chain or those deriving from key operational inputs like transport or energy. Partners at the firm participate in international activities in risk management and related subjects.

The Challenge of Leadership in a Globalized World

Today’s leaders are grappling with multidimensional problems that require fast learning from all the potential disciplines.  The Fezembat Group has been involved in a project with one of our clients, where we seek to learn from the experience of leaders of cities over the ages—from medieval to modern times.  The project particularly considers the experience of “failed cities” to extract lessons for leaders in other spheres of practice.  Cities and particularly “failed cities” are the equivalent of the “fruit fly” on the question of the effects of globalization on company or country performance.  This is because cities see the effects of policy much faster and are also the first ports of call for many of the tectonic shifts that accompany globalization.  The project outcomes will be used as advisory modules to enhance the performance of the leadership teams of our clients.  A summary version of the project will be presented in this space at the end of June.

International Transport Research Needs

The twin forces of speeded up globalization and shareholder demands for efficiency, have made transport a key factor in the bottom line of many companies. Frannie Léautier delivered a key address on this subject at the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research at University of California, Berkeley on June 25, 2007.

Managing Risk for Value Creation

In his book titled « Corporate Risk Management for Value Creation », Thomas-Olivier Léautier provides guidance to practitioners on how to assess and manage risks using real-life applications. (click here)

Dynamics of Change

Supply chain logistics has been highlighted as one of the greatest sources of risk for global companies today. In her address to the Regional Seminar on Transport Logistics, organized by the Asian Insitute for Transport Development in New Delhi on 9/10/2007, Frannie Léautier discusses the main drivers of these risks and how different companies have handled supply chain risks.






Cities in a Globalized World

As nodes where political power, commercial interactions, trade, diplomacy and culture concentrate, cities play and important role in development. Frannie Léautier investigates the main governance risks, sustainability challenges, and the drivers of city performance in a book she edited and co-wrote titled « Cities in a Globalized World: Governance, Sustainability, and Performance »