Peter Sutherland was Professor in Practice at LSE IGA in 2015-18, spearheading IGA’s research and policy engagement under the Global Migration Initiative. As the UN envoy for Migration between 2005-17, Professor Sutherland was a powerful global leader on the issue of migration and the refugee crisis. Previously he was the Head of GATT, the precursor of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), EU Commissioner for Competition, and served as the Chairman of Goldman Sachs between 1995-2015. Professor Sutherland passed away in January 2018.