William J. Holstein is editor of Directorship moving to that perspective from his previous role as editor of Chief Executive. Concurrently, he is a Sunday business columnist for the New York Times, writing the “Armchair MBA” column periodically. He has been a prolific freelance writer for such periodicals as Fortune, New YorkTimes, Business Week, Business 2.0, Corporate Board Member and Politique Internationale. Prior editorial assignments include senior writer, U.S. News & World Report and World Editor for Business Week and Deputy Asian Editor for United Press International in Hong Kong and recipient of an award for the best economic reporting (1980). He has covered such major events as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the ’79 Tokyo Economic Summit, the Vietnamese boat people’s exodus, the OPEC meeting in Bali and the Moslem insurrection in the Philippines. He is conversationally fluent in French and Chinese (Mandarin). His book, “The Japanese Power Game” was published in hardback (Chas. Scribner) and in paperback (Dutton). He was Presidentfor two years of the Overseas Press Club and is presently President of the OPCFoundation. He is a graduate with honors from Michigan State and he has studied at Oxford University. His latest book is: Manage the Media (Don’t Let the Media Manage You)
