London School of Economics (LSE) has appointed Peter Sutherland as a professor in practice in the university's institute of global affairs.

“As the architect of the World Trade Organisation and now special representative of the secretary general of the UN on international migration - in which role he is the father of the Global Forum on Migration and Development - he brings to our Institute unparalleled knowledge, wisdom and skills to find innovative solutions to the world’s largest challenges,” Professor Erik Berglof, director of the institute of global affairs at LSE said.

Sutherland has been the UN special representative for International Migration since 2006. With the secretary-general, he proposed the creation of the now active State-led Global Forum on Migration and Development.

In addition to serving as the primary link between the United Nations and the Global Forum process, he advises the Secretary-General on issues related to international migration and development.

In 1981, Sutherland became Ireland’s youngest Attorney General. He has served as European Commissioner responsible for competition policy from 1985 until 1989, and as chairman of AIB from 1989 until 1993.

He has been chair of BP and he recently stepped down from his role as chair of Goldman Sachs International in June 2015 after 20 years.