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• Academic: Chinese speaking Dutch Professor of Innovation and Strategy with decade long China research
• Author: Pioneers, Hidden Champions, Change Makers and Underdogs: Lessons from China’s Innovators (MIT Press, forthcoming); Business ecosystems in China: Alibaba and competing Baidu, Tencent, Xiaomi and LeEco (Routledge, 2018)
• Thinker: Selected on the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 next generation business gurus

• Grief informed trauma therapist
• Writer, grief advocate, and educator
• MA, LICSW (Masters Degree in child development and Masters Degree Social Work)

● International Conductor, Composer, and Leadership Mentor
● Founder of Israel Stage Orchestra
● Entrepreneur and manager of the hugely popular “Conducting Success” and “Master Class”
● Leading expert on using music for personal development

• Former White House Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition and Chef to the President
• Founding partner of TROVE, an organization helping sustainable companies grow
• Senior Food Analyst at NBC News
• Venture partner in Acre Venture Partners

• Former Chief Digital Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of New York
• Technology expert & skeptic and commentator on tech and media issues
• One of AdAge’s 25 media people to follow on Twitter and one of 22 professors named to the “Top 100 Twitterers in Academia” by OnlineSchools.org

• A dynamic speaker with expertise in coaching, training and consulting multinational corporate clients on leadership, collaborative teamwork and cross cultural communication
• An experienced actor, director, playwright and media personality

• Founder & Principal of Philanthropic Impact (π)
• Author of “The End of CSR” due in Autumn 2018
• Former Head of Communications and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Christie’s, the world leading art business
• Former Executive Director of Public Relations, The New York Times Company
• Former Director of International Public Affairs, American Express