PORTULANS INSTITUTE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Research Associate
- Analytics Consultant and Founder of Science Data Value Ltd
Abdellah Bouhamidi is an analytics consultant and founder of Science Data Value Ltd., a consulting practice focused on providing expertise in data management, aggregation and analytics, and on developing, delivering and integrating solutions to capture data and produce actionable insights in relation to growth and markets; organizational excellence and engagement; risk analysis and management; and sustainable impact.
With a background in Operations Research, an MBA from Cornell University, and more than eight years of hands-on experience in digital transformation, analytics and big data, Abdellah has helped 25 organizations across 12 industries find and activate levers for growth and sustainable ROI.
Job Titles:
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow / Professor G. ‘Anand' Anandalingam Is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of
Professor G. ‘Anand' Anandalingam is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He was Dean of Imperial College Business School at Imperial College London from August 2013 to July 2016. Previously he was Dean of the Smith School of Business at Maryland from 2007 to 2013. Before joining Smith in 2001, Anand was at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly 15 years where he was the National Center Chair of Resource and Technology Management in both the Penn Engineering School and the Wharton School of Business.
Anand has received numerous academic and teaching awards while at the Smith School, as well as a variety of scholarships, fellowships, prizes and endowed appointments at Pennsylvania, Harvard and Cambridge. He has published more than 100 papers and 4 books, and has presented his work in numerous prestigious international conferences.
Anandalingam is on the Board of Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Zhejiang University School of Business (Hangzhou, China), American University of Cairo, and Collegiate Directions Inc. (a Washington DC non-profit supporting education for new immigrants). He has consulted and led executive programs at several Fortune 1000 companies including AT&T, Nokia, MCI, Motorola, Fujitsu, Nextel Communications, KPMG, GE Capital, and institutions such as NIH, The World Bank, Amtrak, US-AID, US-Department of Energy and Arnold & Porter (law firm).
Anand received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and his B.A. from Cambridge University, U.K.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Director of Cedar Partners
- NRI Technical Advisor
Andrew is the founder and director of Cedar Partners, a network of individuals working to improve life for all, and the founder and director of Adapt, a new startup helping companies manage user data ethically. Andrew also is the chair of the Internet Watch Foundation, which helps prevent child sex abuse online, board chair of the Board of Global Partners Digital, focusing on human rights implications of Internet policy, and deputy chair of the Sigrid Rausing Trust and management committee member of European Council of Foreign Relations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Fellow
- Managing Director, Country Digitization for APJC at Cisco Systems till Recently
Anil Nair was Managing Director, Country Digitization for APJC at Cisco Systems till recently. In his role at Cisco, he was involved with government, industry leaders, and academia in accelerating national digitization strategies to drive economic growth, create jobs, and build innovative ecosystems across India, China/Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, and Thailand.
Prior to that, he was MD/CEO at AGC Networks Ltd, Securitas India, Aegis Consulting and Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd. During his career he has led 4 successful turnarounds and 2 start-ups. Anil has been the recipient of an Award for Professional Excellence by the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineers and has won the Udyog Rattan Award. He did his Advanced Management Program from ISB-Kellogg Business School in Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Senior Advisor
- Executive Director for Global Indices
Bruno Lanvin is INSEAD's Executive Director for Global Indices. He is also the founder and CEO of DL Partners SA, a Geneva-based consultancy, and the President of the Smart City Observatory.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Senior Advisor
Carolina Rossini is a Co-Founder of Portulans Institute and served as founding Secretary for the Board and CEO from 2019 to 2021 before taking the role of Senior Advisor. She has over 20 years of experience in technology law and policy, including ICT for development, internet, intellectual property, open innovation, and telecommunications. She is the co-founder of Portulans Institute, founder of iNova Partners Consulting - assisting non-profits in executing effective and long-term change and impact -, and Yong Global Leader with the World Economic Forum.
She serves on the advisory board of InternetLab (Brazil), Derechos Digitales (Chile), Lighthouse Collective (USA), Instituto EducaDigital (Brazil) and #IamtheCode (Global).
She is a results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in policy change and advocacy impact, strategic organizational development and growth, and fundraising. Previously, once based in Washington DC, she served as the RightsCon Director at Access Now for the Tunisia edition, as a Global Policy Manager for Connectivity at Facebook, and as the Vice President for International Policy at Public Knowledge (PK). While living in San Francisco she was the International Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a consultant to Wikimedia Foundation. Previously, while in Boston she was Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.
Back in Brazil, where she was born, she was an in-house counsel Telefonica, and a law lecturer at the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (CTS/FGV).
Carolina has an LLM in Intellectual Property from Boston University (2008), an MA in International Economic Negotiations (2006) from UNICAMP/UNESP, an MBA from Instituto de Empresas (2004), and a JD from the University of Sao Paulo - USP. (2000)
Job Titles:
- Managing Director of Scott Logic
- NRI Technical Advisor
Since 2021, Chris Ferguson has been the Managing Director of Scott Logic, a consultancy that tackles some of the hardest problems in the world's largest organisations across a range of industries including Energy, the Public Sector and Finance.
Prior to this, Chris was a Senior Civil Servant in the original senior management team that built the UK's Government Digital Service in the UK's Cabinet Office. From 2015, Chris was the GDS Director responsible for the UK Government domain GOV.UK and all cross-government platform development. In 2017, after the UK was named the #1 digital government by the UN's Digital Government Index, Chris established the National, International & Research Group within GDS to focus GDS engagement and collaboration on the UK's wider public sector, devolved administrations, and partner organizations worldwide like the UN and OECD. While in government, Chris was also the chair of the cross-government Digital Leaders Network, Head of the Digital Profession within HM Government and led the Digital, Data and Technology elements of the Cabinet Office's response to the global pandemic.
Prior to 2011, Chris's career mainly focused on national security and diplomacy roles in the UK and overseas working with the UK's Home Office, Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence.
Job Titles:
- Associate Researcher
- Chairman
- Senior Fellow
Claudia Fini is an Associate Researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights based in Rome, Italy, where she has analyzed the ethical, legal and public policy challenges of artificial intelligence with a focus on human rights and sustainable development goals. She is passionate about trauma-informed policies and practices that will make the transition to a digital society safer and more effective for all populations.Claudia holds a BSc in Neuroscience from King's College London and an MPhil in Criminology from the University of Cambridge.
Research area(s): The hydrogen economy, regional innovation systems, economic impact analysis
Courtney Bower is a Ph.D. student in Regional Science at Cornell University. His dissertation research focuses on the economic impacts of transitions to circular and hydrogen economies from a regional innovation systems perspective. He has published on pre-war transitions in the Donbas, Ukraine, and presented on bibliometrics in planning scholar knowledge networks. He is a member of the Just Places Lab housed in Cornell's Department of City and Regional Planning, where he works to advance sustainable building deconstruction throughout New York State. While completing his Master in Regional Planning at Cornell University, he received the Arch R. Winter Graduate Fellowship for 2020, worked for the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction, and was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to Harvard University's Ukrainian Research Institute summer program. Prior to attending Cornell University, he completed a tour of service as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in western Ukraine.
Research area(s): The hydrogen economy, regional innovation systems, economic impact analysis Courtney Bower is a Ph.D. student in Regional Science at Cornell University. His dissertation research... Read More
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Electronics Engineer and Economist from the Xavier University
- International Consultant on Digital Transformation of Companies
Diego Molano Vega is an international consultant on Digital Transformation of Companies and Governments. He was the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of Colombia from 2010 to 2015. He transformed his Country with his policy plan "Vive Digital", which aims to reduce poverty and create jobs using technology.
During his tenure, Colombia expanded all the elements of the digital ecosystem, not only infrastructure, but also, services, applications and users. Internet coverage extended to low-income homes and rural areas. 4G-LTE, Fiber optics and high-speed networks expanded to all municipalities, even those in the middle of the Amazon jungle. Every rural community with more than 100 inhabitants has an Internet community center. Education, health and government services were transformed with ICT, increasing their availability, reach and efficiency.
Mr. Molano has a long career in the technology industry, including high level executive positions in multinational companies such as BellSouth (now AT&T) in the US and Telefonica in Spain. He has had responsibilities in more than 20 countries. He has been board member of international organizations and corporations in the telecommunications, TV, radio and postal services sectors. He is currently Senior Advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank, Senior Advisor to McKinsey &Co. in Washington DC, and member of the Advisory Committee of the New Economy to the OECD in Paris.
Mr. Molano is an electronics engineer and economist from the Xavier University in Colombia and holds an MBA from IMD in Switzerland.
Job Titles:
- Network Fellow
- Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Administration
Research area(s): Public policies and sustainability, innovation ecosystems in the Amazon Dr. Cláudia Souza Passador is a graduate and post-graduate professor at the Faculty of Economics,... Read More
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Chairman of Trio Investment
Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber is the chairperson of Trio Investment, a technology investment company that invest in innovative technology that address some of the most pressing health problems in MENA region. Currently, Trio Investment is investing and building Droobi - The first Arabic digital therapeutic product that uses the science of Behavior Change to motivate healthy habits.
As an expert in technology, media, and telecom practice, her focus is the impact of a digital economy in productivity and competitiveness.
Dr. Hessa was the former and the first-ever Minister of Information and Communication Technology in Qatar. Prior to becoming a minister, Dr. Hessa held the position of Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology since its inception in 2005.
During her tenure, Dr. Al Jaber led the liberalization of Qatar's telecommunications market, ushering in an era of choice and competition, she spearheaded the modernization of Qatar's ICT infrastructure, including founding Qatar National Broadband Network, Eshailsat- Qatar Satellite Company, and Malomatia- a leading provider of professional technology services and solutions in Qatar. She was instrumental in the streamlining of processes to make Government more transparent accessible with the e-Government initiatives.
Dr. Al Jaber was a member of United Nations ITU Broadband Commission for Sustainable development and a member at the Network of Global Agenda Councils of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Dr. Al Jaber is currently the Chairperson of Qatar Satellite Company , and Malomatia, in addition to being a member of several boards including; Volkswagen (AG) Supervisory Board in Germany, Qatar University's Board of Regents, Qatar Museums Authority's Board, and the Qatar Financial Markets Authority Board.
Dr. Hessa holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Kuwait University, and a Master's Degree and Ph.D in Computer Science from George Washington University, Washington, DC
Jacques is currently teaching business strategy and an investor and board member in a variety of ventures.
Dr. Jacques Bughin was a director in McKinsey's Brussels office and supported clients in their Media & Entertainment, Corporate Finance, and Strategy Practices, in addition to co-leading the Digital Economy Initiative. He also acted as director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the firm's business and economics research arm. He worked for McKinsey for 28 years. Prior to joining McKinsey, Jacques was a consultant with Arthur Andersen Consulting and received a PhD in economics, operations research, and strategy from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.
Jacques has led numerous research efforts on global economic trends such as globalization, productivity, and inclusive growth, as well as on the impact, opportunities, and challenges of technology including big data, the future of work and skills, and AI. He has authored 50+ articles published in titles including Harvard Business Review, and Sloan Management Review, as well as in academic journals and is quoted regularly in leading international media.
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Senior Advisor to
Dr. Poisant is the author of "Creating and Sustain a Superior Customer Service Organization," He has a doctorate and master's degrees in Public Administration, as well as a master's degree in Urban Education, form the University of Massachusetts, Amhurst, MA. and bachelor's degree in English and Secondary Education from Worcester State College, MA. Dr. Poisant is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Operation Smile, a former professor of Marketing and Management at George Mason University's MBA program and a senior consultant to the Jamestown 2007 (400 th Anniversary of the United States) Commemoration committee. Dr. Poisant also held the position of Director of Professional Development and Conference Services at the University of Miami, FL. In 2009, Dr. Poisant was selected to serve on the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT Development Strategy Council. In 2012, Dr. Poisant was selected to deliver a TED speech in Lithuania, titled "Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age." He presently serves on the Operation Smile, Board of Directors.
Dr. Poisant is a long-time resident of the state of Virginia, USA. He is an annual participant in the Miami Marathon (26.2 miles/42.1 km.
Dr. Poisant is a Senior Advisor to Portulans Institute and was appointed the Secretary-General of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) in 2006. He directs the day-to-day operations of the alliance. The WITSA alliance consists of over 80 leading ICT associations from around the globe. WITSA members represent over 90% of the ICT industry worldwide. WITSA's signature event, the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) has been hosted in different countries 23 times over the past 42 years. It is now an annual event. The congress attracts over 2500 delegates from over 80 countries. WITSA is actively involved in public policy issues affecting the growth of ICT around the globe. As such, the organization produces numerous policy/principal papers designed to guide responsible policy.
Job Titles:
- Chief
- Trust Officer
- NRI Technical Advisor
Elena Kvochko is Chief Trust Officer working in the field of cybersecurity and started with SAP in 2020. She is a former COO of cybersecurity technologies at Bank of America, CISSP, CEH. She also served as a technology, cybersecurity, and business operations executive. Kvochko is a Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). She was named one of the Top 100 CIOs and is a member of the Wall Street Journal CIO Council. Kvochko was named one of Fortune magazine's Most Powerful Women International, one of the "Leading CIOs Who Happen to Be Female" by CIO Magazine, and Business Role Model of the Year by Women in IT. She is also a published author and an inventor with patents pending in security, privacy, and digital payments technology.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Brazilian Researcher
Gabriel Souto is a Brazilian researcher and lawyer, co-founder of the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), and international coordinator of the Law Student Ambassador Program of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law. He was a visiting student at the Global Antitrust Law & Economics LL.M. of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School (2018) and a scholarship recipient for the Columbia Law School Summer Program (2022). He provided oral arguments before the Brazilian Congress and the Brazilian Supreme Court. He was a speaker at the University of Oxford's 2019 Connected Life Conference and at the 2020 Youth Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum. He had his work recommended to be cited on judicial decisions by Brazilian courts and has won multiple awards and recognitions. He is a Master of Global Affairs candidate at Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar and has published dozens of papers and a book.
Job Titles:
- Board Director
- Director of Innovation of the National Confederation of Industry
- Is Director of Innovation of the National Confederation of Industry - Brazil ( CNI ), Responsible for the Exe
Gianna Sagazio is Director of Innovation of the National Confederation of Industry - Brazil (CNI), responsible for the executive coordination of the Entrepreneurial Mobilization for Innovation (MEI). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT); member of Advisory Board of the Foundation of Innovation and Research (FINEP); member of the Board of Directors of the Management and Strategic Studies Center (CGEE); member of the Management Committee of the Innovation Office of the Ministry of Economy (ME) and member of the National Coordinating Commission of the Dialogues for Brazil Project of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC).
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Senior Associate With the Council
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås is a Senior Associate with the Council on Economic Policies. She also holds a position as visiting professor at Örebro University in Sweden and research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Norway. Prior to that she was leading the OECD's work on services trade policy analysis, developing the Services Trade Restrictiveness Indices and database and related analytical activities (2005-2019). She also spent two years at the research department at the WTO (2002-2004).
Before joining international organizations, Hildegunn conducted research, teaching, policy analysis, and policy advice at Norwegian and South African universities and research institutes. She spent one year as a visiting scholar at Stanford University, USA. She also led a long-term project providing technical assistance on macroeconomic modelling and policy analysis to the Tanzanian government.
Hildegunn holds a PhD in economics from the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interest lies at the interface between digital technology, services trade, and jobs in the services sectors; areas where she has published extensively.
Job Titles:
- NRI Technical Advisor
- Professional ( Economist
Irene Mia is an experienced professional (economist by training) with a successful 20 year track-record in economic and policy research and on engaging with policy-makers and senior corporate leaders. Dr Mia has expertise in managing large teams with proven strategic, financial, planning and team building skills. Dr Mia holds a PHD in International Economic and Trade Law from L. Bocconi University and MA in Latin American studies from the Institute for Latin American Studies, London University. Before her recent appointment as Senior Fellow for Latin America at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Dr Mia was the Global Editorial Director for Thought Leadership at Economist Group, Economist Intelligence Unit.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Network Fellow
Research area(s): Innovation, leadership, and economic development
Ismaeel Tharwat is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at The American University in Cairo (AUC). He holds a PhD in Economics from Paris-Saclay University where his research focuses on innovation & technology policy; globalization; economic development; leadership; entrepreneurship & venture capital.
Tharwat has diverse multidisciplinary experience in economic development, governance, management, entrepreneurship & business strategy acquired through professional practice & academic research. Tharwat's professional experiences include stints in government, startups & Fortune 500 companies. He is currently a Young Expert with the African Union - European Union Youth Cooperation Hub & the Curator of the Global Shapers Cairo Hub of the World Economic Forum.
Tharwat has a well-rounded academic background having earned 3 master's degrees: a Master in Business Decision Engineering from EPF-Ecole d'Ingénieurs, a Master in Economics & Management of the Digital Economy & Network Industries from Paris-Saclay University and a Master in Economics with a specialization in Financial Economics from Ecole Polytechnique & HEC Paris.
Research area(s): Innovation, leadership, and economic development Ismaeel Tharwat is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at The American University in Cairo (AUC). He holds a... Read More
Job Titles:
- Chief of Party for USAID / Philippines' Better Access
- NRI Technical Advisor
John Garrity is Chief of Party for USAID/Philippines' Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) activity, a USD 33m USAID program to improve digital connectivity infrastructure, the ICT enabling environment, and cybersecurity capacity in the Philippines. His background is as an economist, policy advisor and project manager with twenty years of experience working on economic development issues in the public sector at the state, federal and international levels, and in the private sector. His focus is on digital inclusion programs, universal access policy and last-mile connectivity deployments to foster effective universal Internet adoption for inclusive growth and poverty alleviation.
Previously, he was an independent consultant to public sector and private sector organizations on digital infrastructure development, including the Asian Development Bank, UNDP Philippines, the UN Broadband Commission, the UN ITU, UNICEF, UNESCAP, among others. He was Senior Connectivity Advisor in the US Global Development Lab at USAID and before that spent ten years at Cisco, in emerging market strategy and global technology policy/government affairs based in Washington, D.C. He began his career at the World Bank and also worked at the US Federal Trade Commission. He serves as a technical advisor to the Network Readiness Index, on the advisory council of the Connect Humanity Fund, has co-authored several reports on technology and development and presented around the world on efforts to close the digital divide.
Karim Michel Sabbagh led global technology-centric businesses as CEO, investor and advisor covering space-based multi-orbit communication networks, terrestrial communication networks, ultra-secure communications, cyber security, digital transformation, AI and applied analytics. He is presently the Managing Director of E-Space & Lead for Europe and the Middle East.
Prior, he was the CEO of the DarkMatter Group where he led the restructuring of the company and oversaw its holistic transformation from a fluid start-up to a leading and highly influential firm with a focus on digital transformation and applied analytics, cyber security and ultra-secure communications. This successful trajectory lead to multiple private equity buyouts in 2019.
Karim was also the President and CEO of SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), the world-leading satellite operator. He led the strategy-based transformation of SES, overseeing the evolution of the company's strategy and execution and its elevation to become the leading provider of satellite-enabled communications solutions in the video, fixed data, mobility, and government markets. Over the course of the transformation, SES rose to the no.1 position globally.
He also served as a Senior Partner and global practice leader for communications, media & technology at Booz&Co (previously Booz Allen Hamilton). At Board and CEO levels, he has shaped and served the strategic agenda of global players in the communications, media and satellite sectors. He led end-to-end multinational teams in long-term, large-scale privatizations, international expansion, mergers and acquisitions, growth acceleration and strategy-based transformation programs.
Karim authored and co-authored numerous white papers and op-eds on strategy, technology, and socio-economic development. He co-authored The Third Billion viewpoint which led to the creation of the global index that measured the positive impact of engaging the one billion women who are precluded at present from fully participating in the advancement of their societies and economies. He also contributed to the Global Information Technology Report and the Global Innovation Index Additionally, Karim founded and served as chairman of the Booz&Co Ideation Center.
He is a visiting professor in Technology and Innovation Management and member of the Academic Council for Écoles des Ponts Business School in France. He holds an MS in Technology Management from Columbia University (New York), a DBA in International Business Management from the International School of Management (Paris), and an MBA and BBA from the American University of Beirut.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Senior Policy Analyst in the Technology and Public Policy Team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Kenddrick Chan is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Technology and Public Policy team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He is also the Deputy Head of the Digital IR in the Information Age project at LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He works at the intersection of technology, development, and public policy. He has also authored/co- authored several reports and papers pertaining to technology adoption and tech- enabled development. He completed his MSc (with Distinction) in International Relations at the LSE. He also holds a BSc (with First Class Honours) in International Relations and a Diploma in Information Technology (specializing in computer networking).
Ms. St. Amour is President and CEO of Internet Matters, an Internet consulting company, and is active in matters of Internet development
Mariam is a Senior Policy Associate who has worked extensively on research and policy analysis in the area of technology policy, emerging threats and digital rights.
Job Titles:
- Head of the Monitoring
- NRI Technical Advisor
Michaela Saisana is the head of the Monitoring, Indicators and Impact Evaluation Unit, and she also leads the European Commission's Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards (COIN) at the Joint Research Centre in Italy. She has been working in the JRC since 1998, where she was awarded "best young scientist of the year" in 2004 and, along with her team, the "JRC policy impact award" for the Social Scoreboard of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2018. As a scientist and engineer specializing in process optimization and spatial statistics, she collaborates, by auditing performance indices, with over 150 international organizations and world-class universities, including the United Nations, Transparency International, Oxfam, the World Economic Forum, INSEAD and WIPO. She is the author of about 30 articles in academic journals, 100 working papers, and a co-author of two books: 2008 OECD/JRC Handbook on Composite Indicators and 2008 Global Sensitivity Analysis-The Primer (Wiley).
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- PwC Middle East Chief People Officer
Mona is PwC Middle East Chief People Officer and a member of the leadership team, responsible for formulating and delivering the firm's people strategy. She is also a partner in PWC's consulting practice working with governments and the public sector. She specialises in strategy and policy formulation and focuses on national planning, innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystems as well as upskilling strategies to ready the workforce for the digital world. Mona also leads PwC Middle East Digital Upskilling Program. Mona holds a BA in Economics from the American University of Beirut and MBA from INSEAD. She is fluent in English, Arabic and French. Some of her publications include:
Natália Lucciola is a Board's Advisor at Finep. She received a MSc in Politics and Government at FGV-EBAPE, with undergrad degrees in Law at UNIRIO and in Public Administration at FGV-EAESP, has worked as a special advisor for the Secretary of Education in Rio de Janeiro, leading data-analytic projects and evidence-based research. Natália has over 12 years of experience in both federal and state-level governments in Brazil, combining public policy research and management.
Osman Sultan is currently focusing on establishing the right platforms to allow the emergence of the new conversations needed for these ecosystems tackling the intersections between the technological, economical and societal dimensions to make way for a more technologically efficient and humanly rewarding future in the midst of all these rapid changes.
Osman Sultan is a father of five children. He doesn't believe that our current world and social interactions allow boundaries between personal and professional lives. He is fond of Cinema, Arabic literature and poetry, and a passionate reader of the architecture of the new ecosystems in the Brave New World we live in today.
As the founding CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) since 2005 in the UAE, and the founding CEO of Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil) in Egypt from 1998 to 2005, Osman Sultan set during the course of his career several strategies translating the profound transformations that the telecom and information sectors have been creating in our lives.
As an influential figure and a mentor in the telecommunications sector, he is proud to have groomed close to 20 talented individuals who became CEOs of various operations across all continents.
Osman Sultan is a visionary leader and a notable public speaker in the field. His distinguished achievements ranked him as one of the most powerful executives in the telecoms industry in the world twice on "GTBPower100 List" in both 2010 and 2011.
Osman Sultan brings 35 years of leadership, rich with achievements in the telecom business. His vast knowledge and expertise in the field as early as the pre-internet period, placed him as one of the pioneers in France, Europe, the USA, Japan and the entire MENA region.
As an industry veteran, Osman Sultan witnessed the birth of the "Minitel" ecosystem in France since late 1983; a stage that a lot consider the precursor and the incubator of the internet universe. This is when he had the certainty that connectivity will disrupt profoundly the lives of individuals and corporations allowing much more than the traditional status of talking or sending/ receiving messages.
The impact of mobility saw a paradigm shift in his journey when he launched "a mobile in the hand of everyone" slogan in 1998 in Egypt, as the founding CEO of Egypt's first mobile operator "MobiNil;" a subsidiary of France Telecom/Orange.
In 2006, Osman Sultan established, as founding CEO, the UAE's second integrated telecom operator EITC, operating the very innovative brand "du," where he was driven by his profound belief that "being connected" was becoming a "basic human right."
Job Titles:
- CEO and Secretary for the Board of Directors
- Senior Research Associate and Data Scientist
Rafael Escalona Reynoso has been Senior Research Associate and Data Scientist for Portulans Institute since 2020. Before joining the Portulans Team he was the Lead Researcher at The Global Innovation Index (GII) from 2013 to 2020. He is a leader leveraging a unique combination of data and policy analysis and public relations skills plus an ability to influence long-term strategy by demonstrating thought leadership on project management.
From his position as CEO he works closely with the GII Research Team at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and with the GII Advisory Board, Corporate Partners, and its newly-minted Academic Network. His previous professional experience was as a member of the Trade and Foreign Investment Advisory Board at the office of the President of Mexico and as Economic, Science and Technology Policy Advisor to the Senate of Mexico (LVIII Legislature). As part of the congressional advisory group he led research on the economic effects of international biosafety regulations on Mexico's basic research, industry, and trade and directed comparative analyses on international food and drug safety policies and regulations. These efforts assisted with the enactment of Mexico's biosafety of genetically modified organisms law (DOF 18-03-2005) and of the regulatory framework for Mexico's Federal Commission for Sanitary Risks (DOF-13-04-2004).
His research experience at Cornell University includes comparative studies between Mexico and Spain's National Systems of Innovation and regulatory aspects of modern biotechnology and the biosafety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and on the reach and scope of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the information technologies era. He holds a PhD in Regional Planning with concentrations on Science and Technology Studies and Risk Analysis, Communication, and Policy and a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Science, Technology, and Infrastructure Policy from Cornell University. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Technology Policy Fellow at the Lagos Business School
Raymond Onuoha is a Technology Policy Fellow at the Lagos Business School (LBS) Nigeria, where his research focuses on the institutional and policy challenges in the evolution of the digital economy and technology innovation in developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. His consulting expertise covers the domain areas of digital transformation and innovation, Internet governance and standardization, and telecommunications policy. He also works as a Research Consultant with regional ICT policy and regulation think-tanks - Research ICT Africa (RIA), South Africa and IT4Change (Canada) - conducting multidisciplinary research on digital governance, policy and regulation and the facilitation of evidence-base to inform policy making for improved access, use and application of digital technologies for social and economic development in Africa.
Shailja Bang Shah is a Thematic Research Analyst and has experience in leading and managing Composite Index projects. At Portulans Institute, she is responsible for project management, research, policy analysis, and communications support for an upcoming composite index in association with VinUniversity. She is also the Co-Author and Lead Researcher for the Emerging Markets Economic Growth and ESG (EMI D-ESG) Country Ranking, a composite index published and created by the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Previously, she has worked with J.P. Morgan in geopolitical and macro-economic research, where she covered market-moving events like the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of unconventional monetary policy, outlook for the 2020 US elections, and the evolving U.S.-China trade tensions. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (India) with a Bachelor's in Commerce from the Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics (University of Mumbai). She is partner at Imperium Partners, a research firm which specializes in Thematic Research.
Soumitra Dutta - Chairman, Founder, President
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Co - Founder
- President
Soumitra Dutta is Co-Founder and President of Portulans Institute. He is also the founder and co-editor of the Global Innovation Index (GII) published in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO. Since 1 June, 2022 Soumitra is the dean of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
Previously, he was a Professor of Management and the former founding dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Prior to joining Cornell in 2012, he was on the faculty and leadership team of INSEAD. Mr. Dutta is an authority on technology and innovation policy, and has engaged in a number of multi-stakeholder initiatives to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
He is the co-editor and author of The Global Information Technology Report, published by the World Economic Forum. Mr. Dutta is on the global boards of Sodexo and Dassault Systèmes, and is a member of the Shareholder Council of Chicago-based ZS Associates. He serves on the advisory boards of several business schools, including HEC, Montreal; ESADE, Barcelona; and ESCP, Paris. He has co-founded two firms, including Fisheye Analytics, which WPP group acquired. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Business School Network.
Job Titles:
- Policy Research and Communications Associate
- Policy Research Associate
Sylvie is a Policy Research Associate with prior experience in digital privacy issues relating to minors and vulnerable populations, as well as in consumer education and technology for international development. She is an advocate for ethical, inclusive, and innovative solutions and policies that make digital experiences safer and more effective for all populations.
At PI, she is responsible for monitoring relevant policy developments, assisting with research, developing communication strategy and content, and coordinating the Fellowship program.
Sylvie holds a bachelor's degree in Information Science from the University of Michigan's School of Information, where she was a member of Tech for Social Good, and a masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction. Prior to joining Portulans, she interned at the US Federal Communications Commission, and the Family Online Safety Institute in Washington DC.
Vijay is a seasoned professional and a global thought leader with a rich, diverse and cross-cultural experience of nearly three decades in infrastructure, technology, oil and gas, renewable energy, telecom, consulting and manufacturing sectors. He currently works as Chief Growth Officer-Asia Pacific for an Atlanta based AI design and development solutions company and a member of the executive board. He has led two companies in the past as Managing Director-APAC & EMEA region for smart sensors and IoT design and development and as CEO of a renewable energy company in India. Vijay is passionate about the future of work, innovation, cutting-edge technology & skills, assistive technology for specially abled people, sustainable transformation and has been a researcher, speaker and chair in many forums. He also supports the UN mission on science, technology and innovation and is an active advocate of climate change, inclusive and sustainable growth.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Oxford Martin Fellow
Bill Dutton is an Oxford Martin Fellow, supporting the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre of the Department of Computer Science, and a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, at the University of Oxford. He is also a Visiting Professor in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds.
Until 2018, Bill was the Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy at Michigan State University, where he was Director of the Quello Center. Prior to that, he was the OII's Founding Director (2002-11), a Fellow of Balliol College and the first Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University (2002-2014). Before his appointment to Oxford in 2002, he was a Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, where he continues as an Emeritus Professor. While at USC, Bill was a Fulbright Scholar 1986-87 at Brunel, UK, and was National Director of the UK's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT) from 1993 to 1996, also at Brunel.
His recent publications on the social aspects of information and communication technologies include Society on the Line (Oxford University Press, 1999), Transforming Enterprise, co-edited (MIT Press, 2005), World Wide Research: Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities, co-edited with P. Jeffreys (MIT Press, 2011), the Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies (OUP, 2013), Society and the Internet, 2nd Edition, co-edited with Mark Graham (OUP 2019), and editor of A Research Agenda for Digital Politics (Elgar 2020 forthcoming). He is currently writing a book on the Fifth Estate. His service includes two terms as chair of the Advisory Committee for England of the UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom), and participating on the NHS Direct Innovation Committee.