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Soumitra Dutta is the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology, and Dean of External Relations at INSEAD. He is the faculty director of elab@INSEAD, INSEAD's initiative in building a center of excellence in teaching and research in the digital economy in collaboration with leading international organizations such as Morgan Stanley, SAP, Cisco and Intel. He is the Chairman of the European Commission's Europe Innova panel on Innovation in the ICT sector and a member of the Steering Committee of eBSN, the European Commission's eBusiness Network initiative for SMEs.
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Mario Pezzini, Italian, is the Director of the OECD Development Centre. He joined the OECD in 1995 as Principal Administrator in charge of the work on Distressed Urban Areas and later he was the Head of the OECD Rural Development Program, Head of the Regional Competitiveness and Governance Division, and since 2007, Deputy Director of the Public Governance and Territorial Directorate. On several occasions, he has been economic advisor for international organizations and think tanks (such as ILO, UNIDO, European Commission and Nomisma) in the field of economic development, industrial organization and regional economics.
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Lourdes Casanova specializes in international business with a focus on Latin America and multinationals from emerging markets. A Fulbright Scholar with a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a PhD from the University of Barcelona. She is a Lecturer at INSEAD, a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, University of San Diego and the Latin American Center at the University of Oxford. She has published case studies and articles in journals and is the author of the book: ‘Global Latinas: Latin America’s emerging multinationals’ published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2009.
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Nils Fonstad is Associate Director of INSEAD eLab, a research center focused on how public and private institutions throughout the world create value from the knowledge economy. He conducts research on innovation and on how organizations and countries define and foster skills critical for competing in a global knowledge economy. Dr. Fonstad earned his PhD degree from MIT Sloan School of Management; an MS from the MIT Technology and Policy Program; and a BS in Mechanical Engineering and BA in Film Studies from Cornell University.
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Beatrice is a research associate at INSEAD eLab. She is currently involved in projects on the impact of social media on work and on innovation. She holds a Master’s Degree in co-operation and a Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the Institute of Advanced Studies on Latin America – University of La Sorbonne and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science obtained jointly through studies at the Institute of Political Science in Grenoble and Berkeley University. Her professional experience includes the OECD Development Centre and consultancy work for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Shilpa Dodda is a Research Programmer at eLab, INSEAD Singapore campus. A computer engineer by education, she has previously worked with Broadcom in India before relocating to Singapore. At INSEAD, she develops web applications which showcase eLab's research used globally and the InnovaLatino Project website.
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 Past Collaborators
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Jeff Dayton-Johnson participated in the InnovaLatino project while he was heading the Americas Desk at the OECD Development Centre. Jeff received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, after completing his undergraduate education at Berkeley and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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Adrià Alsina took part in the InnovaLatino project while he was working for the Publications and New Media Team at the OECD Development Centre. Prior to joining the OECD, he was a media officer at the Spanish Trade Commission in São Paulo, Brazil. He also worked as a business reporter for several Spanish and international communication media such as Bloomberg, Dossier Económic or TV3.
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Rita Da Costa contributed to the InnovaLatino project while she was working as a policy analyst for the Americas Desk of the OECD Development Centre. She joined the Development Centre in November 2007 after having worked at the Spanish Permanent Mission to WTO/UNCTAD in Geneva as an ICEX young professional (Spanish Ministry of Industry Tourism and Foreign Trade program).
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Alba Martínez collaborated to the InnovaLatino project while she was working as a Research Associate at the Americas Desk of the OECD Development Center. Her professional experience includes the Center of Research for development (Centro de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo) at the National University of Colombia and the Intelligence of the Markets module at the Colombia International Corporation (Corporación Colombia Internacional).
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Nijole Vileikis was involved in the InnovaLatino project as an INSEAD Research Assistant. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and has worked as a social impact coordinator for the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, and as a project consultant in education. Prior to InnovaLatino, Nijole was based in Lithuania where she worked in tourism at the Lithuanian State Department of Tourism.
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Elodie Masson works on Media Relations at the OECD Development Centre. Her mandate is to raise public awareness on development issues with a view to influence policy change. Before joining the OECD, Elodie worked in a global consultancy in London. She holds a B.A. and M.A. from the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Geneva and an M.A. in communications from Westminter University in London.
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| Thank You Notes: Vicky Zachariadou for her help in the design of the website and Carolina Hartley for her help with the research. |
