Soumitra Dutta is Co-Founder and President of Portulans Institute. Since June 2022, he is the Dean of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
William Dutton is the Director of the Portulans Institute, and a Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, where he supports Oxford’s Global Centre for Cyber Security Capacity (GCSCC).
Rafael Escalona Reynoso serves as the CEO of Portulans Institute, leading numerous high-profile projects such as the production of the Network Readiness Index (NRI) and regional projects focused on technology, innovation.
Gianna Sagazio is the former Director of Innovation of the National Confederation of Industry – Brazil (CNI), responsible for the executive coordination of the Entrepreneurial Mobilization for Innovation (MEI).
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.
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.
James Poisant is a Senior Advisor and former Secretary-General of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA).
Mariam Chaduneli is a Policy Research and Management Associate who has worked extensively on research in the area of technology policy, emerging threats and digital rights. She is the lead project manager for the Network Readiness Index (NRI).
Sylvie is a Policy Research and Communications Associate. At PI, she is responsible for monitoring relevant policy developments, assisting with research, developing outreach strategy and collaborations, and coordinating the Fellowship programs.
Abdellah Bouhamidi is an analytics consultant and research associate for Portulans Institute’s composite indices. He is the founder of Science Data Value Ltd.
Shailja Bang Shah is a Thematic Research Analyst responsible for project management, research, policy analysis, and communications support for regional projects.
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.
Dr. Hessa was the former and the first-ever Minister of Information and Communication Technology in Qatar.
Dr. Jacques Bughin is the CEO of Machaon Advisory, and was a former Director in McKinsey’s Brussels office.
Karim is the Managing Director of Space42, the new AI-powered space technology champion with global reach.
Diego Molano Vega is the former Minister of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of Colombia from 2010 to 2015.
Osman is the founding CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) since 2005.
Lynn St.Amour is President and CEO of Internet Matters, an Internet consulting company, and is active in matters of Internet development and governance.
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås is a Senior Associate with the Council on Economic Policies.
Andrew is the founder and director of Cedar Partners and the founder and director of Adapt, a new startup helping companies manage user data ethically.
Elena Kvochko is the Chief Trust Officer at SAP in 2020 and former COO of cybersecurity technologies at Bank of America.
Chris Ferguson is the Managing Director of Scott Logic and a former senior management member of the UK’s Government Digital Service in the UK’s Cabinet Office.
John Garrity is Chief of Party for USAID Better Access and Connectivity (BEACON) a USD 33m program to improve digital connectivity infrastructure, the ICT enabling environment, and cybersecurity capacity in the Philippines.
Michaela Saisana is the head of the Monitoring, Indicators and Impact Evaluation Unit at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy.
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.
Claudia Fini is a Junior Research Fellow at University of Florence, and former Associate Researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights.
Kenddrick Chan is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Technology and Public Policy team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change at the London School of Economics.
Gabriel Souto is a Brazilian researcher and lawyer, and co-founder of the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN).
Raymond Onuoha is a Technology Policy Fellow at the Lagos Business School (LBS) Nigeria.
Research area(s): The hydrogen economy, regional innovation systems, economic impact analysis
Research area(s): Public policies and sustainability, innovation ecosystems in the Amazon
Research area(s): Innovation, leadership, and economic development
Research area: impact of immersive media on societies
Research area: implications of AI for the African continent
Research area: use of AI in courts and judicial system
Research area: AI governance, risk and harm forecasting methods
Utkarsh Amitabh is the CEO of Network Capital and the Chief Marketing Officer of 5ire.org.
Renard Siew is a sustainability and climate change specialist. He serves as the Climate Advisor for CENT-GPS where he is responsible for advancing his organisation’s work in the field of climate change and sustainability.
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