Kristel Van der Elst

• Director, Head of Strategic Foresight, World Economic Forum

Master's in Commercial Engineering, Belgium; postgraduate degree in Development Cooperation, Belgium; MBA, Yale School of Management, US: Fulbright Scholar and Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar. Formerly: experience in consulting and business managing large, multi-departmental projects and developing marketing strategies; 1997-2000, with Belgacom, Belgium; 2002-05, with Greenwich Consulting, France; since 2005, with World Economic Forum: responsible for global multi-stakeholder, cross-industry scenario projects; facilitates high-exposure workshops bringing together industry leaders, academics and government representatives; leads Global Agenda Council on Strategic Foresight.