Michele Petochi

• Director, Academic Networks, World Economic Forum

BA (Hons) in Humanities, Università Roma Tre, Italy; MSc in Development Studies, LSE, UK. 2005-08, World Economic Forum Fellow; 2009, Associate Director, Global Redesign Initiative; since 2010, current position. Formerly: Country Director, Afghanistan, Alisei; Programme Officer, Agriconsulting Europe, Brussels; Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy. Expertise: development, higher education. Interests: politics, early childhood education, movie production, sailing.