Economist, Policy Advisor and Researcher on Creative Economy and Development
Edna is an economist who had an international career at the United Nations. She set-up and was Chief, Creative Economy Programme at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2004-2012). She launched the UN Creative Economy Reports 2008 and 2010, as well as the UNCTAD’s Global Database on Creative Economy. She provides advisory services to governments and institutions and collaborates with academia in all continents.
Social entrepreneur, Arts Manager, and the Managing Partner at HEVA Fund LLPGeorge is a social entrepreneur, arts manager, and managing partner at HEVA Fund LLP. George is leading the development and business exploration of the creative industries in Eastern Africa and is providing leadership in creating long-term economic and cultural value in this dynamic sector.
Global Creative Economy Council
Daniar Amanaliev – Kyrgyzstan
Co-founder and Band Master of ololo group, Chair of Kyrgyzstan’s Creative Industries Park Board
Laura Callanan – United States
Founding Partner of Upstart Co-Lab
Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg – Switzerland and Brazil
Vice-President, International Federation on Multimedia Associations
Avril Joffe – South Africa
Post Graduate Coordinator of the Cultural Policy & Management Department at the Wits School of Arts,…
Marcel Kraus – Czech Republic
Head of the Hyb4City department at Charles University's Hybernská Campus, Prague
Jairaj Mashru – India
Advisor – Design, Innovation and Creative Entrepreneurship
Omar Nagati – Egypt
Architect, Urban Planner and Co-founder of CLUSTER
Diana Marcela Rey Vásque – Colombia-Canada
Cultural Statistics Expert at UNDP for Saudi Arabia, Associate Researcher at Lado B
Leandro Valiati – Brazil and South America
Senior Lecturer and Programme Director in Creative and Cultural Industries Programmes, University of…
Andrea Dempster Chung – Jamaica
Andrea Dempster Chung is the co-founder and executive director of Kingston Creative, an NGO that use…
Dwinita Larasati – West Java, Indonesia
Lecturer and Researcher at Industrial Design Program, FSRD ITB, Indonesia Tita is a product designer…
John Newbigin – UK
Chair, Creative PEC’s Global Creative Economy Council John is the Mayor of London’s Ambassador…
Pearl Wang Haoqing – China
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Cooperation and Education Development, USC-SJTU …
