Maria Santacaterina, M.A. International Relations, is a sought-after Global Strategic Leader, Board Executive Advisor, renowned Author of “Adaptive Resilience - how to thrive in a digital era” (Wiley), and a Thought Pioneer (Thinkers50 nominee), who has successfully orchestrated critically important business transitions in 100+ different countries, with over 25 years experience in the Luxury Industry, including LA PERLA Group, Liberty Plc, ARTE n.v., Osborne & Little, S&S Inc, Boarini Milanesi, among others. Maria is an accomplished keynote speaker and addresses the challenges, risks and opportunities driven by the latest fast-changing technological developments and farreaching social, societal and environmental impacts, encompassing the modern Enterprise. She offers highly valuable actionable insights and practical expertise, inspiring audiences worldwide. She is multilingual, fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish, and has a deep understanding of different cultures. She specialises in disentangling complicated business models and modus operandi at different scales and maturity levels, helping business leaders identify, frame and solve their organisational problems with remarkable clarity and simplicity. Maria has earned strong international recognition for her integrity, excellence in execution and unwavering commitment towards achieving beneficial outcomes, while delivering exceptional business results consistently throughout her career. She was recently nominated “one of the most influential women in tech” (Computer Weekly), featuring in highly acclaimed business publications and technology-related podcasts. She is known for her creativity and unique ability to craft innovative solutions for long-term equitable, sustainable growth. Her focus on enduring value creation, brings ethics to the fore of business relationships and commercial transactions. Leveraging conceptual clarity and practical advice, Maria reinvents business models for the successful integration of new technologies, bringing to fruition complex business transformations and projects of global strategic importance. “Becoming “future-fit” is a critical business imperative and requires a radically different approach, which I call “Adaptive Resilience,” the creation of enduring value through mutual respect for human beings, timeless human values and the environment, whilst responding to an accelerating rate of change, complexity and exponential technological disruption.”