Simon Allen was named CEO of McGraw Hill in October 2019. Previously he served as President of the company’s Higher Ed and International business units. He rejoined McGraw Hill in March 2018. Simon has deep experience in educational publishing having led large

Juan Pablo Mena studied Civil Engineering at Santa María University where he specialized in mathematical and AI (artificial intelligence) and then studied an MBA at the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile. He has worked since 2004 developing and supporting the implementation of Edtech

Maria Potes Barbas was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1965. She is a Full Professor and has 25 years of experience in Educational Multimedia Communication in Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation at national and international levels. She teaches the curricular units

Electronic Engineer and Specialist in Project Management from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, PhD in Computer and Systems Engineering from the Politécnico di Torino. He worked as a project engineer for the Ingeniería Technip group, in Rome (Italy). He has been President of the

Elena Arias Ortiz is a Senior Education Specialist. She joined the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in 2011 as part of the Young Professional Program. Her first rotation was in the Competitiveness and Innovation Division. Since then, she has been part of the

Conrad Wolfram is the younger Wolfram of Wolfram Research—they are who do Wolfram|Alpha, Demonstrations, and the core underlying technology—Mathematica. He founded the European Wolfram Research in 1991 after his brother Stephen set up the headquarters in the US. He continues to be

Dr. Mona Mourshed is the founding CEO of Generation. Mona previously founded and led McKinsey & Company’s global education practice, and currently leads McKinsey’s global social responsibility agenda and the non-profit McKinsey.org. Mona has authored widely cited education reports, including Education to

Patrick Brothers is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at HolonIQ, a global market intelligence platform for education, as well as a longstanding member of the B20 Education and Employment Task Force. In addition to HolonIQ, Patrick has founded several startups, including Factbase and

Angela Duckworth is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the

Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai, who is from Mauritius, is currently an independent consultant in higher education, with special interest in Africa. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius, Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities, and President of the International Association of