President at Global TechnoPolitics Forum
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Pari Esfandiari is the co-founder and president at the Global TechnoPolitics Forum. She is a member of the advisory board at APCO Worldwide and served on the at-large advisory committee (ALAC) at ICANN and EURALO. She was a nonresident senior fellow and a member of the Action Council at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center. She is a serial entrepreneur, internet pioneer, and an avid environmentalist.
Esfandiari is an entrepreneur, internet pioneer, and sustainable development executive. She has worked across diverse industries ranging from FinTech, e-commerce, and smart cities. Esfandiari holds a doctorate from Oxford Brookes University in the sustainability business. Her latest publication is a major study on “Data Governance and Geopolitics”.
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