In an uncertain world, tech-driven innovations underpin competitiveness and allow first-movers to rewrite competition rules. Firms that know how to adapt and develop new-gen business models, will win

Igor Mikhalev

EY Netherlands Partner EY-Parthenon, Head of Emerging Technologies Strategy, AI Strategy Lead

Deep strategy. Deep tech. Creative and visionary. Hands-on yet big-picture thinker.

Igor is a recognized Emerging Technologies, Private Equity Value Creation, and Innovation Strategy leader experienced in world-class startup, academic, corporate, and consulting environments. His focus is on helping clients deliver competitive advantage and business performance improvement through the development of Emerging Tech-enabled state-of-the-art Business Strategies and Digital Ecosystems. Igor is the founder of several open-source projects with more than 100k active users/followers. He authored many innovative papers and published pivotal articles in his area of expertise.

Before joining EY, Igor headed up Emerging Technologies and Digital Ecosystems topics at Boston Consulting Group and prior to that – a Life Sciences software product engineering group at Elsevier Science. Igor founded and built several successful start-ups with an 8-figure valuation.

Igor holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Economics (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) and a Master’s degree in Software and Automated systems engineering.

How Igor is building a better working world

Igor is connecting the worlds of business, technology, and academia in a convincing effort to unlock the creativity and potential of the ones who change the working world for the better.

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