Research Advisory Board
Open for Business’ Research Advisory Board comprises a group of experts that includes researchers, economists, academics, and policy specialists. The board members are consulted on Open for Business’ methodologies and approaches to data use, and between them scrutinise our research reports as part of their production processes.
Suen Yiu Tung
Founding Director of Sexualities Research Program, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Assistant Professor of Gender Studies; Author of studies on LGBT+ issues in Asia, including business and workplace contexts.
Dr. Vivienne Ming
Cognitive neuroscience faculty member of Singularity University; Co-Founder of Socos Lab
Theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author who is frequently featured in The Financial Times, The Atlantic, Quartz and The New York Times; Speaks regularly on AI-driven research into inclusion and gender in business; Former visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience.
Matteo Winkler
Professor of Law, HEC Paris
Teaches diversity and inclusiveness. His research concerns international human rights law in general and the rights of LGBT+ people in particular. He is now working on a project on human rights in Africa.
Paul Jansen
Senior Advisor for Global Advocacy, OutRight Action International
Worked as International Consultant from Sitges, Spain, mainly on organisational and strategic reviews for LGBTIQ organisations and networks, as well as key population networks working on HIV issues.
Pawel Adrjan
Economist, Indeed
Research Fellow at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford; Economist with international experience in the finance and technology sectors; Researches global labour market trends.
Paul Donovan
Chief Economist, UBS Global Wealth Management
Economist and author. Presenting macroeconomic and political economic views, with a focus on the economic costs of prejudice and the role of business and investors in promoting diversity and inclusion.
Yvette Burton
Senior executive with 20+ years of accelerating business performance through leadership transformation and global workforce innovation. A trusted advisor to Fortune 50 companies, foundations, and early stage non-traditional start-ups.
Award-winning scholar-practitioner and behavioral scientist obsessed with agile practices for converting strategic market insights into hard to imitate executions capabilities.
Drew Keller
Former Global Program Director for Open For Business and researcher on the connection between LGBT+ inclusion, economic growth, and business performance.
Works with businesses, academics, and activists on exploring novel ways to improve businesses' impacts on the environment and human rights.
Egerton Neto
Programs Manager, International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)
Egerton Neto is a technology policy strategist specializing in the intersection of technology and diversity. He is a founding member of the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE), an institution established during his tenure as the Manager of the Programme on Democracy and Technology at the University of Oxford. Since he came out as a gay man in one of Brazil's largest newspapers, he emerged as a prominent advocate in the field of Diversity and Inclusion, having worked in various capacities within Brazil's government, NGOs, and academia. He earned a Master of Public Policy from LSE and is an Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow and a Connected by Data Fellow. His work has been featured at The New York Times, Project Syndicate, El País and The Washington Blade.