Zohar has been educated in Israel, USA and UK where he also held senior academic position for many years in the areas of Strategic Planning and Management, Business Economics & Methodology. He has also taught at institutions of high learning in various countries in Europe, Asia and America. Zohar is a long-standing expert and examiner on European Framework Programmes and a renowned China scholar. Zohar brings in an extensive theoretical & research experience, along with long standing strategic practice in the areas of organisation and management. Apart from EU funded projects, he has been actively involved in planning and management of projects in the fields of strategic planning and sustainable development, policy formation and government, management, education, methodology and Asian business. Zohar has written numerous academic works that can be viewd in his personal website.

Ms. Kleinberger is responsible for the technological assessment of our projects. Nurit is a seasoned professional of well over 30 years of experience in planning and constructing of industrial plants as well as in management of large-scale projects in the areas of chemical process and technologies, water management and industrial planning. She has graduated from Technion in Chemical Engineering and has also studied Business & management at Tel-Aviv University.

Alessia has graduated from Foscari, Venice, and has a degree in European Project Design. She has worked as project designer and coordinator in a number of regional and national projects and managed projects for regional governments, business associations and local governance bodies. She has worked in such domains as clusters, professionals, gender issues, means of communication and sustainable development. Currently she is mainly engaged in work for regional governments focused on strategic planning, foresight actions and “Agenda 21” methodology. Dr. Ferraresi has been a speaker in several national and international conferences and workshops.

Shaoyan is an expert on Asian business cultures with many years of experience in dealing with Asia, mainly in China. In the last few years, she has also done extensive work in the areas of customer relations, marketing and account management.