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Mark Esposito, PhD

CEO

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States20 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 150 publications and 13 books authored.
  • Chief Economist at a leading Silicon Valley AI firm.
  • Global expert for the World Economic Forum.
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About

Dr. Mark Esposito is Professor of economics and public policy with appointments at Harvard University as well as Hult Int'l Business School. He is the Chief Economist of Micro1, a Silicon Valley AI firm. At Harvard, he serves as social scientist with affiliations at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for International Development; Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) and the Davis Center for Eurasian Studies. He is a faculty associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. He has been affiliate faculty of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, under the mentorship of Prof. Michael E. Porter for over a decade and he served as Founding Fellow of the Circular Economy Research Center at the Judge Business School, at the University of Cambridge, where he retains a Senior Associate role. He advises governments in the GCC and Eurasia regions and is a global expert of the World Economic Forum, working across the Global AI Alliance and the Converging Technology group. An active public policy academic practitioner, he has been working as a Resident Fellow as well as Professor of public policy at Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government as well as Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He is a Fellow at the New School in NYC, focusing on AI and Cooperatives. He co-founded the Machine Learning research firm, Nexus FrontierTech and the EdTech venture, The Circular Economy Alliance. He has equally co-founded The Chart ThinkTank and The AI Native Foundation. Dr. Esposito has written or co-written over 150 publications, both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed, and 13 books, two of which are Amazon bestsellers: "Understanding how the Future Unfolds" (2017) and "The AI Republic" (2019). His most recent books include "The Emerging Economies under the Dome of the Fourth Industrial Revolution" (Cambridge University Press, 2022), "The Great Remobilization: Strategies and Designs for a Global Smarter World" (MIT University Press, 2023), and "Digitizing the Emerging Economies" (Cambridge University Press, 2024). His forthcoming books are and "Charting the Next AI Frontier: Being AI Native" (Routledge, end of 2025); "Tectonic Shifts: How Technology is Remaking Global Power Dynamics" (Penguin Random House, 2026) , Global Visions,(Bloomsbury, 2026) He has a doctorate from Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech and he lives across Boston, Geneva and Dubai.

Experience

Micro1

2 roles

Chief Economist

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos · Remote

  • As Chief Economist, my role involves providing strategic guidance on the intersection of economics, technology, and human capital within the organization. I analyze market and workforce trends, evaluate the societal and economic impacts of our AI-driven initiatives, and shape data-driven policies that support inclusive growth. By integrating economic theory with practical business insights, I aim to ensure that Micro1 not only advances technological innovation but does so in a way that maximizes benefits for individuals and society as a whole. My work also includes collaborating across teams to inform the design of products, recruitment strategies, and organizational policies that promote equity and long-term value creation.

Human Data Scientist

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Remote

  • As a Human Data Scientist, I integrate insights from social sciences to refine the context and reliability of large language models, ensuring they meaningfully reflect human behaviors, interactions, and decisions. Rather than solely optimizing technical performance, my expertise bridges the gap between computational accuracy and real-world human complexity, enhancing models to align more authentically with social contexts and human understanding.

The new school

Visiting Scholar/Research Fellow, The Institute for Cooperative Digital Economy

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr · New York, United States · Hybrid

  • The cooperative digital economy is an under-researched area in the fields of anthropology, political science, sociology, history, and economics. This emerging field is closely linked with labor studies and cooperative studies. In business schools, this field of study is situated in the areas of finance, entrepreneurship, and organizational studies. In law schools, the pertinent areas are governance and corporate structure.
  • The Institute for Cooperative Digital Economy is committed to filling these research gaps by providing platform cooperatives with applied and theoretical knowledge, education, and policy analysis. We are dedicated to developing new ideas for a fair future of work based on relevant research and imaginative proposals. Our goal is to build a body of knowledge that advances platform ownership and democratic governance for both workers and all internet users.

Harvard university

5 roles

Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • We bring together the sharpest, most thoughtful people from around the globe to tackle the biggest challenges presented by the Internet.
  • As an interdisciplinary, University-wide center with a global scope, we have an unparalleled track record of leveraging exceptional academic rigor to produce real-world impact. We pride ourselves on pushing the edges of scholarly research, building tools and platforms that break new ground, and fostering active networks across diverse communities.
  • United by our commitment to the public interest, our vibrant, collaborative community of independent thinkers represents a wide range of philosophies and disciplines, making us a unique home for open-minded inquiry, debate, and experimentation.

Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Quantitative and Social Science

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • The mission of IQSS is to contribute to solving society's greatest challenges by creating, preserving, and disseminating social science knowledge.This is done by building infrastructure and community so social scientists can work at unprecedented speed, scale, and levels of collaboration.

Faculty Associate, Davis Center for Russians and Eurasian Studies

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • The Eurasian region is as enigmatic as it is vast, and changes taking place there are felt around the world. The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University brings people together to learn about this region in original and profound ways. By fostering opportunities for innovative scholarship, creative teaching, and broad learning within a research university, we educate future leaders who make enduring contributions and bring deep knowledge to bear on contemporary problems.

Instructor, Professional and Executive Development, Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Promoted

Jan 2011Present · 15 yrs 2 mos

  • I teach courses ranging from growth strategies to creation of value with machine learning to fintech and blockchain for executive programs at Harvard Division of Continuing Education.

Teaching Faculty, Division of Continuing Education

Dec 2010Present · 15 yrs 3 mos

  • I have been teaching courses in Government and Society, Economic Competitiveness, Systems Thinking to a variety of degree programs, mainly graduate in one of Harvard's degree granting schools. Recognized several times for faculty excellence awards.

Berkman klein center for internet & society at harvard university

Faculty Associate

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

  • The Berkman Klein Center's mission is to explore and understand cyberspace; to study its development, dynamics, norms, and standards; and to assess the need or lack thereof for laws and sanctions.
  • We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share

World economic forum

3 roles

Member, Fostering Technology Convergence, Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • The momentum of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is intensifying, offering hope
  • in groundbreaking advancements across biological, physical and digital
  • technologies. Meanwhile, our world is going through seismic shifts in the face
  • of escalating costs, polarization and climate challenges, demanding new,
  • radical solutions beyond the scope of a single technology.

Member, AI Global Alliance

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • The AI Governance Alliance is transforming how artificial intelligence shapes our world. Our work goes beyond governance, driving innovation and practical impacts across industries. We ensure AI enhances human capabilities, fosters inclusive growth, and promotes global prosperity. By collaborating with the World Economic Forum’s Cybersecurity, Financial and Monetary Systems, Health and Healthcare, Nature and Climate and Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Centres, we leverage diverse expertise to address the multifaceted challenges of AI. Join us in designing the future of AI, together.

Global Expert

Oct 2016Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

  • Nominated as global expert for the Circular Economy at the World Economic Forum.
  • Transforming to a circular and sharing economy decouples manufacturing, production and consumption systems from natural resource constraints whilst optimizing the utilization of assets and democratizing wealth creation opportunities. In a low growth, low employment world, this offers a model for sustainable growth especially when harnessed to the potential of the 4IR.
  • Accelerating this transformation requires a simultaneously “glocal” approach - global multi-stakeholder collaboration for large scale systems change (in finance, technology, supply chains), combined with specific localised systems change (in cities, provinces, countries).
  • By engaging international organisations and multinational businesses at the global level with a group of champion governments, businesses and civil society at the regional/national/subnational level, the project is building a community of purpose to identify and initiate public-private actions that will accelerate this change. The work will manifest in at least 4 regions/countries/provinces around the world, including China (Guangzhou), East Africa (Rwanda), Europe (the Netherlands) Latin America, Japan and the United States.

Harvard kennedy school

Faculty Affiliate, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

  • CID is Harvard University’s hub for cutting-edge research on the world’s most pressing international development issues. The Center brings researchers and practitioners together to collaborate, using the latest analytical tools to address pressing development challenges

The chart think tank

Co-Founder & Chair in Political Economy & Governance

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Global

  • The Chart Think Tank is an independent, non-partisan research organization dedicated to creating a better and more sustainable world. Through cutting-edge research, strategic foresight, and actionable recommendations, we empower leaders in government, industry, and academia to navigate the challenges of today and shape the opportunities of tomorrow.

Ai native foundation

Co-Founder

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Established in 2024, our foundation is dedicated to the integration of diverse domains through the collective expertise of thought leaders in different industries. At AINF, we unite the world’s foremost experts, organizations, end users, vendors, and researchers to drive the evolution of AI Native.
  • Through community engagement and conferences, we facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange, shaping the fabric of AI Native organizations. We specialize in weaving together strategy, process redesign, and both human and technical capabilities to empower the creation of AI Native organizations, maximizing the value of Digital Native in the age of AI.
  • We are committed to fostering the inclusive and equitable integration of AI across diverse sectors, ensuring fairness, transparency, and safety in its deployment. We stand against AI dominance and advocate for equal access and opportunities in the AI landscape, promoting a future where AI benefits and empowers all.

Georgetown university mcdonough school of business

Adjunct Professor of Economics & Policy

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Appointed as Adjunct Professor in the field of Public Policy and Political Economy, with emphasis on the research conducted in the Gulf States and with particular attention to public policy in Qatar and in the UAE as emerging strongholds of public service.

Hult international business school

Director, Futures Impact Lab

Dec 2022Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • The Futures Impact Lab focuses on projects exploring the fourth industrial revolution, new organizational models, digital transformation, the future of finance, and the future of governments. Its work is grounded in projects focused on how can anticipatory methods, systems, and processes be used to assess opportunities and risks, and how can leaders become more ready to make the changes needed to be more ready for the future.

Unesco

Policy Fellow

Dec 2022Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab works on knowledge crowdsourcing and its translation into inequality-reducing policies. We operate through an online platform and a network of in-country projects.
  • The online platform surpasses 4700 members, 2000 experts and 150 online collaborative spaces. It is a leading platform of its kind, combining decentralised generation of data and consolidation of key trends.
  • The lab runs 20 in-country operations. These are impact-oriented projects that expand the boundaries of knowledge and its impact on inclusive policies.

Mohammed bin rashid school of government (mbrsg)

2 roles

Professor of Economic Policy

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • As part of my role in public policy, I have been appointed as Professor of Economic Policy to develop research objectives around policy briefs and reports, aimed at crafting policy responses. I am equally in charge of the Harvard module on Microeconomics of Competitiveness, where we study clusters and cluster theories, shaped around the model of Michael Porter.

Non Resident Research Fellow

Jan 2017Jul 2022 · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Launched in 2005 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai as the first research and teaching institution focusing on governance and public policy in the Arab world.The School aims to support good governance in the UAE and the Arab world, and build future leaders through an integrated system offering education and training programs, as well as research and studies.

Strategy&

Senior Advisor to the Ideation Center

Apr 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • The Ideation Center is the leading think tank for Strategy& in the Middle East. We aim to promote sustainable growth in the region by helping leaders across sectors translate socioeconomic trends into actions and better business decisions.

Circular economy alliance

Co-Founder & Chairman of the Strategic Foresight Board

Dec 2021Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Global

  • Circular Economy Alliance (CEA) is an EduTech venture, which will be bringing together stakeholders with a genuine interest in the domain with a view to support the transition from a linear to a circular economy. Such transition needs to be expedited given the current scarcity of resources and severe environmental impact from the current linear model. The transition can only be expedited in a focused and targeted way from the actual users and beneficiaries. Therefore an alliance of stakeholders coming from industrial, academic, consumer organisations and many others can enable this bottom-up transformation by identifying gaps, defining requirements, proposing solutions, sharing expertise and developing skills.

Arizona state university

2 roles

Faculty Fellow Center for Law, Science and Innovation, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

Aug 2021Jun 2022 · 10 mos

  • As science and technology assume central roles in our lives, economy, and legal system, the Center for Law, Science and Innovation is uniquely positioned as an innovator in teaching and applying science, technology and law. From robotics to genetics, neuroscience to nanotech, LSI’s innovative projects and programs constantly evolve to address challenging governance and policy issues through cutting-edge curriculum, practical experience, conferences and workshops, research projects, and scholarship.

Clinical Professor, Thunderbird Global School of Management

Jul 2019Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Appointed in the clinical faculty at Thunderbird Global School of Management at Arizona State University in the area of Fourth Industrial Revolution and Global Shifts. Thunderbird is entirely centered around the tenets of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its new needed Leadership. My role reinforces the executive offer around the world, on programs where the needs of corporate and governmental clients meet the challenges of the future.

Ucl institute for innovation and public purpose

Policy Fellow

Mar 2021May 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) is changing how public value is imagined, practiced and evaluated to tackle societal challenges. In my role as Policy Fellow, I work in the interlinkage between business, policy and technology and look at best practices to advance the agenda of inclusive growth

Prime minister's office - uae

Subject Matter Expert

Jul 2020Present · 5 yrs 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Appointed in the Office of the Minister of Artificial Intelligence within the Prime Minister Office to consult and conduct research on the Digital Infrastructure and Digital Economy as well as Global Risks for the Centennial Lab

Emlyon business school

Full Professor of Strategy

Apr 2018Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • I served for one year as tenured full professor of strategy across the portfolio of EMLyon in France and abroad.

Nexus frontiertech

Co-Founder & Chief Learning Officer

Jun 2017Present · 8 yrs 9 mos · Boston/London/Hanoi/Tokyo

  • Nexus FrontierTech is committed to help businesses of different sizes in various industries to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve new advantages. In recent years, an increasing number of companies are using AI to slash cost, often without sacrificing effectiveness. But many more are now looking into making AI a fundamental part of the developments in new product and service value propositions. Others uses this technology to come up with capability that enables them to innovate. In short, AI is now an indispensable function in any businesses that want to succeed.
  • We work with our clients to create new AI capabilities that give them new competitive edge, from design to production to continuous maintenance and upgrades. What distinguishes Nexus FrontierTech from other AI companies is that we are not just providing advisory services on how to make AI an integral part of the business; we have also got a full experienced production team that uses the latest technology to custom-build AI that meet the exact needs of different businesses. As a result, our clients will not only have a seamlessly working technology but also a trusted partner to ensure that it can reap the benefits from the newly developed capability.

Cambridge judge business school

2 roles

Faculty, Executive MBA

Apr 2017Apr 2019 · 2 yrs

  • Teaching across the portfolio of the Executive MBA with courses on Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Circular Economy

Research Fellow

Apr 2016Apr 2020 · 4 yrs

  • The Judge Business School's Circular Economy Center is mandated to become a leading international source of original and seminal research, expertise and knowledge on the circular economy and the particular policy and business contexts within which this system operates. CERI aims at becoming one of the leading hubs on the circular economy, synthesizing shared research objectives and initiatives by both academic inputs as well as practitioners.

Hult international business school

2 roles

Full Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights

Sep 2016Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

  • Since 2012 I have been teaching courses, as full professor, in the area of Economics, Strategy, Foresights and Management of Technology, among some of my most common teaching areas.or the most international and the most relevant Business School in the world, From San Francisco to Boston and New York, to London, Dubai and Shanghai, my courses engage action research among my students.
  • Hult is more than a business school. It’s a global network that educates, inspires, and connects some of the most forward-thinking business talent from around the world. I have been awarded several times Professor of the Year and have enjoyed the enormous talent emerging from the Hult graduates.

Adjunct Professor of Economics

Sep 2012Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Institute for strategy and competitiveness at hbs

Co-Leader, Institutes Council

Dec 2015Dec 2019 · 4 yrs · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Served as co-leader of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Affiliate Network’s Institutes Council from 2015-2019. T
  • As co-leader of the Institutes Council, I have coordinated with the Competitiveness Institutes that have been created in various affiliate universities and provided support to affiliates that sought to create institutes or centers for competitiveness in their own universities and countries.

Harvard business school

2 roles

Co-Leader Institutes Council, Microeconomics of Competitiveness Program

Jan 2015Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Served as co-leader of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Affiliate Network’s Institutes Council from 2015-2019. T
  • As co-leader of the Institutes Council, I have coordinated with the Competitiveness Institutes that have been created in various affiliate universities and provided support to affiliates that sought to create institutes or centers for competitiveness in their own universities and countries.

Affiliate Faculty, Microeconomics of Competitiveness Program (MOC)

Jan 2010Dec 2023 · 13 yrs 11 mos

  • I joined as Affiliate Faculty of the MOC program since 2010. The MOC Affiliate Network was launched by Professor Porter in 2002 to create local capacity to understand, teach, and upgrade competitiveness through a highly scalable structure. The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) at Harvard Business School (HBS) developed the curriculum, teaching materials, and a platform for disseminating these materials around the world. Currently, there are about 120 active universities from 60 different countries.

Cambridge institute for sustainability leadership (cisl)

Senior Associate

Sep 2012Present · 13 yrs 6 mos · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

  • The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential Institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy.
  • Our Rewiring the Economy framework shows how the economy can be ‘rewired’, through focused collaboration between business, government and finance institutions, to deliver positive outcomes for people and environment in pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • For over three decades we have built individual and organisational leadership capacity and capabilities, and created industry-leading collaborations, to catalyse change and accelerate the path to a sustainable economy. Our Rewiring Leadership framework sets out our model for the leadership needed to achieve this.
  • Our interdisciplinary research engagement builds the evidence base for practical action, through a focus on six cross-cutting themes critical to the delivery of the SDGs: sustainable finance, economic innovation, inclusive development, natural capital, future cities and leadership.

Ie business school

Adjunct Professor of Strategy

Oct 2009Mar 2023 · 13 yrs 5 mos · Madrid Area, Spain

  • Involved in the IE Business School and University Programs ( blended and residential) in Strategy and Business, Government and Society. I work as Business Impact Scientist, in the newly designed IMBA, where experimentation drives success. I have developed 2 HIOP (High Impact Online Programs) and I served as Faculty Lead for the Global Advanced Management Program.

Grenoble ecole de management

3 roles

Director of the Master in International Business

May 2008Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Managed the 5th best Master in Management in the world ( FT ranking) across France, UK and Singapore and oversaw the curriculum, faculty allocation and recruitment over 2 years.

Senior Professor of Business & Economics & Director of the Lab-Center for Competitiveness

Feb 2008Jan 2018 · 9 yrs 11 mos

  • I served as tenured Senior Professor of Business and Economics and founding director of the Lab-Center for Competitiveness, affiliated to the MOC network of Professor Michael Porter's at Harvard Business School. Since 2013 I head the Political Economy and Sustainable Competitiveness Initiative.
  • From 2008 to 2010 I have served as Director of the Master in International Business, worldwide
  • (The MIB was ranked 5th best Master in Management in the world by the FT, at the time of my tenure)

Associate Professor of Business and Economics

Jan 2008Apr 2015 · 7 yrs 3 mos

University of massachusetts amherst

Director of the Bachelor of Science & Adjunct Professor

Jan 2005Jun 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • The Bachelor of Science at UMass Amherst has been ranked 4th best program in the US for several years. Liaising with professors, students and administration, this program was successfully managed over the 2 sides of the program in the US as well as in Switzerland.

Education

École nationale des ponts et chaussées

Executive Doctorate of Business Administration

Harvard Business School

Post Doc Specialization — Microeconomics of Competitiveness

Università degli Studi di Torino

Laurea Degree (Dottore Magistrale) Master of Arts — Social Sciences

The International School of Management (ISM)

Ph.D — International Business & Economics

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