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Why sustainability is the new digital
Companies must adapt quickly to sustainability in the age of disruption by learning lessons from the digital revolution in order to prosper in the future.
Orit Gadiesh is the Chairman of Bain & Company. She is a widely acknowledged expert on management and corporate strategy.
She has advised top-level management in every aspect of strategy across a wide array of industries, from consumer products to high tech. She currently splits her time between active client and advisory work, in the US, Europe and Asia. A respected thought leader, she is frequently invited to share her insights and views at high-level executive conferences around the globe. Her work has appeared in all major media outlets, globally. She is also the co-author of the book Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use.
Orit volunteers her experience as a pragmatic strategist to business, civic, and academic communities:
Member | Board of Trustees and of the Community of Chairpersons of the WEF.
Member | Executive Committee, MIT Corporation.
Member and former chairman | International Business Leaders' Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai (IBLAC).
Member | the Council on Foreign Relations; the International Advisory Council of the James Martin 21st Century School of the University of Oxford; the Advisory Council of the Peres Institute for Peace and Innovation.
Governor of Tel Aviv University.
Boards | Currently: Board of Directors, Schindler AG. Previously: member of the Board of Directors, WPP (2004-2014), member of the Supervisory Board, Royal Dutch Philips (2014-2021).
Hebrew University, Jerusalem (BA, summa cum laude), Harvard Business School (MBA, with highest honors; Baker Scholar, presented with the Brown Award).
Companies must adapt quickly to sustainability in the age of disruption by learning lessons from the digital revolution in order to prosper in the future.
¿Cuál es el propósito de los negocios en 2020 y cómo pueden las empresas prepararse para los desafíos que se avecinan?
What's the purpose of business in 2020, and how can companies prepare for the challenges ahead?