People

Carina Jurs

Carina is a Masters graduate of King’s College London in Human Resource Management and Organisational Development. Originally from Norway, she gained her Bachelors Degree at Regent’s University in Management/Marketing and International Relations, where she was also an active mentor in their award-winning Model United Nations programme.  In addition to English, she speaks Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

Ian Ross

Ian has over 26 years’ experience of working internationally as a facilitator, negotiator, and executive coach throughout Europe, the Middle East, Nigeria, Ghana, The Gambia, Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania and Colombia. As well as being a Director of Vievolve, he holds the highest international accreditation possible in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (INLPTA Master Trainer and Coach Trainer), together with negotiation and conflict resolution studies at the Harvard Law School. Using a dynamic combination of NLP, Systems, Complexity and Values Systems Theories, he is able to facilitate rapid, sustainable breakthrough solutions with his commercial, Government and Charity/NGO clients.

Julius Colwyn-Foulkes

Julius is an artist and scholar working at the interface between art and science, translating concepts for their beauty as well as their pragmatic value. Studying the history of culture through a semiotic lens, he specialised in the study of ideographic art forms and political literature at the university of Edinburgh. With an interest in the social dynamics of interdisciplinary collaboration, Julius has practical experience working with TED as part of the speaker co-ordination team during their global conferences.  He is now developing his concepts in a practice-based MA in Art and Science at Central St. Martins.

Shihara Jaldin

Shihara is a business transformation professional with a breadth of industry and consulting experience in top tier organisations spanning international trade, transportation, oil and gas, financial services, regulatory and not for profit sectors. A proficient Lean Six Sigma practitioner at Black Belt level, Shihara has led large scale global programmes involving process re-engineering, change management, continuous improvement, outsourcing, organisational restructuring and systems integration, getting to the root cause of the most complex of problems. Shihara has worked in multiple countries in addition to the UK, equipping her with an in-depth understanding of the often-overlooked cultural elements pivotal to the success of business transformation initiatives.

Andrew Wylie

Andrew is a programme manager with a background in organisation development and change, particularly in the government and local government sectors. He specialises in change management, particularly scoping and designing highly complex projects with a wide range of diverse stakeholders. Prior to working in the legal and charity sectors in London , Andrew was heavily involved in changes triggered by Local Government reforms in Auckland, New Zealand, managing the merger of seven regulatory services, and the delivery of the first 30-year spatial plan in New Zealand.

Greg Fisher

Greg studied Economics & Politics at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, and joined the Bank of England as a graduate entrant in 1995 working in a spectrum of roles that mixed economics and finance. Between 2004 and 2008, Greg worked for a hedge fund as a global macroeconomic strategist. Greg is a Senior Research Associate of the London School of Economics’ Complexity Group, and the Managing Director of Synthesis IPS, the leading public policy think-tank in London, combining complex system theory with 21st century strategy across a wide range of socio-economic issues facing the UK and the world today.

David W

David specialises in search-engine optimisation, digital marketing, and strategy consulting.

Eve Mitleton-Kelly

Eve is a Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS, Founder and Director of the LSE Complexity Research Group, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems.  Her research has concentrated on the implications of the theories of complexity for organisations (specifically on strategy and policy development), and on the creation of enabling environments to address apparently intractable problems in business and the public sector.  Her career has been highlighted by projects addressing practical problems using complexity theory, funded by the EPSRC (Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council), ESRC (Economics & Social Sciences Research Council), AHRC (Art & Humanities Research Council), the European Commission, business and government.

Kyle Taylor

Kyle Taylor brings with him ten years of cross-sector, multi-continent experience. Having started in Washington, DC with global NGO Ashoka: Innovators for the public, his personal nomadic tendencies led him to professional positions with governments and in both the private and citizen sectors in Asia, Australia and Belgium before stopping for an extended stint in London, where he most recently served as Chief of Staff to a Minister of State for Justice. Along the way he has acquired two bachelor's degrees and a Master's degree from the London School of Economics in International Politics and Communication.

Araceli Camargo

Araceli is a cognitive neuroscientist who specialises in applying her knowledge of cognitive flexibility in corporate settings, enabling companies to realise changes in their work habits with tools rather than processes. She has worked with brands like Aecom, Nike, SEEN, Total, Virgin, and lectures on the subject of perception for London College of Communication and at Oxford Brookes on Cognitive Spaces.  She is also the founder and a Director of THECUBE. 

Mantas Bolys

Mantas Bolys is a science entrepreneur. Having graduated with MSc Distinction from UCL in Psychological Research, he is currently working as a Business Psychologist for Arup, a global engineering consultancy. His inspiration lies in developing consultancy tools that would allow defining organisational culture in a tangible and pragmatic way. Mantas has broad experience in the area of Leadership development, including designing and managing development centres, applying cutting-edge research to a client’s needs, and evaluating project success. His latest project involves working as the project controller for a Heathrow Baggage IT programme.

Pouya Jalali

Pouya joined AKCGlobal as the firm’s 2015 Prigogine Fellow. With a global footprint reaching from Canada to the United Arab Emirates, Pouya specialised at Regent’s University in applying various sciences and tools of Complex System Theory to international business and strategy.  In addition to interests and work in the UK’s music industry and international football competitions, Pouya has been active for several years in product management, sales and customer service for the Dubai-based Nof & Nawaf Trading Company, speaking English and Farsi.

Paul Hayllor

Paul has 25 years management experience across defence, education, healthcare, social-welfare, consultancy, training, organisational development and the third sector. He specializes in finding business solutions to complex issues and leading project teams to implement them. A strategic thinker and operational leader, Paul holds Fellowship status with the CIPD, and has lectured at graduate and post-graduate levels in business strategy, human resource management, project management, IT Risk and marketing. He has held positions on cross government working groups in veterans affairs, mental health, drugs and alcohol and supported employment.

Paul Ainscough

Paul is a highly experienced finance leader with a background of senior executive roles across financial services, commerce and the third sector. With over 25 years of management exposure across the full spectrum of business financial and commercial management, Paul has successfully lead international corporate change and start-up programmes, strengthened executive board strategic planning, control and reporting disciplines, and has developed a particular expertise in the delivery of proactive financial/commercial support to non-financial executives and teams. Paul places a particular emphasis on the criticality of applying pro-active communication skills - and has a track record of establishing highly effective relationships with board members and staff across all management levels and cultures.

Alexander Knapp

The founder and principal consultant for AKCGlobal, Alexander has twenty years of experience working with the world's wicked problems in international relations and business. A veteran of twelve years of United Nations peacekeeping and reconstruction, and building on a decade of freelance consulting experience, Alexander has worked with numerous governments, international organisations, multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations. In addition to his consulting work, he also teaches international relations, business, strategy and complexity at universities in London and Washington DC, and is a frequent keynote speaker and media expert on international conflict, complexity and strategy.