Angela Wilkinson

An internationally recognized practitioner with 30 years of experience specialising in risk and uncertainty, forward assessment, business strategy, and, public policy. Angela has initiated, facilitated and led over 100 forward thinking initiatives, worked in over 30 countries and in a broad range of sectors. She has directed several large-scale, highly sensitive and complex international initiatives and is a skilled 'intrapreneur' who works with senior leadership teams to make change happen.

Until September 2016, Angela led the upgrade of the OECD’s strategic foresight capabilities. Previous roles include Director of the Oxford Scenarios Programme, OSBS Ltd, Director of Futures Programmes, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, and Director of Futures, Institute of Science Innovation and Society, University of Oxford. She was also a leading member of Shell’s global scenario team. She holds a PhD in Physics.

Other affiliations include Advisory Board, Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation, Visiting Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, Oxford, and Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science.

Angela has published two books and numerous articles on scenario planning and strategic foresight.