Nadya Zhexembayeva

Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author specializing in resilience and reinvention; In Ventures magazine calls her "The Reinvention Guru," and TEDx Navasink calls her "The Queen of Reinvention." As a consultant, Nadya helped such companies as Coca-Cola, IBM, CISCO, L'Oreal Group, Danone, Kohler, Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation, and Vienna Insurance Group reinvent their products, leadership practices and business models to meet new market demands and prepare for incoming disruptions. As a speaker, she delivered keynotes to more than 100,000 executives – including four TEDx talks. Nadya is the author of two books, including Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for a Resource-Deprived World, which was named Best Book of 2014 by Soundview Executive Book Summaries and Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage, which was selected as one of Best Sustainability Books of All Times by BookAuthority.