10 | EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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Issue No . 02 First Quarter 2017
HANNAH STEWART Hannah is Managing Editor at EMB . She has a background in business journalism and international development in various settings across the emerging market world .
WILLIAM E . HEINECKE William is the founder , chairman and CEO of Bangkok-based Minor International Plc , one of the largest hospitality and leisure groups in the Asia Pacific region . He was born in the USA but has been a naturalized Thai citizen since 1991 .
GARY CHAPMAN Gary has been a key member of the management team at Dubai-based international aviation holding company , The Emirates Group , for more than 30 years . Today he serves as President of Group Services and President of dnata , one of the world ’ s largest air services providers .
TARUN KHANNA Tarun is Director of the South Asia Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School . His books include Winning in Emerging Markets : A Road Map for Strategy and Execution , Harvard Business Press , 2010 .
HOWARD YU In 2015 , Howard was featured in Poets & Quants as one of the World ’ s Best 40 Under 40 Business School Professors . He is a professor of strategy and innovation at IMD business school in Switzerland and received his doctoral degree from Harvard Business School .
RAVI RAMAMURTI Ravi is the D ’ Amore-McKim Distinguished Professor of International Business as well as Director of the Center for Emerging Markets , at Northeastern University in Boston , USA .
THOMAS MALNIGHT Thomas is a professor of strategy and general management at Switzerland ’ s IMD business school . Prior to joining IMD , he was on the Faculty of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania .
SIMPLICE ASONGU Simplice is Lead Economist and Director of the African Governance and Development Institute , Cameroon . He is also a researcher at Oxford Brookes University , UK .
MURALI CHARI Murali is Associate Professor and Academic Director of International Relations at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer , America ’ s oldest technological research university .
PARAG KHANNA Parag is a global strategist , author and senior research fellow in the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy , National University of Singapore . He is also Managing Partner of geostrategic advisory firm , Hybrid Reality , and Co-Founder & CEO of content branding agency , Factotum .
TIM SUMMERS Tim is a non-resident Senior Consulting Fellow on the Asia programme at Chatham House and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Centre for China Studies , The Chinese University of Hong Kong .
PADDY PADMANATHAN Paddy is President and CEO of ACWA Power , a Saudi-based private developer and operator of power and desalinated water production plants . He joined ACWA Power in 2005 and is a civil engineer with more than 30 years ’ experience .
JOCHEN WIRTZ Jochen is a professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore ( NUS ) and director of the UCLA – NUS Executive MBA program . He is also a best-selling author , speaker , consultant and angel investor .
RON KAUFMAN In addition to his role as founder of the customer service training company , UP ! Your Service , Ron is a book author , columnist , management consultant , and keynote speaker .
UTPAL M . DHOLAKIA Utpal is the George R . Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice University ’ s Jesse H . Jones Graduate School of Business . His research interests include consumer behavior , SME marketing strategy and online marketing . Utpal writes a popular blog on Psychology Today called ‘ The Science behind Behavior .’
ABDERRAHIM ETOUIL Abderrahim is an experienced journalist with expertise in economics , business and finance . From Dubai where he is based , Abderrahim covers a wide range of issues in the Middle East and Africa region , as well as globally .
EMERGING MARKETS BUSINESS FIRST QUARTER 2017 ISSUE NO . 2