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Professor Jonatan Pinkse  

Jonatan Pinkse is Professor of Sustainable Business and the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Business at King's Business School. 

His passion is sustainability, strategy, and innovation. He is a regular speaker on topics related to strategy and innovation for net-zero and sustainability, business model innovation for disruption, the green transition, cross-sector partnerships, and digital platforms. 

In his research, Jonatan analyses how firms make strategic decisions to create a sustainable economy and deal with tensions between issues and actors. He investigates opportunities and barriers for firms to adopt disruptive and sustainable technologies from cognitive, organizational, and institutional perspectives. 

Jonatan has authored more than 60 scholarly and practitioner articles in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Studies, California Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 

In 2020, he was included in the prestigious Highly Cited Researcher list, and in 2023, in the Stanford University list of the top 2 per cent of the world's scientists. Before moving to London, he held positions at the University of Manchester, Universiteit van Amsterdam, and Grenoble Ecole de Management. 

He is deputy editor for the journal Organization & Environment and has edited numerous special issues. He is theme lead of Social, environmental & technological transitions of the ESRC-funded The Productivity Institute. 

Moderator: Dr. Gillian Brooks 

Panellists:

• Dr. Declan Woods, Professor of Leadership Practice at King's Business School

• Aekta Mahajan Patel, Executive Fellow at King’s Business School.

• Juan Diego Du Bois, Customer Growth Associate - Google Customer Solutions (GCS)

Dr. Declan Woods is a Professor of Leadership Practice at King's Business School, designing and delivering innovative executive development programmes for c-suite clients. He is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Psychologist, accredited Master Coach, and trained team coach. He has a Master of Education degree in Developmental Psychology from the University of Cambridge, an Executive MBA from Warwick University and an Executive MA in change consulting from INSEAD.  

Aekta Mahajan Patel is an Executive Fellow at King’s Business School. She is the Global Head of Venture Capital at the Department for International Trade. In 2012, Aekta was selected as one of Management Today’s “35 Women Under 35” list. More recently she was featured in the TimeWise Power list.

Juan Diego Du Bois has rejoined Google's EMEA Headquarters in Dublin as a Customer Growth Associate, helping Spanish small-to-medium-sized businesses grow through Google Ads advisory. He recently graduated with First Class Honours in Business Management from King’s College London, where he completed a placement year at The Walt Disney Company’s Destinations division and a semester abroad at The Wharton School of Business. Originally from Peru, Juan Diego has long been passionate about using leadership for social impact, such as founding a social organisation that raised over $75K to deliver more than 183,000 meals to 2,000 families in the Peruvian community of Manchay. With leadership training from both King’s and Wharton, and experience within tech and media, he is eager to share how today’s graduates are shaping the future of leadership in an AI-driven world.

• Digital Disruption – How will emerging technologies redefine service delivery and guest engagement? 

• The Resurgence of Sustainability – How will environmental and social responsibility (again) become central to luxury value propositions? 

• Political Fragmentation – How will geopolitical shifts and regulatory divergence create new complexities for global operations? 

• Understand how emerging technologies are transforming guest expectations and service models in luxury hospitality and events. 

• Evaluate the renewed importance of sustainability in shaping future luxury value propositions and brand loyalty. 

• Identify key leadership skills needed to navigate geopolitical complexity and drive innovation in a fragmented global landscape.