Stephanie Richardson

Stephanie is a seasoned strategist and advisor with 15+ years of consulting, business incubation and entrepreneurship experience across Europe, MENA and Southeast Asia. Her focus is on advancing economic competitiveness, entrepreneurship, innovation and future talent to support sustainable socioeconomic development and growth.

Stephanie’s expertise spans from national strategy initiatives with senior executives and government leaders to working side-by-side with entrepreneurs and startups to turn their visions and ambitions into reality. She serves as an advisory board member, mentor, investor and founding team member for startups, early stage businesses and organizations in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and is a coach for high potential talent programs, young professionals and founders.

Stephanie is based in Dubai, with regular travel across the Middle East, Europe, the US and Asia to stimulate the flow of insights and collaboration between developed and emerging economies and ecosystems.

Specialties: Strategy, economic competitiveness, socio-economic development and impact, entrepreneurship and startup ecosystems, emerging market transitions to advanced industries, future skills and talent development.