Research Team

Former leader, innovation and venturing at DSM, €10 billion+ advanced chemicals and materials focusing on health, nutrition and biosciences. Experienced manager of large-scale corporate innovation projects in sustainability, nutrition, and agricultural transition. Executive training in venture finance, strategic innovation, and market intelligence; MSc in Chemistry.

Former Director General of Open Data, Transparency and Collaboration at Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain. Expert on future of work and workers, collaborative consumption, and other urban economic trends.

Former Analyst, Forrester Research, and Director - Strategy & Experience Design at Gensler. Founder of specialty food companies. Professional gourmet sous-chef.

An experienced consultant and managing director, Arnold has worked across energy, food and consumer goods, materials, and digital with executives and innovation leaders at many of the worlds largest R&D driven organizations,

Carlota Rodben, a global nomad and former prima ballerina, is an innovator in the beauty, fashion, and luxury industries. Her diverse experience includes driving and leading innovation at CHANEL, authoring two acclaimed books, and offering unique insights as a multicultural Gen Z visionary. She focuses on integrating technology, sustainability, and human experience in reshaping luxury. 'Beauty As It Is' and 'Beyond Luxury: The Promise of Emotion' reflects her passion and dedication for Futures and the transformative role of emotion in luxury, fashion, and beauty industries. Today, she spearheads a tech lifestyle entrepreneurial project and consults for luxury brands, inspiring the future of luxury with her courses and cutting-edge ideas.

Futurity cofounder and CTO. Former VP of Research, Lux Research; Principal analyst, Forrester Research; Accenture. 5-time startup executive. Advisor to 150+ of Fortune 500, as well as KAUST, Neom, Masdar, QSTP, and Saudi Aramco.  speaker at Museum of the Future, Dubai UAE. MA Architecture, Harvard (top honors); BS Biology, Emory.

Former Strategy Director & Head of Ethics at Koa Health/Telefonica Alpha. Deputy Director of Health and Wellbeing at Department of Health of UK. Fellow, UK RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). Policy Advisor, UK Prime Minister (Tony Blair) Strategy Unit.

Núria is the lead data scientist at Futurity, managing large datasets and writing code to find and forecast industry and technology trends. She has masters and undergrad degrees in business and computer science, as well as continuing education certificates in quantum computing from MIT and graph database analysis from neo4j Academy. She is a native speaker of Catalan and Spanish.

Futurity cofounder and CEO. Former Senior Social Technologist at Telefonica Alpha Moonshot Factory. Advisor to UN, SXSW, City of Barcelona, BID-Lab. Awarded AWS Disruptor Award 2022, Forbes Top 40 Futurists, 100 Women of the Future, 100 Most Influential Women in Europe. First Futures expert speaker at Museum of the Future, Dubai UAE. MA Architecture, Harvard (top honors); BS Biology, Emory.

Leads Planetary Citizenship class at Stanford University Institute of Design (d.school). Former Director of Commercialization, International Space Station. Ph.D. in Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley; MS in Aerospace Engineering.