Industries in Depth
化学産業の今 - その変革と重要性
化学産業の活動は、一般的には主に分子レベルでの物質の操作（特に変換）によって定義されます。このような活動は、食料、モビリティ、グローバルヘルス、情報経済などの分野を含む、あらゆる社会経済システムの中核を担っています。生物である私たち自身が驚異的な総合化学工場であるだけでなく、現代の化学産業の成果によって、私たちは、より健康かつ安全で、生産的な人類として繁栄することができる...
Fernando is the Head of the Resource Systems and Resilience program in the Center for Nature and Climate of the World Economic Forum, leading the team that advances initiatives in plastics pollution, the circular economy and societal resilience towards environmental risks. Fernando has held various roles at the Forum, more recently Head of the Materials and Infrastructure industries. Before joining the Forum in 2010, Fernando was for eight years at AkzoNobel.
Fernando is experienced in structuring and managing partnerships for technical development and has performed in areas including technology strategy and management, and corporate innovation. He received his Chemistry degree from Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida, and completed his post-doctoral work at Stanford University.
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