Martina Szabo is Head of Knowledge Communities at the World Economic Forum, strengthening global academic and research engagement and governing the Network of Global Future Councils, a premier multidisciplinary foresight platform informing and advancing global strategic agendas. She has led Forum-wide strategy and transformation initiatives, including global programming strategy and business engagement for the COVID Action Platform, and has driven partnerships with leading companies to advance multistakeholder collaboration. Martina joined the Forum in 2016 and is a graduate of its Global Leadership Fellow programme. Earlier in her career, she worked in strategy consulting focused on building public-private partnerships to advance global health. She holds a Master of Public Health from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College.