Prof. Antonio Fatas

Professor of Economics
The Portuguese Council Chaired Professor of European Studies

Antonio Fatás is professor of Economics at INSEAD. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in London and has worked as external consultant for international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the OECD and the World Bank.

He teaches the macroeconomics core course in the MBA program as well as different modules on the global macroeconomic environment in Executive Education. His research is focused on the study of business cycles, fiscal policy and the economics of European integration. His articles appear in academic journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, European Economic Review or Economic Policy.

Chinezi Chijioke

Chinezi is the Founder & CEO of Pioneer Academies, a new network of high quality affordable private schools.  Chinezi was previously the Head of McKinsey & Company’s African Education Practice, where he worked for 8 years gaining experience with over 25 countries’ school systems across the world, including South Africa. Chinezi started his career as a secondary school mathematics teacher, where he was nominated by his students to Who’s Who of American Teachers. He has also founded youth leadership programmes in South Africa and Nigeria.

Chinezi holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters in Education from Stanford University, a Bachelors in Psychology and an Honours Certificate in African Studies from Harvard University, where he also received the John P. Reardon award as Harvard’s top scholar-athlete. Chinezi is Nigerian and American, and has spent 10 years living in South Africa.

Sumitra Pasupathy

Sumitra Pasupathy is a social entrepreneur and the Co-founder and Director of Playeum, an innovative education content and service provider centered on creativity for children and families based in Singapore. Playeum is in its fifth year of operation with a strong track record of innovative product and creative partnerships locally and internationally. Sumitra has over 15 years of professional experience in product development and creative content development. She has had professional experiences internationally with Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Bertelsmann AG and lastly at Random House UK, prior to Playeum. A Malaysian who is trained as a Chemical Engineer from Cambridge (MEng) with an MBA from INSEAD with several patents, awards and a deep rooted passion for the children, education and the arts.