About
Our Mission
To build a community, grounded in shared values, where leaders collaborate generously to accelerate one another's success and tackle real-world challenges. Our launch focus: Africa and South America, scaling globally over time.
Our Story
Adaptive Foundation was built on a conviction shaped across military operations, corporate innovation labs, global classrooms, and entrepreneurial ecosystems: the world does not lack talent, it lacks structured collaboration that turns talent into sustained impact.
An Innovation Architecture
Adaptive Foundation is an innovation architecture, a system designed to integrate the precision of military leadership, the rigor of elite academia, the discipline of corporate innovation, and the agility of entrepreneurship into one unified ecosystem. Through the Adaptive Fellowship and broader initiatives, we identify high-potential leaders, particularly those solving challenges in developing and under-resourced communities, and surround them with global faculty, sponsors, and structured feedback systems designed for compounding impact.
Where We're Going
Because the future will not be shaped by isolated brilliance. It will be shaped by adaptive leaders disciplined enough to execute, curious enough to learn, and connected enough to build together.
Leadership and advisors
Adaptive Foundation is guided by a small, hands-on leadership team and a growing network of regional advisors across Africa, Latin America, and North America. These individuals bring decades of experience in banking, technology, communications, and entrepreneurship to our mission.
Our Team
A small team. We believe talent is everywhere and access is not, and we build the structures that close that gap.
Steering Committee
Adaptive Foundation's leadership team guides our mission and anchors it to our network's resources, expertise, and commitment to global impact.
Advisory Board
Adaeze Udensi
CEO, Titan Bank Member profile, sign in to view
Juliet Ehimuan
Former Director, Google West Africa Member profile, sign in to view
Kola Adesina
Managing Director, Sahara Power Group Member profile, sign in to view
Abhishek Kapoor
CEO and Director, Puravankara Ltd
Cory Kidd
Chief Digital and AI Officer, Sigla Sciences Member profile, sign in to view
Helio Mosquim Junior
Technology Director and Co-Founder, VALE S.A. / Match4Action
Bandar AbuAshi
Senior Vice President, Saudi Tourism Authority Member profile, sign in to view
Juan Miguel Pique
Managing Partner, Famara Ventures
Lucy Wainman
Head of IC (China), Sucden Financial Ltd Member profile, sign in to view
Carl Fransman
Founder, PEM Member profile, sign in to view
Louis Jean Chartier
CEO, North South Energy Partners Member profile, sign in to view
Kris Plakkat
CEO and Co-Founder Member profile, sign in to view
Saskia Verraes
Director of Impact, Proxima Consulting Member profile, sign in to view
Ashok Krish
Founder and CEO, Kaizen Secure Voiz Member profile, sign in to view
Ashu Gupta
Founder and CTO, Meru Labs / Lean Technologies Member profile, sign in to view
Olga Zubrilova
Compliance Director, ERG Member profile, sign in to view
Stephane Mitrani
CEO and COO, Electro Technik IndustriesFaculty Advisors
Caio Fanha
Head of Internationalisation and Global Network, CESUPA (staff, not faculty)
Vitor Hugo Freitas Gomes
Researcher, University of Turku · Lecturer, CESUPA and UFRA
Pedro Henrique Sales Girotto
Coordinator, Computer Engineering
Rafaela Sena Daibes Resque
Professor of International and Constitutional Law · Lawyer
Camilla Penna de Miranda Figueiredo
Architect and Urbanist · Professor
Luiz Rafael Thomaz Araújo
Professor, Production Engineering
Fábio Araújo
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering · Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies
Juliet Ehimuan
Former Director, Google West Africa Member profile, sign in to view
Saskia Verraes
Director of Impact, Proxima Consulting Member profile, sign in to view
William "Bill" Putsis
Lecturer in Management, Yale School of Management