Stavros Yiannouka
CEO at World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)
Stavros N. Yiannouka is the Chief Executive Officer of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a major initiative of Qatar Foundation, dedicated to building the future of education through debate, dialogue and purposeful action.
From 2005 to 2012 Stavros was the Executive Vice-Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Together with Kishore Mahbubani et al. Stavros is the co-author of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia, World Scientific (2012).
Before joining the LKY School, Stavros worked at McKinsey & Company from 2000-2005 and practiced corporate law in the City of London from 1995-1998 with the firms Gouldens and Mayer, Brown & Platt. He holds an MBA (with Distinction) from the London Business School, an LLB (with Honours) from the University of Bristol, is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales and an Adjunct Professor and Senior Advisor at the LKY School.