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Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technologies

About the Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technologies

Frontier technologies will be among the biggest drivers of labour market transformation in the coming years. This could create higher wage, better quality jobs in economies across the globe; or it could exacerbate inequalities within and between countries. 

How can frontier technologies be harnessed to provide more productive jobs to the global workforce inclusively?

Co-Chairs

David Bach

President, IMD Business School

Neeti Mehta Shukla

Co-Founder and Chief Social Impact Officer, Automation Anywhere, Inc.

Members

AK
Anup Kaphle
Group Editorial Director at Kantipur Media Group
DS
Daniel Susskind
Research Professor at King's College London
DB
David Bach
President at IMD Business School
EM
Erika Kraemer Mbula
Professor of Economics at University of Johannesburg
EH
Eugene Ho
Global Director, Future Skills Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives at SAP Asia Pte Ltd
JA
Jose Javier Aguirre
Director Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at AgroAmerica
KS
Kasthuri Soni
Chief Executive Officer at Harambee Youth Accelerator
KK
Khalil Ibrahim Al Khoury
Undersecretary of Labour Market & Emiratization Operations at Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation of the United Arab Emirates
LJ
Leslie Johnston
Chief Executive Officer at Laudes Foundation
ML
Melvyn Lubega
Head of Digital Services Unit at Presidency of South Africa
NS
Neeti Mehta Shukla
Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at Automation Anywhere, Inc.
NR
Nela Richardson
Chief Economist and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Officer at ADP
RA
Ronit Avni
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Localized
SL
Sangheon Lee
Director, Employment Policy Department at International Labour Organization (ILO)
SY
Sertaç Yerlikaya
Professor, Technology Transformation and Future of Work at Kapadokya University
SJ
Shanti Jagannathan
Director, Human and Social Development Sector at Asian Development Bank
SG
Svenja Gudell
Chief Economist at Indeed, Inc.
VD
Vilas Dhar
President at The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Council Manager

Shuvasish Sharma

Centre for the New Economy and Society, World Economic Forum

Council's Publications

Forum Publications

Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World’s Largest Workforces
Jobs and the Future of Work
Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World’s Largest Workforces

14 October 2025

Forum Agenda

As AI becomes more capable, how can we ensure people become more capable too?
Jobs and the Future of Work...
As AI becomes more capable, how can we ensure people become more capable too?
Everyone talks about critical thinking. Here's how schools should actually teach it
Education and Skills...
Everyone talks about critical thinking. Here's how schools should actually teach it
Businesses aren't prioritizing AI governance. Here's why that holds them back
Artificial Intelligence...
Businesses aren't prioritizing AI governance. Here's why that holds them back
How education can transform disruptive AI advances into workforce opportunities
Jobs and the Future of Work...
How education can transform disruptive AI advances into workforce opportunities
Why cybersecurity’s future depends on people, not just technology
Cybersecurity...
Why cybersecurity’s future depends on people, not just technology
Digitized nomads: Lessons we can learn from Mongolia’s nomadic herders in the age of AI
Emerging Technologies...
Digitized nomads: Lessons we can learn from Mongolia’s nomadic herders in the age of AI
Why AI literacy is crucial for safe, inclusive and strategic AI transformation
Emerging Technologies...
Why AI literacy is crucial for safe, inclusive and strategic AI transformation

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