Ian Goldin, a founding Director of the Oxford Martin School, was previously World Bank Vice President and the Group’s Director of Policy. Positions held include Chief Executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Economic Advisor to President Nelson Mandela. Ian has been knighted by the French Government and has published 21 books, including Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance and The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks. He has been a Non-Executive Director on numerous boards, the Senior Independent Director on CDC, is a Trustee of Comic Relief and the Chair of CORE-Econ initiative to modernise the teaching of economics.