Julia Binder Author & Editor

Prof. Dr. Julia Binder is Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation at IMD and Director of the IMD Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business. In 2022, Julia was selected for the Thinkers50 radar list as one of the 30 thinkers to watch in the coming year. Prior to joining IMD, Julia was Deputy to the Vice President for Innovation at EPFL and led the school’s sustainability initiative Tech4Impact. 
Dr. Manuel Braun is Director at Systemiq Ltd and lecturer at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Systemiq is a global think-and-do-tank focused on sustainability and the Circular Economy, where Manuel leads the circular business models activities – working with pioneering organizations, investors and entrepreneurs. Before that, he spent 8 years at McKinsey & Company in Munich and London, where he led sustainable product development and design projects industries. He is lecturer for executive courses and affiliate researcher at TUM.