Esme Palaganas is a Creative Venture Advisor &
Innovation Researcher.
Bridging creativity, technology, and research to shape future-ready ventures and ecosystems, she has consulted for a national government agency, advises lifestyle brands and FMCG ventures through A BLANK CD, and co-founded PHx Fashion Group to support Filipino contemporary brands.
Finding importance in knowledge exchange, she engages across academia, media and global networks in the discourse of creativity, technology and systems change. She writes as a guest contributor for Vogue Philippines and Philippine Star, has designed curricula and held adjunct posts on marketing, management and entrepreneurship at design schools and business universities such as De La Salle University Manila, and delivered talks on innovation and global prosperity at Ateneo de Manilla University and University College London. A Chevening Scholar, she is a fellow of global organizations including Salzburg Global and UNCTAD eTrade for Women network, and has led a Policy Committee for an industry organization advocating for legislation and establishing Intellectual Property initiatives.
She is currently pursuing a PhD in Management focusing on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries Futures at City University of London (Bayes Business School, formerly Cass Business School).
Across these affiliations, her work focuses on how creativity, systems, and technology converge to drive the future of industries.