Esme Palaganas is an Innovation Researcher & Creative Venture Advisor based in London.

Bridging creativity, technology, and research to shape future-ready ventures and ecosystems , Esme is pursuing a PhD Researcher at the Institute for Creativity and AI of Bayes (formerly Cass)Business School at City St Georges-University of London. She consulted as an innovation and design thinking lead for a national government agency, advised 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 was a  guest contributor for Vogue Philippines and Philippine Star on topics of Technology and the Creative Industries, 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 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. 

Select Press and Activities: 
– Featured on Vogue’s Filipino Women Shaping Fashion today
– Conversations on Intellectual Property and Creative protection with Kenneth Cobonpue
– Chaired the Responsible AI, Trust, and Policy Engagement at the Bayes AI Global Forum