Esme Palaganas is an Innovation Researcher & Creative Venture Advisor based in London.
Bridging creativity, technology, and research to shape future-ready ventures and ecosystems , she is pursuing a PhD in Management on Artificial Intelligence and Business at City University of London (Bayes Business School, formerly Cass). She has consulted for a national government agency, advised lifestyle brands and FMCG ventures throughABLANKCD, 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 wrote as a guest contributor for Vogue Philippines and Philippine Star on 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 organizationadvocating for legislation and establishing Intellectual Property initiatives.
