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Mike Hanley
Mike Hanley

I have been Editorial Director at the World Economic Forum since October 2010. Before that I was a professional writer and editor, launch editor of Business21C, a writer on AFR Boss magazine, a consulting editor with the Economist Intelligence Unit, and had a number of global corporate communications clients including Marsh, Swiss Re, the big four accountants, and consultants Towers Perrin. Together with World Economic Forum managing director Adrian Monck, I wrote Crunch Time: how everyday life is killing the future and Can You Trust the Media?. I studied economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics, and have an MBA from the London Business School.

What I'm working on

October 3, 2011: Been a while (Um... a year) since I updated this widget. That is how busy I have been, seriously. I am currently working on a brief for the Outlook on the Global Agenda 2012 the publication and video production out of the Summit on the Global Agenda, the world's largest brainstorm happening in Abu Dhabi next week. Then there's a Forum Special Meeting in Jordan the week after, India in November, and Davos in January. The Forum rollercoaster never stops...