Fernanda Torre

Fernanda Torre is a leading expert in the field of sustainability-driven innovation, currently CEO of Next Agents, a consulting firm with a mission to generate value for people and the planet, now and into the future. In line with the commitment to sustainable practices, Next Agents is an active member of Cradlenet and Nordic Circular Hotspot, as well as part of the Swedish Climate Startup Map. Next Agents is furthermore, affiliated for the Nordics for Rapid Learning Cycles (RLC) and agile project management framework that supports businesses accelerating the development and deployment of cleantech and sustainable innovations.

Furthermore, Torre is a Visiting Teacher affiliated to the House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), faculty in the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES) where she teaches Trendspotting and Future Forecasting, and directs the global program on entrepreneurship education SSES Learning Lab Roundtables.

Torre is moreover the Operations Director and one of the founding members of Boards Impact Forum, the Nordic chapter for the Climate Governance Initiative from the World Economic Forum.

Torre has done research on the intersection between AI and innovation, both in the launch of new projects as well as the corporate governance of exponential technologies. Additionally, Torre is a Swedish Expert in the international technical committee for the development of the ISO standard on Innovation Management. She is also a founding member of the Speculative Futures Chapter in Stockholm.

With a background in Graphic Design (Red Dot Design award 2014 with Gabor Palotai) and Experience Design (Beam me up, Scotty! award in Helsinki design fair 2013), Torre has made her way into innovation management (Stora Enso Innovation Award for Intelligent Packaging 2016).
Torre has an MBA from SSE, awarded with the President’s List for outstanding academic achievement, an MFA in Experience Design from Konstfack and a Bachelor in Arts in Graphic Design from Porto University.