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Christchurch, New Zealand

Born and bred in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Samuel is an agribusiness professional, a public sector consultant and an agri-food systems researcher.  As an agribusiness professional, was engaged in multiple research and business projects at levels of the agri-food sector in Ethiopia.  The most impactful among these include AgricaJice Tibila, a passionfruit juice export company. He was responsible for leading projects developing the nucleus as well as the outgrower farms supplying the fruit. As a consultant, he contributed to multiple impactful social and public sector projects across Africa. Working in numerous production and distribution companies in Christchurch, he acquainted himself with New Zealand's food and beverage sector. He is currently completing his PhD in agribusiness, focused on improving the performances of Agricultural value chains using the system dynamics methodology. His demonstrated ability to thrive on multiple pioneering challenges avails his analytical, modelling, consulting and managerial skills to challenges ahead. Regarded as a value-driven professional, he is a leader with deep, dynamic, and systems thinking. He is in line with DEAL's advocacy for reforming economics and orienting it towards systems thinking. I envision learning from and collaborating with the LEAD community.     

Amsterdam

Hi, im a  and expert, activist and entrepreneur. My business is www.tackle.systems where we provide customised decision making support system, either using qualitative and quantitative models or validated simulation models for individual and collective decision-making.

Seoul, South Korea

I'm Dr. Benjamin, a systems thinking educator and researcher based in Korea, serving on the Leadership Team of the Pre-College Education SIG within the international System Dynamics Society. I served as President of the Korean System Dynamics Society for four years (2017-2020) and have been the President of System Leadership Institute since 2017.  Currently, I'm actively working as a World Climate Ambassador appointed by Climate Interactive (https://bit.ly/3H6IBnQ), facilitating climate change education through systems thinking approaches. Through my climate education work, I've come to believe that addressing climate challenges fundamentally requires a systemic perspective on economics. This is what brings me to the DEAL Community—I'm eager to learn how doughnut economics can complement and enhance systems thinking methodologies in education. I'm excited to contribute my experience in systems thinking education and leverage the K-12 educational networks I've developed over the past decade in Korea. I believe there's tremendous potential to adapt and spread DEAL educational programs through these established channels, helping Korean students understand the interconnections between economic systems and planetary wellbeing. I look forward to learning from this community's innovative approaches and exploring how we can integrate systemic and regenerative economic thinking in educational contexts.