Rafael is the first Professor of Practice at the University of Oxford.
Rafael is the Director of the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Centre and co-created the award-winning Oxford Scenarios Programme.
He is one of the world’s leading experts on scenario planning. As a researcher and advisor, Rafael has worked extensively with non-governmental organisations, corporations, inter-governmental organisations, governments and think tanks.
Rafael holds a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and masters' degrees from York University in Toronto and Oxford.
Prior to coming to Oxford, Rafael was part of Shell’s scenarios team and Professor of Management in HEC Paris. Rafael is fluent in French, Spanish and English, and he has worked on all continents.
Expertise:
- scenario planning, foresight and strategy
- value creation systems
- aesthetics and business
