About

Som Chatterjee brings more than three decades of experience at the intersection of intelligence, technology, and strategic leadership. His career spans a global network of professionals, entrepreneurs, and industry pioneers across more than 150 countries. Over the years, he has helped shape the evolution of Human, Digital, and Artificial Intelligence while leading high-impact initiatives with Frost & Sullivan and its affiliates, including Frost Digital Ventures.

Based in Silicon Valley, Som has built a reputation for turning complex industry shifts into practical strategies that organizations can act on. His work blends deep domain expertise with a forward-looking view of how Augmentative and Generative Intelligence will redefine decision-making, innovation, and business performance.

At SCIP, Som is leading the organization through its transformation into the Intelligence Revolution era. He works closely with members, partners, sponsors, and the wider ecosystem to strengthen SCIP’s foundation, expand its capabilities, and build a next-generation intelligence community. His focus is simple: open new pathways for learning, collaboration, and impact while positioning SCIP as a catalyst for intelligence-driven growth worldwide.

David Frigstad's career has been dedicated to guiding companies in crafting, assessing, and executing innovative growth strategies. Following his university education, he co-founded a company that evolved into Frost & Sullivan. Presently, he serves on the board of the Strategic Consortium of Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), focusing on nurturing competitive strategy experts to propel corporate expansion. Additionally, as Chairman of the Frost & Sullivan Institute, a non-profit entity, he leverages innovation towards tackling global challenges.

Amiram Markovich is a former Senior Vice President (SVP) at Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank, where he established and led the Competitive Intelligence (CI) Unit for six years. He also managed major branches and played a key role in developing innovative decision-support systems.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Haifa, specializing in the business applications of information sources, CI, and dynamic capabilities for innovation and transformation.

Amiram teaches CI and banking at leading academic institutions, including the prestigious MBA program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He also lectures on CI and AI in executive education programs.

Beyond academia, he serves as a board director at Rafkor Ltd., and is a board member of both the Israel Knowledge Management Forum and the Knowledge Management Global Network. He is also a member of the Israel Social Directors Team and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the IDF reserves.

Amiram is the Chairperson of the Israel Intelligence Center of Excellence (ICoE) under SCIP and serves as the Chairman and organizer of the Israeli Competitive Intelligence Conferences for 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Joana Lenkova is a leading voice in corporate foresight with over a decade of specialized experience in the field. She brings a powerful blend of expertise across Marketing, Innovation, Strategy, and Strategic Foresight, having held pivotal roles at AB InBev, Société Générale, The Walt Disney Company, and The LEGO Group across international markets.

Currently serving as Futurology Director at The LEGO Group, Joana has shaped futures intelligence, built strategic capabilities, and translated foresight into commercially grounded, results-driven strategies. Her previous roles include leading the Strategic Foresight Team at The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland and overseeing Consumer Strategy for Disneyland Paris.

In 2019, she founded Futures Forward, a London-based consultancy that helps organizations integrate foresight into strategy and innovation. Joana's approach bridges long-term thinking with market and financial realities, making foresight actionable and impactful for decision-makers.

An alumna of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, she is currently writing a book on implementing foresight tools for strategic planning. She is also a founding member of the Global Foresight Advisory Council of The Futures School, a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, and a judge for the New Generation Foresight Practitioners Fellowship.

Dr. Jonathan Calof is recognized as one of the leaders in intelligence and foresight. A professor of competitive intelligence at the Telfer School of Management at the University, and also a UNESCO Professor – co-chair of Anticipatory Systems for Innovation and New Ventures and newly appointed professor at North West University (South Africa). Jonathan combines research and consulting in competitive intelligence, foresight and market insight to help organizations develop key insights on their competitive environment.

Mangesh is an Entrepreneur with close to two decades wealth of experience in multiple diversified industries from Banking & Financial Institutions, ICT, ITES, Data Center, Cloud Technologies, Big Data, Fintech, International Business, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship Development, Startup, Distribution, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Heavy Equipment, Research, Consulting, Public Sector, and Development Sector. With MSc in Business & IT, from Aston University, United Kingdom, he has been involved in projects and enterprises that promote his passion for innovation to contribute and improve social-business era. 

Mangesh is also the current Executive Committee Member of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI); Founding Member, Member of Advisory Leadership Group & Past President of Nepalese Young Entrepreneurs’ Forum that promote and encourage youth & entrepreneurship; Vice Chair in SAARC Young Entrepreneurs Forum and General Assembly Member of SAARC Chamber of Commerce  & Industries, member of Young Entrepreneur Group Asia Pacific which is under Confederation of Asia Pacific Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) and Member of Young Professional Organization (YPO) – Nepal Chapter.

Joseph H.A.M. Rodenberg is founder of Rodenberg Tillman & Associates (1985) and Intelligence Strategist at Bravinci Group. He has implemented Strategic Intelligence Solutions in hundreds of international companies around the globe. His International Master Class Strategy & Strategic Intelligence is up and running since the 1990s and is recognized as the leading training course worldwide.

Joseph has published Seven Books on Strategic Intelligence. Together with Michael Doves he recently published “The Bravinci Code”.  Joseph Rodenberg is regarded as the most experienced professional in the field of Strategy & Strategic Intelligence solutions.

Tanja Schindler is an internationally recognized futurist with over a decade of expertise in Foresight, Innovation, Leadership, and Strategy. She holds a dual MBA and Master of Strategic Foresight degree from Swinburne University, and serves as Vice-Chair of the Association of Professional Futurists. As the founder of Futures2All, she guides businesses towards sustainable futures. She collaborates with the EU Commission on Foresight projects and leads Futures Space, a global community focused on positive futures. An accomplished speaker and moderator, Tanja encourages others to embrace a future-oriented mindset.

Mandhir Dua is the Director of Competitive Strategy at Expedia Group, where he leads global competitive intelligence efforts across product, pricing, and leadership decision-making.

With 15+ years of experience at the intersection of analytics, strategy, and intelligence, his work focuses on helping organizations translate external signals into committed strategic action, especially under uncertainty.

He has built large-scale competitive benchmarking programs, integrated AI into intelligence workflows, and advised teams on how to preserve judgment as automation accelerates insight generation. Mandhir writes and speaks on decision-making, competitive advantage, and intelligence in the AI era.