Ilmas Futehally is Co-founder, Executive Director and Vice President of Strategic Foresight Group. She has consulted in more than 70 countries with government leaders and experts on global issues. Ilmas has been a non-residential fellow (2001–2002) at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, New York, and a Visiting Fellow (1998) in regional security at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, DC. Prior to her current responsibilities, she worked as a research scientist in Excel Industries and as Assistant Director at the International Centre for Peace Initiatives.