NGIN Network for Global Innovation

An undergraduate senior at the University of Southern California studying International Relations and Political Economy who also works as a research assistant.

An international training expert at NGIN heavily involved in GCIP-Morocco, having conducted numerous GCIP Academies and supported alumni from Morocco and Pakistan.

Part of the original LACI and NGIN teams, with experience working alongside C-suite executives and specializing in coaching professionals and brand development.

Kevin Braithwaite works with international agencies, governments, investors, corporations, and universities to support emerging cleantech ventures globally, having helped establish accelerators, incubators, and innovation challenges across six continents. Since 2011 he has advised the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP), a UNIDO-led accelerator for emerging and developing countries, and previously served as Vice President of Global Programs for the Cleantech Open. He has co-founded several service- and product-based companies across multiple technology sectors and holds an Executive MBA from London Business School.

Paulo de Rezende has two decades of experience in venture capital and private equity. From 2000 to 2007 he was an early-stage venture capitalist at Zone Ventures alongside Tim Draper, overseeing investments across three funds and more than 30 portfolio companies, with exits including DivX and NevenVision. In 2008 he returned to Brazil, where he raised a US$225 million growth equity fund focused on the Brazilian energy supply chain; he now works on an early-stage impact fund in Brazil and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Tom White is Chief Revenue Officer at the Network for Global Innovation, with a background as a product designer starting at Lockheed-Martin. He founded the agency 3DI, which worked with Fortune 500 clients including Motorola, DAF, Philips, and Volvo, and later created the Master the Pitch Program at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI). He teaches business, economics, marketing, and design at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena and the International Business School, and holds an MBA.