Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is the global champion of project management and author of the "Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook" (HBR 2021) and the featured article "The Project Economy Has Arrived" (Nov 2021), which argues that Projects are the lingua franca of the business and personal worlds. He is the most published author of project management articles in HBR and a PMI David I. Cleland Literature Award winner.In 2023, Antonio was included in the prestigious Thinkers50 ranking for his research and global impact on modern management.He has advised thousands of senior leaders on prioritizing and implementing strategic initiatives and leading transformational change in companies like Nestle, L'Oreal, Euronext, ING, ABInveb, Google, Metlife, Saudia, KLM, Moodys, Vision 2030 Office, etc.In 2016, he was the global Chairman of the Project Management Institute and has been recognized as a Fellow of PMI for his contribution to the project management profession. He created the Brightline Initiative, founded Projects & Co, and co-founded the Strategy Implementation Institute.He is the CEO of Projects & Co; prior to this, he was the Sustainability Transformation Program Director at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines. Earlier, he worked as Head of Project Portfolio Management at BNP Paribas Fortis. Before that, he was Head of Post-Merger Integration at Fortis Bank, leading the largest acquisition in financial service history, ABN AMBRO. He also worked for ten years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, becoming their global lead practitioner for project and change management.Antonio is also the author of “Lead Successful Projects” (Penguin, 2019), “The Project Revolution” (LID, 2019). and “The Focused Organization” (Taylor&Francis, 2014), and has contributed to eight other books. A pioneer and leading authority in teaching modern project management and strategy implementation, a visiting professor at Hult Business School Duke CE, Instituto de Empresa, Solvay, Vlerick, Ecole des Ponts, and Skolkovo.Antonio is a much-in-demand speaker and has presented at more than 600 conferences worldwide. European Business Summit, Strategy Leaders Forum, Gartner Summit, TEDx, President Summit, and EU Cohesion Policy Conference are some of the events he has delivered inspirational keynotes.Born in Madrid, Spain, and educated in Germany, Mexico, Italy, and the United States, Antonio is fluent in five languages. He is an Economist, has an MBA from London Business School, and Insead's International Director Program. He is part of Marshall Goldsmith 100 coaches.