“THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF AGEING”

A MASTER CLASS RELATED TO AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES IN TWO PARTS.

Mr Gregor Rae

Chairman and CEO, BusinessLab

Gregor Rae is a strategist with over 25 years experience in ICT and corporate strategy, marketing and communications. He has worked extensively in the UK, Scandinavia and North America on advising companies in sectors such as energy, food, finance, engineering, transport, retail and engineering.

Gregor has also advised governments in the UK and overseas on competitive strategy and public-private sector partnership. Since creating BusinessLab in 1998 Gregor's focus has been on technology-enabled competitiveness and the development of collaborative business models to address corporate, community and regional challenges.

His current work focuses on the impact of technology on regional, city and corporate competitive strategy and on the changing world of work. Gregor has led the development of the ActiveAge programme since its launch in 2005.