Rachel Botsman

social innovator and author of ‘What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption’ which TIME magazine called ‘One of the top 10 ideas that will change the world,’ consultant to Fortune 500 companies and former director at the William J. Clinton Foundation, recently named by Monocle as one of the top 20 speakers in the world.

Rachel Botsman is a social innovator who writes, consults and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through current and emerging network technologies, including how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live. She is the author of the influential book What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. TIME magazine recently called Collaborative Consumption "One of the top 10 ideas that will change the world."

Consultant to Fortune 500 companies and former director at the William J. Clinton Foundation, Rachel has presented at high profile events including The Clinton Global Initiative, TEDx, Google and No.10 Downing Street. She was recently named by Monocle as one of the top 20 speakers in the world.

Rachel is the founder of innovation consultancy Collaborative Lab, a partner in the Venture Fund, Collaborative Fund and is a regular contributor to the Australian Financial Review and WIRED. Her work has appeared, and she has been quoted as a thought leader, in the Economist, CNN, Harvard Business Review, Wired, Bloomberg News and The New York Times. She received her BFA (Honors) from the University of Oxford, and undertook her postgraduate studies at Harvard University.

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