In this episode, host Efi Pylarinou interviews Dr. Peter Evans, Chief Strategy Officer of McFadyen Digital, about the rise of a new innovative business model in the digital economy – The Circular Platform model.

Dr. Evans recently spoke at the annual Digital Economy Conference of the research academy that Alibaba founded 5 yrs ago. Listen to his fresh insights around the potential of SuperApps to lead this emerging Circular Platform model, but also our discussion about which other players could grab this opportunity. Dr. Evans emphasises the importance of collaboration between various stakeholders, including banks, fintechs, and big tech companies, to create scalable and efficient Circular marketplaces.

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The Luohan Academy https://www.luohanacademy.com/

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Dr. Peter C. Evans https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-c-evans-phd-217b8/ is Chief Strategy Officer at McFadyen Digital. Peter been at the forefront of identifying and articulating significant new trends, including the rise of experience platforms. He is the co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit and the NTWRK Summit in Barcelona, Spain. He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on the board of the National Association for Business Economics. He is the Lead Instructor at Caltech Executive Education, a visiting instructor teaching platform strategy for three years at Dartmouth College, and a Faculty at the Fast Future Executive Program.

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