Andrea Bonime-Blanc

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Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD, is founder and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory, multiple board member and advisor, specialising in the governance of change, strategic risk, leadership trust, geopolitics, sustainability, and exponential tech. Andrea serves as Senior Fellow at several think tanks including The Conference Board's Governance & Sustainability Center and is founding global faculty at the Institute for Corporate Directors Malaysia Mandatory Board Sustainability Certificate. Her 6^th book – Governing Pandora: Leading in the Age of GenAI and Exponential Technology – will be published by Georgetown University Press in early 2026.

Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Jun 27 2025

The Global ESGT Megatrends 2025-2026: MEGATREND #3 – Exponential Technology Unfettered

Illuminem Voices

Green Tech · Environmental Sustainability

The fourth article in The Global ESGT Megatrends 2025-2026 series, explores Megatrend #3 – Exponential Technology Unfettered. We focus on this historically disruptive moment in which a multitude of exponential technologies are being unleashed faster than they can be understood or governed. Innovation, chaos, risk and opportunity are being let loose upon the world at an unprecedented pace and breadth but without adequate guardrails to address expected and unexpected upsides and downsides. What happens next is anyone’s guess but leadership preparation and the protection of stakeholders are critical in the meantime