Sébastien Turbot
BornOctober 25, 1976
NationalityFrench

Sébastien Turbot (born 25 October 1976) is a French social entrepreneur.

Life

Turbot is the CEO and Chief Curator of eko6, a Canada-based consultancy that guides governments, cities, businesses and civil-society in creating engaging platforms that turn ideas into action. Turbot’s work focuses on designing creative learning and living ecosystems that help communities develop skills and talents they need to address the evolving needs and complexities of current and future societies.

As a board member of Montréal International, Turbot actively supports the city of Montréal’s competitiveness strategy notably on attracting, training and retaining skilled individuals. He is the former executive director at the New Cities Foundation[1] and former Culture(s) & Content Curator (TBWA, AUDITOIRE) and Global Director at Qatar Foundation's World Innovation Summit for Education. He is a Fellow at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and an advisory board member at Samuel Hall Consulting, a research and strategic consulting firm. Turbot is a lecturer and a frequently requested advisor and speaker at national and international conferences.

In 2010, Turbot joined TEDx Paris as editorial director. In this role, he defined and designed the initiative's content strategy.

Prior to this, Turbot spent nearly a decade in Afghanistan. His interest in the global aid and development sector led him to establish Sayara Strategies (in 2004), a social communication agency that develops innovative strategies for complex environments. Turbot is also a board member at Afghanistan Libre, a not-for-profit founded by Chékéba Hachemi that fosters education for girls in Afghanistan.

Valentin Spidault, a prominent fictiticious character featured in Nicolas Wild's best-selling comic “Kabul Disco” is based on Turbot's engagement with Sayara Strategies.

Turbot has been a senior lecturer at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences-Po, Paris and has also taught at the French journalism and communication school CELSA Paris, which is part of the Paris-Sorbonne University.

A former journalist, Turbot worked for FRANCE 5's C dans l'air in 2003. In the past, he has also been a public affairs and communication consultant in countries such as Brazil, Djibouti and Afghanistan.

Turbot often writes articles featured on various online media and content portals including Forbes,[2] Entrepreneur,[3] the Skoll World Forum,[4] LinkedIn Pulse[5] and the World Economic Forum's Agenda blog.[6]

Publications and articles

Awards and honors

Turbot was awarded the Etoile Européenne du Mérite Civil et Militaire in 2002.

References

  1. ↑ "New Cities Foundation". NewCities. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sebastien Turbot". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Sebastien Turbot". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  4. ↑ "Sebastien Turbot". Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  5. ↑ "Sebastien Turbot | Curator and Director of Content at WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education)". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  6. ↑ "Sebastien Turbot Archives". Agenda - The World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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