DISRUPTION
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Alexandra Jankovich is co-founder of SparkOptimus. She started her career in strategy consultancy at McKinsey & Company before moving on to RELX, where she set up the digital division in New York (Elsevier Science), then held a number of senior digital management positions across the US and Europe. As managing director of Lastminute.com, Benelux, she accelerated the travel site to the no.1 spot within six months. Alexandra holds a master’s in business administration, and previously conducted research in Chile for the SHV board. She features in influential lists like TheNextWomen100 and the InspiringFifty, NL. Alexandra lives in Amsterdam with her husband and three children. She is co-author with Tom Voskes of the business bestseller Make Disruption Work.

Tom Voskes is co-founder of SparkOptimus. He started his career at Proctor & Gamble in line management before working at McKinsey & Company – first in Amsterdam, and later in Boston on the ‘Diamond’ program for top consultants. He then headed marketing at KKR-owned Maxeda, the largest non-food retailer in the Netherlands. Tom holds a master’s in astrophysics, and could previously be found conducting research at the ESO in Chile, one of the world’s biggest observatories, and publishing on the warped layers of the outer galaxy. Tom lives in Blaricum, near Amsterdam, with his girlfriend and the five children of their blended family. He is co-author with Alexandra Jankovich of the business bestseller Make Disruption Work.

Adrian is an award-winning writer across a rich kaleidoscope of interests. Books include The Good Analyst, a ground-breaking study of social impact measurement, and The Chinese Dream, which investigates the rapid urbanization of 400 million people. Theater includes As Big As The Sky, an opera made with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and Dutch composer Arnoud Noordegraaf. He wrote the opening chapter for Trust Me, I’m Listed, the definitive guide to corporate reporting, and his work has been translated into six languages. Adrian previously collaborated with Tom and Alexandra as editor of the business bestseller Make Disruption Work.