Ruth Costas is a senior researcher, strategic communications and thought leadership consultant with extensive experience turning complex data into actionable insights and compelling stories. She spent seven years as Senior Researcher for Harvard Business School in Latin America, co-authoring 20+ case studies published in the Harvard Business Publishing database. Prior to that, she worked for 15+ years as a journalist at major news outlets, including the BBC (in the U.K. and Brazil), reporting from 10+ countries across the Americas, Europe and Africa. Based in Spain since 2022, she has partnered with consultancies, financial institutions, corporates, and business schools around the globe on thought leadership and research projects across diverse sectors and geographies.