Svafa Grönfeldt

Svafa Grönfeldt is Professor of the Practice at the MIT Morningside Academy for Design and a founding member and Faculty Director of MITdesignX, MIT's program for design innovation and entrepreneurship.

Before MIT she helped build two global life science companies, and she was President of Reykjavik University. She sits on the boards of three companies listed on Nasdaq OMX and the New York Stock Exchange, and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.

Her work uses design to address complex problems. She brings together academic, entrepreneurial and executive experience to develop new ideas and ventures, and to build theory and methods for design-based entrepreneurship.