Acknowledgements The Centre for the New Economy and Society aims to empower decision making among lead-ers in business and policy by providing fresh, actionable insight through collaboration with leading experts. The World Economic Forum would like to thank all the members of the Chief Learning Officers com-munity, Future Skills Alliance, Skills Accelerators, and the education industry. Without their insights, expertise and commitments this report would not have been possible. We greatly appreciate the contribution of spe- cific members: Badar Al Kharusi Capacity Building Advisor for the National Em- ployment Programme, Sultanate of Oman Omar Bawa Co-CEO, GoodwallPeter Brown Global Workforce Leader, Partner, PwC UKSimon Brown Global Learning and Development Leader, EYMaurice Collins Vice-President, Leadership and Organization Development, AgilityNick Crussell Global Head of Learning and Talent Manage-ment Practice, HSBC Shannon Custard Manager, Global Competence Development, Ingka Group (IKEA) Dominique Hermans Group Strategy and Chief Executive Officer, Northern Europe, Randstad Soon Joo Gog Chief Skills Officer, SkillsFuture SingaporeKelli Jordan Vice President, IMBer Growth and Develop- ment, IBM Eric Karsten Data Scientist, CourseraTamar Kitiashvili Director General, 4L- Life-Long Learning Labo- ratory Georgia Jan Meyer Senior Vice-President, Chief Learning Officer, SAP Casey Medlock Paul Senior Learning Scientist, ETSMark Onisk Chief Content Officer, Skillsoft Sandya Baratha Raj Director of Data Science and AI – Workforce Skills, Pearson Jodi Schmidt Chief Executive Officer, Human Services Skills Organisation (HSSO) Australia Amanda Thomas General Manager - Strategy, Policy & Research, Human Services Skills Organisation (HSSO) Australia Luciana Vaccaro President, Swissuniversities, SwitzerlandAmelie Villeneuve-Moore Global Head, Learning, Standard Chartered Bank Ellie Yates Director, National Skills Taxonomies, Jobs and Skills Australia Yalin Zhao Skills-based Workforce Transformation, Senior Manager, PwC UK Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit 45

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