Senior Advisor
Kevin Murphy is a Co-founder and ran as a CEO at J.E. Austin Associates, implementing 700 projects in 127 countries related to economic growth, agriculture, and workforce development. Kevin introduced national competitiveness initiatives as a focus of US foreign assistance and authored related publications and methodologies. He has a MBA from Harvard Business School, 1982; MPA from Harvard School of Government, 1982; BSFS in Foreign and Service from Georgetown University, 1977. He is also an advised former Heads of State on policy. Kevin previously has worked on corporate and industry strategies, and currently, he is focusing on supporting Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Vietnam with Swiss partners. Kevin’s motto is: “We can end severe global poverty in our lifetime by empowering people and communities with tools, technologies and networks.”