Sean Farran advises The London School of Economics and Political Sciences on global innovation and entrepreneurship strategies, particularly for LSE Generate and the Research and Innovation Division, as well as Aspect, the network of organisations working together to support innovation and research commercialisation in social sciences. He is co-founder of the online private networking platform getTWOit used by some of the world’s leading universities to support their entrepreneurship programmes. Last year he also founded The Creative Challenge Series, connecting artists and academics in joint-ventures to explore new ways of approaching solutions to social issues. This year he founded Socent Ventures- an organisation dedicated to creating UNSDG-focussed entrepreneurship training in sub-Saharan Africa. With a background in client and partner relations at organisations including Christies and  Endeavour (previously WME | IMG); leading the growth of companies in Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Paris, and working within policy on behalf of the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Sean holds masters degrees from the The London School of Economics, The University of Glasgow and the University of Adelaide.