Luc Nijs is the founder, chair and group CEO of The Talitha Group, a global investment and advisory group built around seven global growth platforms. Also providing extensive advisory services and financial training for corporations, investment funds and financial institutions, The Talitha Group is active in 190 countries worldwide on a range of strategy, investments and capital allocation issues. Luc has held academic positions at universities and business school in Madrid, Riga and Leiden, teaching in the areas of international capital markets, asset pricing, and corporate finance and valuation. Having studied law, finance, economics, business administration, international taxation and theology, he is also proficient in eight – mostly European – languages. Luc is the author of a number of bestselling books on emerging market investments, financial law, international finance and taxation, and capital market affairs.