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Sarah E. Toms

Sarah Toms is Chief Innovation Officer at IMD. She leads information technology, learning innovation, Strategic Talent Solutions, and the AI Strategy. A demonstrated thought leader in education innovation, Sarah is passionate about amplifying IMD’s mission to drive positive impact for individuals, organizations, and society.

She previously co-founded Wharton Interactive, an initiative at the Wharton School that has scaled globally. Sarah has been on the Executive Committee of Reimagine Education for almost a decade, and was one of the ten globally to be selected as an AWS Education Champion. Her other great passion is supporting organizations who work to attract and promote women and girls into STEM.

She has spent nearly three decades working at the bleeding edge of technology, and was an entrepreneur for over a decade, founding companies that built global CRM, product development, productivity management, and financial systems. Sarah is also coauthor of The Customer Centricity Playbook, the Digital Book Awards 2019 Best Business Book.

Latest publications

As Trump looms large over Davos, executives keep calm and carry on

24 January 2025 • by David Bach, Simon J. Evenett, Öykü Işık, Arturo Bris, Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes, Sophie Bacq, Jennifer Jordan, Sarah E. Toms, Natalia Olynec in 2025 Trends • 13 min read

Business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum sought to block out the political noise and focus on what’s happening in the real economy. ...

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