Ariella Helfgott

Ariella Helfgott

Ariella Helfgott is the Director of Foresight & Strategic Learning on the Insights team at the World Energy Council. With more than 20 years of experience enabling future-focused dialogues, collaboration, and systemic change across 26 countries, Dr. Helfgott leads on co-creating sustainable, equitable, healthy, and prosperous futures work.

She is also a Professor at the University of Adelaide and Program Director of Foresight and Decision-Making for the One Basin CRC, supporting efforts to enhance productivity, resilience, and sustainability in Australia’s Murray–Darling Basin.

Previously, Ariella served as Director of Strategic Foresight in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet for the Government of South Australia, Director of Scenarios for the World Energy Council, a member of the Shell Scenario Team, Director of Collaborative Futures, and lead academic research programs for many years at the Universities of Oxford, Utrecht, Wageningen and Adelaide.