Dr Deon Cloete is the Head of the Futures Programme at SAIIA, where he leads the institute’s work on strategic foresight, systemic innovation and anticipatory governance. His research interests span complexity-informed approaches to strategic foresight, systemic change, systems innovation and transformative futures by re-imagining complex systems change and the roles of cross-scale change agents. He is a transdisciplinary action researcher and an experienced facilitator of systemic change, innovation and strategic foresight interventions with a focus on ‘systems change co-creation for sustainability transitions and regenerative cultures. He researches and consults national, regional, continental, and global stakeholders in the education, health, energy, mining, and automobile sectors, but also a wide range of development agencies, organisations and national and local governments interested in anticipatory policy, planning decision support for leaders, decision-makers, policymakers, and multilateral institutions. Deon graduated from Stellenbosch Business School with a PhD in Complex Systems Change and Innovation and serves as a research fellow at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University. Deon is an Accredited Member of the Association for Professional Futurists (APF), a Fellow at the RSA (FRSA), and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.