Larisa B. Miller

Award-winning international keynote speaker and masterclass facilitator, delivering programs across global business strategy, market disruption, sustainability, women's leadership, and economic development to audiences on five continents. ◆ Delivers keynote addresses and programmed sessions at government summits, corporate conferences, and global forums across 20+ countries and five continents, with 120+ confirmed engagements and an additional 31 private engagements since 2017. ◆ Offers a six-pillar keynote program spanning global business strategy, market disruption and reinvention, sustainability and ESG, public-private partnership, women's leadership and empowerment, and technology integration, each customizable to the specific audience, theme, and strategic objectives of the event. ◆ Designs and delivers one- and two-day masterclass programs for corporate and institutional clients, translating 30+ years of international advisory experience into structured, implementable frameworks that organizations can apply immediately. ◆ Speaking platforms include the International Economic Forum of the Americas, Bosphorus Summit, Global Business Week Summit, ELITE Global Business Leaders, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (2019, 2022, 2025), and UN Global Compact, among 120+ global engagements across five continents and 9 confirmed international engagements in 2026.

Author and contributing author across six titles spanning memoir, business strategy, leadership, and academic publishing. ◆ I Drove My Guardian Angel to Drink (July 2026) — Memoir. Not every extraordinary life is planned. Most are built from what is left after the plan fails. This is that story. Written for anyone who has ever had to build something extraordinary from nothing. ◆ Built Different: The Business Strategy No One Taught You (January 2027) — Book one of The Different Series. Business strategy for entrepreneurs and executives who operate outside conventional frameworks, drawn from three decades of cross-border advisory work across 20+ countries. ◆ Lead Different: The Leadership Mindset for the New Era of Business (Forthcoming) — Book two of The Different Series. A fundamental reimagining of how leaders think, see, and operate in a world that no longer rewards conventional thinking. Published co-authored titles: ◆ The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses — Emerald Publishing, 2024. Chapter: Balancing Tradition and Innovation in Family Offices. ◆ The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Ethics — Springer, 2020. Chapter: How Businesses Can Impact Agenda 2030. ◆ Tough Roads Create Tough People, Vol. 2 — 2022.

Phoenix Global Group Holdings is an award-winning international specialized advisory firm operating across 20+ countries on five continents, serving public and private sector clients from micro-enterprise through multinational and governmental. ◆ Leads integrated advisory programs spanning business strategy, brand development and transformation, market expansion, market differentiation, and ESG and sustainability planning across agriculture, technology, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. ◆ Directs complex capital project management and strategic investment facilitation by building and leveraging a network of government agencies, family offices, foundations, and institutional partners across five continents. ◆ Develops and publishes the Strategic Intelligence Briefings, a proprietary analysis series for C-suite and board-level subscribers, synthesizing global market intelligence across sectors and geographies. ◆ Advises boards, family offices, and government agencies on strategic positioning, market entry, and long-term growth architecture, with established networks and deep market intelligence across Africa and emerging markets on five continents. ◆ Mentors NFL athletes and young entrepreneurs on business strategy, startup development, brand positioning, and long-term financial planning, preparing the next generation of business leaders for the realities of building and sustaining successful enterprises.

Phoenix Global UAE is the firm's dedicated regional advisory practice across the Middle East and broader Gulf region. ◆ Operates as Phoenix Global's dedicated Middle East advisory hub, serving clients across the UAE and broader region from micro-enterprise through multinational and governmental. ◆ Brings a globally tested advisory methodology into the Middle East market, applying cross-sector intelligence from 20+ countries to regional challenges in business strategy, brand development and transformation, market expansion, market differentiation, and ESG planning — giving clients the competitive advantage of a global lens with the precision of regional expertise. ◆ Partners with companies on regional market expansion and business model transformation, architecting frameworks built to take organizations twenty years forward, beginning with the decisions made today. ◆ Remains engaged through implementation, working alongside clients rather than handing off strategy, ensuring deliverables translate into sustained outcomes rather than documents that don't outlive the engagement.

Serves as UN Representative for BPW International, an NGO holding Category 1 consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, with permanent representatives in New York, Geneva, Paris, and Vienna. ◆ Represents women's economic empowerment priorities at the UN level, engaging with agencies including the ILO, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNCTAD, WHO, UNICEF, and FAO. ◆ Contributes to global policy initiatives advancing women's economic participation, professional development, and gender equity across international markets. ◆ Builds on BPW International's participation in all four UN World Conferences on Women, translating international commitments into practical tools and programs for women and girls worldwide.

Serves on the Board of Directors of The Bridge, a for-purpose real estate development company transforming vacant inner-city properties into sustainable, self-contained mixed-use eco-village communities across the United States. ◆ Provides board-level strategic oversight for a development model converting underutilized properties including schools, malls, and warehouses into fully integrated communities offering housing, commercial space, co-working, urban agriculture, and education. ◆ Guides organizational strategy for a model designed as a replicable framework for sustainable inner-city economic development, providing underserved communities with the resources to work, eat, live, learn, and grow.

Serves as Global Ambassador for the Association of Business Women in Commerce and Industry, advancing women's professional development, economic empowerment, and international business leadership across global markets.

Led strategic development and investment facilitation for the Skopje Technology Park, a first-of-its-kind technology ecosystem developed in cooperation with the Office of the Prime Minister of North Macedonia. ◆ Built and managed relationships with international investors, technology partners, and government stakeholders across AI, robotics, cybersecurity, blockchain, e-government, and Internet of Things sectors. ◆ Supported development of a live/work/play technology ecosystem incorporating partnerships with leading technology universities, satellite campus programs, R&D facilities, and an agritech park annex. ◆ Positioned the STP as the regional epicenter of technology innovation for the Balkans, attracting multi-sector investment across technology, manufacturing, hospitality, residential, and infrastructure.

Directed stakeholder communications and partnership development for AGS, an investment company focused on economically feasible sustainability projects in the UAE and globally, headed by HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan as Chairman and HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan as CEO. ◆ Built collaborative frameworks linking business, academia, and government entities to advance sustainability goals aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. ◆ Managed strategic communications and stakeholder engagement across Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, Food Security, Industry and Infrastructure, and Responsible Consumption initiatives. ◆ Developed outcome-based partnership models generating profitable results while advancing sustainability commitments across the UAE and international markets.

Co-led Beacon of Hope UAE, a non-profit initiative founded by HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, delivering solar light kits and literacy resources to children in war-torn and impoverished regions worldwide. ◆ Personally delivered solar light kits to children in refugee camps and rural communities across Liberia, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, and Zambia, uniting light and literacy as a unified humanitarian intervention. ◆ Partnered with Dubai Cares to pair donated books with solar technology, giving children in energy-impoverished regions access to both light and education. ◆ Developed and deployed the beacon-in-a-box solar kit program with Khalifa University, empowering children to assemble their own sustainable light source and retain it as a permanent resource.

Led the exploration, feasibility assessment, and development of business and investment opportunities for the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi, with a primary focus on technology and sustainability across the Middle East and Africa. ◆ Identified and developed strategic investment opportunities aligned with the Royal Family's sustainability and technology mandate across emerging markets. ◆ Served as primary advisor on market entry, investment assessment, and partnership development, building relationships with government entities, institutional partners, and private sector leaders across the region.

Studied English and Political Science, with a minor in Hungarian