Rivadavia Drummond possui pós-doutorado pela Faculty of Information Studies da Universidade de Toronto no Canadá. É doutor, mestre e bacharel pela UFMG, além de especialista em Negócios Internacionais pela PUC Minas. Atualmente é Clinical Professor na W P Carey School of Business da Arizona State University nos EUA e Associate Professor na Universidade Politécnica de Hong Kong. Foi Presidente da HSM, Reitor do UNIBH, partner e board member do Grupo Anima de Educação, professor da Fundação Dom Cabral e Sócio Diretor da Rivadavia & Associados. Foi eleito personalidade do ano de 2013 na área de educação em Minas Gerais, agraciado com a Medalha de Honra da Inconfidência Mineira e também com a Medalha Honra ao Mérito do Conselho Federal de Administração. Seu mais recente livro “Fazendo a Inovação Acontecer: um guia prático para você liderar o crescimento sustentável da sua organização” foi lançado pela Planeta Livros em 2018. Vem atuando como consultor, professor, palestrante e conselheiro em organizações de classe mundial como Bradesco, Petrobras, Embrapa, Ford, GM, Citibank, Votorantin, JBS, Receita Federal do Brasil, Governo do Estado de MG, dentre outros.

Rivadávia Correa Drummond de Alvarenga Neto is Clinical Assistant Professor at the W P Carey School of Business/ASU and Faculty Lead for ASU's newly MSIVD (MS in Innovation & Venture Development). With 30+ years of teaching experience, of which more than 20+ years were spent teaching executive education in leading business schools and universities, Dr. Drummond has won multiple teaching excellence awards and has hold C-Level positions as President, CEO, Rector, Dean and Executive Director. An original partner and Board Member of the Anima Educational Group Brazil (Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, ANIM3, Brazil), he was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. He figures as founding partner and Executive Director of Rivadavia & Associates working with world-class organizations such as Mastercard, HSBC, Citibank, Bradesco, GM, Ford, Bank of the West/BNP Paribas, Nissan and IBM, among others. Dr. Drummond was a post-doctoral fellow and visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2009, holds (1) a PhD in Information Studies, I-School from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in which he had his PhD Dissertation nominated for the award “Best Brazilian Dissertation in the field”, (2) a MsC in Information Studies, I-School, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), (3) an MBA in International Business, from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais and (4) a bachelor’s degree in Business from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. His latest book "Making Innovation Work" was recently published in Brazil and figures among the best selling business books since 2018.