Digital Growth Collective
Unlocking New Value with Global Assets
The Digital Growth Collective is an ecosystem of business, technology, and investment leaders. We realize corporate value from digital growth initiatives.
Our focus
Capitalizing on tomorrow’s business opportunities today
We target value creation in four areas of digital business growth.
Revenue acceleration
Activating data-driven growth levers to scale revenue in core and adjacent markets.
Market access
Expanding into new customer segments through cross-industry networks, strategic partnerships, and regulatory insight.
Business model evolution
Shaping customer-centric architectures by adopting tech innovations and digital-first strategies.
Tech-enabled performance
Deploying emerging technologies early to enhance capabilities, operational efficiency, and financial results.
Value drivers
The Digital Growth Collective leverages expertise, capital, and networks.
Core sectors
Five industries, one goal: corporate value growth
By unlocking value pools across five industries, we prioritize return on invested capital (ROIC) as our primary performance metric—enabling ecosystem partners in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East to scale and solidify their market positions.
Information Technology
Healthcare
Financial Services
Energy
Manufacturing
Our team has engaged with innovators and market leaders
Ways we engage
From strategic perspectives to business impact
At the Digital Growth Collective, we align interests for strategic resilience, orchestrate growth initiatives, and build value through the structural foundation for joint ventures.
International context
Through executive briefings and advisory board roles, we share applied experience from the international business landscape among ecosystem partners, informing the strategic basis for C-level and board decisions.
Public insights
Outcome-driven exchange
Our curated executive sessions provide a confidential setting for substantive dialogue. Senior leaders from different partner companies identify joint growth priorities, leading to concrete business cases and decisions.
Executive Fellows
Value-led ventures
Growth partnerships leverage expertise, capital, and networks. We act as a strategic partner throughout the entire business life cycle, aligning stakeholder interests and scaling entrepreneurial initiatives with shared resources.
By invitation
Leadership
Shared values drive value
The Digital Growth Collective is a global ecosystem of seasoned business leaders, technology experts, and investors. Meet our leadership team.
Mike Flache
Chairman
Mike is a former entrepreneur and board member. He has worked with tech founders and executives from Google, Amazon, and Huawei on market and growth strategies. Mike was named as one of the world’s most influential experts in digital transformation (Global Excellence Awards).
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes
Global Partner
Energy
Ingrid is a globally recognized expert in deep tech strategy, cyber-ethics, and quantum ecosystems. She advises Fortune 100 firms, the UN, the G20, and EU-affiliated bodies on digital strategy, risk governance, and sustainability, including quantum-proofing in energy.
Dr. Jon Belsher
Global Partner
Healthcare
Jon is the CEO of Visura and guides medtech and healthtech companies by combining 30+ years of clinical practice and executive leadership experience—former CEO with a pivotal role in White House initiatives and named one of the Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs.
Timothy Hughes
Global Partner
Information Technology
Timothy is the CEO and co-founder of DLA Ignite. He is known as the pioneer of social selling and ranked #1 among the world’s most influential social selling people (Onalytica). Timothy has also co-authored three best-selling books on sales in the AI age.
Dr. Khulood Almani
Global Partner
Artificial Intelligence
Khulood is a leading AI and digital innovation expert with 20+ years of experience. As CEO of HKB Tech, UN Ambassador, and G20 advisor, she drives global impact across AI, IoT, and smart tech—ranked among the world’s top thought leaders in technology.
Prof. Dr. Nafis Alam
Global Partner
Financial Services
Nafis is a globally recognized scholar and commentator on FinTech and banking regulation. As Head of the School of Business at Monash University Malaysia, he has co-authored nine books and lectured worldwide, including at Harvard and Cambridge.