Marianna Vintiadis, a Cambridge trained economist, is a co-founder and CEO of the corporate intelligence firm, 36Brains. Early in her career Marianna joined the US investigations and intelligence firm Kroll, where she rose to become Head of Southern Europe. She left in 2020 to found 36Brains. Grasping the transformative value that big data will have on the corporate intelligence sector, Marianna has set up a budding European champion in the industry, with offices in Milan and Berlin. Marianna is a member of the Advisory Board of Transparency International Italy, a member of the Executive Committee of the Adam Smith Society and a director of the ACFE Italy Chapter.