Stace Lindsay



As an affiliate of the OTF Group, Stace is a resource to OTF Group clients on select engagements and continues to be an important knowledge partner in the firm’s work.

Experience

Stace has extensive experience in economic development, corporate strategy and business development, and he has worked over two decades on issues relating to Competitiveness in the developing world. In 1999 Stace worked at Explorador Capital Group, a Latin American-focused private equity investment firm, where he remains an active partner. Prior to joining Explorador, Stace was Vice President of Business development for Atlantic BioPharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, MA based biotechnology start-up. From 1991 to 1998, Stace was a Global Account Manager at Monitor Company where he was part of the Monitor Country Competitiveness group. At Monitor, Stace had the opportunity to advise business leaders and senior government officials on creating more globally competitive companies and national economies.


Publications & Speeches

  • Plowing the Sea, Nurturing the Hidden Sources of Advantage in the Developing World. Co-author with Michael Fairbanks. Foreword by Michael Porter. Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
  • “Culture, Strategy and Prosperity” in Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. Edited by Samuel Huntington and Lawrence Harrison. Basic Books, 2000.
  • Keynote speaker regional Summits on Competitiveness.
  • Guest speaker at regional chambers of commerce, industry associations and the Harvard Business School and John F. Kennedy School of Government’s seminars on economic development.


Education

  • Georgetown University, International Relations
  • Oxford University, International Relations — Rhodes Scholar specializing in Latin American studies