Hannah Messerli has been appointed as GWS Advisory Board at Global Wellness Summit
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), an organization at the heart of the multitrillion-dollar global wellness economy focused on facilitating collaboration, today announced the appointment of Hannah Messerli, PhD, Senior Private Sector Specialist in the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Group of the World Bank, to its advisory board. Messerli's appointment follows fast on the heels of two other significant additions to the GWS Advisory Board: internal medicine doctor Nicola Finley, MD, and technology innovator and blockchain expert Maggie Hsu.
Messerli has been with World Bank Group since 2008 and previously held positions contributing to tourism policy, education and development around the world. In her current role, she specializes in the economic, environmental and cultural dynamics of emerging markets and has contributed to advancing tourism policy and planning in regions as diverse as Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She also co-authored Tourism in Africa: Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods, which features more than 20 case studies on tourism development challenges and solutions, and she has contributed to numerous analyses and strategies on tourism development for countries globally, including the development of hiking trails through small towns and villages.
Messerli received a master's degree and PhD from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, where she majored in Tourism Planning and Development, and an MA from George Washington University, where she also studied tourism.
She joins an esteemed group of health and wellness-minded leaders who serve as Advisory Board members for the GWS.