Victoria Mulligan is a recognised leader in futures and foresight, with roles spanning local ecosystem-building and global influence. She is co-chair of the Australia–New Zealand node of The Millennium Project, sits on the advisory board of the Global Futures Society in Dubai, and is part of the WEAll global movement and steering committee for WEAll Aotearoa. In New Zealand, she is founder of the Aotearoa Futures Network and co-founder and director of Design Futures Aotearoa. She is also a foresight associate at ThinkPlace and host of The Futures Workshop podcast, featuring conversations with some of the world’s leading futures thinkers. Victoria contributes to the field through writing, editorial and review work, and international speaking engagements, including appearances at Kyoto University, the United Nations General Assembly, and the Dubai Future Forum.

Victoria is a certified foresight practitioner (TFSX) and has trained with the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, and with UNESCO Chair Prof Sohail Inayatullah at Metafuture. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Master of Science (Psychology) from Victoria University of Wellington and post-graduate diplomas from Deakin University and London School of Economics and Political Science.

Victoria has worked with governments, companies and philanthropists and across five continents. Her early career in forensic psychology and health policy took her from London to Swaziland - and led to a decade in the Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste where she led initiatives across sectors designing strategies and policies for a future that works, for people and for planet. She then moved into roles working with purpose-led organisations in the commercial sphere, including major FMCG brands and financial institutions.

Victoria has helped reimagine the future of primary industries in Aotearoa and guided global insurers and security leaders as they prepare for the next wave of risk and resilience. Most recently Victoria has partnered with government agencies and a leading global technology company developing scenarios to strengthen foresight capability in response to deep structural and technological change. Because some of this work takes place in commercially and strategically sensitive environments, not every project can be shared publicly.