Career
Turbot is the Curator and the Global Director at Qatar Foundation"s World Innovation Summit for Education since May 2012. He is also an editor at TEDx ChampsElyséesEd. Turbot is often invited to speak and moderate sessions at global conferences including Editor-Technical Europe and Thinkers & Doers.
He is a Fellow at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (The Republic of South Africa ) and an advisory board member at Samuel Hall Consulting, an independent research and strategic consulting firm.
In 2010, he joined TEDx Paris as the editorial director In this role, he defined and designed the initiative"s content strategy.
Prior to this, Turbot spent nearly a decade in Afghanistan. His interest in the global aid and development sector led him to establish Sayara Strategies (in 2004), a social communication agency that develops innovative strategies for complex environments.
Turbot is also a board member at Afghanistan Libre, a not-for-profit founded by Chékéba Hachemi that fosters education for girls in Afghanistan.
Since 2005, Turbot is an adjunct professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences-Po, Paris and has also taught at the French journalism and communication school CELSA Paris, which is part of the Paris-Sorbonne University. A former journalist, Turbot worked for FRANCE 5"s C dans l"air in 2003. In the past, he has also been Public Affairs and Communication consultant in countries such as Brazil, Djibouti and Afghanistan.