Anila DeHart is an Advisor, Researcher, and Executive Educator on education-workforce coordination and future-of-work. She advises on both sides: universities on work and AI readiness, and employers on entry-level work redesign and early-career talent development.
With twenty years at Deloitte, most recently as Global Managing Director leading talent strategy and workforce transformations, Anila brings deep expertise in future-ready skills systems and organisational change at scale. Her career began in higher education, teaching at universities in Central Europe and as a Fulbright scholar in the US, and leading organisational development and strategic recruitment at the University of Arizona.
Anila also serves as Executive Educator at Headspring (FT-IE Business School). She regularly briefs industry forums on future-of-work and skills development, and advocates for societal equity through initiatives supporting education and advancement for youth and underprivileged groups. Current research collaborations include Higher Education Policy Institute on university-employer partnership infrastructure and the University of Oxford's AI in Education 2026 Shared Research Agenda on the future of education and workforce implications
