Waqas Ahmed
Author, artistic director and curator
Waqas Ahmed is the author of The Polymath and founder of the DaVinci Network. He has worked as an artistic director, journalist and editor.
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About Waqas Ahmed
Waqas Ahmed wrote The Polymath (Wiley, 2019) and founded the DaVinci Network, a global movement that aims to help people develop their many different abilities. He has worked as Artistic Director at The Khalili Collections and curated the London celebrations at the National Gallery that launched the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci. Earlier, he was diplomatic correspondent at FIRST Magazine, where his interviews included presidents and prime ministers, and he edited Holy Makkah. Born and raised in Britain, he has made his home in many places, from Europe and Africa to the Middle East and South Asia. He holds degrees in Economics (BSc, SOAS) and International Relations (MSc, LSE). He also did postgraduate work in neuroscience at King's College London, where he researched how approaches from several disciplines could be used to treat chronic pain.