Lara A. Tcholakian, PhD, is a Canadian-Armenian leadership scholar-practitioner and Founding Partner of Elevate, a social enterprise advancing leadership, systemic transformation, and peace-positive business across the UK, the Netherlands, and Armenia. She serves as a Visiting Scholar at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Professor at Matena’s School of Leadership and Professional Development in Armenia.

With more than twenty-five years of experience in international NGOs and the corporate sector, Lara specializes in trauma-informed and conscious leadership, organizational development, governance, and gender equity. Her work integrates systems psychodynamics with strategic practice, supporting leaders navigating complexity and conflict.

She has lived and worked in Canada, France, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Armenia, and holds degrees from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Université Paris 1—Panthéon-Sorbonne, INSEAD, and McMaster University.