Zein Abdalla is chief executive officer of PepsiCo Europe, a unit comprising all PepsiCo’sfood and beverage businesses in continental Europe and the United Kingdomwhich generates $6.5 billion in annual revenues. He has led the business since September2008, having previously led PepsiCo’s continental Europe operations for three years.Mr. Abdalla is a 30-year veteran of the consumer goods industry whose responsibilities have spanned Europe,the Middle East, Asia and Africa. He joined PepsiCo in 1995 and has since held a variety of senior positions.Prior to assuming responsibility for the combined Europe food and beverage businesses, he served asgeneral manager for the Europe beverage business unit, general manager of Tropicana Europe and Franchisevice president for Pakistan and the Gulf region. Over that time he has led both new and developed businessesand overseen a number of acquisitions designed to broaden the company’s geographic footprintand build its presence in key growth segments such as nuts and seeds and juices.Previously he worked for Mars Incorporated in engineering and manufacturing roles, as well as in sales,marketing and human resources. He was also general manager for Mars’ Mid-East Division.Mr. Abdalla serves on the board of the CIAA, the European food and beverage association, and is vice presidentof UNESDA, the European beverage association. A British national, Mr. Abdalla holds a BSc (Hons.) inelectrical engineering from Imperial College, London University. Mr. Abdalla is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Former Managing Director of the IMF (1987-2000), Mr. Camdessus is Honorary Governor of Banque de France. He is the Chairman of the French Financing Corporation (SFEF) In September 2009, Mr. Camdessus was appointed Special Commissioner to monitor French banks’ bonus payments practices. He is a member of the Africa Progress Panel, chaired by Kofi Annan. He is a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation. He was a member of the Commission for Africa, chaired by the Tony Blair (report: “Our Common Interest” - 2005). Mr Camdessus was the Chairman of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure (report: “Financing Water for All” - 2003). Mr. Camdessus was born in Bayonne, France, on May l, 1933. French national, he is married to Brigitte d'Arcy; they have six children. Mr. Camdessus was educated at the University of Paris and earned postgraduate degrees in economics at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris and the National School of Administration (ENA).

VICKY COLBERT is founder and executive director of Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente (Escuela Nueva Foundation), and original co-author of the Escuela Nueva education model. Colbert has had a life-long career in public service focused on disadvantaged populations. As a sociologist and educator, she is particularly interested in fostering social change in a sustainable and effective way. Through working with rural teachers and the National Ministry of Education in the 1970's, she became acutely aware of the challenges and sometimes neglect facing schools in the Colombian countryside, and the urgent need for an innovative solution. In the mid-1970s, she co-designed Escuela Nueva (the New School), an integrated educational model aimed at the particular challenges of rural schools through a cost-effective, community-based, multi-grade approach. Following the spectacular results of the pilot programs, the EN model was adopted as national policy that reached about 20,000 of Colombia's rural schools. Over the following decades, the success of the model inspired further implementation in countries through out Latin America, and other parts of the developing world. In 1989, the World Bank selected Escuela Nuevas as one of the three most important innovations in education in developing countries that had impacted national policies. Driven by the conviction that people's challenges must ultimately be resolved by the people, Colbert established the Escuela Nueva Foundation in 1987 as a technical consultant on Escuela Nueva, in order to bring the model closer to the communities in need. Under her leadership, the Foundation has worked to strengthen rural programs internationally, as well as adapt the model for disadvantaged urban schools, displaced children, and youth workers. More than 35 countries have visited this Colombian experience to inspire their educational reforms.Prior to her leadership in the Foundation, Colbert has also served as International Consultant for the World Bank, as Regional Advisor of Latin America and the Caribbean for UNICEF, as Vice Minister of Education for Colombia, and as advisor to several education and children's organizations internationally.  Internationally, she has been recognized as an Outstanding Social Entrepreneur by the Schwab Foundation, founded by Klaus Schwab President of the World Economic Forum, and a Leading Social Entrepreneur and Senior Fellow of Ashoka. She was also awarded in 2005 with the World Technology Award in Social Entrepreneurship by the World Technology Network. In 2006 she received the Skoll Foundation’s Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and was recipient of the first ever Clinton Global Citizenship award. Most recently, she was awarded with the 2009 Award for Educational Excellence from the FIDAL Foundation of Ecuador (Foundation for the Development and Integration of Latin America) and the 2009 WISE Award for her efforts in education for Pluralism from the Qatar Foundation, host of the World Innovation Summit for Education. Colbert is also a member of the World Economic Forum´s Global Agenda Council in Education and was appointed by Ex President Bill Clinton to serve as an Advisory Board member of the “Education Working Group” for the Clinton Global Initiative.Colbert completed her undergraduate Sociology degree at Javeriana University in Colombia, and earned two master's degrees (Sociology of Education and Comparative International Education) from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.

Rodney is the CEO of ClearlySo (www.clearlyso.com).  He began his career with PaineWebber (1980), Lehman Brothers (1988) and Paribas (1994) where he held senior positions in the equity and investment banking area.  He then co-founded Catalyst Fund Management & Research in 1997, a venture capital firm (www.catfund.com ), which is a pioneering fund investing in profitable social businesses in “ethical consumerism”, health, education, energy efficiency & the environment. ClearlySo was spun out from Catalyst and launched at the Skoll World Forum in March 2009.  ClearlySo is the first online marketplace for social business & enterprise, commerce and investment.  Social entrepreneurs can access capital, services, information and each other via this pioneering site.  In addition, they host an annual autumn conference for social businesses and selected investors and sponsor the “ClearlySo in...” series of trips to study and learn from social enterprises and businesses around the world. ClearlySo also maintains the widely-read "Social Business Blog" and staff regularly lecture at leading business schools (Rod has lectured at the Said Business School (Oxford), LBS and IESE) and participate in third party produced reports on social business and social enterprise, with a focus on the practical business and investment side. Rod also advises leading social businesses and enterprises (such as the HCT Group), predominantly in the UK and currently sits on the Board of AXA Investment Managers, the Ethical Property Company and the 2020 Public Services Trust.  Rod is non-executive Chairman of The Green Thing and a former Chairman of Justgiving.com and Shelter.

Mike Rosenberg teaches long term strategy, scenario planning and analysis of business problems in executive education and full time and global executive MBA.Mr. Rosenberg's research is concerned with how long term technological and socio economic trends affect the business climate and has a particular interest in the potential of alternative energy sources to change the competitive dynamics of a number of industries including the automotive sector.Prior to joining the faculty, Mike Rosenberg worked as a Management Consultant to the international automotive industry in Heidrick & Struggles, A.T. Kearney and Arthur D. Little.

Thomas Bergmark is 53 years old and has a background in business management since more than 33 years. Thomas is engineer and since 8 years Sustainability Manager within the IKEA Group. He has been working with IKEA during more than 21 years in various positions e.g. purchasing management, MD for IKEA companies and Business Area Manager.Now Thomas is also member of the IKEA Strategical Purchasing Committee, the Retail Board at IKEA in Spain/Portugal and Chairman of the IKEA founded Saw a Seed Foundation. Since 2007 Thomas is also board member of the US based Business for Social Responsibility (BSR). 2007 Thomas was ranked as no 13 of the most influential people in Business Ethics by the US magazine Ethisphere.

Joseph Feczko, M.D. was until May, 2009, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Pfizer Inc and member of the Executive Leadership Team with global responsibilities for all aspects of the company’s medical, regulatory and safety activities. He is Board Certified (U.S.) in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Following a time in private practice he joined Pfizer in 1982 in New York. He then worked for ten years in the United Kingdom for both Pfizer and Glaxo where his responsibilities included supervising clinical research, regulatory affairs, data management and safety reporting. He returned to Pfizer in New York in 1996 where he held positions of increasing responsibility in clinical research and regulatory affairs and safety culminating in the role of CMO. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Research!America and the International Longevity Center as well as the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Accordia Global Health Foundation and the Technical Expert Committee for Trachoma of the Task Force for Global Health. He is a member of the governing board of the Technology Strategy Board of the United Kingdom.

More than 20 years working with energy companies as business and information systems advisorAntonio has outstanding knowledge and experience in implementing efficiency initiatives in petroleum companies, process optimization and systems implementationHe has led implementation and transformation initiatives, for international petroleum companies, as well as the analysis and Action Plan for Upstream Business UnitKey clients served: Repsol, Cepsa, BP, Gas natural ,ENEL, Endesa and Iberdrola

Reuben Abraham is a Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions at the Indian School of Business. Reuben was chosen as a Young Global Leader for 2009 by the World Economic Forum, where he also serves on the India Advisory Council of the Forum. He serves on the global Board of Directors of the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), which aims to catalyse growth in emerging markets. Under the aegis of SEDF, he has helped set up a unique India-focussed SME early stage fund with Google and Omidyar Network as co-investors, for which he is a senior adviser. He serves as an adviser to several companies, including several start-ups. A TED Global Fellow in 2007, he now serves on the TED Fellows selection committee, and is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. Before ISB, he finished his M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D. from from Columbia University. During his time at Columbia, he was an Associate Fellow in Global Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the Public Policy Consortium and a Sloan Foundation/CITI Telecommunications Fellow

Wren has 10 years of experience in marketing and sustainability strategy and communications, working with some of the world’s most successful agencies and brands, including: Fallon Worldwide (Publicis Groupe), Citibank, Apple iTunes, Stonyfield Farm, CLIF Bar, Patagonia, Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, and Live Nation, Musictoday, and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG).Aigaki-Lander combines this big brand experience with expertise in smaller, entrepreneurial firms and has played key roles in helping innovators build brands, garner recognition, and claim leadership positions in their respective fields. She has also led corporate social responsibility/sustainability strategy and implementation, including developing strategies for impact reduction (energy efficiency, waste, sustainable sourcing, carbon emissions), stakeholder engagement and communications, and corporate philanthropy.Wren is currently a Marketing and Sustainability Consultant based in Barcelona, and is a member of the Offset Options Board of Advisors. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (International Finance and Economics) from the University of Southern California and an MBA from ESADE.

As Executive Director of Free The Children, Dalal Al-Waheidi has been integral in shaping the success of the grassroots organization into the world’s leading youth-driven charity. Through Dalal’s leadership, Free The Children has built more than 500 schools in marginalized communities worldwide—providing daily education to over 50,000 children—and involved more than one million young people in its youth empowerment programs in North America and around the world. As a war-affected youth born and raised in Kuwait during the Gulf War, Dalal and her family fled to the Gaza Strip in the post-war period. As a result, Dalal has been a first-hand witness to the terrible impact on children of war, political instability, violence and conflict. Drawing on these experiences, Dalal has been a leading force behind many of Free The Children’s most innovative and acclaimed initiatives, including its annual We Day celebration and partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah’s Angel Network.  Among other awards, Dalal has been recognized by the Women’s Executive Network with Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women Award in the “Future Leaders” category, and by her alma mater, Trent University, with the Distinguished Alumni Award for demonstrating extraordinary leadership early in her career.

Thomas F. Anglero is founder and CEO of WiHood LLC/AS, a virtual PC desktopservice for children in the US and developing countries.  He has over 15years of international IT and Telecommuncation experience.  Mr. Anglero hasbeen the CEO of Free World Dialup (USA), Truly Global (Israel), and NucleiNetworks (Serbia) and held executive positions within Telenor ASA (Norway).Mr. Anglero is married with 3 kids and is the head basketball coach for asemi-pro basketball team and a triathlete.

Michael Anthony, Head of Microinsurance, is coordinating the globalmicroinsurance portfolio of Allianz, the world's largest insurer. Allianzhas started microinsurance operations in various countries in Africa andAsia and Latin America over the last two years, serving households at thebottom of the economic pyramide. Michael was a former senior advisor to theAllianz Board of Management on climate change and has begun his career atAllianz as a spokesperson. Prior, Michael was working as a journalist fordifferent German publications, reporting mainly from Middle Easterncountries. Michael holds a MA in International Relations from the Universityof Bath (UK) and Sciences Po (Paris).

Esfandiar ("Es") Ardalan is the Pharma Sustainability Officer and Chugai Relationship Manager at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG in Basel, Switzerland. He has been with the company for 20 years, holding high-ranking positions in business development, financial and relationship management. Due to his keen interest in the different aspects of responsible management, he was put in charge of the group's sustainability office in 2005. At Roche, sustainability is a high priority: the company is firmly committed to ethical and responsible management and to creating long-term value for society. Out of a deep conviction that environmental and social responsibilities are mainstays of long-term success, Roche strives to balance the three elements of society, environment, and economy in all aspects of its business. And while diagnostics and pharmaceuticals are the cornerstones of this business, they are just part of the picture: Roche is dedicated to providing solutions which sustainably improve the quality of health¬care in local communities, and/or which address the health needs of developing countries such as in sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining Roche in 1990, Esfandiar was with Proctor&Gamble (1980-85), R. J. Reynolds (1985-87) as well as self-employed as a management consultant. He also taught Industrial Economis at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland (1987-89). Esfandiar holds a B.S.F.S. in International Economics from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., as well as an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. In his spare time he enjoys outdoor activities, in particular anything to do with mountains and the sea: Es is an avid skier, hiker and scuba-diver.

Javier Ayala is the Leader of the Inclusive Business Program of the Netherlands Development Organisation - SNV in Bolivia, where SNV has focused its efforts on advancing Inclusive Business, an entrepreneurial initiative, recognizing the private sector's strategic role in development, which aims to contribute towards poverty alleviation by including low-income communities within the value chain, while not losing sight of the ultimate goal of business, namely generating profit, which creates the pillars for sustainability and scalability. Javier is an expert on private sector in development having worked in a large variety of inclusive business projects, from agribusiness to microfinance innitiatives. Javier holds a Bachellor’s Degree in Economics, from the Catholic Bolivian University, and a Master degree in Development Economics and International Cooperation, from the University of Rome.

Ali is a highly experienced industrialist and senior executive with over 20   years successful international commercial, technical, financial and leadership capability across a wide range of industries including: capital works construction, marine, defence and power generation.  He has developed and delivered significant capital projects ranging from power generation plants to defence systems and shipbuilding including leading a A$30 billion Future Aircraft Carrier and Maritime Airborne Surveillance and Control program for the UK Ministry of Defence. He has considerable cross cultural experience in the UK, Europe, South East Asia and Australia.Ali’s recent roles have included Executive General Manager - Transfield, Vice President and Director - Naval Business Group for Thales / ADI, and Program Director - Ministry of Defence (UK).In addition to his marine engineering qualifications, Ali is a chartered engineer and holds a master of engineering degree in mechanical and manufacturing engineering with distinction. He is a Fellow of the British Institute of Mechanical Engineers, a Member of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Ali joined Oceanlinx in March 2009.

M.A. in Education, Stanford University, USA B.A. in English, Dartmouth College, USA Rotary Scholar at the University of Sussex, England USISL Professional Soccer Player, USA United States Soccer Federation "A" Licensed Coach. Areas of expertise: Leadership Management Principles, Educactional Training and Coaching. Todd Beane is International Director of the Johan Cruyff Institute of Sport Studies. He has vast educational experience, both as a professor and manager. He was Faculty Director of the Native Vision Program at the Johns Hopkins University in USA, and served as Director of Cloud Forest School in Costa Rica. He is invited to perform as keynote speaker at international congresses, such as the conference of the European Association of Sport Management, the National Congress of Education in the Netherlands and the Global Sport Forum in Barcelona. He has published various articles on Total Athlete Development and contributes to books, such as "Contemporary Sports Management", Parks Quarterman Thibault.

Peter Bernstorff is the Sales Manager for Europe of Vestergaard Frandsen Group SA.  Peter has been with Vestergaard Frandsen since December 2008 and is responsible for the development and maintenance of the relationship between Vestergaard Frandsen and the European organizations that use and distribute the disease prevention tools developed by the group.Vestergaard Frandsen is a European-based international company specializing in complex emergency response and disease control products.Vestergaard Frandsen has dedicated its entire innovation platform to developing lifesaving technologies for the biggest killer diseases, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and diarrhea.  It is guided by a unique Humanitarian Entrepreneurship business model, whose "profit for a purpose" approach has turned humanitarian responsibility into its core business.

Erol Bilecen, 1971, Director, Head of Client Services, graduated in business administration and economics and also passed the final exam of an interdisciplinary course of studies called "Man-Society-Environment" at the University of Basel in 1997. Right after his graduation he joined the Sustainability Research team and worked as an analyst until April 2001. Since then is he responsible for the support of internal and external clients as well as some parts of the marketing. Besides his work for Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd he is working on his PhD in economics and also participates in a university project in the field of regional sustainable development.

Born in 1959 and graduated in Engineering from Politecnico University in Milan, Mr. Bini has been Turboden S.r.l. employee since 1984 and Turboden S.r.l. shareholder since 1989. Since then he has been deeply involved in the company management and development. Today, he is General manager - Technical area of Turboden srl. He is currently in charge of the corporate technical activities coordination

José Luis holds a graduate degree in chemistry from the Universidad Complutense and a Masters in Business Management and MBA from the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid. Since 2003 José Luis has led KPMG’s Global Sustainability Services, promoting projects for companies in the field of strategic design, in addition to developing initiatives for the reporting and verification of responsible development and in emerging carbon markets. He began his professional career working for NGO, as a director of the Entorno and NatWest Spain foundations, and as the national director of the Spanish Red Cross. José Luis renders advisory services to international initiatives such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He also serves on the advisory councils of several different companies. José Luis writes regularly in the Spanish press and is the author of a number of books and manuals. In 2001, he was awarded the ‘Valores de Empresa’ (Company Values)award. In October 2008, José Luis was appointed as a partner of KPMG in Spain and in 1 January 2009 he became the partner in charge of KPMG’s Global Sustainability Services at European level.

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Bosco Mukti K graduated in Occupational Therapy from Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore.  She has completed her Masters in Health Care Management in Administrative Staff College of India with Johns Hopkins University.  After completing MHA, Mukti with her friend Nimish Parekh started Healing Fields Foundation.The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDA) had constituted a 13-member committee to chalk out a roadmap to spread micro health insurance in rural India. Mrs. Mukti Bosco has been selected as a member in this committee to develop rural micro health insurance markets in India. Mukti Bosco has also been invited for consultation by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh for rating and accreditation of health care providers in the state. She has participated as consultant to the States of Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand for the development of health insurance programs.  Has been invited as speaker at many National and International Workshops on Micro Health Insurance.  Is a member of the C-Gap Micro Health Insurance sub committee, founder member of AMIN (Asia Micro Insurance Network) and also an ILO recognized Technical Service Provider.Mukti has been awarded the Ashoka Fellow, as a social entrepreneur recognizing her work in the Micro Health Insurance space for the innovative Micro Health Insurance model that has been implemented.  Mukti is also a recipient of the Tenth Sadguru Gnananada National Award – 2009 in the ‘Women Social Entrepreneur’ category that is instituted by Manava Seva Dharma Samvardhani, Chennai that also runs CSIM.  Has been a panelist in The World Economic Forum India Summit in New Delhi, 2009.  Was also invited to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting in 2009.

Gib Bulloch is the Founder and Executive Director of Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a ring-fenced not-for-profit consulting group within Accenture, whose clients include many of the major international NGOs and development agencies. ADP’s main focus is bringing affordable business and technology expertise to the international development sector and promoting private sector engagement in sustainable development. Launched in 2003, ADP’s “self-sustaining” business model has been used as an example of corporate best practice in social innovation in a number of publications including WhatIf’s book “Everyday Legends” highlighting the stories of 20 leading social entrepreneurs and by John Elkington in “The Social Intrapreneur: A Field Guide for Corporate Changemakers”. In 2007, ADP was awarded the Management Consulting Association (MCA)’s Corporate Social Responsibility Award and in 2008, Gib was named as the Sunday Times sponsored Management Consultant of the Year in the Best Partner/Director category.  In his role as Executive Director of ADP, Gib travels and works extensively in developing countries and is a regular speaker on the role of business in development, corporate social entrepreneurship and cross-sectoral partnerships.

Maria joined Ashoka after seven years in eBay, where she was the general manager for Spain, leading the team that launched and developed the platform to achieve critical mass in the Spanish market. During her years at eBay she partnered with several non profit organizations to help them leverage internet to raise resources, or as a way to self-employment and social integration. Maria personally trained some of these organizations and their members in the use of the web and e-commerce, including a venture in Morocco, to develop and support local young entrepreneurs.  Maria also led the development of the entrepreneurs’ initiative at eBay, with various programs to support people setting up new businesses leveraging an e-commerce marketplace. Maria is passionate about the power of communities and networks to accelerate impact. She was part of the pilot group to launch the Women’s Network on eBay.Prior to eBay, Maria started the European marketing function for Ray-Ban sun glasses. She worked 9 years for the multinational Bausch & Lomb, where she held different positions in Marketing in various countries in Europe and Middle East. Maria holds a Degree in Business and Economics by Universidad de Zaragoza and an MBA in Instituto de Empresa, Madrid

Chris is a research consultant, specialising in strategic funding for nonprofits - gifts, grants and investments by philanthropists, foundations, companies and government - in Europe.  He has worked in fundraising since 1980, initially with the Muscular Dystropy Group, Voluntary Service Overseas and Kings College Hospital, London, and was a researcher in the House of Commons 1982-84. In 1990 he co-founded Factary, Europe's leading prospect research agency. In 1993 he became the first advancement researcher to be elected a Fellow of the Institute of Fundraising, and in 1999 the first to be appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He was Founder Chair of Researchers in Fundraising, the Institute of Fundraising special interest group, and he is a member of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (USA), of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), of the Association Française de Fundraisers (www.fundraisers.fr) and of the Asociación de Profesionales de Fundraising (www.profesionalesfundraising.org, Spain). Chris has been involved in the development of venture philanthropy in Europe since 2003, and is a member of the Finance and Funding Group of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (www.evpa.eu.com).He writes and trains in fundraising research for NGOs and professional bodies including the International Fundraising Congress where he is a regular Master Class leader. He is the management level trainer in major gift fundraising at ESSEC for the Association Française de Fundraisers' postgraduate course. His first book on prospect research 'Find the Funds - a New Approach to Fundraising Research' is published by Directory of Social Change, London. His second book, 'Fundraising from Europe' is published in 2003 by Chapel & York, London (www.chapel-york.com). He is a contributing editor of Major Donor Prospect Research: Fundraising from the Millionaires In Your Database and Online, published by John Wiley, New York, in 2006. Chris lives near Barcelona. He speaks English, Spanish, Catalan and reads Italian, German and Portuguese.

Martin Casey is Director of Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility forCEMEX, EMEA & Asia. Based in CEMEX’s UK offices, Martin leads on advocacy and public policy in the region including climate change and emissions trading, as well as playing a leading role in sustainability and biodiversity issues. He is currently co-chair of the WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative’s Communication Group and the CEMEX representative at the working group for the EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, one of the initiatives of the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. Martin joined CEMEX in June 2006 from the British Cement Association where he was Director of External Affairs. A public affairs and corporate responsibility specialist, Martin worked for a number of years with one of the leading public affairs consultancies in London and spent some time in Westminster working for a Member of Parliament. He started his career as a research academic, working at the University of London for seven years. During this time he was a regular contributor to a number of academic political study publications.

Gavin Chait is a Senior Risk Analyst and Strategist at consulting firm, Whythawk, which he founded in 1998. Whythawk focuses on economic modelling, and market and investment risk analysis. Whythawk usually partners with larger consulting firms, including Deloitte and Frost & Sullivan, in order to deliver on large-scale and complex projects. Gavin developed Whythawk's stand-alone ratings software for emerging market investment analysis. Gavin's largest and most successful economic development project was the Thousand Rand Challenge in which individuals started businesses for less than €90 each. This was picked up by the Western Cape Provincial Government as the 1000 x 1000 where Gavin managed 250 consultants who assisted in the final successful development of 670 new businesses. During 2004, Gavin was a panel member of a special team that investigated tax reform for small business in South Africa. He drafted the final report and recommendations for briefing then Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel. Gavin's qualifications include degrees in Microbiology and Biochemistry (from the University of Cape Town in 1994) and a degree in Electrical Engineering (UCT, 1998). Gavin's core interests revolve around researching, analysing and writing about the frontiers of human development, particularly those of technology, and of wealth and poverty. http://www.whythawk.com/

Jonás graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Catalan Polytechnic University (UPC), with a final career project Cum Laude. During 2002 he studied his executive MBA at IE 'Instituto de Empresa' in Madrid (Spain), finishing as number one of his promotion. In 2006 he attend a Global Management Seminar at Anderson’s School of management (UCLA). Jonás is managing the Environmental Technologies Business Unit of Agbar (the main water supply company in Spain). This is a business unit which combines different companies based on technologies with relationship to water treatment and analysis. Before this he was Communications and HHRR Manager in Aguas Andinas (the main water supply Company in Chile). Jonás has occupied various positions such as New Technologies Manager and Engineering Manager of some subsidiaries of the AGBAR Group. In parallel with his professional career, Jonás has a strong relationship with the associative and NGO's world, especially with the Spanish Red Cross. He was a member of the board of Spanish Red Cross from 1999 to 2003, and was elected chairman of the board of Spanish Red Cross of Youth. He also took part in the board of the Spanish Youth Council. Since 2001 he has collaborated with the Club of Rome.

Miquel de Paladella, (Barcelona, Spain) is the Executive Coordinator of the Global Movement for Children (GMC). Launched by Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel in 2000, the GMC brings together some of the world's largest child-focused organizations in an informal and action-oriented partnership to advocate and lobby for children. Plan International, Save the Children, UNICEF and World Vision among others are leading the GMC campaigns focused at reducing child mortality, promoting quality education for all or protecting children affected by AIDS.Previously, Miquel worked for the Society for International Development (SID) based in Rome, initially as Regional Director for Latin America, and as Director for External Relations and Communications later on. He was one of the leaders of youth and student movements involved in sustainable development and social justice. Miquel is an active advocate for social justice and community-led development and has written extensively on development, civil society, education and citizenship. He is also the co-founder of an innovative microfinance NGO, 1x1microcredit.org. 

Giuseppe De Palma has been in charge of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical’s EU Public & Government Affairs office since 1997.  He is responsible for all advocacy, communications, and public and government affairs activities throughout Europe.  He also held the role of Region General Counsel in 2002 and 2003.Prior to his role of Vice President of EU Affairs, Mr. De Palma was part of Exxon’s Law department in various locations in Europe and in the United States.  He was the General Counsel of Esso Italy from 1992-1996, responsible for all legal matters concerning the company’s operations in Italy.  Prior to this role, he was the Chief Attorney of Performance Products for Exxon Chemical from 1990-1991 based in Darien, Connecticut in the U.S.  Mr. De Palma began his career with Esso Italy in Rome and served as Junior Counsel and then four years as Counsel for Exxon Chemical in Milan, Italy.  He became Region Counsel in 1981 for Exxon Chemical based in Brussels, Belgium.  From 1985 to 1989, Mr. De Palma held positions as European Counsel for Exxon Enterprises in London and then Exxon Chemical’s Senior Region Counsel in Brussels, Belgium.  In these positions, Mr. De Palma was responsible for the management of the legal aspects of increasingly complex business initiatives.Prior to joining Esso Italy, Mr. De Palma performed his Italian military service as 2nd Lieutenant in Nizza Cavalleria from 1972-1973.He has served as a member of the board of Europia, the refining industry’s EU trade association, since 1997.  From 2004-2007, Mr. De Palma served as the Vice Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU.  He was also a board member of the International School of Brussels from 1988-1990.Mr. De Palma graduated with honors in Law in 1971 from the University of Genoa, Italy.  He was admitted to the Italian bar in 1975.  In addition to his native Italian, he is fluent in English and French.  He is married with two children.

-Delegate in Iraq 04/1992 to 09/1993
-Relief delegate in Somalia 11/1992 to 06/1993
-Relief delegate in Rwanda 07/1993 to 09/1994
-Head of office in Harar/Ethiopia 01/1995 to 06/1996
-Regional protection delegate for Cameroun/Tchad/RCA 10/1996 to 06/1998
-Delegate in the Sudan 08/1998 to 04/1999
-Assistance coordinator in Ouganda 07/1999 to 06/2001
-Head of sub-delegation in Jerusalem 07/2001 to 08/2002
-Deputy head of delegation in Indonesia 10/2002 to 06/2005
-Deputy head of operations for the Central and Southern Africa 10/2005 to 02/2009
-Currently, head of HR Promotion RH in Geneva

Brigitte Duerr is a Junior Private Sector Consultant to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Regional Centre for Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Bratislava Regional Centre is providing technical backstopping and advice to the 28 UNDP country offices in the region and for management of regional development projects in the area of poverty reduction, environment & energy, democratic governance, crisis prevention & recovery, HIV/Aids, Gender and others. Brigitte Duerr is part of the Poverty Reduction practice and works within the Private Sector team in the field of Private Sector Development and Engagement.  She is a Project Manager for regional projects such as the Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative (www.growinginclusivemarkets.org) which, in a multistakeholder approach, promotes the inclusion of the poor and vulnerable in value chains as producers, entrepreneurs, employees or consumers. Prior to joining UNDP, Brigitte Duerr worked for the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She hold a MSc degree in International Relations from Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva, a Master Degree in Globalization, International Trade and Emerging Markets from the University of Barcelona and a DESS in European Integration and International Relations from Autonomous University of Barcelona. Brigitte is a participant in the Swiss Junior Programme for Development Professionals (NADEL).

Ms Dunbar is an independent advisor to governments and affiliated organizations, specializing in Health System transformation by leveraging modern technology infrastructure and eHealth tools and services. Prior to her current position, Ms Dunbar led the e-Health programme for the World Health Organization, Regional Office of Europe and coordinated the European activities in the WHO Global Observatory for eHealth.  She is the vice-chair of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council and Director of local operations for eHealth week 2010, the most prestigious European event in eHealth in Europe 2010 in collaboration with the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, HIMSS Europe, the Generalitat de Catalonia and the Foundation TicSalut. Furthermore, Ms Dunbar is the President of Prestigious Speakers Toastmaster Club Barcelona leading change through effective communication and leadership.

Patrick joined the international private equity business 3i Group plc in 1985 and has held a number of senior management positions within the Group. Today he is Group Communications Director, Chairman of 3i's Operational Risk Committee and a member of its Corporate Responsibility committee. He is a regular speaker and commentator on boardroom issues and has written several books on the subject. Patrick is a member of the General Council of Warwick University, a Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management, a Visiting Fellow of Kingston University and a member of the CBI's London Council. Patrick is Chairman of the UK's leading charity in the field of youth and conflict, LEAP - Confronting Conflict, and founder of Warwick in Africa which has been transforming the teaching of maths in African township schools. He is also a regular guest host on CNBC Europe's Squawkbox.

Steffen Ehrhardt is currently employed by Google Germany GmbH. His job title is Product Specialist & Project Manager Emerging Markets (Central-East-Europe, Middle East & Africa). Steffen has worked for Google since 2003. Before joining Google he has worked in the marketing teams of Avis Car Rental, Deutsche Lufthansa and PriceWaterhouse Coopers. He has graduated from the Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen and has a diploma in Business Administration.

Studies of environmental sciences and sustainability management in Lüneburg (Germany) and Bilbao (Spain). Niels directed numerous consultancy projects for multinational companies in the areas of stakeholder engagement, sustainable supply chain management, fair trade, social standards and implementation of sustainability strategies in Europe, Latin America and Africa. Additional to that, he manages development aid projects on quality infrastructure and supply chain management in Latin America. Since 2002, he works as consultant of BSD Consulting. Amongst others, he participated in a project on the development of a platform for sustainable supply chain management for BSD Switzerland. Since February 2007 Niels is representative of BSD in Spain and manages the BSD office in Barcelona.

Mr. Fernández-Cueto has a Business degree from Instituto TecnológicoAutónomo de México (ITAM) and an MBA from Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE). He joined Compartamos in 1998, was responsible for transforming Compartamos from an NGO into a Microfinance Institution,  headed the transformation process into a bank and in 2007 participated in the processes for Compartamos' initial public offering. Mr. Fernández-Cueto is currently Director of Strategic Planning and New Business Development being responsible for the development of new businesses for Compartamos and for the strategic planning process and its implementation through the project management office and Balanced Scorecard. Mr. Fernandez-Cueto is a board member of Pró Desarrollo (Mexican network of microfinance institutions), board member of the Latin-American Federation of Banks' committee for bancarization and president of the Mexican Banking Association's committee for Microcredit. He has received formal Microfinance training by Harvard Institute for International Development, The Economics Institute, Bankakademie International and Harvard Business School; as well as Microinsurance training by the Microinsurance Centre.

Experiencia profesional:  
Desde abril de 2007: Director de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa. Director de la Fundación Una Sonrisa Más. Vicepresidente de la Federación de Centros Especiales de Empleo de Cataluna. Representante institucional del CEE Gelim, S.A. (Seis Centros Especiales de Empleo en Espana).  
2.005 hasta marzo de 2007: Gerente de la División de Grandes Cuentas Públicas en Cataluna.  
2.003 hasta diciembre 2.004: Gerente de la División de Limpieza Comercial en Cataluna  
2.001 hasta diciembre 2.002: Director de Calidad, Formación y Prevención  
Desde septiembre de 1.999 hasta diciembre de 2000: Gerente de la División de Hospitales en Cataluna.  
En Junio de1.999, ISS compra el Grupo Neca.  
Entre enero de 1.996 y junio de 1.999, delegado del Grupo NECA en Cataluna.  
Entre febrero de 1.983 y diciembre de1.995, Jefe de Producción y responsable de compras del Grupo NECA.  
1.983: Grupo NECA, Grupo NECA, S.A. era una empresa de limpieza formada, en un principio, por dos sociedades: Neca, S.A. y el Centro Especial de Empleo Gelim, S.A.  
1.978-1982: Director Técnico de la Empresa POLIGONS, filial del Grupo Banco Unión (50%) y de la Fundación General Mediterránea (50%). Empresa dedicada a la promoción de edificios de viviendas, urbanizaciones y polígonos industriales.  

ALMUDENA GALLO MARTINEZ is the Director of Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility at Criteria CaixaCorp in Barcelona, an investment group with the largest industrial portfolio in Spain with holdings in both financial and industrial companies. She arrived at this position after working as the Director of Compensation at “la Caixa”, the company’s core shareholder and Spain’s leading savings bank and third largest financial entity. Almudena began her career at Pepsico International where she worked as Director de Compensación Espana  and later moved into the role of  Director of Human Resources in Central Services until finally being named Director of  Compensación y Desarrollo Unidad Sur de Europa. From there she went on to become the Principal – Directora  Unidad Consultoría RRHH at the  Barcelona offices of William M Mercer, the world´s largest human resource and financial services consulting firm.  She holds  a geography and history degree from the Universidad Central de Barcelona, as well as an MBA and Masters degree in business management and economics from  I.E.S.E , Universidad de Navarra  in  Barcelona. She speaks Spanish, English and Catalan and resides in Barcelona.

As head of Corporate Responsibility at Syngenta, Juan sets the company’s corporate responsibility agenda and ensures its implementation within all the different business functions. Since he took the helm in 2006, he has initiated key programs to strengthen Syngenta’s contribution to addressing global challenges through its products and people. He directs much of the company’s stakeholder outreach, speaks frequently in public forums, and develops many of Syngenta’s public-private partnerships. Central to these efforts, Juan and his colleagues are focusing on how to empower farmers with the innovation and knowledge to grow more food from less land without harming valuable natural resources such as soil, water, and biodiversity.His keen belief that Syngenta can offer solutions to the world’s most pressing needs stems from his years working in Sustainable Use and Stewardship. This involved integrating sustainable agriculture and product stewardship programs into regional and country business strategies. Juan joined the company in 1990 and previously held several leadership positions in Environmental Sciences and Risk Assessment across Europe and the USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Hamburg where his research focused on marine ecology and environmental toxicology.

Mr. Louis Guay joined the Foreign Service of Canada after completing his Masters in Commercial Sciences (M.Sc. Com) at Sherbrooke Universit, Québec (1973). He served in Mexico (1974-1975) and in Athens (1975-1977), Yaoundé, Cameroon (1979-1981), Caracas, Venezuela (1981-1983), Kinshasa, Zaire (1983-1986), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1993-1996) and Libreville, Gabon (2003-2006). During two separate leave-of-absences from the government, Mr. Guay also directed a $175 million project in Cameroon (1986-1989) aimed at designing and building a network of six vocational schools, procuring the didactical equipment and training the trainors.  Between 1996 and 1999, he became the Director General of Genel Dominicana (Eldorado Gold and Gencor) with a mandate which included relations with the government and community development in the context of the privatisation of the Pueblo Viejo deposit.  He was one of the founders of the Chamber of Mines and Petroleum of the Dominican Republic and its first Secretary. Mr. Guay was given various mandates in Ottawa including in the Latin America and Africa and Commonwealth Affairs as well as managing trade policy, strategic planning and conflict management files. Between 2003 and 2006, he was the Senior Advisor on International Affairs in the Privy Council, Intergovernmental Affairs. He was Canada’s Ambassador to Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe from 2003 until 2006. His interest in conflict management issues involved him in the conflicts in Sudan (2006-2008) on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and with the UN on the Mission of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General to Niger (2008-2009). He is on the Board of Directors of SOPAR, an Ottawa based non-governmental organisation dedicated to community development in Andra Pradesh, India. He was named Coordinator for Corporate Social Responsibility for the Americas for the Department of Foreign Affairs and international Trade, in October 2009. He is married and father of five children.

Ken Gustavsen is director, corporate responsibility at Merck & Co., Inc.  His responsibilities include the management and strategic development of all activities associated with the Merck Mectizan Donation Program for onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis.  Ken also manages Merck’s donations of other pharmaceutical products and vaccines through the Merck Medical Outreach Program.  In 2008, Merck donated $592M worth of medicines, including Mectizan®, to health programs and disaster response efforts throughout the developing world.  In addition, he in engaged in health care capacity building programs, global vaccine initiatives and HIV stakeholder relationship programs within the Corporate Responsibility department.  Prior to joining Merck in 2000, Ken directed post-war relief and development activities in Kosovo for the non-profit agency World Relief.  Ken graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in oceanography and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance from Rutgers University.  He lives in New Jersey with his wife Claudia and children Olivia, Thomas and Nina.

Sameer Hajee is the current Managing Director of Nuru Design, a social enterprise whose mission is to create an affordable off-grid electricity infrastructure that services the primary energy needs of base of pyramid (BoP) consumers.  Nuru Design was seed-funded by the World Bank and was recently named by CNBC as having one of the top 10 "Ideas to Change the World".??Prior to Nuru Design, Sameer was the Global Business Development manager at Freeplay Energy plc, the developers of the world’s first hand-crank radio and flashlight.  At Freeplay, Sameer created the international aid and development sales team, which in 2006 and 2007 generated $6 million US in revenue. While at Freeplay, he co-created and co-managed a World Bank Development Marketplace project that saw the creation of 50 rural energy enterprises in Rwanda.  ??In 2005, Sameer launched and managed the Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) initiative at UNDP in Kenya, where he helped domestic and multinational companies, such as Tetra Pak and Microsoft, to develop and implement pro-poor business models in Kenya.  ??As a leading authority on rural energy provision through micro-enterprise, Sameer was invited to speak on the development impacts of BoP business models at the Business with Four Billion conference at the University of Michigan in 2007.  In 2007, Sameer was also invited to address the Cornell Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab on rural lighting issues and solutions. Prior to his work in BoP markets, Sameer worked as a microprocessor design engineer in Silicon Valley, California and as a telecom engineer for Afghanistan’s first mobile phone network provider, Roshan, in Kabul.  Sameer has a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University in Canada and a MBA from INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools.  He also studied at the Wharton School in the US through the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance.  Sameer is a Canadian national with native roots in Kenya and India. 

Malcolm Hayday, FRSA, is the Chief Executive of The Charity Bank Limited, the UK’s first general charity to be authorized as a bank.   He was previously the Director of Community Finance at CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) and Director of CAF’s social investment loan fund, Investors in Society.   He is in his second term (1996-2002) (2004-) as a Board Member of INAISE, the International Association of Investors in the Social Economy, a global network of social investment institutions, having been its President, 1997-2001. He was a Trustee of The Big Issue Foundation, 2000-2007 and was elected its Chairman in 2003. From 2002 to 2003 he was a founding Board member of the Community Development Finance Association (CDFA). He was also a member of the Advisory Group of global foundation leaders to the World Economic Forum.  Malcolm is a member of the International Advisory Committee of NESsT, the non profit enterprise and self-sustainability team, and the Advisory Group for NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.   Malcolm has more than 30 years experience in business finance. He graduated from Exeter University in 1972 with a BA Hons. in Economics. After university he assumed progressively senior positions with City financial institutions. From 1987 he concentrated on finance for small and medium sized businesses. He joined CAF in 1993 to establish the loans service for charities. He has written a number of papers on the social economy and social investment.

Lisa is a PhD candidate at IESE Business School and is engaged in venture philanthropy as a topic of her doctoral dissertation. Venture philanthropy attempts to reshape philanthropy by using practices and methodologies from the venture capital sector and from the business world in the social sector. Lisa's interest in venture philanthropy has sprung from a combination of her background in finance - M.Sc in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics with a major in finance, and several years of working in investment banking in London, Madrid and Barcelona - together with her personal interest in social and environmental issues. Lisa is a strategy scholar, and has presented several papers at conferences such as the Academy of Management and EURAM.

Degree in Literature and History, 1982, PhD; Formerly: Journalist; Vice-Director, Foundation for the Blind in Germany, 1988; developed the Dialogue in the Dark concept and put it into action almost 20 years ago; Founder and CEO of Dialogue Social Enterprise GmbH; Recipient of various awards; first Ashoka Fellow in Western Europe, 2005; Global Award Winner, YPO, 2009.

Dialogue in the Dark is an awareness-raising social franchising company, offering exhibitions and business training in total darkness, creating jobs for the blind, disabled and disadvantaged worldwide. Its exhibition uses blind guides to lead visitors through settings in total darkness where they learn to interact without sight, helping change mindsets on disability. Over six million visitors from 30 countries have experienced the exhibition, giving 6,000 blind people jobs since 1988.

Simon Henzell-Thomas is Head of Sustainable Development at The Body Shop International plc where he is responsible for devising and implementing international sustainable development strategy. Simon is also responsible for stakeholder management and sustainable development reporting. Previously to that, Simon was at Business in the Community (BITC), where he assisted companies to develop Corporate Social Responsibility programmes. He was the organisational lead on ethical supply chain issues and has particular expertise in developing Ethical Trade programmes for global multinationals.

Gregory is an Adjunct Professor in the University of Geneva’s International Organizations MBA (IOMBA) program, where he teaches courses and mentors students in the area of “Strategy in International Development”. In parallel, Gregory has recently launched RPM Ecosystems International, an international expansion of the Root Production Method (RPM), a premier all-natural plant growth process. The RPM methodology generates significant proven advantages over other growing methods including faster growth, earlier maturity, greater survival and enhanced carbon sequestration. www.rpmecosystems.com As a management consultant to leading international actors, Gregory has assisted a wide range of governments and organizations at headquarters and in the field. He has worked on some of the international aid system’s most pressing challenges including: re-establishment of the food supply system in Iraq; coordination of pharmaceutical supplies in Africa; global pandemic preparedness strategies; establishment of coordination systems in the Palestinian territories; and peacebuilding and reconstruction in southern Sudan. Prior to focusing his career on improving strategy and management capabilities in the international development system, Gregory worked for eight years managing emergency assistance programs of the World Health Organization (Bosnia, Kosovo, Central Asia). Gregory holds a MPH degree in International Development from Yale University and a BA in Sociology from Harvard University. He is a Canadian national and resides in Geneva, Switzerland with his wife and three children.

Caroline Hickson is Director of Public Affairs at Concern Worldwide, the largest international NGO headquartered in Ireland. Caroline began her career in the not-for-profit sector in New York, where she spent six years working with the American Diabetes Association and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in marketing, communications and fundraising.  On returning to Ireland she occupied the position of Director of Fundraising of Focus Ireland, Ireland’s largest homelessness organisation, for five years.  She has been with Concern Worldwide since 2004, currently overseeing fundraising, communications and active citizenship. Concern raises over €40 million annually in private income and has significant relationships with the corporate sector, in terms of both funding and support.  Caroline has a B.A. in History and Spanish from Trinity College Dublin, and has recently obtained a first class honours masters in International Relations from Dublin City University.  During her time with Concern, she has visited programmes in Uganda, Niger, India, Kenya, South Sudan and Bangladesh.

In a meeting with the board of directors of a multibillion dollar retail grocery chain, Rick Hutley listened attentively while board members discussed the state of the industry and their thoughts on the company and its future. As the conversation turned to store enhancements and expansion, Hutley broke in with the kind of provocative challenge that has become a hallmark of one of Cisco’s top technology visionaries: “You’re not in the business of helping people shop. You’re in the business of helping people eat.” Hutley then took to the whiteboard and started diagramming advanced technology solutions that would help the grocery giant make it easier for people to do just that. For example, he outlined a solution that lets a consumer enter a favorite food into a cell phone—wild salmon, say—and get back recipes and associated shopping lists of all of the ingredients. The customer would make his selection, purchase the goods via the phone, and the retailer would have them bagged and ready for pickup at a nearby store. “Better yet,” Hutley posed, “why not deliver the order directly to the customer’s house so he never has to set foot in the store?” That session led to a slew of possible solutions that could help the grocery giant innovate its way to greater revenue, profits, customer satisfaction, and industry leadership.It is this singular approach—pinpoint the end game, then apply the technology—that has made Hutley not just a renowned technologist, but a leading business process adviser as well. Hutley is vice president, Global Innovations Practice for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG)—the company’s global strategic consulting arm. It is in that capacity that he advises business leaders in every industry about how technology—and more often than not, Intelligent Network technology—can help businesses achieve their goals. His counsel is underpinned by his extensive knowledge of every major enterprise technology available today—from call center, collaboration, and supply chain to data center, virtualization, security, and business continuity, to name some. His insight is a culmination of significant industry experience. Before joining Cisco, Hutley was CIO of British Telecom’s Concert Communications Company, and prior to that, director of information systems for Syncordia Corporation.Hutley is a “renaissance man” who is well read and conversant in many broader fields of science and technology. He speaks on everything from “green technology,” to the future of the Net, to his long-term predictions for technology and business.  One of his recent prognostications is that software as we know it will disappear and will be replaced by “self-constructing applications.” Intelligent networks, together with the massive processing power of computers, will team up, automatically assembling software to meet any consumer or business request.For Hutley, the future is never far away. At a recent meeting with top surgeons from a leading medical school, Hutley and the medical doctors brainstormed on futuristic, network-enabled surgical devices. Noodling possibilities with the leadership of a major online financial institution, Hutley led a productive session that was sparked by yet another of his famously provocative questions: “Isn’t it about time we got rid of the concept of money?” He went on to predict that as banks move into the business of "life-enablement,” securing goods rather than exchanging dollars will become their prime value proposition.A born “fixer” with a huge intellect and insatiable curiosity, Hutley is an amateur astronomer, a software programmer and member of the British Computer Society, an expert woodworker, a ballroom dance instructor, and a judo practitioner. His love of consumer electronics and computers is perhaps surpassed only by his fondness for big, spacious whiteboards—the favorite tool of this inveterate theorist and “end-game” architect.

Jonathan Jenkins, Director of Ventures at UnLtd, has over 15 years experience in fundraising for small and medium projects from his City career, which included time at a UK merchant bank, and culminated in his role as managing director of Plus Markets, a stock exchange created by his family to enable access to capital for small companies. In his time at Plus, over 500 companies raised a total of GBP 2bn via the market.  His career has been in the commercial provision of investment readiness and investor relations, utilising his contact base of lawyers, accountants, brokers and both retail and institutional shareholders. He joined UnLtd in September 2008 as Director of Ventures, specifically tasked with creating the investment readiness programme and team, to meet the clear requirement for such intermediary support within the social investment market. UnLtd holds a GBP 100 million endowment especially to invest in UK social entrepreneurs and community activists. It was established in 2002 by 7 leading not for profit organisations. UnLtd's mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live. UnLtd provides individuals and informal groups with cash awards and practical support that includes coaching, training and networking opportunities to help them develop community projects. UnLtd has the biggest network of social entrepreneurs in the world and since 2002 has invested over GBP 40 million of financial and non financial support in some 17,000 individuals, impacting on many thousands more. UnLtd Research is leading the way in best practice guidelines while the award winning UnLtdWorld.com allows social entrepreneurs and social enterprise, as well as the broader community, to share experience, knowledge and resources. Further information can be found at: http://www.unltd.org.uk.

Oliver is a partner at LGT Venture Philanthropy responsible for the Africa region, sustainable investment as well as clean tech/climate change and research into market based solutions. Oliver has over 12 years experience in sustainable/socially responsible investment, venture philanthropy and corporate sustainability strategy consulting in both developed and developing countries. He is the co-founder of the WEF aligned African Social Entrepreurship Network (ASEN), DeRisk, VantagePoint Global, and worked previously for SAM Sustainable Asset Management, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), F&C Investment Management (formerly ISIS) and MunichRe. Oliver holds an MSc in Global Environmental Change and Policy, Imperial College, UK and MSc (Dipl. Biol.) from Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany. 

Shainoor Khoja, Director of Corporate Affairs at Roshan, has established an award-winning Corporate Social Responsibility Department and a multidisciplinary health clinic in Afghanistan. Roshan's CSR encompasses activities in commerce, health, social welfare and education. Initiatives include designing and deploying a telemedicine solution to address healthcare shortcomings, developing women's social enterprise projects and introducing Internet technology for e-learning for women and children. Shainoor also operates as a Business Consultant for international companies looking to establish operations in the Middle East and to companies in the area of CSR. Shainoor studied in England and Canada and holds a Bachelors of Physiotherapy, a Masters in Health Management and a Postgraduate Certificate from Cambridge University.

Over the past 20 years, he has held a variety of executive positions in medium sized and larger pharma companies. His personal involvement with CSR began as he built-up Solvay's operations in Southern Africa from 2003-2008. As CEO of Solvay Pharma South Africa, it became his responsibility to ensure that in the course of growing the business he also worked to increase the beneficial impact of the firm's presence in the country and to mitigate negatives. He served on the board of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA) during his tenure in South Africa, and in that capacity represented the PMA at a public-private working group to propose a sustainable path towards improved access to health care services for low-income South Africans. Two years ago, he returned to Europe and was appointed Director of New Business Development for emerging markets with a focus on BRIC's. Owing to his experience in South Africa, he was nominated to represent Solvay´s emerging market subsidiaries on the corporate CSR committee. In this capacity, he has been involved in several projects: In Vietnam, a program to provide corrective surgery to children born with congenital heart defects, in India, a treatment program to provide care to children with a rare pancreatic disorder, and in the Philippines, a program to provide equipment to a center which provides care to indigent patients.

Emmanuel Lagarrigue is the Senior Vice-President for Central Western Europe at Schneider Electric, one of the worldwide leaders in energy management for buildings, industrial processes, datacenters and infrastructures.Emmanuel is in charge of the general management of Schneider Electric core businesses in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. His team is also in charge of providing back-office support to the newly acquired businesses in these countries as well as deploying Schneider Electric new strategy across all entities. This new strategy aims at building up a unique value proposition on the market which will transform Schneider Electric into the Global Specialist in Energy Management.Prior to his current appointment, Emmanuel has served in several leadership roles in France, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Argentina. Emmanuel graduated as an engineer, holds a degree in marketing management and is part of IESE Advanced Management Program in 2010.

A British citizen, Robert studied Modern Languages at Oxford Polytechnic in the UK including spells at universities in France and Austria.  After graduation in 1985, he worked for 12 years in international public affairs consulting, working for a range of multinational brands ranging from McDonald's to Philips Electronics.He joined Mobil Corporation in London in 1997 as Manager of Media Relations for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, during which time he worked on assignments in Africa and the Caspian region.  Following the merger of Exxon and Mobil at the end of 1999, he was appointed External Affairs Manager for Esso UK, responsible for the company's government, media and emergency response activities. In September 2002, Robert transferred to Brussels, Belgium as Deputy Public Affairs Manager, ExxonMobil Europe and moved to Dallas in January 2004 to join the company’s Corporate Communications group.As Communications Manager from 2004 – June 2008, he managed a group responsible for ExxonMobil's major global corporate communications programs, including the executive speech program, ExxonMobil speakers bureau, opinion editorial program, corporate publications and opinion research, as well as business line communications support, internal communications and communications services.In June 2008, he was appointed Manager of Corporate Citizenship & Community Investments, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s global social responsibility programs, including managing corporate contributions.  Among the initiatives managed by the group are the company’s three major signature programs in the areas of math and science education, malaria eradication and the furthering of opportunities for women as catalysts for economic development.      He lives in Flower Mound, TX with his wife and three children.

Ph.D. in Business Administration, Boston University
Master in Business Administration, IESE, University of Navarra
Degree in Industrial Engineering (Industrial Organization), Universidad
Politécnica de Cataluna

Professor Liechtenstein holds a Ph.D. in Managerial Science and Applied Economics from The Economics School of Vienna, Austria, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from IESE Business School, and a BSc in Business Economics from the University of Graz.Professor Liechtenstein specializes in entrepreneurial finance and the management of wealth. He is co-author on several publications on private equity and angel investing. His ongoing research in this field focuses on operational value creation in private equity.As a consultant he collaborated with leading families and financial institutions and serves on the board of three family controlled companies.

Tobias Lorenz is the founder of glovico.org, a startup-webplatform that will allow people from Latin America and Africa to become entrepreneurs and market their services as private language teachers via video conference in Europe. Glovico.org is driven by three missions: a) to create income for people in Latin America and Africa, b) to foster a dialogue between the cultures based on learning and mutual understanding, c) to prove that social businesses, companies created to support the poor, are a feasible way to advance the fight against poverty. Tobias has studied philosophy, business administration and linguistics in Stuttgart (Germany) and Bergen (Norway) and is a PhD student at the University of Witten-Herdecke. Before starting up he has been both in industrial research (DaimlerChrysler) as well as academic research (INSEAD) and is at the moment working as a project manager for Stiftung Wertevolle Zukunft, a foundation active in the area of business ethics and CSR in Hamburg (Germany).

OrphanAid Africa was founded by Lisa Lovatt-Smith in October 2002. Lisa is an established author whose published work includes 13 books on design and photography. She was an editor at Vogue magazine for many years while living in both Spain and France. In 2002 Lisa decided to volunteer with her daughter at children?s home in Ghana. There were more than 100 destitute and abandoned children living at the home, some brought to the home by police or social welfare workers because the children?s parents had died of endemic sicknesses such as malaria, AIDS, or tuberculosis. Very often, however, the children were abandoned because the parents simply couldn?t afford to take care of them. This experience proved to be so life changing for Lisa that she left behind her glamorous lifestyle in Europe and moved to Ghana full-time. Her desire to help orphans was a long-lasting and substantial one, driving her to launch OrphanAid Africa with the aim of helping make sure no child should need to grow up in an institution, unloved and with few prospects for the future.

Lajana Manandhar is the founder member and Executive Director of Lumanti Support Group for Shelter.  Since 1993, from its inception, she has been with Lumanti.   She is responsible for the overall management, execution of the activities and institutionalization of Lumanti.  Lumanti is the first organization in Nepal  that brought the issues of urban poverty and secure housing for the squatter communities in national debate.  Lumanti had received an International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH) Matshushita Award 2006 from Japan Housing Association, Tokyo for its contribution towards improving the living condition of the urban poor in Nepal.Lajana Manandhar holds a masters degree in Agriculture Economics from the University of Technology, Papua New Guinea.  She has a working experience of more than 16 years in the area of community development, housing, water and sanitation etc. She stands against forced evictions, advocates for a decent housing of the poor and believes that by involving people in the process an effective solution could be found to house the poor.  Lumanti has set  examples  on different approaches in housing the poor  in Nepal.  Currently, she has also been nominated as a national convener  of Freshwater Action Network in Nepal.   She also served as a Chairperson for  NGO Forum for Urban Water and Sanitation for four years from 2006-09.   Both FAN and NGOForum advocates poor people's rights to water and sanitation.  She is also the Member Secretary of Urban Community Support Fund (UCSF) established within Kathmandu Metropolitan City, and a member of Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board. 

Marta Mariné is the responsible person for PRASAD Spain communication activities. She offers her time and skills to PRASAD in an altruistic manner since 2008. The rest of her time she works at the Communications Department of orbeo, an international company dedicated to the generation and marketing of high quality carbon credits. Her key expertise is in Sustainable Marketing and the promotion of sustainable products and services. She studied Advertising and Public Relations in Spain and worked in an advertising agency specialised in integrated communications. Meanwhile, she carried out freelance communications consultancy projects. After that, she studied a Master in Marketing Management in England and finished it in India. In the big Asiatic country she had the opportunity to study Indian trends and attitudes towards sustainability within the textile industry and also to work as a Communications Consultant at Arvind Mills, one of the most important textile companies in India. In India, she also could see herself all the projects PRASAD is carrying out, an experience she describes as amazing.

Lorenzo is a PhD candidate at IESE Business School. His doctoral dissertation focuses on sustainability exploring the notion at both the theoretical level- grounding the concept of sustainable development in economic theory and in moral philosophy- and at the empirical level- analyzing sustainability practices in the healthcare sector (together with SAM-group). His latest work explores the nature of the business model phenomenon with the aim of applying it to the sustainability domain.  Prior to starting his PhD, Lorenzo worked at SMS Demag in the iron and steel manufacturing sector and in Switzerland as project manager for a spin-off of the Selesta Group focused on technology for green buildings. Lorenzo holds a graduate degree with distinction in mechanical engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland) and from the University of Genoa (Italy).

She was born in the United States, attended university in Ireland and currently resides in the New York City. Shannon‘s interest in coffee has spanned more than ten years. Her Master’s thesis was entitled, African Coffee Economies, How cultivating coffee encourages political instability, economic devastation and social upheaval. She worked in the retail coffee industry, both in Europe and the United States. In 2003 while working for Insomnia Coffee, Shannon was named the second best barista in Ireland, by the European Coffee Making Association. Her previous professional experience also includes over five years in humanitarian relief and international development. She has worked for both the United Nations and International Non-Profit organizations.  She has worked in Kenya, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sudan, Paraguay, Haiti, and several other countries. 

Amit is the Founder and Managing Director of Reuters Market Light (RML). Inspired by the idea of a Reuters colleague Mans Olof Ors, and securing funding from Reuters Venture Board, Amit started conceptualizing and building RML in 2006, now a pioneering business that sells a highly personalized professional information service over mobile phones to the farming community. RML was launched as a business in late 2007 in India and in about two years of launch, RML’s revolutionary service was sold to nearly 200,000 farmers in over 15,000 villages in India. Through sharing, it is estimated to have been used by over a million farmers.  The financial benefits to farmers due to RML have ranged from $10 to $8000 over only a few weeks or months of using the service. This pioneering business has been widely covered in leading publications such as The Economist, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Sunday Times, and International Herald Tribune and is a case study at London Business School, Cambridge University, UNDP and the World Bank. It has also featured in a few books including the path-breaking book of Prof. C.K. Prahalad “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid”. Prior to RML, Amit worked in a variety of business development, strategy and operational roles in Thomson Reuters, Mitchell Madison Group, and a German government project. This covered the media industry, strategy consulting, and international trade development spanning parts of Asia, Europe and Africa. Amit has been a member of Reuters Advisory Board for Corporate Responsibility, a founding member of Pratham, Germany, and a member of the London Cartoon Art Trust. He is a frequent guest speaker at leading institutions including London Business School and Cambridge University. He studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and Delhi School of Economics, and holds a full-time MBA from London Business School.   

Dr Clara Menéndez graduated in Medicine at the University Autónoma of Madrid, holds a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of London and a Doctorate in Public Health from University of Barcelona. She holds the position of Senior Researcher and Professor head of the reproductive, maternal and child health at the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona and also leads and coordinates the Health Research Centre (CISM) in Mozambique. She has held key senior management position at Clinic Hospital, Tropical Medicine Area in the Infectious Diseases Department, University of Barcelona. She has been responsible for the coordination of a wide range of activities in Spain, Latin America and Africa to promote global health among the scientific and academic community, the Spanish government, the civil society and Spanish foundations.Dr Menéndez has over 20 years experience in global and public health, as a researcher in reproductive, maternal and child health focussing on infectious diseases, especially malaria either in pregnancy, children or new-borns, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS and nutritional problems. She also has experience as a Clinical Epidemiologist and as a BA, MSc and PhD lecturer in Spain and Africa. For several years she has been responsible for the design and development of new areas of work and research at the University of Barcelona and at the Spanish Government, including new strategies for the control of malaria, anaemia in infants, pregnant women and reduction of maternal mortality in developed countries.From 1987 to 1991, she worked as an epidemiologist in the Medical Research Council Laboratories (MCR) of UK, in Gambia and also in the Ifakara Centre in Tanzania. In addition and since 1999, Dr Menéndez  coordinates two international consortiums on Malaria in Pregnancy that include research groups from five African countries, three Latin American countries, India and Papua New Guinea.At present, she works for the Clinic Hospital, University of Barcelona and is a professor in the Tropical Medicine Master course, University of Barcelona, in the Public Health Master course of University of Pompeu Fabra and in the International Health Master course of Health Institute Carlos III. She is also a consultant in the malaria field for WHO.She has been awarded the prize Príncipe de Asturias for International Cooperation actions and the prize Rudolf Geigy for International Research commitment.To date, she has participated in over one hundred publications on topics concerning the areas of investigation she coordinates in international magazines and has supervised 15 doctoral dissertations.

Cedric Mulier  is leading the EMEA Sales Team dedicated to the SAPSustainability Portfolio. This team plays a central role within "SAP as anEnabler" strategy supporting large and small companies  streamlining theirenvironmental (ao carbon), health, social oriented and safety processes.Cedric, being an EMEA facilitator within the extensive SAP Sustainablechampion network, also contributes to the "SAP as an Exemplar" part.  Priorto this role, Cedric lead different teams in IT consulting and softwareindustry across  different sectors (ao Service, Discrete , Process , Telcoand Utilities) and countries.

Based in New York, Sarah Murray is a longtime Financial Times contributor,and specialist writer on sustainable development and the impact of businesson society and the environment.Murray is also author of "Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21stCentury, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat" (Aurum Press, UK, 2007,St Martin's Press, US, 2007 and Picador, US, 2008), which examines theglobal trips made by food and the shifts in economics, politics and societythose journeys have triggered. www.moveablefeasts.orgBorn in the UK, Murray has lived in London, working at the Financial Timesheadquarters from 1990 to 2000. She has also worked in Hong Kong, where shewas a business reporter, in Vietnam, where she launched an English-languagemagazine, and in South Africa, where she spent time as an independent editorand feature writer.

Zemedeneh is a globally experienced executive who has lived and worked around the world including the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Saudi Arabia. An American with Ethiopian heritage, his global clients have ranged from Fortune 500 companies to Latin American multi-nationals. In Africa, he has advised clients extensively in various sectors including airlines, telecoms, manufacturing and agro-industry, in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Togo, and Egypt. He is currently leading an M&A team working in Lagos advising one of the best known Nigerian companies. Zemedeneh is also advising several Middle East investors on their agro-industry investments in Africa. Frequently invited to international gatherings, Zemedeneh has spoken at the Capital Markets summit in South Africa, at Harvard’s Africa conference and the Saudi-East African Business Forum. He is interviewed by the international media including the Financial Times/Mergermarket, Africa Investor magazine and Summit TV South Africa. He has a degree from Howard University in Washington and a CPA from D.C. He had also studied at Concordia University, in Montreal. At E&Y he had served on the Africa board and as a member of the firm’s Global Partner Council.

Yamile works in the Entrepreneur Services team at Endeavor, a global nonprofit that supports high impact entrepreneurs.  Prior to joining Endeavor, she worked at a boutique financial consulting firm in New York and contributed to a project on regional elections at CIPPEC, a public policy think tank in Buenos Aires. Yamile graduated from Harvard University, where she earned an A.B. with Honors in Economics and a citation in French.  She also holds a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University.  At Harvard, Yamile wrote for the Harvard Political Review and was President of the Harvard Association Cultivating Inter-American (HACIA) Democracy, an organization that coordinates annual Organization of American States conferences for high school students in Latin America.

Kristen Panerali is the France Country Manager for AES Solar Energy Ltd.  Her role is to lead business development and oversee the operating solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in France.  AES Solar Power Ltd is joint venture formed by AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC to develop, own and operate utility-scale solar PV plants.  The company has eleven plants in operation (37 MW) and a growing pipeline of projects in southern Europe, Asia and the US.  In 2007 Kristen began working on solar PV projects with AES in Spain, where she set up the country office and led the business development of the company’s first solar PV projects.  She joined the AES Corporation in 2002, and worked in business development and strategy at the company’s businesses in Romania, Venezuela and Cameroon.   Prior to joining AES, Kristen held various positions in the Clinton Administration, including at the White House National Economic Council.  Kristen is a 2002 MBA graduate of IESE Business School.

Gopinath Parayil (Gopi) is the founder and chief executive of The Blue Yonder. Trained in computers, disaster management (Cranfield University) and business management (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées), Gopi set up Nila Foundation in 2004 out of the passion for the region he comes from and a concern for a unique river civilization . While exploring a sustainable financial support for the foundation, he came up with the idea of The Blue Yonder, which is now one of the most innovative Responsible Travel companies in India. 2009 December Outlook Business magazine featured Gopi amongst the 50 Social Entrepreneurs in India. The Blue Yonder has won multiple international awards and recognitions for their responsible tourism initiatives including 2007 Conde Nast Traveler World Savers Award. They have pioneered many initiatives where they use tourism as a tool to find solutions for achieving sustainable development in destinations they promote. Gopi also set up International Centre for Responsible Tourism in India (ICRT-India).

Sonja Patscheke has professional experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors and in international development. At FSG, she has developed strategies for foundations, corporations and intergovernmental agencies on issues such as international public health, sustainable agriculture and philanthropy. She is based in the Geneva office.Before joining FSG, Sonja worked as a strategy consultant with The Parthenon Group in London where she worked with international clients in the Healthcare, Education, Publishing, Manufacturing and Consumer Good sectors.Her non-profit experience includes advising a number of social enterprises engaged in ethical sourcing, renewable energy and income generation on issues such as market entry, partnerships and financial and strategic sustainability. During her MBA, she was involved in launching a new business model for Shell Foundation’s Trading UP Programme that focuses on connecting developing world producers with major retailers. She also helped plan and manage a comprehensive development project in Uganda with Accenture Development Partnerships.Sonja holds an M.B.A. from London Business School, an M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a B.A. from University College London. Sonja’s passions outside work include sailing, horse riding, hiking and skiing as well as opera and Salsa dancing. 

Dr Philip Peck is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden. With more than 20 years of international experience, he worked in civil engineering and with a global mining corporation for nearly a decade prior to entering academia. Philip researches the environmental, socio-economic, policy, and deployment parameters of new technology systems. He is particularly interested in how institutional factors affect the progress of new industrial systems and the success of organisations. Research in recent years has focued on bioenergy with studies of supply chain issues related to the mobilisation of large volumes of biomass (particularly for advanced bioenergy systems); successes and failures in policy interventions; risk management issues (e.g. contract formulation and risk perceptions), the emergence of the sector in transition economies, and political-sphere acceptance issues.Philip also regularly supports intergovernmental organisations (particularly UNEP) in policy-related and technical areas. UN-affiliated missions focused on environmental risk management, introduction of best environmental practice, and improved resource sector policy-making have been conducted in some 15 countries in recent years.Dr Peck publishes in renewable energy, mining and management journals and has also authored several UN documents addressing environmental performance and policy-making for the extractive industries.

François Perrot is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. His research focuses on the development of corporate strategies targeting the low income segments in emerging countries, also called the Base of the Pyramid (BOP).To develop his dissertation, François works in Lafarge, a global cement company, where he is in charge of identifying business models to address the BOP segment. He notably works on the development of a pilot project in Indonesia that uses microfinance to facilitate access to housing for low income people. Before coming to Ecole Polytechnique, François graduated from ESSEC Business School in 2006 with a Grande Ecole/MBA diploma and from Sciences-Po Paris in 2007 with a Master of Research in sociology. When studying at Haas Business School in Berkeley (USA) as an MBA visiting student (Fall 2005), he received the McDonald’s fellowship on Corporate Social Responsibility. François founded the ESSEC student chapter of Net Impact and also the Professionnal chapter in Paris. In 2009, François participated in the first Oikos Foundation UNDP Young Scholars Academy on Development. Since 2006, François has been teaching Corporate Social Responsibility in the Master program of the ESC Pau business school, in France.

Sanjay Peters is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at IESE Business School. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, UK. In addition to having taught economics at the graduate level at Cambridge University, he has also worked as an economic advisor to the Foreign Office of the UK Government, consultant to the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program. He serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals and as an economic advisor to a number of leading multinational companies. Currently, Professor Peters is Director of the Center for Emerging Markets at IESE Business School and Visiting Professor at the Asia Research Center at Copenhagen Business School (2008-2011). Prior to joining IESE, he served at ESADE Business School in Barcelona as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Director of the China Executive Leadership Program and Academic Director of the Executive MBA Program at the Indian School of Business. His main area of specialization, and hence the main focus of his publications in academic journals and books, is on assessing business opportunities and risks in emerging markets in Asia (primarily in India and China). He also carries out research work on the incentives for promoting growth and competitiveness within firms, entrepreneurship, the determinants of macroeconomic growth, international economics, managerial economics, Neo-Coasian theories of the firm, and the impact of investments in human capital and institutional changes on economic growth. His main areas of interest include: international economics, emerging markets, macroeconomics and international business.

Andrius Plepys is assistant professor and lecturer at Lund University, Sweden. He is also guest lecturer at several other univeristies in Europe and Sounth America. His main research area is in systemic analysis of environmental lifecycle impacts of products and services, in particular - the environmental impacts of information and communication technology and municipal waste management systems. For the last 10 years Andrius has been working in different international projects in European Uninion particularly in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe.

Executive Consultant and Technical leader working in IT Strategy &Architecture Service Product Line of IBM Global Services Spain, Portugal,Greece & Israel, that covers Cloud Computing, Green IT and Smarter Planetstrategy consulting among other topics.  Over 34 years of experience on IT Systems, IT Strategy, IT architecture, ITmanagement processes, (ITIL, ISO 20000, Cobit), IT Security and Deploymentof Management Systems for Banking, Government, Insurance and Utilities. Hehas also big expertise in Project Management of complex TI engagements withmulti cultural and international teams, as a big Turkish  banktransformation project in 2007-2008 in Istanbul,  Sydney 2000 Olympic Gamesin Australia and Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games.  He is also teaching IT Service Management at Pompeu Fabra University.Ricard is graduated in Electrical Engineering for the UniversidadPolitecnica de Barcelona., and achieved  ITIL V3&V2, ISO/IEC 20000certifications and ISACA CGEIT .

Lila covers the Global Consumer sector, including forestry, water, carbon, and ecosystem services, and is principally involved with the firm’s Climate Solutions Strategy. Lila first joined Generation to lead the company’s thematic research into sustainability issues such as climate change, pandemics, poverty, water, and demographic shifts. Before joining Generation she worked with American Express and Bridges Community Ventures while studying for her MBA. Prior to 2003, she worked as a consultant for clients such as Save the Children (YouthNoise). Lila also worked as a Director of Finance & Development at VolunteerMatch in San Francisco. From 1998-2000, Lila served as a Fulbright Fellow in Southern Chile where she worked on community-based forestry and conservation projects. Lila graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. (Honors) in English and Latin American Studies. She holds an MBA from the London Business School where she was President of the Net Impact Club and Chair of the Global Social Venture Competition. She speaks fluent Spanish.

Mr. Jordi Renart i Vila works as a Programme Coordinator within the Office of the Executive Director of United Nations World Food Programme in Rome. He covers a range of portfolio issues including Economics, Food and Commodity Markets, Trade, Global Governance Institutions and Global Environmental Change.Prior to joining WFP, he held positions in a Paris-based wealth management firm and in the cabinet of the European Union Trade Commissioner in Brussels. Jordi holds a degree in Economics from the University of Navarra in Spain and a Master in International Trade and Development from the Institut d'Études Politiques in Paris.

Patrick Renz is currently Deputy Manager at the Competence Center for General Management of the Lucerne Business School of the University of Applied Sciences and Art in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is also Management Consultant and Research Associate at the Center for Corporate Governance at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.   He is founder and managing Director of Aid Governance Foundation, an international organization promoting standards to development actors, policy decision makers and international development agencies in improving aid efficiency, transparency and accountability. As managing director of Aid Governance, he has signed an agreement with Colombia’s largest NGO umbrella organization, FAONG, to strengthen their members with the Governance Model. He is also currently establishing a Diplomado Programme in Governance with EAFIT and the Universidad Nacional de  Colombia.   He was General Manager of Impaq Information Management Holding AG, and Regional Manager Latin America for Procter  & Gamble. He has lived in 10 countries, worked in over 30 and is fluent in six languages.   He has authored and co-authored a range of articles, white papers, books and strategic business plans. His book Project governance – Implementing Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations (2007) is widely acknowledged.   Patrick Renz’s subject matter encompasses governance on different levels; integrity management, economic development; small & midsize enterprise development for marginalized countries; generating inter-organizational policy dialogue; understanding cultural obstacles to economic rationalization; and multi-stakeholder alignment.

Romeu Rodrigues, 58, is CEO of the CETA Construction, a Mozambican construction company. CETA was founded by Mozambican Government in 1980, and in July 1999 CETA was 100% privatized. Privatization was done through an MBO operation with a venture capital Fund MINCO- Mozambique Investment Company, which is funded mainly by Aureos Capital and Norfund. CETA has 300 permanent employees and an annual turnover of 60 million USD. Romeu was born in Beira-Mozambique and started to work in 1976 as road contractor, 1985 was operations manager and in 1993 appointed General Manager of CETA; in 1999, after privatization, was appointed CEO. From 1997 to 1999 was Chairman of Contractor’s Association. In 1999-2001 was the Vice-President of Mozambican-USA Chamber of Commerce, and in 2007-09 was the President of Mozambican-Brazil Chamber of Commerce. Early 2009 was appointed as President of Fiscal Council on Bank FNB Mozambique. Since mid 2000 Romeu has been involved Hiv-Aids awareness activities, was co- Chairman of Mozambican Business Coalition against Aids Council, and 2004 to 2007 acted as Chairman of local council for “The Global Fund” for Hiv-Aids, Malaria and TB. Other areas of interest are: Corporate Governance and Leadership. CETA is a partner in African Leadership Initiative in Mozambique, a project started in 2002 with TechnoServe and Aspen Institute. Romeu Rodrigues has a degree in Civil Engineering from Maputo University – Mozambique. Hobbies: golf and reading. Is married and has a 29 year old son.

Founder and director of ACAF, organisation that developes the “Self Financed Communities Model” in Europe. Chosen social entrepreneur of Ashoka in 2006. Winner of the World’s Creative Young Entrepreneur Award, CYEA, in 2007. Winner of the European Best Microfinance Model in 2009.He studied World Economy and has a PhD in Microfinance.He worked 4 years in indigenous communities in Guatemala, where he founded and directed “Mayan Treasures” (Best Latinamerican Indigenous Project Award in 2001).  He teaches in Universidad Ramon Llull in Barcelona and in different MBAs. He has participated as a speaker in Germany, Austria, Colombia, Ecuador, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Venezuela.He wrote the book “World Economy and Development”.

At IESE, Magdalene Rosenmöller teaches the second-year MBA elective course on health sector management and is also lecturer in the executive education department. She delivers lectures in other settings in Europe, Latin America and Asia, including the China European International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai.She holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy from the University of London, UK; a M.D. from the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg, France, and an MBA from IESE Business School, Spain.Magda Rosenmöller gained valuable executive experience at the World Bank's Latin American and Caribbean Region where she worked as health economist for two years (2000-2002). Frequently serving as expert in different assignments for the European Commission (health research and health policy) and the European Parliament, she has extensive experience in health policy and health research issues in Europe, particularly the new Member States. She is currently in charge of the scientific coordination of the EC FP6 SSP research project on patient mobility in Europe (www.europe4patients.org) and previously served as expert evaluator on the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI).

Hugo Ruiz Taboada is Chemical Engineer and a MBA by IESE and professor of Development Economics at the University of Navarre. With 30 years of experience in international management consulting, Mr. Ruiz has held executive positions in the consulting field in Europe, placing special focus on transition economies, for major industrial groups and public institutions. He has been active in a large number of different fields including management development, industrial restructuring, economic development, infrastructure and industrial policy and public affairs. He is the founder and director of a development consulting company in Brussels. He has a solid expertise in the field of economic growth and reactivation/diversification of regional economies in countries with advanced development. He has acquired a solid experience in this field in Spain, Belgium, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean countries. Throughout his career Mr. Ruiz has had the opportunity to deal with the most significant actors in the development field, such as the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. He has led and participated in the implementation of more than 200 development projects of technical assistance and procurement. He has managed complex and large programs involving different institutions and beneficiaries in Europe and Mediterranean countries.

I am Hemant Sahal pursuing my B.Tech Biotechnology degree from VIT University, India. The need for ventures with environmental reimbursements especially in the field of technology has never been greater. But the real challenge is to turn this need into opportunity. The “dot com” bubble has burst, and is followed by a spurt in exciting breakthroughs in biotech sector. My acumen in the need of inclusive growth in the society along with technical students zeal to work on environmentally relevant projects strained me to work on ventures which aims to carry out an integrated intervention in socio-environmental issues and awareness creation to achieve behaviour change, capacity building to sustain and operate the services/systems, enabling networking with state and non-state stakeholders to leverage resources, accompanied by strengthening of existing infrastructure and provision of new infrastructure for the various venture needs.I have already launched a venture "CALLMAT" funded and supported by Ashoka Youth Venture and Lemelson foundation, USA. It aims to provide clean water to rural India plus prevent the intoxification of crops with heavy metal polluted water. I am working on a venture “GREEN MILL” which aims to manage paper generated in educational centres as well as provide employment to rural people. My third venture "CALLINTRIP" has just got funding from Villgro Student Project Funding for raising awareness in industrial pollution affected rural areas by developing simple technologies for pollution indication. I have been awarded medal by National Design and Research Forum, IEI, for my contribution in Environment engineering discipline. I have been shortlisted among Top social innovators and environment entrepreneurs of the world by SPROUT, Toronto, Canada for their e-course. I am the Programme Manager of Global Innovation Village, an initiative by Centre for Sustainable Rural Development and Research Studies which aims to steer students into rural social action. I am one of the core members of Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Development, VIT University also. I am also one of the participants of Acara Challenge 2010 for solving water problems here in India and in this we are working with University of Illinois, USA. I have undergone training for Leadership in Social development at American centre, New Delhi and another WES (water, environment and sanitation) project of CASP-PLAN, New Delhi.

Doctor Salgot is a Professor of Soil Science at the University of Barcelona, where he has taught for 35 years. His areas of expertise include advanced wastewater treatment, wastewater reclamation and reuse, and water resources management, especially with non-conventional resources. Doctor Salgot was the first Director of the official master course (recognized by the Spanish Ministry): Water: "Interdisciplinary Analysis and Sustainable Management." He is a member of the Governing Board of the Water Research Institute at the University of Barcelona and Secretary of the Royal Catalonian Academy of Pharmacy. He has authored hundreds of articles on water related issues. Dr. Salgot was nominated to attend Doing Good and Doing Well by the Spanish Association for the Defense of Water Quality (ADECAGUA), where he has been a board member since the 1980s. 

Alfonso Santos is leadind the Cisco EMEA South Business Development team in the Utilities markets, being energy efficiency and smart grid technologies and solutions one of his primary focus areas. During his 10 years tenure in Cisco, Alfonso has held key positions in Sales at both, Utilities and Energy markets as well as with Service Providers as senior system engineer. Alfonso holds a MS Degree on Telecommunications from Madrid Politechic University.

Carmelo Scalone is the Executive Director of Business Initiatives at EDP Renewables, the fourth largest wind energy company in the World. He is responsible for the growht of the company both in terms of new geographies and of new technologies. He has 10 years experience in the wind industry, founding Anev (the Italian Wind Energy Association) and developing wind projects for Gamesa Energy in Italy, France and Greece. Previously, Scalone spent eight years in grid and power plant automation, working for ABB Energy Automation. Scalone was educated in Italy with an Electrical Engineering and Business Administration background.

Kunihiko (Kuni) SHIMADA, Principal International Policy Coordinator/ Principal International Negotiator, Ministry of the Environment, JapanKunihiko (Kuni) Shimada is Principal International Policy Coordinator and Principal International Negotiator at the Ministry of the Environment Japan, and is in charge of establishing negotiation strategies for the UNFCCC. At the UNFCCC process, he has been working as a lead negotiator of the Japanese delegation for future issues, technology, adaptation and compliance, as well as servicing as a co-chair of the AWGLCA Contact Group on Development and Transfer of Technologies and Chair on Various Mechanisms for mitigation as well as a member of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT) and Compliance Committee. Moreover, Kuni has chaired several international groups, including OECD/IEA Annex I Expert Group on UNFCCC as well as served as an international expert on issues related to compliance, adaptation, energy, technology, financial mechanisms and carbon markets through his continuous and active roles played in climate change negotiations since 1997. Prior to the current positions, Kuni worked for the UN as one of the lead mediators for international peace and security issues as well as negotiator for a wide range of issues, including human rights, women’s empowerment, and sustainable development and involved in negotiation/mediation for Kosovo, East Timor (currently Timore-Leste), and many other cases.

Prior to joining Trestle Group, Mr. Dana Smith served as public affairs professional with extensive experience in non-profit administration, governmental relations, public affairs, strategic planning, communications and media relations.  Mr. Smith worked with government leaders at the highest level in the Executive and Legislative branches in the State of Ohio, as well as with key Members of Congress at the federal level in the United States.  He has extensive experience developing and managing legislative programs, strategic communication efforts and public awareness campaigns on behalf of a broad range of clients including non-profit organizations, Fortune 100 companies, as well as national trade associations.  Mr. Smith earned a B.A. degree in Political Science from The Ohio State University. Mr. Smith is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director of Trestle Group Foundation.

Kostas G. Stamoulis is currently Director of the Agricultural development Economics Division in FAO Headquarters and Secretary of the Committee on World Food Security. Before joining FAO in 1989, he was Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. From 1985 to 1987 he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley.   His work includes of issues related to the role of agriculture in rural development and rural poverty reduction in developing countries; the impact of changes in food systems on smallholder farmers and on rural poverty; the linkages between the agricultural sector and  the rural non-farm economy.   Stamoulis has also carried out work on the assessment of the role of macroeconomic and exchange-rate policies on agriculture and the rural sector and the interdependence between exchange rate, financial and commodity markets.  He has published a large number of papers, articles, books and monographs on a veriety of subjects. Stamoulis holds a degree in Economics from the Economics University of Athens (Greece) a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia (USA) and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Personal Data :  Born in 1954 in Greece.  Greek national, married , one child.

Michael Steidl is founder and Managing Director of Micro Service Consult GmbH (MSC), a consulting firm specialized in microfinance and social entrepreneurship. Mr. Steidl has 13 years of experience in consulting to microfinance institutions and microfinance development agencies. He has initiated his career with the German consulting firm IPC in 1996, and since 1999 worked on his own account until the foundation of MSC in 2002. His main areas of expertise include project design, feasibility studies, institutional assessments and due diligence, as well as technical assistance services to MFIs (strategic advisory services, product development, individual lending methodologies, middle management and loan officer training). He has experience in upgrading, downscaling and greenfielding projects, and he has also worked intensively on regulatory, policy and sector development issues in microfinance. His experience in working as director, team leader coordinator of long-term assignments includes projects in Nicaragua, Argentina, Honduras and various African countries. Mr. Steidl has worked in 35 countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.

Robert Strand is a PhD fellow at the Copenhagen Business School Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (cbsCSR) and is the Net Impact Fellow to Europe.  His research focus is on the role of leadership in CSR with a particular interest in comparing the US and Scandinavian approaches to CSR.  Robert, an American, was a US Fulbright Scholar to Norway where he explored CSR across Scandinavia.  He teaches CSR coursework at the University of Minnesota, including a study abroad course in which he brings US MBA students to Scandinavia, and his writings have appeared in publications including the Financial Times and the Journal of Business Ethics.  Robert has a decade of industry experience with IBM and Boston Scientific.  He received a B.S in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin and MBA in international business from the University of Minnesota.

Alan has been the Chief Executive of the Water Industry Commission since itsestablishment in July 2005. Prior to that he was the Water IndustryCommissioner. He was appointed by the Scottish Ministers to that role inNovember 1999. He has extensive experience in management consultancy and inthe investment banking industry, being a former management consultant withBain and Company and before that a Manager with Robert Fleming and Company.More recently he was a Managing Director of Wolverine CIS Ltd, a division ofWolverine World Wide. Alan has a MBA and MA from the University ofPennsylvania and a MA(Hons) from the University of St Andrews.

Jacques Toureille is the General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Jacques was seconded from the World Bank in January 2001, to manage the development and institutionalization of the microfinance practice within the Aga Khan Development Network.As head of the Agency, he is responsible for overseeing the implementation of microfinance, microinsurance, and small business development programmes, through sixteen financial institutions operating in thirteen different countries (Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, and Tanzania), with assets of over USD 250 million and employing over 3,500 staff.At the World Bank, Jacques had been responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of major financial sector reforms successively in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and in South Asia.  Prior to joining the World Bank in 1985, Jacques held the position of Chief Executive Officer at the Oman Bank for Agriculture and Fisheries in the Sultanate of Oman, and prior to that was a Management Consultant with Arthur D. Little.  Jacques is a graduate of Ecole Centrale de Lyon (1970), and holds an MBA from INSEAD (1973).Jacques is a member of the UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors.

Beate Trück is the Managing Director of the European Venture Philanthropy Association. Beate, a German national who has lived in Brussels for the past eleven years, brings with her a strong track-record of working at a high level in European institutions and of managing and coordinating European networks. She also has wide experience as a volunteer in Nicaragua, Switzerland and France. From 2000 to 2008, she has been the director of the Brussels Office of the German applied research organisation, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and, previous to that, she was Network Coordinator for MENON (Multimedia Education Innovation Network), Brussels. Beate has three M.A.s: Advanced European Affairs (College of Europe, Bruges), Franco-German relations (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris) and French and German Literature (University of Tübingen). Beate speaks six European languages and is mother of two sons. EVPA is a unique network of venture philanthropy funds and others committed to promoting high-engagement philanthropy in Europe. The association was established in October 2004 and has its headquarters in Brussels. The association counts more than 120 members in more than 20 countries, coming from sectors as diverse as private equity, foundations, universities, private banks, philanthropy advisors and business schools and law firms.

Clean Power Capital was founded by Johannes Tynes who has overall management responsibility for thebusiness.Previously Johannes was the managing director responsible for energy investments at Christofferson,Robb & Company (UK) LLP (“CRC”). Since starting CRC’s clean power investment activities in 2005,Johannes has managed the acquisition and development of 100% equity stakes in 736 MW of renewableenergy projects through the Levanto and Thanet Offshore Wind transactions.Most recently Johannes served as the investment manager and as a board member of Thanet OffshoreWind Ltd., a 300MW offshore wind park planned outside of the coast of Kent until its onward sale toVattenfall AB.Upon joining CRC in 2004, Johannes had a background as a credit rating analyst at Fitch Ratings inLondon and as a leveraged finance origination banker at UBS Warburg.Johannes trained as an economist at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he wasawarded a BSc. in economics with first class honours. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst, and isenrolled in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business executive MBA program in London.He is a Norwegian national resident in London.

Andrew Walker is the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.  Since joining the organization in April 2003 he has played a leading role in the areas of communications, marketing, sponsorship sales and activation, and strategic projects in helping to drive the growth of women’s professional tennis. Walker’s ability to generate business results has contributed significantly to the unprecedented worldwide expansion of the sport and his communications acumen has been instrumental in many of the critical successes and the overall turnaround of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.Walker began his career at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in the role of the Special Assistant to the CEO, where he was responsible for helping drive the business in a number of areas, including sales, strategic Board undertakings, cooperative initiatives with other tennis governing bodies such as the ATP and ITF, and constituent communications.  In 2004, Walker was promoted to Vice President of Business Affairs and shortly after assumed responsibility for the Tour’s Communications and Public Relations as the Vice President of Communications.  In 2007, Walker was tapped to lead the development and implementation of the Tour’s largest ever global marketing campaign, “Looking for a Hero?”, which was featured in 75 countries.  In January 2009, Walker added Marketing to his growing list of responsibilities as Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications, and subsequently in June 2009 was again promoted to Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications.  During his six-year WTA career, Walker has played an important role in some of the biggest accomplishments in women’s tennis, including being a key member of the sales team that consummated the Tour’s three sponsorship deals with Sony Ericsson, Whirlpool and Dubai Duty Free, totaling more than $99 million.  Walker was also a member of the original team that developed the “Roadmap”, the most sweeping reform of the Tour circuit structure, designed to create a more fan-friendly and healthier calendar in order to consistently deliver stars to top events and reduce player withdrawals.  Responsible for the public relations strategy that led to the historic achievement of equal prize money for women tennis players at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, Walker also initiated and consummated the Tour’s historic social cause partnership with UNESCO to advance gender equality and create leadership opportunities for women all over the world.  As head of Global Marketing and Communications, Walker has been instrumental in enhancing and protecting the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour brand and the brands of Tour players and tournaments by managing all issues impacting women’s professional tennis.  A 1993 Stanford University graduate, Walker began his career as a tennis agent at the sports management agency ProServ in Paris.  After graduating from New York University law School in 1997, Walker worked as a corporate lawyer at White & Case in New York.  In 2000, Walker joined the global public relations firm Burson-Marsteller where he specialized in both corporate and sports PR.  In 2002 he joined the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) as a communications consultant for men’s tennis and subsequently joined the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in 2003.  After spending the last six years in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s corporate headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida, Walker will be relocating to the London office in order to strengthen the Tour’s presence in Europe.     

Tricia Wallace is the Director of Capital Raising for TechnoServe Mozambique.  TechnoServe, an NGO with operations in Africa and Latin America, helps entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their nations.  Ms. Wallace assists TechnoServe clients in the development of business plans and in raising capital for their projects.  Prior to joining TechnoServe, she was a vice president in JPMorgan’s Investment Banking Division, where she spent 8 years working with clients in the Oil & Gas and Mining & Metals industries.

Chuck Waterfield has 25 years experience in microfinance, with a mixture of practical field experience (six years starting MFIs in both Haiti and Bolivia) and experience leading network strategy development (serving as microenterprise director for both MEDA and for CARE International). He developed Microfin, the most popular financial planning software in the microfinance industry and teaches business planning courses around the world, with more than 3,000 microfinance professionals having been trained in his courses.  His current work as an independent consultant includes clients across the industry. In 2008, he founded MicroFinance Transparency, a global agency to promote transparent pricing in microfinance.  MFTransparency will publish the true prices (APR) of microfinance loans offered by all microfinance institutions around the world. He is currently on faculty of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, in New York. In addition to Microfin, he has a broad range of products and publications including the SEEP FRAMETool, the CARE Credit and Savings Sourcebook, and CGAP Handbook on Management Information Systems.

Alessio Beverina is Principal in the cleantech field. Alessio started with Sofinnova Partners in April 2005 as an analyst within the technology team, focusing on the semiconductor, components, energy, materials and systems domains. He is now fully dedicated to cleantech. He began his career in 1997 as a researcher at LETI, one of the most important European Labs in the research field applied to electronics. From 2000 to 2003, he worked in the central R&D group for STMicroelectronics, in charge of advanced CMOS technologies. Alessio holds 5 patents and has published several publications. Alessio graduated from Politecnico di Milano, with a degree in chemical engineering, specialising in the chemistry and physics of solid materials, and with an MBA from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP). Alessio holds a board seat in Revolt and Neosens. Alessio is a Kauffman Fellow.
Sofinnova Partners is an independent venture capital firm based in Paris, France. For over 35 years, the firm has backed nearly 500 companies at different stages of development – pure creations, spin-offs, as well as turnaround situations – and worked alongside Europe’s key entrepreneurs in the technology, life sciences and cleantech sectors. With more than €1.2 billion of funds under management, Sofinnova Partners’ experienced team and hands-on approach in nurturing and supporting portfolio companies through to exit have created market leaders and multiplied revenues, from landmark historical investments including Genentech and Biogen to more recent successes such as Actelion, Vistaprint, CoreValve and Fovea. With a global mindset, the firm has offices in Shanghai, China and a sister organization in San Francisco, California.

Phil is responsible for leading the sales and business development activities for Intelligent Energy, a cleantech power business based on proprietary hydrogen fuel cell technology. Phil is responsible for securing key strategic partners and setting the commercial direction of the business. Intelligent Energy follows a partnering business model in order to embed its technology into its customers’ product developments to meet their future clean power needs. Recent commercial successes include working with Suzuki Motor Corporation to develop zero emission fuel cell motorcycles, forming a Joint Venture with Scottish and Southern Energy, the UK’s second largest utility to develop low carbon Combined Heat and Power units for residential and industrial markets and developing portable power systems for a leading US consumer electronics company. Other customers include Boeing, Airbus and Peugeot.Phil studied Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London and began his career as an engineer with ICI, but rapidly transitioned towards a commercial role. In 2001 Phil was awarded a scholarship from the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering to study for his MBA at IESE and joined Intelligent Energy upon graduation in 2003.

Thomas Christiansen coordinates Cleantech analysis in the Europe Middle East India Africa (EMEIA) Area of Ernst & Young. The focus of his work lies in analyzing market trends and providing insights to clients. In his prior position, he coordinated strategic analysis and strategy implementation for the management board in Central Europe and was part of Ernst & Young’s telecommunications practice. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he developed and launched new mobile phone operators for Mannesmann Telecommunications/Vodafone and was a Business Banker at Wells Fargo Bank in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thomas is a US-Certified Public Accountant and holds a Double Degree (MBA/Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of Texas at Austin and the WHU Koblenz.

Yvette is Associate at SET Venture Partners, powered by Chrysalix and Robeco, B.V. (SETVP), a clean energy VC with €50mln committed capital. Her focus is on companies in biofuels, biomass, waste and heat-to-energy and fuel cells.Before joining SETVP, Yvette worked at DSM as the global Product Portfolio Manager for the company’s Powder Coating Resins Business Unit. She has worked in the chemical industry, at DSM and Shell International Chemicals, for 10 years, during which she held posts in Sales & Marketing, Purchasing and Product Development. Yvette holds Masters degrees in Business Administration (IESE’s Global Executive program) and Chemical Engineering (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands).

Brian B. Hashemi, PhD, MBA, is a biomedical executive with over twelve yearsof experience in advanced technology development and commercialization.  Forover six years Brian served as a Principal Investigator at NASA – JohnsonSpace Center and as an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine.During his tenure in the space program he was responsible for thedevelopment of several multi-national projects which were flown on the SpaceShuttle in collaboration with the European Space Agency.  Dr. Hashemi holdsa Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University and an MBA from theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus onentrepreneurship and venture capital.

Bernhard Mohr joined BASF Venture Capital in 2006. His investment focus areas include CleanTech, Industrial Biotechnology, Raw Material Change, Performance Materials, and Oil & Gas.  Bernhard has held senior positions in the BASF Group since 1996 and brings to BASF Venture Capital an international expertise in marketing, finance, corporate development and research & development. Bernhard studied chemistry at the Universities of Stuttgart and Cincinnati and earned a doctorate from the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz/Germany. Prior to joining BASF he held postdoctoral appointments in Japan, France and USA.
BASF Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of the BASF Group and invests globally with a focus on innovative chemicals-based technologies and materials. Headquartered in Ludwigshafen we maintain offices in Fremont/USA and Hong Kong/China. BASF Venture Capital GmbH's financial commitment per company is in the range of one to five million Euros, with active support provided for young start-ups. More information about BASF Venture Capital GmbH is available at www.basf-vc.de.

Josep is one of the founding partners of Ysios Capital Partners SGECR, SA with a first fund, Ysios BioFund I with 70 Mio Euros under management. Josep focuses especially on crafting and closing transactions, valuations and licensing deals, reviewing intellectual and industrial property and full due diligence materials in Life Sciences investments and with a special focus in Medical Technologies.Josep's special professional background involves financial assessment, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship and intellectual property. Josep acquired his expertise in professional presigious firms such as Cuatrecasas and KPMG as advisor in both mergers and acquisitions and venture capital, as well as in the intellectual property area. He later joined Eurohold Corporate Finance with special focus on venture capital in the innovation space. Since early in the 2000's Josep has been working in the healthcare industry from the perspectives of both the pharmaceutical/biotech and healthcare, in positions such as Corporate Finance Business Development Manager at Almirall (business development, m&a, valuation, etc.) and in Grupo SAR as Managing Director of the healthcare division with more than 300 healthcare professionals.Josep holds a law degree from Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona, a Master of Law degree specialized in intellectual property and international business transactions from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the US and an MBA (Global Executive MBA) from IESE, Universidad de Navarra.

Felix Schollmeier joined Target Partners as Associate in 2009 and focuses on seed and early-stage investments in companies in IT, the Web, media, semiconductors, telecommunications, alternative energies, environmental, medical, micro- and nano-technologies. Felix is an observer on the advisory board at hetras GmbH.Between 2006 and 2007 he worked for the start-up Xtramind Technologies GmbH in Saarbrücken. In his last role as Marketing Manager Felix was responsible for the company's marketing activities. Prior to that, he worked for two years as a developer at SAP in Germany and France, at Deutsche Börse Systems AG and at the European Central Bank. In 2005 Felix received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at the International University in Germany, Bruchsal. He finished his two-year MBA program at IESE Business School in Barcelona in 2009 and spent an exchange trimester at London Business School during his studies. Felix is a CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst) designee and a member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association as well as a CFA Level III candidate.”

Stefan joined Good Energies as Financial Controller in 2008. He is working in the Finance Team and is based in the Zug (CH) Office.  Good Energies is a leading global investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. The firm invests in solar, turbine-based renewables, green building technologies and other emerging areas within clean energy.Prior to joining Good Energies Stefan worked for OMV AG, the leading Oil & Gas company in Central Europe, as a member of the Refining & Marketing Corporate Controlling team responsible for 2.500 fuel stations and five refineries in CEE. His focus in OMV was on optimizing the management information processes and systems, leading the implementation of a new budgeting process and coordinating the reporting of three international subsidiaries. Stefan also spent several years at Alcatel/NextiraOne where he focused on cost-savings and optimizations as well as restructuring in a highly competitive and dynamic environment.Stefan Schönbeck gained his Magister in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Business Administartion / Austria. In 2008 he completed the MBA program at the IESE Business School in Barcelona / Spain.

Clean Power Capital was founded by Johannes Tynes who has overall management responsibility for thebusiness.Previously Johannes was the managing director responsible for energy investments at Christofferson,Robb & Company (UK) LLP (“CRC”). Since starting CRC’s clean power investment activities in 2005,Johannes has managed the acquisition and development of 100% equity stakes in 736 MW of renewableenergy projects through the Levanto and Thanet Offshore Wind transactions.Most recently Johannes served as the investment manager and as a board member of Thanet OffshoreWind Ltd., a 300MW offshore wind park planned outside of the coast of Kent until its onward sale toVattenfall AB.Upon joining CRC in 2004, Johannes had a background as a credit rating analyst at Fitch Ratings inLondon and as a leveraged finance origination banker at UBS Warburg.Johannes trained as an economist at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he wasawarded a BSc. in economics with first class honours. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst, and isenrolled in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business executive MBA program in London.He is a Norwegian national resident in London.

Sebastian Waldburg is Co-founder and Managing Partner of SI Capital, a leading Renewable Energy and Clean Tech Investment House. He has more than 15 years experience in venture capital and private equity investing as well as in project finance and M&A advisory. He has worked on a large number of transactions involving Renewable Energy companies and is board member of more than 7 companies in the sector.