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Welcome letter 

Doing good and Doing Well Conference, 25 th and 26 th february 2011 

Dear Delegate, 

We are proud to welcome you to the 8th edition of Doing Good and Doing Well Conference at IESE Business 

School Barcelona, where we have another impressive line-up of events, building on from a memorable conference 

last year. 

Responsible business – business of being responsible – concerns every individual playing his part of a global 

citizen, whether in a corporate, government or non-government organisation. Thus we are all contributing to 

“The New Bottom Line,” which is the theme of DGDW 2011. An initiative led by IESE students, DGDW has 

come a long way in providing a platform for an exchange of ideas to foster learning about responsible business 

and development of future responsible leaders. Our goal is to reach out to more people to spread awareness by 

building partnerships, and every year we receive more and more support to help us achieve this. 

This year, there are interesting keynote speeches by prominent personalities from various sectors including social 

entrepreneurship, CSR, sustainability research and non-profit. We are presenting 36 exciting panel discussions 

featuring more than 130 speakers in fields ranging from Venture Philanthropy Technological Innovation, Social 

Challenges and more. The workshops on social entrepreneurship and clean-tech feature entrepreneur candidates 

travelling from all over the world to gain insights from and networking opportunities with renowned mentors and 

potential investors. We also have new events including a SEW Case Competition supported by Mckinsey, and a 

film and photo exposition sponsored by National Geographic Ventures to add more dimensions to DGDW. 

We hope you enjoy this experience and take back with you more ideas towards building a more responsible world 

where everyone is doing good and doing well. 

Warm Regards, 

Richa Pathak Ana Jeronimo 

Chairperson – DGDW 2011 Co-Chairperson – DGDW 2011 

MBA Class of 2011 MBA class of 2011 

IESE Business School IESE Business School 

2011 Doing Good and Doing Well 

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Table of contents 

Table of Contents 

DGDW Sponsors .............................................................................................................................. p. 2 

Welcome Letter ............................................................................................................................... p. 3 

About IESE Business School ............................................................................................................ p. 6 

Conference Schedule ....................................................................................................................... p. 7 

Panel Tracks .................................................................................................................................... p. 8 

Panel Descriptions ........................................................................................................................... p. 11 

Keynote Speeches 

Panels 

Cleantech Venture Seminar .............................................................................................................. p. 33 

Social Entrepreneurship Workshop ................................................................................................... p. 36 

Career Forum ................................................................................................................................... p. 39 

Speaker Biographies ........................................................................................................................ p. 40 

Keynote Speakers 

Panel Speakers 

General Information ........................................................................................................................ p. 109 

Transportation and Important Contacts ............................................................................................ p. 111 

Universities and Organizations present at DGDW .............................................................................. p. 113 

Organizations Present at DGDW........................................................................................................... p. 114 

Projects Supported by DGDW 2011 .................................................................................................. p. 115 

DGDW Organizing Team ................................................................................................................... p. 116 

Campus Map ................................................................................................................................... p. 118 


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abouT ieSe buSineSS SChool 

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About IESE Business School 

The Doing Good and Doing Well Conference is hosted by IESE Business School, one of the world’s top-ranked 

business schools. In 2009 The Economist named IESE’s MBA program #1 in the world and in 2011 Financial 

Times ranked it #9 worldwide. 

With world-class campuses in Barcelona and Madrid, the school offers a full-time MBA, Global Executive MBA, 

Executive MBA and Ph.D. in Management degrees, as well as a wide range of executive education programs for 

global senior executives and Continuous Education programs for alumni. IESE, which is the graduate business 

school of the University of Navarra, also has a center in New York City and offices in Munich and Sao Paulo. 

To learn more about the school, please visit www.iese.edu 

abouT ieSe’S reSponSible buSineSS Club 

Founded in 2001, the IESE Responsible Business Club serves as a conduit for communication and collaboration 

between the students, its alumni, and industry professionals interested and active in responsible business, social 

entrepreneurship, social investment, and the not-for-profit sector.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 

Time activity 

Conference Organizing Team 

Conference Schedule 

8:30 - 9:30 Registration & breakfast 

9:30 - 10:30 Key note 1 – Pamela Hartigan 

10:30 - 10:45 Break 

10:45 - 12:00 Cleantech Venture Seminar – Panel 

12:00 - 12:15 Break 

1 st panel session 

12:15 - 13:30 Cleantech Venture Seminar – Pitches 1 

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch 

2 nd panel session 

14:30 - 15:45 Cleantech Venture Seminar – Pitches 2 

15:45 - 16:00 Break 

3 rd panel session 

16:00 - 17:00 Key note 2 – Lord Michael Hastings 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 

Time activity 

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast 

9:00 - 10:00 Key note 3 – Juliet Schor 

10:00 - 10:15 Break 

10:15 - 11:30 Social Entrepreneurship Workshop – Opening Speech 

11:30 - 11:45 Break 

4 th panel session 

11:45 - 13:00 Social Entrepreneurship Workshop – Growth Phase 

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 


14:00 - 15:15 Social Entrepreneurship Workshop – Financing Phase 

15:15 - 15:30 Break 


15:30 - 16:15 Key note 5 – Felix Oldenburg 

16:15 - 17:00 Key note 6 – Maurice van Sabben 

17:00 - 18:00 Photo exposition 


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panel Tracks 

Track 1 – Corporate Social responsibility and beyond: 

The Challenges of the Corporate World 

The corporate world has changed: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the new bottom line. In short, having 

sustainable practices and ethical behaviors is the minimum requirement for the large corporations and their 

management. But how do these new expectations translate in corporate daily activities? Attending to the topics 

of this track you, together with our panelists, will question some of the so called “grey areas”: differences in CSR 

practices across regions, the definition (if there is any) of what is ethics in business, and the MBA’s responsibility 

in all these discussions. Participating in the topics of this track you will have access to what experts guess will be 

the future of sustainability and you will be able to understand what type of profile companies seek for their CSR 

department. Finally, using a more practical approach, we will show you useful examples of corporations answering 

to some of society’s demands of a better corporate world through the inclusion of people with disabilities and fostering 

better work life balance of their employees. 

a) The Future of Sustainability 

b) The Ultimate Balancing Act: Managing Career, Family and Personal Life 

c) How Do the CSR Strategies of Large Corporations Differ Across Regions and Countries? 

d) Inclusión Laboral y Social de Personas con Discapacidades (Panel in Spanish) 

e) What it means to Pursue a Career in CSR? 

f) The Approach of Social Responsibility within Business Schools 

Track 2 – The importance of Capital for fostering Development 

We all know that capital is the engine that moves markets and businesses. And while financial institutions have 

spent most of their time in the news under negative headlines, in this track, we will discuss what kinds of positive 

impact these institutions can have on social change. In particular, we will look deeply into the following topics: fostering 

savings conscious by micro-deposit; supporting key sectors in emerging economies, using the development 

bank model; fostering employment growth in emerging economies by supporting small and medium enterprises. 

Beyond these topics, our panelist will guide us through the new language this industry is using, educating us on 

Impact Investing, Venture Philanthropy, and Ethical Banking. 

a) What are the Challenges of Micro-Savings? 

b) Impact Investing - The Panacea for Solving Global Challenges? 

c) The Future of Ethical Banking: A Fashionable Trend, or a New, Sustainable Way of Doing Business? 

d) Development Banks and Their Role in Promoting Private Sector-Led Growth 

e) The Challenge for SMEs in Emerging Economies of Accessing Credit 

f) Venture Philanthropy - The Benefits and Challenges of New Ways of Funding in Social Sectors 

g) Non-Profit Fundraising in the Credit Crisis Environment: A New Paradigm

Track 3 – Social entrepreneurship: empowering Change 

Because social enterprises also look for some type of financial return, they cannot be considered part of the social 

sector. Social entrepreneurship is not a normal private initiative as well, because the aim of these organizations 

is to address some of the world’s social and environmental issues. If not even academics reach an agreement of 

what is social entrepreneurship, we need to try to understand the success factors of these companies and how 

they compete in the market by ourselves. How do they attract talent given salary levels can be a challenge when 

profit is not the sole bottom line? How is the old model of the NGO adapting to these new social enterprises? Besides 

trying to find an answer to these questions, we will have access to many examples of social enterprises, 

whose successes will be discussed under a regional umbrella: Latin America; a sector-focused umbrella: tourism; 

and a structural umbrella: the necessity of support institutions, such as Endeavor or TechnoServe to help foster 

growth. 

a) Success Factors for Social Enterprises: What Difference Do They Make When Competing in the Marketplace? 

b) The Role of Entrepreneurship in Creating Sustainable Social Change: Challenges and Success Stories in Latin 

America 

c) Evaluating the Institutions that Foster Social Entrepreneurship 

d) Talent Attraction in the Social Sector 

e) Women’s Role in Delivering Social Change: Are Women Better Social Entrepreneurs? 

f) El modelo Tradicional de ONG y Fundaciones: Qué Ha Cambiado con el Aparecimiento de las Empresas Sociales? 

(Panel in Spanish) 

g) Responsible Tourism: The Changing Legacy and Consequences of Tourism 

Track 4 – innovation and Technology as an answer to 

poverty alleviation 

Innovation pushes industries beyond their own frontiers of efficiency. But what has been its role in social and environmental 

development? Technology is allowing mankind to expand its horizons towards greener energy and shift 

away from heavy energy consumption. New innovative products and processes are bringing health care to people 

that before had no access to it. Banks and telecommunications companies, thinking beyond traditional service 

models, are using technology to substantially increase banking services penetration. Cutting edge innovations in 

the construction and transportations sectors are allowing our cities became greener. Our speakers will dive more 

deeply into all of these areas to help us understand how technology and innovation is driving social change. 

a) Approaching Healthcare Challenges in Developing Countries through Innovative Business Models and Disruptive 

Technologies 

b) Technology’s Role in Increasing Accessibility to Banking Services in Developing Nations 

c) Responsible Urbanization: Can New Business Models Save the Urban Landscape? 

d) Technological Innovation Driving Reduction in Energy Consumption and Emissions 

e) Smart Grid and More: Transforming the Energy Value Chain 


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Panel Descriptions 

Track 5 – prominent Challenges and opportunities in 

Social Development 

Hunger, conflicts, poverty, children being denied their basic rights: how is society addressing these long-standing 

problems of humanity? While we still haven’t been able to completely solve these issues, there has been important 

progress in the right direction. In this track we will debate a diverse selection of topics that revolve around this 

progress, including sustainable agriculture, economic peace and the challenges faced by an aging society. We will 

also discuss topics related to practical examples of initiatives that used to bring a new world of opportunities to unprivileged 

people and try to understand what is the role of sports and vocational training to drive social change. 

a) Can Investments in Agriculture be Profitable and Ensure Positive Social Impact? 

b) Economic Incentives and the Role of the Private Sector: Is it Sufficient for Achieving a Long-term Sustainable 

Peace? 

c) Football: a Global Sport and a Powerful Tool to Drive Social Change 

d) Investment in Large Sport Events: Are There Better Uses of These Enormous Funds that could Guarantee 

Longer-term Benefits to Country’s Citizens? 

e) Is Old the New Young? How to approach the challenge of an elderly society? 

f) GDP vs. HDI: the Right Measure of Human Welfare 

Track 6 – addressing the Challenges at the bottom of the pyramid 

Almost half of the world lives under the poverty line. Depending on the definition that one uses to define poverty 

line, this number can reach almost 80% of human population. If this number does not convince corporations and 

society to look to the bottom of the pyramid, what will? The fact is that large corporations can no longer deny this 

big chunk of the population, and nor can society. In this track will look at how to address current issues being 

faced in Africa, how to foster a more equilibrate power relation with fair trade, how to create incentives for doing 

research for the cure of the diseases of the BoP and how to design product for the BoP. 

a) What Does it Take to Replicate the Asian Economic Miracle in Africa? Doing business on the “Forgotten Continent” 

b) How Do Companies Formulate Strategies to Approach Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP)? 

c) Neglected Tropical Diseases: an Innovative Business Model to Eradicate Them 

d) Fair Trade: A Philanthropic Initiative that is Becoming a Private, Sustainable and Profitable Business 

e) Developing Relevant Innovations, Products and Services that Target the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP), the 4 

Billion People Who Live on Less Than $2.5 Dollars/Day

Panel panel Descriptions 

Keynote Speech 1 – friday, february 25 

10 Year Check-point for Social entrepreneurship: What have We learned? 

Pamela Hartigan 

Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University’s Said Business School and Volans Founding 

Partner and Non Executive Director 

It has been ten years since social entrepreneurship emerged on the global scene as a systems’ changing movement. 

Since then, the need to scale for wide impact has been at the top of the agenda in every gathering – large or small - of 

social entrepreneurs. And more recently, there is growing excitement about “social investing”. Realistically, what can 

we expect over the coming 5 years for social entrepreneurship, and where do MBAs fit into this emerging panorama? 

Keynote Speech 2 – friday, february 25 

a new Capitalism for a new Society. responsible businesses. responsible Citizens. 

The end of Myths. 

Lord Michael Hastings 

KPMG’s Global Head of Citizenship and Diversity 

Understand the new thinking in corporate life and address the personal challenge implied whilst increasingly demanding 

more values based impact from business leaders. It’s time to stop bashing business for the economic pressures of 

2011. A citizens’ partnership is the only way forward. Who is ready to trust? 

Keynote Speech 3 – Saturday, february 26 

from Consumerism to Creativity: Transitioning to a high Satisfaction, low-impact economy. 

Juliet Schor 

Professor of Sociology at Boston College and co-founder and co-chair of the Board of the Center for a New American 

Dream 

In recent years, the US consumer-led economy with has been shown to be ecologically and financially unsustainable. 

Furthermore, its collapse has led to widespread unemployment, continued inability to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, 

and a rudderless economic policy. In this talk Juliet Schor will outline a new way forward which focuses on reducing 

working hours, lightening ecological footprint, supporting small, eco-friendly businesses, and enhancing creativity and 

innovation at a local level. She calls this new model Plenitude, to emphasize its ability to create wealth, well-being, and a 

sustainable future. 


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new alliances for Change. The next Step for Social entrepreneurs. 

Felix Oldenburg 

Europe Leader and Director Germany for Ashoka 

New alliances for change. The next step for social entrepreneurs” - Social entrepreneurship has come of age since 

Ashoka founded the field 30 years ago, but only recently do we see a landscape emerging beyond the usual set of 

anglo-american support organizations, for example in continental Europe. In this landscape, everyone can be a changemaker, 

and there are new roles for foundations, investors, corporations, governments ... and MBA graduates. 


national geographic: an organization Created with environmental awareness as its Core: 

More than a Mere Code of Conduct 

Maurice van Sabben 

President of National Geographic Television International and National Geographic Ventures International 

Corporate Social Responsibility is a part of the new bottom line and serious corporations understand it means going 

beyond the simple process of ticking the “best CSR practices” box. Long before the “social enterprise” concept was 

forged, an organization known as National Geographic was created with environmental awareness as its purpose, not as 

a means to an end. How can other organizations take from the “CSR in the blood” example that National Geographic 

has set? What does it mean to have a true mission for change as a core fundamental within business practices?

Track 1 


panels 

Corporate Social responsibility and beyond: The Challenges of the Corporate World 

Code: 1.a 

The future of Sustainability 

This panel offers a closer look at how society, corporations, and individuals approach sustainability and citizenship 

issues. The panelists will discuss examples of current and future trends related to: (1) consumers 

growing more environmentally and socially aware, (2) companies becoming sustainable due to consumer 

pressure and cost saving targets, and (3) methods of assessing sustainability (i.e. certifications). 

Speakers: Michael Skapinker – Financial Times (Speaker and Moderator)GmbH 

Ignasi Cubiñá - Eco Intelligent Growth 

Tim Mohin - AMD 

Juliet Schor - Boston College 

panel coordinators: Raluca Apostoiu (MBA 2011) and Gourav Poddar (MBA 2012) 

Code: 1.b 

The ultimate balancing act: Managing Career, family and personal life 

One of the key challenges we face throughout our professional lives is how to achieve and maintain the 

so-called “healthy” balance between our careers, family and personal time. As most of us have already 

experienced, our time and energy become increasingly scarce resources that must be allocated wisely in 

order to lead happy, healthy lives. To this end, we are sometimes led to make sacrifices and choices which 

consequences shape the direction of our lives. Although the answer is not a one-size-fits-all approach, 

this continual pursuit of balance is race and gender-blind as it affects all of us as we strive to excel in all 

aspects of our lives. The goal of this panel is to discuss the realities of these challenges both on a general 

and daily level and how to better address them. Our panelists are well-regarded professionals who have 

managed to achieve a balanced life that they are happy with; but not without their share of sacrifices and 

trade-offs. They will share their insights with us so that we can learn from their experience and hopefully 

emerge with a broader perspective and a practical approach to successfully manage work, family and personal 

time. 

Moderator: Prof. Nuria Chinchilla – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Macarena Cassinello - Fiat 

Manuel Torres – Accenture 

Tanja zu Waldek – NetMoms 

panel coordinators: María Dolores Pérez (MBA 2011) and Rosana Gutiérrez (MBA 2011) 


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Code: 1.c 

how Do the CSr Strategies of large Corporations Differ across regions and Countries? 

We have invited high profile executives from large corporations, well known for their exceptional CSR 

practices, to discuss where the line is drawn between quality CSR and green-washing. How did these 

companies incorporate sustainability into their firm’s DNA at all levels of the corporation? Which challenges 

do they still face? And most importantly, how do their CSR strategies vary from one another, taking into 

consideration differences in regions and local best practices? Are there differences in best practices across 

countries? 

Speakers: Charles Castro – ECODES (Speaker and Moderator) 

Jack De Bokx - Johnson and Johnson 

Neus Martínez - Nestlé 

Elia Tarrega - Sustainalytics España 

panel coordinators: Katarzyna Zaleska (MBA 2012) and Ana Lucia Jeronimo (MBA 2011) 

Code: 1.d 

inclusión laboral y Social de personas con Discapacidades (panel in Spanish) 

El reto de la inclusión laboral y la creación de oportunidades para personas con discapacidades: la historia 

de algunos casos de éxito que demuestran la importancia de integrar a estas personas en el día a día laboral 

como una forma de promover el respeto por las diferencias. Este panel discutirá entre otras, algunas 

de las iniciativas tomadas recientemente por el gobierno con el fin de promover la inclusión social de estas 

personas. 

Moderator: Prof. José Antonio Segarra – IESE Business School 

Speakers: José María Corbinos - La Fageda 

Alberto Durán - Fundación Once 

Ramón Giró - Fundación Seeliger & Conde 

panel coordinators: Inés Alegre (IESE PhD) and Maria Francisca Ortega (MBA 2012)

Code: 1.e 

What it means to pursue a Career in CSr 


As sustainability in corporations becomes ever more important for employment decisions, people are evaluating 

the different challenges and opportunities that it presents. This panel will examine various career 

paths available for students and professionals who want to work for sustainable companies. Moreover, 

how can this inspire career change and promote growth? We will also focus on how to differentiate greenwashing 

from a legitimate commitment to social and environmental awareness. 

Moderator: Prof. Joan Fontrodona - IESE Business School 

Speakers: David Lehrer - Conatix 

Thomas Osburg - Intel GmbH 

Giselle Weybrecht - Author, The Sustainable MBA 

panel coordinator: Christina Shin (MBA 2012) 

Code: 1.f 

The approach to Social responsibility within business Schools 

Business schools have been criticized for their role in creating a tribe of money hungry and irresponsible 

individuals with little regard for Social Responsibility (SR). These feelings have echoed throughout the media, 

especially after the financial crisis. Business schools have reacted by implementing Hippocratic oaths 

for MBAs, employing more ethics driven courses and investing in PR to show involvement of their students 

in various not for profit causes. Are business schools doing enough to ensure that their students internalize 

concepts of social responsibility? Is the availability and frequency of ethical classes something that companies 

consider before recruiting in MBA programs? Are SR and profitability complementary or mutually 

exclusive? Join us in a lively discussion to determine whether business schools should focus more on educating 

their students on SR for the benefit of society at large, or whether the media is being too idealistic in 

trying to find a home for SR within business schools. 

Moderator: Prof. Antonino Vaccaro – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Prof. Antonio Argandoña – IESE Business School 

Ignasi Faine - AGBAR 

Pedro Fernandez - BAT 

panel coordinator: Esther Olale (MBA 2012) 


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Track 2 



The importance of Capital for fostering Development 

Code: 2.a 

What are the Challenges of Micro-savings? 

This panel will discuss the current situation and the future challenges of the micro-savings industry. After 

decades of expanding from micro-credits to a more general micro-finance industry, some people believe 

that it is time for the micro-savings to step forward. Nevertheless, challenges such as high operational 

costs, low population density or local regulation pose formidable barriers to this service, on the other hand 

considered basic in advanced economies. Both country and company specific examples, as well as relevant 

statistical data, are encouraged. 

Speakers: Beatriz Armendariz - Harvard GBS (Speaker and Moderator) 

Teshome Dayesso - Buusaa Gonofaa MFI 

Guadalupe Mata – EBRD 

Jean-Claude Rodriguez Ferrara – CAF 

panel coordinators: Lars Tarrach (MBA 2011) and Adele Madonia (MBA 2012) 

Code: 2.b 

impact investing – The panacea for Solving global Challenges? 

Monies dedicated to impact investing are forecast to increase from $50 billion today to over $500 billion 

in the next decade (Monitor Institute, 2009) as people look for solutions to social and environmental problems 

beyond those that can be provided by traditional philanthropy. Impact investors have captured the 

minds and hearts of many given their “triple bottom line” approach of actively placing capital in businesses 

whose mission solves particular social and environmental issues while earning a profit. But is this achievable? 

What trade-off must an impact investor make to achieve these lofty goals? Can this industry move 

from the periphery to the mainstream and what challenges must it overcome to do so? 

Speakers: Luciano Balbo - Fondazione Oltre 

Sandra Benbeniste - Creas 

Felix Oldenburg - Ashoka 

Paul Simon - Earth Capital 

panel coordinator: Anna-Marie Harling (MBA 2011)


Code: 2.c 

The future of ethical banking: a fashionable Trend, or a new, Sustainable Way of Doing business? 

What is ethical banking? Is it just a warm-and-fuzzy concept, or a holistic, sustainable way of doing business? 

Is it merely a fashionable trend that will pass, or a part of a larger societal movement toward more 

social and environmental responsibility in the financial sector that is here to stay? Can profitability and 

ethical standards coexist? Why did it take financial institutions so long to begin adopting socially and environmentally 

responsible standards? Why are they doing it now? What is the government’s role in it? The 

panel will explore this juvenile industry, including its trends, challenges and opportunities going forward. 

It will examine what sets ethical banks apart from conventional banks and the different models that exist 

within the ethical banking sector, while assessing their advantages and potential shortcomings. 

Speakers: Marc Eguiguren - Triodos Bank, N.V 

Tony Greenham - The New Economics Foundation 

Malcolm Hayday - Charity Bank 

panel coordinator: Jenny Mikhareva (MBA 2011) 

Code: 2.d 

Development banks and Their role in promoting private Sector-led growth 

The World Bank-IFC, the Inter-American Development Bank-IIC, the European Investment Bank and other 

International Financial Institutions have realized long ago that development of a dynamic private sector 

is crucial to long-term economic growth and a necessary condition for sustained poverty reduction. Each 

panel speaker count has extensive development experience and will provide us with first-hand insight into 

such questions as: How can International Finance Institutions (World Bank-IFC, IADB-IIC, EIB, EBRD, 

ADB, AfDB, etc.) more effectively promote private sector growth? What strategies should they adopt to 

enable the private sector to deliver goods and services and create job opportunities in the process? What 

corrections have been introduced to preclude crowding out the private sector while intending to support it? 

What are the current trends in the sector? 

Speakers: Orlando Ferreira - IIC 

Prof. Eloy García - IE Business School 

André Laude – IFC 

Guadalupe de la Mata – Hub Madrid 

panel coordinator: Julio Martínez (MBA 2011) 


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Cleantech Venture Seminar 

Code: 2.e 

The Challenge for SMes in emerging economies of accessing Credit 

Although Latin America has seen important developments in its financial markets, access to capital is still 

mostly being offered to multi-nationals and large enterprises. This panel proposes discussing what has to 

be done for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region to gain greater access to capital. 

Methodology: We would like to share concrete examples of products and initiatives that increase credit accessibility 

to companies in this category (SMEs), as well as discuss the developments needed in the private 

banking sector to better attend this market. 

Speakers: José Francisco de Conrado y Villalonga - MicroBank 

Orlando Ferreira - IADB – IIC 

Anne Gaboury- DID 

Maarten de Jong - BID 

panel coordinators: Gonzalo Arenas (MBA 2011) and Enrique Fernández (MBA 2012) 

Code: 2.f 

Venture philanthropy – The benefits and Challenges of new Ways of funding in Social Sectors 

In the past five or ten years, players like venture philanthropists have joined existing social sectors and applied 

their private equity / venture capital models for social purpose organizations and companies. The 

model includes loans, guarantees, mezzanine finance (also known as quasi-equity), equity and convertible 

grants, and this methodology is used across sectors including health services, childcare, education and 

housing. But how is venture philanthropy different from existing grant funding and what are the benefits 

and challenges associated with it? Investors and social enterprises meet in the panel and discuss these issues 

from their experiences. 

Moderator: Lisa Hehenberger - EVPA 

Speakers: Jo Hill - UnLtd 

Oliver Karius - LGT Venture Philanthropy 

Jan Lübbering – streetfootballworld, Development through Football 

Santhosh Ramdoss - BRAC USA 

panel coordinators: Yoshi Tabuchi (MBA 2011) and Stephanie Halphen (MBA 2012)

Career Forum / Trade Fair 

Code: 2.g 

non-profit fundraising in the Credit Crisis environment: a new paradigm 

The current crisis has led to increased competition among non-profits for grants funding from foundations 

and private donors. Many organizations are struggling with the grim reality of having to reduce the services 

they provide, eliminate essential personnel, or both. This panel will examine these difficult decisions and 

highlight innovative ways in which non-profits are adapting to the current challenges to fulfill their mission 

statements and keep their doors open. 

Speakers: Michael Anthony - Allianz MicroInsurance 

Jil van Eyle - Teaming Up 

Robert Hacker – One Laptop per Child Association 

Orni Petruschka - CoriolisWind 

Nicolas Reis - Altruja GmbH 

panel coordinators: Jill Landefeld (MBA 2012) and Ana Lucia Jeronimo (MBA 2011) 


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Track 3 


Speaker Biographies Section 

Social entrepreneurship: empowering Change 

Code: 3.a 

Success factors for Social enterprises: What Difference Do They Make When Competing in the Marketplace? 

Social Enterprises are proving their potential to become powerful change agents in many environments. 

As this concept spreads around the world, creativity flourishes to address social issues through innovative 

models. Many of the challenges they face are the same as those of more traditional players but, comparatively, 

when do social enterprises carry a burden and when do they have a head start? What are the unique 

strengths and weakness of these organizations? Are there social enterprise friendly and non-friendly sectors 

and markets? We will learn from successful and failed social ventures in different competitive landscapes. 

Speakers: Cliff Prior- UnLtd (Speaker and Moderator) 

Tobias Lorenz - Glovico 

Dolors Vallespí - AlterCompany 

Tim Vang - MYC4 

panel coordinator: Fernando Gago (MBA 2011) 

Code: 3.b 

The role of entrepreneurship in Creating Sustainable Social Change: Challenges and Success 

Stories in latin america 

Social entrepreneurs are drivers of innovation who, combining their persistence and creativity, attempt to 

bring forth ideas that aim to address social problems. Through the expert commentary of social entrepreneurs 

as well as organizations with vast experience supporting the operations and financing of social entrepreneurs, 

this panel seeks to shed clarity on the challenges that social entrepreneurs face in running their 

ventures, and how their success can come hand in hand with sustainability. The discussion, which will 

center on real world examples with a specific focus on Latin America, will try to identify whether there are 

any common elements that are shared in the stories of successful social entrepreneurs. 

Speakers: Alejandro Mashad – Endeavor (Speaker and Moderator) 

Ana Estenssoro – Ashoka 

Jordi Juanos - AVINA 

Jean-Marc Thiebaut - Acting for Life 

panel coordinators: Matias Gath (MBA 2011) and Gonzalo Arenas (MBA 2011)

Code: 3.c 

evaluating the institutions that foster Social entrepreneurship 

Interested in social entrepreneurship? Well, this panel is essential for everyone fascinated in learning about 

and/or working in social entrepreneurship as well as the challenges for success. The last decade has witnessed 

a growing recognition that one of the methods to tackle the world’s major development challenges 

is through entrepreneurial means. This acknowledgement has given rise to an ever-increasing number 

of different institutions dedicated to fostering social entrepreneurship. This panel will dig deep into the effectiveness, 

limitations, and future trends within this sector. It will examine the various strategies pursued 

through different institutional models as well as the first hand experience of social entrepreneurs across 

diverse sectors and geographies. 

Speakers: Yuting Lien – Endeavor (Speaker and Moderator) 

Ricardo Gravina - Aoka 

Juan Carlos Thomas - TechnoServe 

Tim Vang - MyC4 

panel coordinator: Marisa Schwab (MBA 2011) 

Code: 3.d 

Talent attraction in the Social Sector 

Today, more and more MBAs are looking to apply their business skills to social endeavours and align their 

personal values with professional goals to build careers that bring social benefits to a broader community. 

At the same time, NGOs, foundations, social entrepreneurs and corporations are increasingly turning to 

business-driven approaches to achieve their social impact objectives and MBA skills are seen as valuable 

and much needed. This panel will tackle how MBAs can pursue careers that combine business skills and 

create social value. Panellists will discuss their motivations for their career paths, the strengths, challenges, 

opportunities and major functional areas of their work. They will also provide advice for students seeking to 

a career in the sector. 

Speakers: Maria Bercetche - P.A.U. Education 

Ignasi Carreras - ESADE Business School 

Vivian Gee - Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship 

Katja Juvonen - Devex 

panel coordinator: Amy Schlein (MBA 2011) 


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Code: 3.e 

Women’s role in Delivering Social Change: are Women better Social entrepreneurs? 

This panel will discuss the important role of women in social and economic development and building 

sustainable businesses. We discuss how social entrepreneurship open new doors and unexplored paths 

for women, and how women’s natural abilities provide invaluable assets for sustainable development. The 

panel will address the role of gender in policy design and implementation of social policies and explores 

ways to create an environment to nurture and support women entrepreneurs in delivering social change. 

Moderator: Prof. Magdalene Rosenmöller – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Patricia R. Francis - International Trade Centre 

Santhosh Ramdoss - BRAC USA 

Dana Brice Smith - Trestle Group Foundation 

panel coordinator: Mona Vajihollahi (MBA 2011) 

Code: 3.f 

el modelo Tradicional de ong y fundaciones: Qué ha Cambiado con el aparecimiento 

de las empresas Sociales? (panel in Spanish) 

Con el desarrollo de las finanzas sociales (capital paciente, empresas filantrópicas e inversión de impacto), 

¿existe aún espacio para la beneficencia? ¿Existen problemas sociales que no pueden ser convertidos en 

negocios sostenibles y deberán depender eternamente de los donantes? ¿En qué aspectos es mejor el 

modelo de negocio social y en qué otros es mejor la beneficencia? 

Speakers: Miquel de Paladella - Global Movement for Children (Speaker and Moderator) 

Ramón Folch – ISS 

Antoni Pérez – Save the Children 

Montserrat Tohà – IRES 

panel coordinators: Rocío Vergara (MBA 2012) and Ana Lucia Abdulkader Jeronimo (MBA 2011) 


Code: 3.g 

responsible Tourism: The Changing legacy and Consequences of Tourism 

While tourism is highly sensitive to economic factors and linked to major industries, tourists are becoming 

more conscientious and concerned with how their travel affects the communities and world around them. 

This is creating growing pressure for players in the industry to be more socially responsible and have a lower 

environmental impact. We will discuss the growing trends of volunteer tourism and social responsibility 

as well as issues such as the exploitation of poor communities and tourism as a solution to poverty-stricken 

areas. 

Speakers: Ricardo Gravina - Aoka 

Esther Trujillo - Sol Meliá 

panel coordinator: Henley Johnson (MBA 2011) 


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Track 4 

innovation and Technology as an answer to poverty alleviation 

Code: 4.a 

approaching healthcare Challenges in Developing Countries through innovative business Models 

and Disruptive Technologies 

In this day and age, developing economies are showing more and more convergence to the developed 

world as regards to the diseases that they are facing. Non-communicable diseases are becoming more 

common in the developing world. In response, technology and Healthcare companies are trying to offer solutions, 

whether by using new innovative technologies or by using disruptive ones. However, challenges in 

developing countries are far different than in developed countries, and because of that, these companies 

need to innovate - either on the technology side or the business model side- in order to succeed. 

In this panel, we aim to discuss how healthcare companies and entrepreneurs use their different business 

models in order to respond to the healthcare problems in developing countries. Be it an innovative or a disruptive 

technology, we aim to understand the challenges and difficulties in implementing a technology in 

different regions in the world and what have companies done and are doing to overcome these challenges. 

Speakers: Sandra Schoenes – Moviu (Speaker and Moderator) 

Kenneth Marcus - Karl Storz 

Assaad Matuk Safi – Johnson & Johnson, Iberia 

panel coordinators: Maria Luisa Peña (MBA 2012) and Jonathan Salomon (MBA 2011) 

Code: 4.b 

Technology’s role in increasing accessibility to banking Services in Developing nations 

In hard to reach rural areas, inhabitants’ access to banking tends to be extraordinarily costly, insecure 

and time consuming. Difficulties such as these are detrimental to economic development. Advances in 

technological solutions have made it easier to reach these areas and have positively impacted the lives of 

numerous individuals, families and societies. 

This panel will highlight the current technologies and methods that have expanded the access to financial 

services while drawing attention to the difficulties and challenges faced. It will evaluate several issues, including 

if the benefits outweigh the costs and if these services are easily adopted by the customers. It will 

also examine alternatives such as: mobile payment, cards, and the internet. 

Speakers: Francesc Prior Sanz – IESE (Speaker and Moderator) 

Monica Brand – Acción - Frontier Investments 

Lauro González - Fundação Getúlio Vargas 

Shainoor Khoja – Roshan 

panel coordinators: Christine Muller (MBA 2012) and Ana Lucia Jeronimo (MBA 2011) 


Code: 4.c 

responsible urbanization: Can new business Models Save the urban landscape? 

As the trend for populations to seek work in cities continues to grow, the risk that urban development becomes 

socially and/or environmentally damaging increases. Companies with new business models are now emerging 

to address ways of reducing pollution and preserve urban environments. Focusing on population growth, we will 

discuss environmentally friendly solutions and ways that cities can become sustainable in the long term. 

Moderator: Prof. Mike Rosenberg – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Dirk Bogaert - Avancar 

Vinay Gupta - Whipcar 

César Ramirez i Martinell - IB System Corp 

Tom Wright - Whipcar 

panel coordinators: Henley Johnson (MBA 2011), Richa Pathak (MBA 2011) and 

Yariv Hauer (MBA 2012) 

Code: 4.d 

Technological innovation Driving reduction in energy Consumption and emissions 

Technological innovation is a driving force behind reduction in energy consumption and emissions. With 

the continuous focus on renewable energy, the financial crisis has elevated the importance of reducing 

energy consumption, a big step towards reducing overall emissions. The panel will explore what actions 

are being taken to drive this reduction: what types of technology and processes are involved? Is solar energy 

sustainable? What needs to happen to make it feasible? Finally the panel will discuss the role of their 

industry overall in driving this reduction. 

Moderator: Prof. Charlie Donavan – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Miquel Cabré – Alstom 

Davide Cannarozzi - Enertika 

Joel Feldschuh - Nesher 

Todd Onderdonk - ExxonMobil 

Matteo Tarchi - GDF Suez 

panel coordinators: Jonathan Lipnik (MBA 2012) and José Miguel Novo (MBA 2012) 


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Code: 4.e 

Smart grid and More: Transforming the energy Value Chain 

Smart grid aims to optimize the distribution of energy by using information technology. While many companies 

are developing products to transform existing distribution systems into smarter ones, other firms 

are exploring ways to exploit values offered by the smart grid. On the other side of the energy value chain, 

Electric Vehicles (EVs) aim to enhance energy efficiency in transportation of goods and people. This panel 

will focus on the overall picture of the energy value chain and the players involved. Benefits, motivations, 

industry collaboration, challenges, as well as realistic solutions will be examined. 

Moderator: Prof. Mike Rosenberg – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Charles Elazar – GE Energy 

Emmanuel Lagarrigue - Schneider Electric 

Oscar Márquez Sánchez - Itron 

Francisco Javier de Rocafort - Quimera Project 

panel coordinators: David Botha (MBA 2012) and Kotaro Kobayashi (MBA 2012) 


Track 5 

prominent Challenges and opportunities in Social Development 

Code: 5.a 

Can investments in agriculture be profitable and ensure positive Social impact? 

With world population projected to reach 9 billion by 2050, food production will need to increase by 70%, 

according to FAO estimates. A production increase of this magnitude will require the developing world 

alone to invest over $200 billion per year in agriculture till 2050. The idea of this panel is to discuss the 

future of investments in agriculture and the problems that we will face in ensuring positive impact of these 

investments. Also there is a general impression that investments in agriculture are not profitable enough 

to attract attentions of investors, especially in developing countries. However, agriculture has the potential 

to be tremendously profitable business and to yield positive impact for such countries. We will also try to 

spend some time to shed some light on agricultural investments as a tool for poverty alleviation. 

Speakers: Sergio Dedominici - Syngenta 

Helena Leurent - World Economic Forum 

Alfonso López - Nestlé 

José María Mateo - Cargill 

panel coordinators: Junichi Kagaya (MBA 2011) 

Code: 5.b 

economic incentives and the role of the private Sector: is it Sufficient for achieving a 

long-term Sustainable peace? 

What is economic peace? Different scholars, academics and politicians have claimed that peace in a conflict 

zone can be achieved through economic pressure and economic improvement of nations living in 

conflict. These thinkers claim that the better the economic situation and the stronger the interdependence 

of the groups engaged in conflict, the less incentive they have to engage in war. In this situation both sides 

would compromise to achieve a peace agreement amongst themselves. However, once this interdependence 

is broken, it is not unlikely that the peace will be kept. 

In this panel, we would like to discuss the notion of economic peace and questions that derive by thinking 

about such peace; mainly, does the economic status of people in a political conflict matter when the time 

comes to negotiate peace? Can economic improvement of both or either sides in a conflict zone result in 

a self-sustained, long-term peace between people? Or, is it necessary to have a mutual interest in the economic 

offering of one side to the other? Finally, what role does the private sector have in achieving such 

peace? Is it only the responsibility of the government to achieve and promote it? 

Moderator: Prof. Alberto Ribera MD. PhD. - IESE Business School 

Speakers: Maha Atal - Forbes 

Shainoor Khoja - Roshan 

Prof. María Prandi - Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) 

Andrea Vigevani - Instituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria (ICU) 

panel coordinators: Jonathan Salomon (MBA 2011) 


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Code: 5.c 

football: a global Sport and a powerful Tool to Drive Social Change 

Football is the most popular sport in the world. 270 million people - or four per cent of the world’s population 

– male and female players, referees and officials are actively involved in the Game, according to FIFA. With its 

global appeal, football is much more than a sport. It is a versatile medium to foster communication, unity, social 

change and just play. It has become a vital instrument for hundreds of social development programs run by nongovernmental 

and community based organizations all around the world. These programs are providing children 

and young people with valuable tools that make a difference to their lives and, by addressing the most pressing 

issues in each community, they are contributing to positive social change on a global scale. Our panelists will 

provide you with a 360-degree view on how one can make a difference with football. Join our panel for an engaging 

discussion about successful initiatives inspired by the beautiful game. The message is simple: If we do 

not play together, we will not score goals... 

Speakers: Carlos Hornstein - Fundación Global Play (Speaker and Moderator) 

Todd Beane - Johan Cruyff Institute of Sport Studies 

Patrick Klaus Gasser - UEFA – Football and Social Responsibility (FSR) Unit 

Jan Lübbering - streetfootballworld, Development through Football 

panel coordinators: Emmanouil Xenos (MBA 2011), Donna Crowell (MBA 2011) and 

Adelaida Foxá Eymar (MBA 2012) 

Code: 5.d 

investment in large Sport events: are There better uses of These enormous funds that could 

guarantee longer-term benefits to Country’s Citizens? 

Every couple of years, huge investments are made to host large sporting events around the world. Recent 

buzz around hosting the Olympics in China, the World Cup in South Africa and all the uncertainty about 

the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro highlights the benefits that these emerging countries receive from the increased 

exposure and tourism revenues as a result of these events. But, are these investments well-placed 

for long-term sustainability, given many say the infrastructure investments are unusable after the events? 

Would they be better invested in other, more long-term initiatives, as vocational programs, infra-structure to 

serve the local communities or governmental welfare programs related to sports? Join our panel for interesting 

perspectives from all sides of this argument. 

Speakers: Prof. Antonio Dávila – IESE Business School (Speaker and Moderator) 

Chris Daniels - Lloyds TSB 

Carlos Hornstein - Fundació Global Play 

Joana Pérez Martorell – Unicef 

panel coordinators: Donna Crowell (MBA 2011), Emmanouil Xenos (MBA 2011) and 

Adelaida Foxá Eymar (MBA 2012) 


Code: 5.e 

is old the new Young? how to approach the Challenge of an elderly Society?” 

Life expectancy is increasing and the age pyramid is changing. Elder people are better informed and healthier 

than ever, and willing to remain active. But does our society take that into account? Do we innovate for this “new” 

generation? From entertainment to sports, technology to clothes, how can we integrate this new trend? Can our 

society provide the infrastructure and organization this demographic needs or expects? 

Join a young successful entrepreneur in this sector, an executive from a big corporation with social initiatives in 

this field, a newspaper editor who has worked extensively in this field and an economist with insights about the 

subject, to discuss and think about this challenge. 

Moderator: Prof. Alfredo Pastor – IESE Business School 

Speakers: Amaia Cilveti – Fundación La Caixa 

Catalina Hoffmann- Vitalia 

Pedro Marques - Diário de Notícias 

panel coordinator: João Pola (EMBA 2011) 

Code: 5.f 

gDp vs. hDi: the right Measure of human Welfare 

This panel will discuss the challenges of measuring the impact of economic policies and business activity 

on development. It is widely accepted that, although there is a strong correlation between GDP and quality 

of life, this indicator has some major drawbacks and does not consider aspects such as income distribution, 

the value of leisure or natural resource depletion. Nevertheless, to date, no substitute has been found 

with the potential to overtake GDP’s role as the main indicator of economic wealth at macroeconomic level. 

Defining what “human welfare” means and quantifying intangible indicators are only a few examples of 

the formidable challenge the measuring of human wealth poses. Measuring the social impact of financial 

investments is also a challenge most development banks, philanthropic funds, MFIs and other financial 

institutions face when evaluating potential targets for their project financing. Both country and company 

specific examples, as well as relevant statistical data, are encouraged. 

Speakers: Jeremie Fosse - Eco-Union (Speaker and moderator) 

Prof. Antonio Argandoña – IESE Business School 

Conal Smith – OECD 

panel coordinator: Lars Tarrach (MBA 2011) 


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Track 6 

addressing the Challenges at the bottom of the pyramid 

Code: 6.a 

What Does it Take to replicate the asian economic Miracle in africa? Doing business on the “forgotten Continent” 

In the last 30 years, Asia, especially China, India and South-East Asia, has experienced strong economic 

growth, triggered by sound economic policies, adoption of a fundamentally open economy, investment in 

infrastructure, explosion of FDI and a well educated population. Some countries in Africa are trying to replicate 

the Asian model to boost economic development, attract FDI and, ultimately, raise its population out 

of poverty. Nevertheless, there are fundamental differences between both regions (e.g. social and political 

stability, access to natural resources, population) and the successful path to long-term growth might differ 

significantly. This panel will discuss these differences and what policy-makers, business managers and investors 

should consider when trying to emulate the Asian miracle in the African continent. 

Speakers: Mosun Layode - Leap Africa 

Peter Materu - World Bank 

Amy Mpungwe - TANZANITEONE 

panel coordinator: Lars Tarrach (MBA 2011) 

Code: 6.b 

how Do Companies formulate Strategies to approach bottom of the pyramid (bop)? 

The BOP represents a vast, unexploited, multitrillion-dollar marketplace. For companies struggling with 

maturing markets, floundering business models, and serious questions about who their customers of the 

future will be, the BoP is the important market to crack. On the other hand there are companies who created 

with tapping this segment in mind. How do their strategies differ and is one of the approaches more 

successful then the other? 

In this panel you will be able to hear how companies decide their strategy on approaching BOP. What are 

the drivers of the companies that are approaching the lower income segment? What are the major opportunities 

and challenges? Is the BoP market a must for multi-nationals? What should companies take into 

analysis for a go/no go decision for BOP? Participate in this panel and learn about how companies formulate 

their strategy for a market of over 4 billion people and how our experts envision the future for a segment 

companies are starting to understand they cannot deny anymore. 

Moderator: Prof. Paulo Rocha e Oliveira – IESE Business School 

Speakers: César Antúnez de Mayolo - PAD Business School 

Teshome Dayesso - Buusaa Gonofaa MFI 

James M. Jones – ExxonMobil 

Himanshu Sahasrabudhe – Roshan 

panel coordinator: Qiao Cheung (MBA 2012) 


Code: 6.c 

neglected Tropical Diseases: an innovative business Model to eradicate Them 

The panel will present the Product Development Partnership (PDP) business model, an innovative and 

successful public-private R&D initiative that has been adopted by a growing number of organisations from 

the early 2000s to develop adequate treatments for the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTD). 

The panellists will help understand the build up of the model and the role that each of the stakeholders 

involved plays: big pharmaceuticals, NGOs, and donors. They will discuss the management challenges inherent 

to the model and its translation from a theoretical construct into a tangible reality. Finally, the panel 

will elaborate on the future of the PDPs given the challenging economic context. 

Moderator: Núria Casamitjna Badía – Barcelona Centre for International Health Research 

(CRESIB) 

Speakers: George Jagoe – Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) 

Jean-Pierre Paccaud – Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) 

Martin Pan – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 

panel coordinator: Sergio Ostalé (MBA 2011) 

Code: 6.d 

fair Trade: a philanthropic initiative that is becoming a private, Sustainable and profitable business 

In both emerging and developed countries there are farmers and producers marginalized by the complexity 

of global markets and imbalances of power in conventional trade, not having the required knowledge to 

freely compete. However, hope still remains for these producers as more and more people worldwide became 

aware of their situation. Fair trade is a growing trend in direct response to this issue. Same way, big 

corporations have started to include fair trade products into their own supply chain. Indeed, an altruistic 

view of this movement is not enough; only positive income can make this trend create sustainable businesses 

in the long run. Our guest speakers will elaborate on this as well as explain the dynamic value chain 

that is at play in this particular type of business model. 

Speakers: Meredith Alexander - ActionAid 

Ignacio Pons - EcoVeritas SA 

Rafael Sanchéz - Intermón Oxfam 

panel coordinators: Pepa Vila (MBA 2011) and Borja Muñoz (MBA 2011) 


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Code: 6.e 

Developing relevant innovations, products and Services that Target the bottom of the pyramid (bop), 

the 4 billion people Who live on less Than $2.5 Dollars/Day 

“We cannot escape the fundamental question: Whom and what is business for? 

The answer once seemed clear, but no longer. The terms of business have changed.” 

Charles Handy (Irish author/philosopher) 

In this panel you will be able to participate in discussions regarding how companies develop innovations, 

products and services, and market them to the BOP. How do companies find the right value proposition 

for the BOP and translate this to a product mix/service that they are willing to pay? Is price the only factor 

in the formula for success, or there are other variables at play? What are the challenges in deploying and 

implementing the marketing strategies in the BOP? This panel will present examples of successful implementations 

of strategies targeting the BOP, as well discuss failures and why they happened. 

Speakers: César Antúnez de Mayolo - PAD Business School 

Rafael Borreguero – Consultant, Microinsurance Sector 

Laercio Cardoso - Unilever 

Himanshu Sahasrabudhe- Roshan 

panel coordinator: Qiao Cheung (MBA 2012) 


WhaT iS CleanTeCh VenTure SeMinar? 



The IESE Cleantech Venture Seminar is an annual investment forum oriented to generate deal-flow with select earlystage 

cleantech entrepreneurs and Europe’s finest venture capital firms with an investment focus on clean technologies. 

The objective of the seminar is to provide a venue for promising cleantech entrepreneurs to network with and 

pitch for funding in front of venture capital firms. Additionally, we aim to introduce attendees to some of the latest trends 

in cleantech and to the methodologies of venture capitalists. 

Trends in Cleantech and Venture Capital funding Friday, February 25 – 10:45-12:00 

Cleantech related businesses have witnessed a dramatic increase in consumer and financial interest during 

recent years. However, amidst the global financial downturn and after the failure of Copenhagen, will 

this interest remain? How will the cleantech start-up scene change and what elements will drive this transition? 

Will financing options remain stable? This panel will access the collective wisdom of European Venture 

Capital leaders to describe the latest trends and market developments in cleantech. 

Speakers: Arun Jayadev – Principal, Wellington Partners (Speaker and Moderator) 

Orni Petruschka – Serial Entrepreneur 

Yvette Go – Investment Manager, SET Venture Partners 

Bernhard Mohr – Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital GmbH 

panel Coordinator: Francesc Gómez-Landero (MBA 2011) 

entrepreneur pitches 

The second part of the Cleantech Venture Seminar will feature select cleantech entrepreneurs, who will 

pitch for funding in short presentations of 8 minutes followed by Q&A from venture capitalists. We will feature 

6 promising firms and 10 investor companies. This year’s participating venture capital firms include 

some of the finest in European cleantech. The venture capital firms invited this year are Active Venture 

Partners, Aster Capital, BASF Venture Capital, Capricorn Venture Partners, DeMeter Partners, Finaves, 

SET Venture Partners, SI Capital, Sofinnova Partners and Wellington Partners. 

At the conclusion of the entrepreneur presentations, the 10 judges will vote on and select one outstanding 

company for the IESE Cleantech Venture Award. 

JuDging VC firMS 

Active Venture Partners BASF Venture Capital DeMeter Partners SET Venture Partners Sofinnova Partners 

Aster Capital Capricorn Venture Partners Finaves SI Capital Wellington Partners 


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Session 1 

CLEANTECH ENTREPRENEURS BY ORDER OF PRESENTATION 

ECO2: ECO2 provides global solutions for Carbon Footprint to measure; reduce and communicate 

carbon emissions across the supply chain, as part of their efforts to accelerate the move to a low carbon 

economy. It will fill the gap between Businesses (firms) and End-Users (consumers) and develop 

a new standard methodology tool for accounting and managing carbon footprint on consumer products 

and services. 

entrepreneur: Ignacio Cañaveral – Co-Founder & CEO 

DEXMA: DEXMA began operating in early 2007, with the support of the Polytechnic University of 

Catalonia and the Catalan government ACC10. DEXMA develops Energy Management Solutions for 

commercial buildings, public sector and any industry. Based on a Software-as-a-service Web-portal 

Manager and TCP/IP gateways (Modbus, Zigbee and other protocols-enabled), the solution acquires 

energy consumption information (electricity, water and gas) and ambient parameters (temp, hum 

light,..), in real time and remotely. 

entrepreneur: Joan Pinyol – Founder & CEO 

WEDGE GLOBAL: Created in 2008, the company has developed an innovative solution for generating 

electricity from ocean waves. Its first prototype of the wave energy converted has been completed and 

is currently under testing. Through the incorporation of a new and advanced power take-off system, 

the Wedge solution currently represents an opportunity to improve the effectiveness and cost efficiency 

of existing wave energy converters (50% reduction in off-shore maintenance costs- 30% increase 

in energy efficiency). Given its easy adaptability and scalability, this solution can be used by power 

converters of different types and sizes thereby improving its market potential. As a first step, Wedge 

has already signed an agreement with FCC, a leading Spanish industrial company, to deploy up to 15 

MW of installed power and 100MW of pipeline by 2015 in Europe/U.S. 

entrepreneur: Jaivier Gavela – Acting CEO 

PYTHAGORAS SOLAR: Pythagoras Solar was conceived at Precede Technologies, an Israeli incubator, 

which teams up scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs. Dr. Itay Baruchi, an award-winning 

physicist, and Gonen Fink, a leader in taking Check Point Software from start-up to a multibillion dollar 

company, saw a business opportunity at the intersection of rising demand for Green Buildings and 

declining cost of Photovoltaic (PV) solar power. Their innovative product can be simply described as a 

solar window. It combines energy efficiency, power generation, and transparency in a standard form 

factor that can be easily integrated into conventional building design and construction processes to 

make Net Zero Buildings a wider reality. 

entrepreneur: Gonan Fink – Co-Founder & CEO 


Friday, February 25 – 12:15-13:30

Session 2 

CLEANTECH ENTREPRENEURS BY ORDER OF PRESENTATION 

HIDROFLOT, S.A.: Hidroflot, S.A. is a Spanish engineering company devoted to the design and promotion 

of its patented offshore conversion systems. Wave Energy Conversion & Floating Wind Offshore 

represents two complementary worlds where the company has innovative and profitable designs. 

Under Ocean Electric Inc. directives, the technical team are innovating for new floating wind offshore 

devices for high deep waters. It opens for us a great market due the possibility for production areas 

on sea deep waters are higher than low deep waters and onshore too. The innovative turbine is de- 

signed to work with all kind of manufacturer’s machines and is scalable in power. 

entrepreneur: Ricard Prats – Founder & CEO 

WINFLEX WIND TURBINES: WINFLEX is an innovative wind turbine development and manufacturing 

company which currently employs 15 scientists and engineers. During the first decade of operations, 

WINFLEX designed, built, tested and successfully connected to the grid for over two years 2 POC turbines: 

10 kW & 200 kW. WINFLEX’s primary objective is to penetrate the market with a 1 MW turbine. 

As a first step, the company is now at the advanced stage of designing a commercial 130 kW unit. 

R&D activities are partially supported by the Israeli Ministry of Infrastructure. The WINFLEX technology 

is a reliable and cost effective solution for wind turbines at grid parity! The technology is feasible 

over a wide spectrum of electrical power outputs ranging from 100 kW up to multi MW scale. 

entrepreneurs: Eliezer Kliatzkin – CEO & Dr. Vladimir Kliatzkin – CTO 

OSCOMP SYSTEMS: OsComp Systems’ (OCS) team of MIT engineers has invented a breakthrough, 

patent-pending technology that reduces operating and capital costs of compression by over 30%. 

OCS makes marginal gas wells profitable once again, and increases the margins from already profitable 

ones. The Stripper Well Consortium awarded OCS a grant and selected it as its #1 project in 

2010, validating its importance to the sector. 

entrepreneur: Pedro T. Santos – CEO 

awards and Keynote: preparing Ventures for a successful exit 

Speaker: Alessio Beverina – Partner, Sofinnova Partners 

Sponsored by: 

Friday, February 25 – 14:30-15:45 

organized by: Francesc Gómez-Landero (MBA 2011) and Ana Raquel Rogerio Santos 

(MBA 2011). 

For more information contact Franc.Gomez-Landero@iese.net or 

AnaRaquel.Santos@iese.net 


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WhaT iS SoCial enTrepreneurShip WorKShop? 

The Social Entrepreneurship Workshop has been created to address the evolving world of social entrepreneurship 

– a term that is tweaked in different contexts – essentially covering organizations that exhibit 

unique business models, which contribute to profitably solving social or environmental needs not addressed 

by traditional business or government activities. 

Creative business models demonstrate new ways of doing business that have important implications for the 

new generation of business leaders – inclusive, equitable value chains, complex ecosystems of private and 

public partnerships and profitable businesses – that solve tenacious social and environmental problems 

with multi-faceted approaches. While some may argue this ‘niche’ has been filled by NGOs and social initiatives 

for decades, we argue that now more than ever and in new and different ways, social enterprise is 

going ‘mass market’. 

Join us for some of the most captivating and inspiring stories of how business can change the world. The 

goals of the workshop are threefold: 

• Create awareness among conference participants on how profitable business can lead social 

change through a discussion with fascinating social enterprises and their founders. 

• Encourage the social entrepreneurship movement among business school students and conference 

attendees by offering a forum for the discussion of ideas and connection to resources. 

• Facilitate networking between select entrepreneurs, potential financiers, and other interested 

stakeholders such as social enterprise incubators and grant-giving bodies. 

idea phase: bringing your Social business idea to fruition 

Closed Session Friday, February 25 – 10:45-12:00 / 12:15-13:30 

A small group of conference participants, chosen by short application, will meet in a session led by serial 

entrepreneur and strategy expert. Participants will discuss the viability of one another’s ideas, and explore 

the key elements required to turn an idea into an operating business. 

Mentors: Filipe Santos – INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative 

participants: Jorge Lazaro – IESE MBA 2011 

Rut Turró 

Alvaro Marsal – MBA, ESADE Business School 

organized by: Inés Alegre (IESE PhD) 


Social entrepreneurship Workshop

opening Speech of the Social entrepreneurship Workshop 

Cliff Prior will be opening the social entrepreneur workshop drawing on his many years of experience in 

the sector. He will discuss the exciting developments in the field, highlighting what has most impacted 

his experience in the sector. Audience members will leave with the knowledge of what to expect of social 

entrepreneurship in the years to come as well as invaluable advice for those contemplating a career in the 

sector. 

Speaker: Cliff Prior – Chief Executive, UnLtd 

growth phase: Successful entrepreneurs Taking Their 

businesses to the next level Saturday, February 26 – 11:45-13:00 

This session will discuss challenges of selected social entrepreneurs and the proposed solution in the 

form of a Case Competition. The entrepreneur will have the opportunity to study the solution of a real business 

problem he/she is facing with a team of MBA students from IESE ready to apply their knowledge and 

channel their passion on the selected Entrepreneurs’ businesses. The final session will be in front of an 

ample audience and will provide exposure to the whole DGDW community. 

Judges: Cliff Prior – UnLtd 

Yuting Lien – Endeavor 

Filipe Santos – INSEAD 

Gloria Macías-Lizaso – McKinsey&Company 

entrepreneurs: Gijsbert Huijink – Som Energia 

Rut Turró 

Swift Wash 

Óscar Sánchez – Escola Emprendedor 

David Risher – WorldReader 

organized by: Enrico Magnani (MBA 2011) and Marisa Schwab (MBA 2011) 

Saturday, February 26 – 10:15-11:30 


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financing phase: Connecting with investors and exploring new options 


Saturday, February 26 – 14:00-15:15 

This session will allow audience members and participants alike to learn about the elements that social 

financiers look for in a business and what unique lines of funding are available to social businesses. There 

will be a pitch-and-feedback session from the successful applicants to a panel of experts, followed by an 

interactive Q&A session among participants and audiences. 

Venture philanthropists: Jo Hill – UnLtd 

Oliver Karius – LGT Venture Philanthropy 

Luciano Balbo – Fondazione Oltre 

entrepreneurs: Tobias Lorenz – Glovico 

Raül Robert – SostreCívic 

Miquel de Paladella with his team, Maria Sarjanovich and Laia Oto Llorens – 

1x1 Microcredit 

organized by: Yoshi Tabuchi (MBA 2011) and Jill Landefeld (MBA 2012)

friday, february 25 – 16:45-19:00 

Career Forum 

Through the Career Forum, the DGDW Conference gives the opportunity to those interested in developing a career 

in responsible business to meet companies involved in the field. The Career Forum offers a great opportunity for 

participants to learn about organizations and to meet key players within responsible business. Some companies 

will be recruiting candidates during the conference. 

However, for many participants, this will be an opportunity to identify which organizations might be a good fit for 

them in the future, and to learn about the key skills necessary to work in the sector. 

Organizations cover a broad range of areas including renewable energy, social investment, social entrepreneurship, 

microfinance, development, sustainability, consulting and CSR to name a few. 

Companies that are confirmed to attend the Career Forum to date are: 

Accenture 

Allianz 

Ayuda en Acción 

Budgetplaces.com 

Clinton Health Access Initiative | CHAI 

Development Executive Group | DEVEX 

Endeavor Global 

European Venture Philanthropy Association | EVPA 

Exxon Mobil 

FSG Global Impact Advisors 

Fundación Iwith.org 

Global Play 

Incult 

Inter-American Development Bank | IADB 

Each company will be assigned an individual stand and students are free to visit the companies and organizations 

of their choice. 

organized by: Rosie Innes (IESE Career Services) 

International Committee of the Red Cross | ICRC 

Micro Service Consult GmbH 

MLINDA 

Organization for Economic Co-operation and 

Development | OECD 

Roshan 

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship 

Streetfootball World 

Syngenta 

TechnoServe 

The Charity Bank 

The William J. Clinton Foundation 

World Economic Forum 

Worldreader 


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Speaker biographies 

pamela hartigan – Director, Skoll Center for Social entrepreneurship, oxford university’s Said business School 

Pamela Hartigan is the Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at 

Oxford University’s Said Business School. She is also a Volans Founding Partner and 

Non Executive Director. From 2001 to 2008 she was the Managing Director of the 

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a Swiss-based organization focused 

on advancing the practice of social entrepreneurship nationally, regionally and globally. The Foundation is the 

second organization started by Klaus Schwab, the first being the World Economic Forum. Dr. Hartigan is the 

first Managing Director of the Foundation and has been responsible for shaping the strategy and operations 

pursued by the Foundation to achieve its mission. 

Dr. Hartigan is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, holds a Masters degree in International 

Economics, a Masters in Education and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology. Her new book, entitled The 

Power of Unreasonable People: How Entrepreneurs Create Markets that change the World and co-authored 

with John Elkington, will be released in February 2008 by Harvard Business Press. She is a frequent lecturer 

on social entrepreneurship and innovation at graduate schools of business in the USA, Europe and Asia, and 

is an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia School of Business in New York City. She serves on the Board of five 

social enterprises and advises many more. 

Throughout her career, Dr. Hartigan has held varied leadership positions in multilateral health organizations 

and educational institutions as well as in entrepreneurial non-profits. She has been responsible for conceptualizing 

and creating new organizations, departments or programs across a variety institutional arrangements 

and multi-stakeholder platforms. In the area of health, Pamela headed up the Department of Health Promotion 

at the World Health Organization (1999-2001); was Programme Manager and Area Co-ordinator for Applied 

Field Research in the Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) of the 

World Bank, WHO, and UNDP (1997-1999). Between 1990 and 1997, she worked in WHO’s Regional Office 

for the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), as Chief of the Gender, Health and Development 

and Manager for Special Initiative in the HIV/AIDS Programme.


lord Michael hastings – global head of Citizenship and Diversity, KpMg 

Lord Hastings is KPMG’s Global Head of Citizenship and Diversity. He was previously 

the BBC’s first Head of Corporate Social Responsibility. Michael is a non-executive Director 

of British Telecom (on the Board for Responsible and Sustainable Business) and 

a Trustee of the Vodafone Group Foundation. He represents KPMG International on 

the Global Corporate Citizenship International Committee of the World Economic Forum and the World Business 

Council on Sustainable Development. In 2009 he became a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global 

Council on Diversity and Talent. Michael is Chairman of Millennium Promise UK and sits on the BiTC International 

Leadership and the Chatham House 2010 enquiry into the Future Role of the UK in Foreign Affairs. 

In January 2003, Michael was awarded an Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British 

Empire (“CBE”) in recognition of his services to crime reduction, including 15 years as Chairman of Crime 

Concern. He was formerly an adviser to Lord John Stevens QPM (Queen’s Police Medal), the former London 

Metropolitan Police Commissioner and served on the Commission for Racial Equality. 

In 2005, Michael was awarded the honour of an independent peerage to the House of Lords by Her Majesty The 

Queen and now Michael serves as a member of the Communications Select Committee. Again in 2005, he received 

the UNICEF award for his ‘outstanding contribution to understanding and effecting solutions for Africa’s children. 

Juliet Schor – professor of sociology at boston College, board member & co-founder, Center for a new american Dream 

Juliet Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Before joining Boston College, 

she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the 

Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies. Her most recent book is Plenitude: The 

New Economics of True Wealth (forthcoming, 2010 by The Penguin Press). She is also 

author of the national best-seller, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (Basic Books, 

1992) and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (Basic Books, 1998). She has written 

or edited 13 books and published more than 75 articles and book chapters. Schor has served as a consultant to 

the United Nations, at the World Institute for Development Economics Research, and to the United Nations Development 

Program. She was Guggenheim Fellow, and in 2006 she received the Leontief Prize from the Global 

Development and Economics Institute at Tufts University. 

Schor is currently working on issues of environmental sustainability and their relation to lifestyles and the economy. 

She is a co-founder and co-chair of the Board of the Center for a New American Dream (newdream.org), a 

national sustainability organization. She is a former Trustee of Wesleyan University, an occasional faculty member 

at Schumacher College, and a former fellow of the Brookings Institution. Schor has lectured widely throughout 

the United States, Europe and Japan to a variety of civic, business, labor and academic groups. She appears frequently 

on national and international media, and profiles on her and her work have appeared in scores of magazines 

and newspapers, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and People magazine. 


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felix oldenburg 

Felix Oldenburg serves as Europe Leader and Director Germany for Ashoka, the world’s 

first and foremost association of leading social entrepreneurs, with 2,700 Ashoka Fellows 

in 70 countries. An entrepreneur and expert at the interfaces of the social, business 

and political sectors, Felix has launched a number of national and international 

programs at Ashoka that accelerate the spread and impact of social innovations. Before joining Ashoka, Felix 

started an online business and worked for management consulting firm McKinsey&Company in London. As director 

at a political consultancy, he pioneered citizen consultations for governments and foundations, inclunding 

the European Citizens’ Consultations in 27 countries. He speaks and publishes on social entrepreneurship, citizen 

engagement, and corporate social responsibility. Felix studied Philosophy at the universities of Bonn, Tübingen 

and Oxford and acquired an Executive Master in Policy Management in Washington DC (Georgetown). 

Maurice van Sabban – president, national geographic Television international & president, 

national geographic Ventures international 

Maurice van Sabben is an international media executive with broad experience in all 

aspects of business development, sales, content/rights acquisition, distribution and 

licensing. He joined National Geographic as president of National Geographic Television 

International (NGTI) in April 2008, with responsibility for overseeing the factual 

program sales business. 

In May 2010 he was announced as president of National Geographic Ventures International, a new business 

entity, designed to support existing National Geographic businesses such as Digital Media, including Nationalgeographic.com; 

Home Entertainment; Music; and National Geographic Interactive Platforms, including the 

Mobile, Gaming, Interactive Publishing and Maps business groups, increase their operations in the international 

marketplace. NGVI will seek to create and manage new opportunities for content distribution as the media 

landscape develops and platforms continue to converge. 

Van Sabben joined NGTI from SNTV (Sports News Television), part of IMG Media, where he was commercial 

director, responsible for worldwide sales and business development. Other posts in his career include senior 

commercial manager at Three UK, and a period at Jetix Europe (then Fox Kids Europe), where he was responsible 

for the company’s business development activities and strategies for interactive TV, online, mobile and 

games across 12 countries. 



Meredith Alexander – Head of Trade and Corporates, ActionAid 

Meredith Alexander is currently Head of Trade and Corporates at ActionAid. Her 

career has been focused on communicating sustainability issues to different audiences 

in the UK and abroad. She has helped groups from students to pension fund 

members better understand how they can contribute to a more sustainable world. 

She has campaigned on issues including hunger, climate change, supply chains and major infrastructure 

projects. In addition to her work with a number of nonprofit organisations, she was a board member for 

MakePovertyHistory and is chair of the Trade Justice Movement. 

Michael Anthony – Head of Global Microhealth Insurance Portfolio, Allianz 

Michael Anthony, Head of Microinsurance, is coordinating the global microinsurance 

portfolio of Allianz, the world’s largest insurer. Allianz has started microinsurance 

operations in various countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America over the last 

two years, serving households at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Michael was 

a former senior advisor to the Allianz Board of Management on climate change and began his career at Allianz 

as a spokesperson. Previously, Michael was working as a journalist for different German publications, 

reporting mainly from Middle Eastern countries. Michael holds a MA in International Relations from the 

University of Bath (UK) and Sciences Po (Paris). 


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César Antúnez-de-Mayolo F-D. – PAD School of Management 

César has different academic degrees: he is an Industrial Engineer from Universidad 

de Lima (Peru), MBA from PAD School of Management, Universidad de Piura 

(Peru) and Master on Computer Science (AbD) from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Perú). He 

is also member of the American Marketing Association- AMA, since year 2000 (USA), and member of the 

North American Case Research Association - NACRA (USA). Received the “Meritorious Award for Marketing 

Research Achievements in the Area of Consumer Behavior”, by Bowie State University, American Marketing 

Association and Students in Free Enterprise (2004). Some of the Research Publications in which he 

has had acticles publishes are: Latin American Business Review, International Journal of Selling and Sales 

Management , and Greener Management International Journal. 

His professional career path includes: 

• Adjunct Marketing Professor at PAD School of Management, Universidad de Piura (Peru) 

• Senior Commercial Manager at Pandero S.A. EAFC., the largest car dealer in Peru. 

• Ex-Controller and Marketing Research & Sales Manager at Maltería Lima (Corporación Backus, a leading 

Peruvian Brewer Group). 

• Board member of Pro Humtec and Netcomp Training SAC (Peru). 

Antonio Argandoña - Professor of Economics and holder of the “la Caixa” Chair of 

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, IESE Business School 

Antonio Argandoña (Barcelona, 1943) is Professor of Economics and holder of the 

“la Caixa” Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance at 

IESE. He teaches mainly in the areas of macroeconomics, monetary economics and international economics, 

and publishes research on business ethics, corporate social responsibility and organizational governance. 

An economist by training, Antonio Argandoña received his Ph.D. in Economics and Management (summa 

cum laude) from the University of Barcelona in 1969. He is a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of Economics 

and Finance (1999). 

Antonio Argandoña is a member of the Advisory Board of the Catalan Finance Institute (ICF), chairman of 

the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the Economists Association of Catalonia, member of 



the Commission on Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption of the Paris International Chamber 

of Commerce, member of the Arbitration Tribunal of Catalonia (TATC), and member of the Ethical Standards 

Committee of AENOR. He also serves on the ethics committees of various financial institutions, business 

associations and media, as well as on the editorial boards of Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics: A 

European Review, and Journal of International Business Education, among other scientific publications. In 

addition, he is director of IESE Insight and IESE Alumni Magazine. 

His research activity was recognized in 2008 by the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and 

the Aspen Institute for Business in Society, which granted him the Life Achievement Award for his fruitful 

career. He has published numerous books and articles on macroeconomics, monetary economics, the 

Spanish and international economy, business ethics and corporate social responsibility. 

Beatriz Armendariz – Lecture of Economics, Harvard University & Senior Lecturer, University College 

Beatriz Armendáriz is a Lecturer in Economics at Harvard University, and a Senior Lecturer at University 

College in London. She is also a research affiliate at the David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies 

at Harvard University, a Research Associate at Centre for European Research in Microfinance and a member 

of the Board of Directors of Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation. Her research focuses 

on economic development, international finance and microfinance. Having published numerous articles on 

microfinance, she co-authored The Economics of Microfinance among others. 

Maha Rafi Atal – Journalist, Forbes 

Maha Rafi Atal is a journalist in New York, covering the nexus of business, political 

economy and society. She blogs and contributes regularly to Forbes, and her work 

has also appeared in Fortune, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, the Christian Science 

Monitor, the New Statesman, the Providence Journal and the Columbia Journalism 

Review. She is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Public Business, supporting public interest business 

journalism. She holds a B.A. (Hons.) in History and Comparative Literature from Brown University, and an 

M.A. in Business and Economics Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 


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Richard Atkinson – Founder, Second Mile 

Richard is the founder of Second Mile, a provider of management to technology 

startups. Second Mile has led spinouts from leading UK universities and partners 

with seed-stage technology venture capital firms to bring new technologies to market. 

He has 5 years of start-up management experience. He has led start-ups in 

the automotive, cleantech, defence communications and software sectors. 

He spent 5 years at Ford in product development in the UK and Germany before leaving to complete a solo 

sea kayak circumnavigation of Britain and then study an MBA abroad. He is a clear strategic thinking and 

disciplined manager with good leadership skills. 

Richard holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University and an MBA at IESE 

business school in Spain. Richard is a Sainsbury Management Fellow. 

Luciano Balbo – Founder and Chairman, Fundazione Oltre 

Luciano Balbo (62) is a well known Italian entrepreneur in the private equity business. 

He has built a successful career in over 20 years spent in the financial market 

and he is the founder and Chairman of Fondazione Oltre, the first Italian venture 

philanthropy foundation, located in Milan. Since 2003, Fondazione Oltre has developed 

a thorough knowledge of the social sector in Lombardy (northern Italy), and is now launching the innovative 

Social Investment Fund - Oltre Venture. The fund will invest exclusively in social enterprises which 

serve the middle and lower classes, and present credible models of self sustainability, aiming to realize long 

term investments for the benefit of the entire community. 

Luciano Balbo has been a private equity manager since 1983 and is a co-founder of BS Private Equity, a 

leading private equity player in the Italian LBO/LBI market since 1988. Balbo served as the Chairman of BS 

until 2001. 

Prior to creating BS Private Equity, Balbo served as General Manager of Finnova S.p.A., a leading Italian 

merchant bank part of SO.PA.F. S.p.A., and before that he had 9 years of industrial management experience 

in leading companies in the stainless steel distribution, chemicals and engineering sectors in Italy. 

Luciano Balbo holds a degree in Physics and a MBA from Bocconi University in Milan. 



Todd Beane – International Director, Johan Cruyff Institute of Sport Studies 

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, Educational 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. 

Sandra Benveniste – Freelance CSR Consultant 

With a degree in Economic Law from the University of Deusto, and a Master’s 

degree in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics, 

Sandra lived in Latin America for five years, working as project officer of the United 

Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Mexico and as Director of the Foundation 

for Sustainable Development in Guatemala. In Spain she has worked as Programmes Director of the Ecology 

and Development Foundation and was the Spanish Representative of the AVINA Foundation. Sandra 

currently works as a free-lance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consultant, working mainly for Johnson 

& Johnson Iberia, and teaches CSR courses at several business schools and universities. She is also a 

board member of Creas. 


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Maria Bercetche - Strategy Department, P.A.U. Education 

Maria is an economist with a Masters Degree in Social Policy. She began her professional 

career in a small NGO in Buenos Aires working with micro businesses from 

marginalized neighborhoods. She then went on to specialize in the evaluation of 

social projects and educational policy. She has worked for IIEP-UNESCO, as well as 

the Argentine Ministry of Education and Ministry of Economy. Throughout this time, she has had the opportunity 

to participate in social and educational projects in several countries in Latin America including Nicaragua, 

Panama and Haiti. 

Currently Maria works in the Strategy Department of P.A.U. Education, where she is responsible for the design 

and evaluation of diverse educational and social projects. P.A.U. Education creates and implements 

participative educational projects for the European Commision as well as diverse private companies across 

Spain and Europe. 

Alessio Beverina – Partner, Sofinnova Partners 

Alessio Beverina is Partner in technology where he focuses 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 is a Kauffman Fellow. Alessio 

currently serves on the boards of McPhy Energy, Revolt and Neosens. 

Dirk Bogaert - Director of Operations, Avancar 

Dirk Bogaert is an engineer with extensive experience in international project management, principally in 

humanitarian projects. Since 2005, he is the Director of Operations for Avancar Carsharing, the first Spanish 

carsharing company. 



RAFAEL BORREGUERO FIGOLS - INSURANCE ACTUARY AND I.E.S.E.´MBA 

Rafael Borreguero Figols is Insurance Actuary and MBA of IESE with extensive international 

experience both in the textile sector as in the insurance sector. 

He worked as Exports exports director in many compaies of the Spanish textile sector 

as well as coordinated many insurance departments in different companies. 

Rafael is currently developing since 2 years ago a micro-insurance project in Philippines with RIMANSI, 

Organization for Asia and the Pacific, whose objective is to assist the partner micro finance institutions \ 

establish their own micro-insurance programs, especially mutual benefit associations that serve millions of 

poor households. The first step of such project was the study for the creation of a reinsurance pool whose 

objective was to cover the excess losses occurred. 

Also collaborates with other international programs in Philippines all related to the improvement of life conditions 

and the financial education of the impoverished population of the country. One of them, for example, 

consists of give Access to population living in rural areas photovoltaic energy for professional and domestic 

uses through the financing of the Micro Finance Institutions. 

Monica Brand – Manager, Frontier Investments Group, ACCION 

Monica Brand has spent her career in the financial services and social enterprise 

sectors, expanding and enhancing the value offered to the majority. Ms. Brand 

currently manages ACCION’s Frontier Investments Group, whose mandate is to 

invest in early stage companies with disruptive business models that catalyze breakthrough 

innovation in financial inclusion. Prior to assuming responsibility for managing this fund, Ms. Brand 

launched and ran ACCION’s Marketing & Product Development Unit, where she oversaw the creation of 

new financial services to move the industry beyond microcredit. 

Before joining ACCION, Ms. Brand worked with Anthuri Ventures – an early stage equity fund based in Cape 

Town, South Africa – and founded Anthuri Catalysts to help prepare potential portfolio companies for investment. 

Ms Brand began her career in financial services in California where she worked as a commercial 

loan officer of a green fund and separately, helped launch a $50 million multi-bank lending intermediary 

to finance small businesses and community facilities. Ms. Brand’s professional experience also includes 

training and teaching at all levels, including working as a business trainer of female entrepreneurs at the 

Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment (WISE) and as a case-writer for 2nd year MBAs at Harvard Business 

School. Ms Brand currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International 

Studies (SAIS) teaching a graduate-level course on impact investing. 

Ms. Brand received both a M.B.A. and a master’s of education from Stanford University and her Bachelor of Arts 

degree in economics from Williams College, where she graduated with honors. Ms. Brand serves on numerous 

boards including GloboKasNet (an electronic payment system provider), Paralife Holdings (a Swiss micro-insurance 

company), and chairs the investment representative committee of Leap Frog, the first ever microinsurance fund. 


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Miquel Cabré – Wind Business Expansion Director, ALSTOM 

Miquel is Electronic Engineer. He has 30 years of experience in wind energy, assuming 

responsibilities in diverse fields such as control system design, electrical design, 

wind farm engineering and construction, operation and maintenance, sales and business 

development. His current job includes M&A and the leadership projects. 

Alstom is global player in energy and transport industry. It has a widest portfolio in power generation and 

leading technologies. 

Davide Cannarozzi - Finance Director, Enertika 

Davide Cannarozzi is Finance Director of Enertika, a consulting and engineering company, 

specialized in Energy Efficiency via the ESCo business model (developing energy-related 

projects, which are financed through the savings generated by the projects 

themselves). An industrial engineer from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Davide also holds 

an MBA from ESADE. Davide has 10 years of professional experience in the industrial sector, from business 

development to corporate finance. Since 2007, he has participated, both as listener and speaker, in several 

conferences and investment forums on Clean Tech, with a focus on the ESCo business model, and incentive 

schemes produced by different Energy Performance Contracts (EPC). In 2008, Davide founded CE&E - the 

Clean Energy and Environment MBA business club of ESADE - due to his concern for climate change and his 

interest in linking new business opportunities with Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. Davide 

is currently heading the development of an investment platform, with the aim to inform, educate and promote 

new opportunities in energy-friendly projects to the European financial community. 



Laercio Cardoso - Regional Category VP-Laundry, Unilever China 

Laercio Cardoso is Regional Category VP-Laundry, based in Shanghai, China. He 

joined Unilever in 1986 and has been with Unilever for more than 20 years. He 

worked in Unilever Brazil, regional positions in Latin America and also has a diversified 

experience in Asia, having lived in Pakistan, India and Indonesia before his 

China assignment. He is a veteran in marketing field, working with great management skill in multi-culture 

environments. He is married, and has three sons. 

Laercio’s career path; 

1986: Join Unilever in Brazil; Product manager; Marketing manager 

1993: Pakistan; Marketing manager 

1995: Brazil; Business Unit manager in Marketing; Director 

2005: Indonesia: HPC marketing director 

2007: China: HPC VP 

2010: China: RCVP-Laundry China 

Ignasi Carreras - Director of the Institute for Social Innovation, ESADE Business School 

Ignasi Carreras Fisas is an Industrial Engineer (UPC) and a graduate in Business Management 

and Organization (EAE). He has taken postgraduate courses in executive development 

leadership and non-profit management ESADE, Stanford and Harvard Universities. 

He is the Director of ESADE’s Institute for Social Innovation, which provides training in the 

fields of CSR, leadership and management of NGOs and social entrepreneurship. He is also a lecturer in ESADE’s 

Department of Business Policy, where he specializes in strategy, leadership and management of change in organizations, 

and Director of two ESADE’s Executive Education programmes: Executive direction of NGOs and Leadership 

and Innovation in Civil Society Organizations. 

He also does voluntary work for various international organizations, NGOs and foundations (Global Reporting Initiative, 

Jaume Bofill Foundation, Cristianisme i Justícia and Casal dels Infants) involved in management and board of 

directors roles, and is a member of the advisory council of other civil society organizations ( Foundation Hazlo Posible, 

Foundation Príncipe de Girona, Foundation Formación y Trabajo, Programme Consultores Solidarios of Esade 

Alumni among others). 

He was Director General of Intermón Oxfam (Spain) and a member of the Management Committee of Oxfam International. 

Previously (1981-1988), he worked for the Generalitat (Autonomous Government) of Catalonia and for the 

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in charge of the various programmes related to energy saving. 

Author of three books (Vivir Solidariamente; Lideres para el cambio social; Transformar con éxito las ONG) and several 

publications, Ignasi was born in Barcelona in 1957, is married and has two children. 


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Núria Casamitjana – Deputy Director and Academic Coordinator, CRESIB 

Dr Núria Casamitjana Badia is Deputy Director and Academic Coordinator at the 

Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB). She holds a BA in 

Pharmacy form the University of Barcelona, a Masters in Occupational Health from 

the University of Barcelona - University Pompeu Fabra, and a Doctorate from the 

University of Barcelona. 

Dr Casamitjana has over 25 years experience as a teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University 

of Barcelona; as a BA, MSc and PhD lecturer in Spain and Africa; and as a senior manager at the 

University of Barcelona. In 2006 she was responsible, together with Dr Pedro Alonso, for the creation of the 

Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), the first research centre for global health in 

Spain. 

She has held key senior management positions at the University of Barcelona, such as Vice-presidency and 

Presidency of the Health Sciences Division, and University Vice-chancellor between 2002 and 2005. She has 

undertaken numerous outreach activities in Spain, Latin America and Africa to promote global health among 

the scientific community, academia, the Spanish government, the civil society and Spanish foundations. 

Macarena Cassinello – Product Vice-President, FIAT Industrial 

Mrs. Cassinello has been Product Vice-President at Case New Holland (FIAT Industrial) 

for the last four years; she was previously General Manager at Nissan Europe. She earned 

her degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and 

then completed her education in General Management and Risk Taking at CEDEP (INSEAD) and IESE Business 

School. 



Prof. Nuria Chinchilla – Professor, IESE Business School 

Doctor Cum Laude in Economics and Business Administration. Obtained her MBA 

from IESE (University of Navarra), law degree from the University of Barcelona. She is 

currently a Professor at IESE Business School and Director of the International Center 

of Work and Family. Prof. Chinchilla is often sought out as advisor by of companies, 

governments and the UN, she is also member of several councils and president of NCH & Partners. She developed 

the term EFR (Empresa Familiarmente Responsable and developed the Index of Family Responsible 

Companies (IFREI). Prof. Chinchilla is a member of the Top Ten Management in Spain and has written several 

books, such as “Balancing Work and Family: no matter where you are”. 

Her areas of specialization are work and family conciliation, coaching and time management, interpersonal 

conflicts and leadership in management committees. In the past years, she has received many recognitions 

for her work, among those, the prize FEDEPE for the Woman Executive of the Year in 2001 and “Most Valuable 

Speaker” by Interban Network in 2008. 

In 2008, the University of Stanford published the case study “Nuria Chinchilla: The power to Change Workplaces” 

published by Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer for the course about “Power and Influence” 

Amaia Cilveti – Elderly People Social Programs Leader, Fundación La Caixa 

Amaia Cilveti works for Fundación “la Caixa” leading social programs addressed to elderly 

people. 

Fundación “la Caixa” highlights one of its most important areas of action: to promote an 

active role within elder people in order to generate social transformation. For the last two years, Amaia Cilveti has led 

a solidarity program based on volunteer elderly people that approach new technologies to young people at penitentiary 

centers. 


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Josep Maria Corbinos – Director General, La Fageda 

Josep Maria Corbinos (Barcelona 1958) es licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Actuariales 

por la Universidad de Barcelona. Hasta el año 1993, en el grupo asegurador y 

financiero suizo Winterthur fue director de Organización, de Marketing Estratégico y de 

Planificación. Entre el 93 y el 2003, trabajó en Atlantis Seguros. filial de los grupos mutualistas franceses MAIF y 

MACIF y del italiano UNIPOL, empresa aseguradora de la economía social, que opera a través de acuerdos con organizaciones 

como ABACUS, Asociaciones de Vecinos, sindicatos, etc. Como Director de Desarrollo, se encargó de 

su implantación en España. 

Desde el año 2003 es el director general de La Fageda, proyecto empresarial y social dedicado a la integración 

laboral de personas con discapacidad psíquica o enfermedad mental crónica de la Comarca de La Garrotxa. Actualmente 

con 270 persones y 6 actividades económicas: Vaquería, Planta de producción de postres lácticos, Planta 

de producción de Helados, Vivero de planta de reforestación , Artesanía y Jardineria. Desde su fundación en el año 

2004 es Consejero de CLADE, primer grupo cooperativo catalán. 

Ha hecho compatible sus responsabilidades ejecutivas con la pasión por la formación y la consultoría dirigida a 

directivos, especialmente en el sector de la economía social, en el que actualmente asesora a varios centros especiales 

de trabajo. 

Adelaide Cracco, Manager, Finaves 

Adelaide Cracco is Managing Director of Finaves, center at IESE that manages various 

seed capital investment funds which provide IESE alumni with financing for their new 

business ventures. Adelaide Cracco has developed most of her career in private equity 

and corporate finance having worked at the Interamerican Investment Corporation and the Clairfield Partners 

Group. More recently she has also participated in the start up of a social entrepreneurship venture focusing on the 

development of economic housing in Africa promoted by Renta Corporación, the World Bank and Morgan Stanley. 

Adelaide holds an MBA from IESE and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and International Relations from the Université 

de Louvain. 



Ignasi Cubiñá – Founder Member and Director, EcoIntelligentGrowth 

Ignasi Cubiñá is a founder member and director of EcoIntelligentGrowth. 

A biologist by training, he boasts with fifteen years’ experience in the business world, 

in the food and pharmaceutical ingredients sector. Restless by nature, Ignasi has decided 

to dedicate his time and efforts to developing a new relationship with the natural 

environment. He was founder and creator of the gourmet olive oil company Avieno and is a lover of terroir 

cuisine. 

He’s dedicated nowadays, along with EIG’s team, to catalize Cradle to Cradle industrial revolution throughout 

Western Europe. 

He’s been lecturer in several Universities & Business schools (UAB, UADE, IESE, Pompeu Fabra, among others) 

as well as invited speaker in conferences in Europe and America. 

Chris Daniels - Head of London 2012 Activation, Wholesale Division - Lloyds TSB 

Chris Daniels is Head of London 2012 Activation for the Wholesale division of Lloyds 

Banking Group. This division covers all companies, ranging from sole traders to multinationals, 

and also includes the Capital Markets team and trading floor. The role covers 

business development, as well as both employee and client engagement. 

An Oxford mathematics graduate with an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Chris was most recently 

Head of Financial Institution Sales & Business Development in Bank of Scotland Treasury. Prior to that he spent a 

period in Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Sales and 6 years in Barclays Capital Structured Capital Markets, Corporate 

Risk and Derivatives sales, covering the financing and risk management needs of a range of clients. 

Prior to joining the Banking industry Chris was an Officer in the Parachute Regiment for 5 years, an Expedition 

Leader and Youth development facilitator for the Prince’s Trust. His passion for sport and the Olympics is ably demonstrated 

in his selection as Athletes Services Manager for the Modern Pentathlon event at the Sydney Olympics 

in 2000, his current participation in the UK Over-40’s athletics team, his athletics coaching qualifications and his 

chairmanship of the Oxford University Cross Country Club alumni organisation. Chris has Full Blues in both athletics 

and cross-country, and captained the Oxford University cross-country team in the Centenary Varsity Match year. 

He currently runs for Thames Hare and Hounds. 

He is married with 2 young boys. 


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Antonio Dávila – Professor of Entrepreneurship and Accounting & Control – IESE 

Antonio Dávila is professor of entrepreneurship and accounting and control. Furthermore, 

he is the head of IESE’s Department of Entrepreneurship. From 1999 to 2006, 

he was part of the faculty at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where 

he still teaches periodically. 

Prof. Dávila earned his Ph.D. from Harvard Business School and his MBA from IESE. His teaching and research 

interests focus on management systems in entrepreneurial firms, new product development and innovation 

management, and performance measurement. 

In 2005, he was awarded IESE’s Research Excellence Award. He was also granted the Ramón y Cajal Scholarship 

awarded by the Spanish government (2004). Other prizes and awards he has received include the Carlos 

Cubillo Valverde Accounting Research Paper Award (2003), the Management Accounting Section of the 

American Accounting Association Best Dissertation Runner-Up Award (1999) and the McKinsey Best Paper 

Award from the Strategic Management Society (1998). 

Prof. Dávila is co-author of Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It (2006) 

and Performance Measurement and Management Control Systems to Implement Strategy (2000). He has also 

edited a third book, The Creative Enterprise (2007). He has contributed several book chapters and published 

various research articles in academic journals including The Accounting Review, Accounting Organizations 

and Society, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Research Policy, and Harvard Business Review. 

Teshome Dayesso – Founder and CEO, Buusaa Gonofaa MFI 

Teshome Dayesso is the founder and CEO of Buusaa Gonofaa MFI in Ethiopia, where 

he has spearheaded the designing and implementation of a social performance management 

system for which he was awarded the European Microfinance Award in 2008. 

Teshome has also worked with rural communities on-the-field and holds a degree in Business Management from 

Addis Ababa University. 



Maarten de Jong – Head of Investor Matchmaking Department, Business in Development Network 

Maarten de Jong heads the investor matchmaking department of Business in 

Development Network. This Dutch organization works with local partners in 17 

emerging economies to assist entrepreneurs in starting and growing their small 

and medium sized enterprises. Entrepreneurs make themselves visible at an online platform, they receive 

constructive feedback on their business plan and they can get individual business coaching. BiD Network’s 

most qualified entrepreneurs are actively matched to investors. Maarten de Jong built up an international 

network of investors specifically targeting these SMEs and he works closely with the local partners in setting 

up and running their own investor matchmaking activities. 

Miquel de Paladella – Executive Coordinator, Global Movement for Children& Co-Fouder 1x1 Microcredit 

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 cofounder 

of an innovative microfinance NGO, 1x1microcredit.org. 


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Francisco Javier de Rocafort – Chairman, Quimera Project 

Mr. Rocafort is currently the Chairman of Quimera Project. He is also Strategic Advisor 

at Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild and CEO of two multi-family offices, 

Balmoral Capital Partners and Corporalia Investments. He is also a board member 

of different companies. He has broad experience in the wealth management industry, being former Senior 

Vice President of Private Banking at Banco Santander, former General Manager of Corporate Advisory 

at BNP-Paribas and former A&G Corporate CEO (Banque Cantonale de Vaud). He has worked in several 

countries (US, Switzerland, Spain, Andorra and UK). 

Jack De Bokx - Senior Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Johnson and Johnson 

Jack has worked in various large organizations as Environmental, Health and Safety 

Manager and worked as a Quality Systems consultant and trainer. He started his 

career at Johnson and Johnson in 2000 as Worldwide Unit Manager Environmental 

Affairs. In 2004 he became EHS Manager for Europe within the Orthopaedic Business 

unit of J&J – and became Worldwide Director EHS for this unit in 2006. In 2008 he joined the corporate 

Environmental, Health and Safety organization at Johnson and Johnson as Senior Director for Europe, 

Middle East and Africa and combines this role currently with leading the regional EHS and Sustainability activities 

in the Pharmaceutical business unit and coordinating the European sustainability activities within the 

Consumer business unit. He is also the Global Champion for the Office Environmental, Health and Safety 

programs within J&J. 

Jack is married with three children and has an MSc in Integrated Total Quality Management from the University 

of Bradford (UK) and an MBA from the School of Management in Bradford (UK). 



Alberto Durán López – President, Fundación ONCE 

Alberto Durán López, presidente de Fundación ONCE, nació en El Ferrol (La Coruña), 

es licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Navarra y realizó un Master 

en Economía y Dirección de Empresas (MBA) en el IESE. En 1996 comenzó su actividad 

en el grupo de empresas de Fundación ONCE (Fundosa) como analista de 

nuevos proyectos de participación empresarial y coordinador de los proyectos de consultoría externa. 

En 1999 fue nombrado gerente de Empresas Participadas del Grupo Fundosa; en 2002 pasó a ser director 

general adjunto de Fundación ONCE, y a finales de ese mismo año asumió la Dirección General. Desde 

diciembre de 2003 era vicepresidente primero ejecutivo de Fundación ONCE y del Grupo Fundosa. 

Ha sido miembro de la Junta Directiva de ‘Workability Europe’, red internacional de empresas y entidades 

que dan empleo a 400.000 personas con discapacidad en el entorno europeo, y forma parte del Grupo de 

Expertos en Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa creado por el Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales. 

Marcos Eguiguren - Partner and Board Member, Grupo Empresarial Inmark 

Marcos Eguiguren (51), PhD, Partner and Member of the Board of Directors of Grupo 

Empresarial Inmark, S.A. international group of consulting and professional services, 

specially focused in providing services to the banking industry in Spain and Latin 

America. Marcos is also the only Spanish member of the Supervisory Board of Triodos 

Bank NV, the world leading bank in sustainable and ethical banking, that was awarded the Financial Times 

prize 2009 as the most sustainable bank in the world. He has published articles and books on his areas of expertise. 

Marcos is currently professor of Business Administration at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. 

Bachelor in Economics, Universitat de Barcelona, he also got postgraduate degrees in Business Administration, 

Universidad Politécnica de Madrids and IT and Business Management, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. 

In 2000, Marcos got his PhD in Business Administration, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya with a Thesis 

on the profitability of intangible investments, specially focused in Training and HR investment in large corporations. 

He has written many articles and essays in both Spanish and foreign publications on organization, management 

and the economy of training and development. He has leaded organizational and financial consulting 

international projects for large banks and corporations. 

In the past, Marcos had been an executive in international banks and consulting firms both in Spain and 

abroad. He had been a professor in organization and finance in several schools such as Les Heures–Universitat 

de Barcelona, Idec–Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Escola Superior de Comerç Internacional–Universitat 

Pompeu Fabra. 


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Charles Elazar - Sales Engineer, Manager for Latin America and Manager for South East Asia, GE Energy 

Charles attended the Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada and graduated with a B.S. 

Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1980. He then joined GE’s GEDP Program and had 

assignments with GE Energy in different departments related to Hydro Turbine. Charles 

obtained a diploma in Management from McGill University in Montreal Canada in 1982. From 1980 to 1989, he 

worked in Engineering, holding different position from development to design, before moving in 1989 to International 

sales. 

Charles held positions as Sales Engineer, Manager for Latin America, Manager for South East Asia including an assignment 

for 3 years in Asia (Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia) covering North and South Asia. 

In 2000, Charles became the E-Business leader for GE Hydro, before moving to Europe in early 2001 for GE Industrial. 

In Europe, he managed the International Business. In 2003, he led the Utilities and Key Accounts and in June 

2004 he began leading the Industrial Channel (Vertical Markets, Projects) for Consumer & Industrial – Europe. In 

2006 he took responsibility for Southern Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and North Africa), for all industrial 

products. 

In 2009, he took responsibility for Marketing and Strategic accounts for Europe, Middle East and Africa. 

Ana Estenssoro - Social Business Program Coordinator, Ashoka 

Currently coordinates Social Business Program for Southern Cone, she is involved 

with Ashoka since 5 years ago, articulating key actors and creating critical tools to 

develop Social Enterprises. In 2008 she organized the first round Social Inventors’ 

Round Table in Argentina. Worked launching Hybrid Value Chain concept in Argentina 

and had a key person launching this initiative in Brazil. She is Executive Director of Inclusive Business 

Center – Torcuato Di Tella University. Transforming ideas into ventures was her passion during 15 years, 

when she decided to transfer her experience and knowledge in business to the civil society, first in Fundapaz 

and afterwards in HelpArgentina. Formed in Economy in UCA (Universidad Católica Argentina) and 

updated her studies at IAE Business School. 



Ignasi Fainé De Garriga – CSR Director, Agbar 

Ignasi Fainé De Garriga is 32 years and of Spanish origin. He obtained a Degree in Business Administration 

in 2000 and was a Sufficiency researcher at the University of Barcelona 2003. He completed his MBA in 

2006 at IESE. 

Ignasi has developed his professional career in Agbar: first in a finance position and later in the strategy 

area, always in relation with CSR. 

Ignasi has been in charge of Agbar´s corporate reputation as the Deputy Director of institutional relations 

and corporate reputation. At present, he is the CSR director. He is member of the executive committee of 

Global Compact Spanish network and Foro de Reputación Corporativa. He is also member of the CSR committee 

of Fundación Carolina, 22@network, Foment del treball, Global ecoforum, Colegio de censores jurados 

y cuentas de Cataluña, Asociación Española de empresas de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento (AEAS). 

Joel Feldschuh – CEO, Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises 

Joel Feldschuh is currently Chief Executive of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprise Limited. 

From 2000 to 2003 he was CEO of Ganden Technology. From 1996 to 2000, 

CEO of El Al Israeli Airlines. Prior to them, CEO of Champion Motors (VW Group import 

ship in Israel). 

Pedro Fernandez – Regulatory Affairs Manager, BAT 

Pedro Fernandez was born on January 23rd 1975 in Madrid. He studied Business Management & Administration 

in ICADE (1998) and has a Master in Marketing and Commercial Management from ESIC (2000). 

After graduating from university he joined BP Oil España in a summer internship in 1998. He actively participated 

in the coordination of several corporate projects. He managed relationships with insurance companies 

and looked after cash optimization and forecast in Finance department. He moved to BP Gas España 

in 2000, leading customer management and invoicing set up in the creation of the natural Gas commercialiser 

of BP in Spain. He later took care of relations with the network & market operators (REE & OMEL) 

related to the pilot power commercialiser created as a complement for the Gas core business. 

In 2005 he moved back to BP Oil España as Business Development Manager where he led the bio fuels 

implementation for BP in Spain, representing the company in Sector Associations and liaising with EU and 

Spanish Governments in the development of National Renewable Energy Plan and related regulation. In 

2010 he was appointed Press officer & Regulatory Affairs Manager BP Oil Spain. 

In June 2010, he joined British American Tobacco (BAT) as Regulatory Affairs Manager for Iberia, leading 

BAT regulatory engagement for Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands and Andorra’s tobacco market. 

Pedro is married and has three daughters. He loves opera and classical music, is an amateur photographer, 

has a passion for airplanes, is a keen scuba diver and enjoys surfing the sky with his telescope. 


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Orlando Ferreira – Chairman, Committee of Executive Directors, IIC 

Mr. Orlando Ferreira manages the corporate strategy, development effectiveness 

and information technology areas. He joined the IIC in 2006 from the World Bank, 

where he worked as a consultant, and the Inter-American Development Bank, 

where he served in a variety of positions including Executive Director and Chairman 

of the Committee of Executive Directors of the IIC. He joined the IDB after 17 years of experience in Paraguay’s 

construction and financial sectors, and 8 as professor of management and capital markets at Universidad 

Nacional de Asunción (UNA). 

Mr. Ferreira completed his undergraduate studies in economics at UNA. He earned an MA from Universidad 

de Santiago de Chile. He holds graduate certificates in Economics and Business and an MS in Finance 

from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. 

Ramón Folch Soler – Director Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, ISS Facility Services 

Ramon has been the director of corporate social responsibility at ISS since April 

2007. He is also Director of the Fundación Una Sonrisa Más and Vice President of 

the Federation of Special Employment Centers of Ontario. Institutional Representative 

Gelim EEC, SA (Six special employment centers in Spain). From 2005 to March 

2007 he was Manager of the Major Accounts Division services in Catalonia. From 2003 to December 2004 

he was the Manager of the Commercial Cleaning Division in Catalonia. From 2001 to December 2002 he 

was Director of Quality, Education & Prevention. From September 1999 to December 2000 he was Manager 

of the Division of Hospitals in Catalonia. In June 1999, ISS Group bought Neca. Between January 

1996 and June 1999 he represented NECA Group in Catalunya. Between February 1983 and December 

1995 he worked as Production Manager responsible for purchasing for the NECA Group. In 1983 Group 

NECA, NECA Group, SA a cleaning company was formed, out of two companies: Neca, SA and the Special 

Employment Center Gelim, SA. From 1978-1982 Ramon was Technical Director Polígons Company, a 

subsidiary of Union Bank(50%) and General Mediterranean Foundation (50%) a company dedicated to the 

promotion of residential buildings, housing estates and industrial estates. 



Prof. Joan Fontrodona – IESE Business School 

Joan Fontrodona is Associate Professor and Head of the Business Ethics Department 

at IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain) and Academic Director of IESE’s 

Center for Business in Society. He holds an MBA and a doctorate in Philosophy. 

He has been Visiting Professor at Francisco Marroquín University (Guatemala) and 

at McCallum Graduate School of Business (Bentley College), Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School, 

and Visiting Scholar at the Center for Business Ethics (Bentley College). He is Chairman of EBEN-Spain (the 

Spanish Association of Economic and Management Ethics), Member of the Academic Board of the European 

Academy of Business in Society (EABIS), Associate Researcher of the Instituto Empresa y Humanismo 

(University of Navarra), Member of Forética, and former Member of the Executive Board of the Spanish Association 

of the Global Compact (ASEPAM). His main areas of research and teaching are business ethics, 

corporate social responsibility, ethical and anthropological foundations for management, and social and political 

trends in management. He is the author and co-author of several books and articles on these topics, 

as well as member of editorial boards and reviewer of several specialized journals in the field of business 

ethics and corporate social responsibility. 

Jeremie Fosse – Co-Founder and Partner, Ecodigma 

Jeremie Fosse is president and co-founder of eco-union, an environmental NGO, 

and director of the Global Eco Forum, an international multi-stakeholders conference 

about environmental sustainability and eco-innovation. He is also researching 

and teaching at the Social Innovation Institute of Esade Business School on Business 

& Society (Msc) and Global Context of Management (MBA) courses, having published recently the 

study “Business Going Green”. He is co-founder and partner of Ecodigma, a strategy consulting company 

on corporate sustainability. 


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Patricia R. Francis – Executive Director, International Trade Center 

Patricia R. Francis, an award-winning leader and business facilitator, joined the International 

Trade Centre as Executive Director in June 2006. 

ITC is a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization that 

enables small business export success in developing countries. It provides, with its 

partners, trade development solutions to the private sector, trade support institutions and policymakers. 

During her tenure at ITC she has implemented a change management strategy to build common values and 

strengthen key management functions. ITC has defined and restructured itself around five new business 

lines, and extensive consultation has led to a stronger Strategic Framework. 

Ms Francis comes to ITC from Jamaica Trade and Invest, where she served as President since 1995. She 

was also a member of Jamaica’s Cabinet Committee for Development. During her tenure Jamaica attracted 

more than US$ 5 billion in foreign direct investment. 

She served twice as President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. She has chaired 

Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s Caribbean Rim Investment Initiative as well as 

the China-Caribbean Business Council. 

She has received awards from the Washington D.C. based Caribbean-Central American 

Action Council and from the King of Spain for her leadership and support for investment and business advocacy. 

Anne Gaboury - President and Chief Executive Officer, Développement international Desjardins (DID) 

Anne Gaboury is President and Chief Executive Officer of Développement international 

Desjardins (DID). 

Founded 40 years ago, DID is a component of the Desjardins Group and provides 

support to financial institutions in numerous countries in Africa, Latin America, the 

Caribbean, Asia and Eastern and Central Europe. DID specializes in technical support and investment in 

the area of community finance. With over 100 employees of which 30 % are posted overseas, DID works 

in partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency, Gates Foundation, the Government of 

Quebec, the World Bank and other multilateral organizations. 

Before her current position as president and CEO, she had been in charge of the development and management 

of DID’s instrumentation. She has contributed to the documentation of DID’s operating methods and to the refining 

of the institutional positions of the organization, thus facilitating the sharing of knowledge with DID partners. 

Anne Gaboury holds a Master’s degree in psychology and a Master’s degree in Business Administration 

(MBA) degree. Since 2009, she also is a chartered director (administrateur de société certifié). 

In addition to her responsibilities as DID’s President and CEO, she chairs the Institut québécois des hautes études 

internationales of Laval University. She has been a board member of the Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) and 

chaired the Development Committee of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) for 

the last four years. 



Eloy B. Garcia – Professor of Finance and Strategy, IE Business School 

On 2007, Eloy Garcia retired from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in 

Washington. His last position there was that of Treasurer of the institution which he 

occupied during the last seven years. He joined the IDB on 1971 as an Operations 

Officer and assumed different roles during the 26 years he stayed in the institution as Bank’s Representative 

in UK, Advisor to the Finance Manager and Chief of the Cashier’s Division, between others, and in May 

2000 he was appointed Treasurer of the IDB. 

In addition to his duties at the Inter-American Development Bank, Mr. Garcia taught, and continues to 

teach, graduate students for the past 25 years. He is a professor of International Finance Markets and Development 

Finance and Banking at American University in Washington, D.C., and of Financial Management 

and Fixed Income at the Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University. He is an occasional professorial 

lecturer of Fixed Income Management at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. 

He has been a visiting professor at the Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School in Madrid, Spain since 

2006. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Cass Business School at the City University 

in London from 200 to 2009 and currently is a member of its MBA program Board. He is a member of the 

Faculty Board of the Institute for Financial Inclusion of Acción International in Washington, D.C. and one of 

the founding members of Financieros Sin Fronteras IE Students Association. 

Patrick Klaus Gasser – Head of FSR unit, UEFA 

Patrick Gasser heads UEFA’s Football and Social Responsibility (FSR) Unit. He 

joined UEFA in 1999, when he began working in the National Associations Division, 

supporting football development in Eastern Europe. 

Before coming to UEFA, Patrick worked for thirteen years at the International Committee 

of the Red Cross (ICRC), both in the field and in the Human Resources Department at the headquarters 

in Geneva. He worked in areas affected by conflict in Africa, Asia and Europe where he had a broad range 

of responsibilities that included directing relief and protection operations and managing media contacts. 

Patrick graduated from the School of Economics and Business Administration in Lucerne and later also 

earned a post-graduate degree in Human Resources. He obtained a certificate in Human Resources Management 

from the University of Geneva and a diploma in Sociology, Politics and Management of Sports from 

the University of Lausanne. He just graduated from a course in Advanced Studies in Corporate Social Responsibility 

at the University of Geneva, class of 2010. Patrick is married and has two children. 


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Vivian Gee – Head of Asia, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship 

Vivian Gee is Head of Asia at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, 

as well as Associate Director at the World Economic Forum. She is responsible 

for selecting leading social entrepreneurs in Asia, and identifying opportunities 

for them to engage with global decision makers. Vivian’s prior work experience 

includes product management and product marketing in the technology sector, as well as strategy and IT 

consulting. Vivian has also consulted for non-profits, social enterprises, and small/medium enterprises in 

South Africa, India, the United States, as well as Indonesia. During her time in Jakarta, Vivian spearheaded 

and customized a consulting program for local business owners. Vivian holds an MBA from INSEAD in addition 

to Bachelors and Masters degrees in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford 

University 

Ramon Giró – Director, Fundacion Seeliger y Conde 

Licenciado en Historia Contemporánea por la Universidad de Girona. Posgraduado 

en Cooperación al Desarrollo por CIDOB y en Resolución de Conflictos por 

la Cátedra UNESCO. Ha desarrollado su carrera profesional en el ámbito de la responsabilidad 

social corporativa, la inserción laboral y la diversidad. Trabajó en el 

departamento de Organización de Campañas en el Secretariado Internacional de Amnistía Internacional en 

Londres del 2000 al 2002. En el 2002 se incorporó como responsable de la política de Responsabilidad Social 

Corporativa del grupo Manpower, convirtiéndose posteriormente en responsable de su Fundación. En 

el 2006 fundó Diversity, empresa especializada en la consultoría estratégica en Diversidad y Discapacidad. 

En el 2009 se incorporó como director de la Fundación Seeliger y Conde aportando el proyecto Diversity a 

la compañía. 

Sobre la Fundación Seeliger y Conde: 

Fundación Seeliger y Conde se constituyó en febrero de 2009, con el fin de fomentar la integración laboral 

de personas con diversidad funcional promovida por Seeliger y Conde, empresa lider en españa, en 

busqueda de directivos y consutoria de recursos humanos. En noviembre del mismo año, se integra a la 

Fundación la consultoría Diversity, especializada en el asesoramiento empresarial en temas de discapacidad. 

A partir de ese momento, la Fundación desarrolla el programa Diversity, que aglutina todas sus actividades, 

con el objetivo de convertirnos en la consultoría de referencia para el mundo empresarial. 



Yvette Go - Investment Manager, SET Venture Partners 

Yvette is Investment Manager at SET Venture Partners B.V. Her focus is on companies 

in the areas of biomass, biofuels, waste-to-energy, energy efficiency, hydrogen 

and fuel cells. She serves on the Boards of O-Flexx Technologies GmbH and Photo- 

Solar A/S. 

Before joining SET Venture Partners, Yvette was the global Product Portfolio Manager of DSM Powder Coating 

Resins. She has worked with DSM, the multinational in Life Sciences and Materials, for over 8 years, 

during which she held various positions. As Key Account Manager for the Business Unit DSM Desotech, 

active in fiber optic coatings, she managed the commercial and technical customer interface for the Unit’s 

third largest global account, as well as mid-sized and smaller accounts in the Western European region. 

Preceding that, she was responsible for the procurement of a diverse package of chemicals and raw materials, 

ranging from bulk to highly specialized chemicals, as Senior Purchasing Officer at DSM’s central Purchasing 

department. 

In 2004, Yvette represented DSM on the Young Managers Team (Future Leaders Team) of the World Business 

Council for Sustainable Development. There she led the sub-team that focused on capacity building 

for and promotion of Sustainable Business in China. 

She started her career at Shell International Chemicals in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, as Research Associate 

for flexible polyurethanes. During the final years of her engineering studies, Yvette specialized in biotechnology 

and polymer science. During her studies, Yvette was tutor for a subject called “Chemistry and 

Society” where she instructed and supervised groups of students in their awareness pursuit of the societal 

and environmental implications of chemical industrial activity. 

Yvette holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Global Executive MBA program at IESE 

Business School, Spain and a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, 

The Netherlands. 


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Prof. Lauro Gonzalez – Head of Center for Microfinance Studies, FGV-EAESP 

Lauro Gonzalez is Professor of Finance at FGV-EAESP and head of the Center for 

Microfinance Studies at the same institution. He holds a PhD in Economics from 

FGV-EESP. He was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in 2004. He was also 

a fellow of the Microfinance Management Institute (MFMI) in 2005. His main research 

areas are Microfinance and Credit Markets. 

His recent projects include: Banking and Microfinance in Brazil, Sponsored by the Institute of Money, 

Technology and Financial Inclusion at University of California at Irvine (UCI-IMTFI)-2010-2011. Analysis 

of Branchless Banking in Brazil, Joint research with CGAP, Sponsored by CGAP/World Bank- 2010. IDRC 

Project: “The role of ICT based bank channels in improving microcredit: learning from the Brazilian experience 

Impact”, Sponsored by the International Development Research Centre-Canada- 2009-2010. Social 

capital and microenterprise credit: the case of the Community of Jaguare. 

His recent articles are: Challenges for Inclusive Finance Expansion: the case of Crediamigo, a Brazilian 

MFI, Academy of Management , 2011. Just accepted to be published at Management International. Sinergy 

between microinsurance and microcredit in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Risk and Insurance 

Ricardo Gravina - Co-Founder and Director of Sales and Public Relations, Aoka 

Ricardo holds a post-graduate degree in Marketing and has developed his expertise 

through extensive sales experience in the for-profit sector. He has a profound love 

for travel, which has led him to explore many countries such as Bolivia, France, 

Italy, New Zealand, Turkey, the United States, Uruguay, and South Africa. In his 

travels, he always sought to understand the local reality and its similarities and differences compared to his 

own culture. Ricardo’s window into the varied issues and challenges of these places left him restless with an 

aspiration to create something that would really make a difference in people’s lives. Combined with a strong 

inclination for entrepreneurship, he spent many years searching for an ideal and sustainable model that 

would calm his unrest. The conception of Aoka was the perfect union of all his wishes: to travel, to engage 

and to help. 



Tony Greenham – Head of Finance, New Economic Forum 

Tony Greenham is Head of Finance and Business at nef (the new economics foundation) 

where he runs the programme of research into financial sector reform and 

innovations in sustainable business. He brings to this role his varied experience as 

an investment banker, commercial accountant, small business proprietor and sustainability 

consultant. 

He is a member of the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund Advisory Panel as well as holding non-executive 

roles at Transition Network, the grassroots-led community response to climate change and peak oil, 

the Finance Lab, a joint finance system reform initiative by the World Wide Fund (WWF) and the Institute of 

Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and at Slow Food International, the global sustainable 

food movement. 

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, he worked in UK Equity Capital 

Markets, first with Barclays Bank and then with Credit Suisse, where he advised household names such 

as Sky, GlaxoSmithkline and Debenhams. Prior to joining nef, Tony was working with the Transition Towns 

movement. 

Vinay Gupta – Founder, Whipcar 

Vinay Gupta has been a digital media strategist and consultant working with brands such as Fleming Media, 

MySpace, Emap, Vue Entertainment and the Abu Dhabi Media Zone. Vinay holds an MBA from London 

Business School and has held senior travel management positions at American Express and AT&T. 


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Malcolm Hayday – CEO, Charity Bank 

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 a Board Member of INAISE, the International 

Association of Investors in the Social Economy, a global network of social investment institutions, having 

served as its President in 1997-2001. He was a Trustee of The Big Issue Foundation in 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 of 

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 was a member of the advisory group to the Small is Bankable report from the 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (1998); the advisory group to the Development Trusts Association on asset 

based development (1998-9); the SEEDA social capital fund study group (2000); and the working group 

on social investment in Scotland which led to the development of Social Investment Scotland. He was also 

a member of the Arts Council of England national steering group on new financial instruments. 



Jo Hill – Manager of Advantage Team, UnLtd 

Over the last 12 years, Jo has worked on a diversity of social change projects, 

managing national and international programmes at Save the Children, the new 

economics foundation, One World International and Make Your Mark. 

At UnLtd, Jo has worked in the Ventures team for two years, identifying ambitious social entrepreneurs and 

providing tailored support to help them develop their social ventures. 

Jo has also set up her own business called Open Gym which is a network of outdoor fitness groups and was 

a winner of the Open Ventures Challenge 2009. 

Catalina Hoffmann – Founder, Vitalia 

In 2004 Catalina Hoffmann opened the first Vitalia day centre in Madrid, based on 

her professional training and experience of working with the elderly and inspired by 

her realization that there was a growing need, in the geriatric sector, for day centres 

offering specialized care and treatment to senior citizens. 

Vitalia introduced a new system of individualized care and attention for older people, the Hoffmann Method. 

Developed by Catalina Hoffmann, the method analyzes the circumstances of each person, and tailors their 

needs to an intervention programme. The scientific copyright to the Hoffmann Method has been included 

in the Intellectual Property Register. The result is that today Vitalia has more than thirty franchises in Spain 

and is in process of internationalization. 

Catalina Hoffmann holds an Executive Development Program degree from IESE Business School, University 

of Navarra, has studied medicine at University of Navarra and is Occupational Therapist. She is member of 

the AMADE (Asociación Madrileña de Atención a la Dependencia), as well as member of the Consejo Editorial 

Grupo Senda and belongs to the Top Ten Consejeras Delegadas. 


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Carlos Hornstein – Founder and Managing Director, Global Play Foundation 

Carlos P. Hornstein holds a Master´s Degree in Industrial Engineering (1992 - Universitat 

Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) and a Masters in Business Administration 

(2005) from Goizueta Business School (Emory University, Atlanta USA). 

He works as Director of Business Development for the Executive Education Division at IESE Business 

School (Barcelona, Spain) and is responsible for the Latin American and African regions. He also manages 

the delivery of two top executive programs at CEO level and the relationship with the associated schools in 

both continents. 

Carlos P. Hornstein is Founder, President and Managing Director of the Global Play Foundation, a non-profit 

organization dedicated to improve the quality of life of children in developing nations. He is also a Founding 

Member of Global Impact, a consulting company which aims primarily to inspire companies to introduce 

“corporate responsible” and “sustainable” practices in their organizations. He has worked with state-owned 

agencies such as Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (aecid) and Agència Catalana 

de Cooperació al Desenvolupament (ACCD) as well as private companies such as “laCaixa”, MRW, 

Puig, Reale Seguros and Renta Corporación. Thanks to the support of these entities and others and private 

individuals the organization has been able to construct four schools in Mali (Africa) giving access to more 

than 3,000 kids to a better education. 

In the past, he worked for more than ten years for Siemens Power Generation Group (Germany, Malaysia, 

USA) and for Lutron Electronics (Spain) as a Sales Director, and travelled to more than 50 countries in all 

five continents. 

He has extensive sales experience, speaks five languages fluently, and loves photography, sports and travel. 

He lives in Barcelona. 

Gijsbert Huijink – Som Energía 

Gijsbert Huijink started his professional career as an entrepreneur in Romania, 

setting up and managing a variety of companies. Currently he is working as a professor 

of environmental economics and as a researcher on CSR at Universitat de 

Girona, Spain. One year ago he initiated, together with other professors and students, 

the set up of Som Energia sccl, the first renewable energy production and consumption cooperative 

of Spain. 



George Jagoe – Executive Vice President, MMV 

George Jagoe is the Executive Vice President for Global Access at Medicines for 

Malaria Venture (MMV), a position he has held since August 2008. In this role, he 

is responsible for leading the team that collaborates closely with MMV’s partners to 

assure that medicines co-developed by MMV can be accessed by and have maximum impact on patients 

who need them. 

Just before joining MMV, George worked with AstraZeneca Spain for two years in the sales and marketing 

of oncology and CNS products. Prior to that, he had been the first country director for the Clinton Foundation’s 

HIV/AIDS Initiative in Mozambique, where he helped coordinate that organization’s support for the 

first national scale up of ARV treatment. Before joining CHAI, his work experiences include healthcare consulting 

(Chapterhouse), health system management (Kaiser Permanente, Aetna International), and microfinance 

development (ACCION International). 

He holds an MBA from Kellogg and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University. He organized the 

1996 Students for Responsible Conference in Chicago while in his second year at Kellogg. 

James M. Jones – Manager of Global Development Program, Exxon Mobil Foundation 

Jim Jones is manager of global development programs for the Exxon Mobil Foundation. 

In this capacity, he oversees the ExxonMobil Malaria Initiative as well as the 

Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative. 

He is formerly Senior Vice President at APCO Worldwide’s Washington DC headquarters, where he counseled 

Fortune 500 companies on corporate citizenship and global health activities.Prior to work in the 

private sector, Jim served as Vice President of the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, DC, and as the 

founding Executive Vice President of The Vaccine Fund, now known as the GAVI Fund, initiated by the Bill 

& Melinda Gates Foundation. GAVI’s mission is to immunize all of the children in the world’s poorest 75 

countries. 

For a dozen years, Jim served in various capacities in the U.S. Congress, including director of communications 

and policy to Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts. During these years in public service, Jim became 

known as a strong proponent of increasing federal funding for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria prevention, 

research, treatment and care, and other global health causes. 

Jim attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and he holds graduate degrees from Oxford 

University. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Munich. A native New Yorker, Jim currently 

serves on the boards of a number of national and local non-profit organizations. 


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Jordi Juanós – Founder, Nueva Filantropía 

Jordi Juanós collaborates since 1989 in initiatives related to the conservation of the 

environment, environmental education, institutional strengthening of non-profits, 

promoting sustainable development, networking and social communication on both 

national and international platforms, specially focused on Latin-America and Mediterranean riverine countries. 

Since 1989 he has worked with the Lliga pera la Defensa del Patrimoni Natural, Fundación Global Nature, 

WWF International – Mediterranean Programme, Pangea Consultores S.L., Fundación Paraguaya and 

AVINA Foundation. He has been involved with AVINA for the past 10 years. Within AVINA he was deeply involved 

in the pursuit of opportunities in Europe for the Latin-American AVINA partners. He is also currently 

involved with them through the promotion of businesses in emerging economies and developing countries. 

More recently Jordi founded two non-profit social enterprises. The first, SocialWOM, aims to help build a 

consistent and effective communication strategy for SMEs and non-profit organizations that have a social 

focus. Through the second, Nueva Filantropía, Jordi is bringing BiDNetwork to Spain. 

All of these initiatives have been possible due to his accumulated experience as a Social Broker, acting as 

an informational hub between individuals and relevant organizations in the public, private and non-profits 

sectors. 

Oliver Karius – Partner, LGT 

Throughout his career, Oliver has focused on sustainable development, science, 

business and finance. He has strong connections to the for-profit and non-profit 

sustainable investment market in the US, EU, Africa and India. He is a partner at 

LGT Venture Philanthropy (www.lgt.com), one of Europe’s leading venture philanthropy investment organizations. 

He was Head of Research for Forma Futura, an independent asset management company focusing 

on contributing to a sustainable quality of life (www.formafutura.com). Before setting-up VPG, Oliver founded 

VantagePoint Global (www.vantagep.org) and served as Manager Research Services and Senior Sustainability 

Analyst at SAM Research for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). 



Shainoor Khoja – Director of Corporate Affairs, Roshan 

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 Bachelor’s of Physiotherapy, a Master’s in Health Management and a Postgraduate 

Certificate from Cambridge University. 

SILVIA M. WYCKOFF (King) – Director of Organizational Controls and Performance 

and Assistant to Employee Relations, Southern Company 

Silvia is currently Director of Organizational Controls and Performance and Assistant 

To the VP Employee Relations at Southern Company (USA). Her responsibilities 

include Enterprise Information Governance, SCS Records Management, and 

internal consulting in the area of organizational effectiveness, CSR and other, frontier corporate issues. In 

addition, Silvia is responsible for integrated business control processes and activities for SCS. Recently, she 

also served as Manager, Strategic Finance and Enterprise Risk where her responsibilities included leading 

the risk identification and alignment process across Southern Company’s operating companies, business 

and corporate functions. 

Before joining Southern Company, Silvia was Director of Global Strategy Deployment and Operations at Arthur 

Andersen and has previously served in several analytical, consulting and corporate planning capacities 

in the oil & gas and chemical industries. 

Silvia is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow (1987). She received her B.A. (1987) in Economics from Pitzer College, 

the Claremont Colleges, and her MBA (1990) from the Tepper School of Management at Carnegie 

Mellon University. In 2008, Silvia received the Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Management from the 

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. 

She is currently an affiliated researcher at the Center for Ethics Business and Economics Catholic University 

of Portugal, Lisbon and is also serving on the Board of Trustees of the Insurance and Risk Management 

Program at J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. 


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Emmanuel Lagarrigue - Vice-President Corporate Strategy & Development, Schneider Electric 

Emmanuel Lagarrigue is the Senior Vice-President Corporate Strategy & Development 

of Schneider Electric. Prior to his current assignment, he has spent 17 years 

working for Schneider Electric in several countries in Western Europe and in South 

America, holding leadership positions in sales, marketing and general management. Emmanuel graduated 

from IESE Business School, Barcelona and from ENSEEIHT, Toulouse. 

Mosun Layode – Executive Director, LEAP Africa 

Mosun Layode serves as the Executive Director of LEAP Africa, a non profit organization 

which is committed to developing dynamic, innovative and principled African 

leaders. LEAP offers leadership training programmes and executive coaching services 

for business owners, social entrepreneurs and youth. It is committed to equipping these critical stakeholders 

with the skills, tools and support that they require to serve as change agents. 



David Lehrer – President, Conatix 

David Lehrer is President of Conatix, an information provider and consultancy on sustainability finance and 

strategy based in Washington DC and Berlin. Conatix publishes research reports on the risks and opportunities 

environmental sector trends present for investors, asset managers and companies. Conatix also helps 

corporate social responsibility managers, foundations, philanthropists, social investors and others to maximize 

the impact of their sustainability investment. In 2011, Conatix was selected by Seedsummit London 

as one of the top 20 startups in Europe. 

Through Conatix and independently, Mr. Lehrer has advised clients including the Czech energy company 

CEZ, the World Bank, UNDP, UBS, Societe Generale, Publicis Groupe, Kaiser Permanente, America Online, 

Transparency International, Harvard University and the Prime Minister and Finance Minister of a European 

country. Mr. Lehrer has been visiting researcher or fellow of the central bank of Finland, Oxford University 

and other institutions, member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, associate member of the 

Club of Rome, and founder of a think tank fostering more effective use of science in policymaking. Mr. Lehrer 

perspectives on sustainability and his work on the use of science in business and policy have been featured 

in the Wall Street Journal, Morningstar, Global Finance, New York Times, Alliance Magazine, Chronicle 

of Higher Education, Foreign Policy and Australian national radio. He has taught courses on foreign aid, 

political economy and the philosophy of social science in Oxford and the Humboldt University Berlin. He 

completed the MPA, MBA and AB at Harvard. 

Steven Levecke, Investment Manager, Capricorn Venture Partners 

Steven Levecke is an Investment Manager at the Cleantech Fund of Capricorn 

Venuture Partners. Capricorn Venture Partners is a pan-European manager of venture 

capital funds seeking to invest in technology based growth companies. Currently 

Capricorn Venture Partners is investing out of its Capricorn Cleantech Fund and its Capricorn Healthtech 

Fund. 

The Cleantech Fund invests in European growth companies developing innovative breakthrough technologies 

in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, water purification and re-use, biobased material 

conversion and biorefinery platforms, clean air, climate change, green chemistry and advanced materials, 

materials recovery and recycling. The investment team of Capricorn is composed of experienced investment 

managers with deep technology expertise and a broad industrial experience. 

Steven holds masters degrees in Business Economics (Vlekho) and Financial Management (Vlerick). Steven 

worked as auditor and executive at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transaction Services’ team before joining Capricorn 

in 2007. 


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Yuting Lien - Talent Program Manager, Endeavor 

Yuting manages Talent Programs at Endeavor, helping High-Impact Entrepreneurs 

scale their businesses to create jobs and generate revenues in the emerging markets 

where they work. Prior to Endeavor, Yuting worked in Johannesburg, South 

Africa, on the start-up team that launched African Leadership Academy, a secondary school that draws students 

from across the continent. As a Princeton-in-Africa fellow, Yuting was the Academy’s first admissions 

officer. She developed the recruitment and selection strategy for the school’s inaugural class of students, 

and coordinated a team of admissions officers based in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Morocco. Upon returning 

to the US, she consulted for Ashoka, a nonprofit organization that supports social entrepreneurs 

around the world. Yuting graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in the Woodrow Wilson School of 

Public and International Affairs. 

Alfonso Lopez Rodriguez - Coffee and Cocoa Area, Nestlé Spain 

Alfonso has developed all his professional career in Nestlé, where he started to 

work in temporary employments from the summer of 1967, up to applying for a 

permanent job in 1969. The areas he has worked in Nestlé are Customers and 

Commercial services, Logistics, Conventional, refrigerated and frozen products distribution, Coffee Factories 

Production, Coffee Buyer for Nestle UK, and now he is the Coffee and Cocoa area for Nestle Spain, based 

in Esplugues de Llobregat. 



Tobias Lorenz – Founder and Managing Director, Glovico 

Tobias Lorenz (29) is founder and managing director of Glovico.org while also 

working part-time for the Hamburg Foundation of Business Ethics. Having studied 

business administration, linguistics and philosophy in Stuttgart, Bergen and 

INSEAD he has gained both the know-how of the social sector and the managing skills necessary to run a 

social business. In the course of his dissertation on market-based poverty reduction at the university of Witten/ 

Herdecke he has built the extensive network into developing countries which is crucial for Glovico. Before 

turning to the social business sector he has been with Daimler-Chrysler, a foundation working on digital 

inclusion and in technology consultancy. It is his mission to prove that social business can be harnessed to 

alleviate poverty. 

Jan Lübbering – Partnership Development, streetfootballworld 

Jan is passionate about the power of football as a catalyst for change. 

At streetfootballworld - a global network of 84 social organizations using football as 

a tool for social change - Jan is responsible for partnership development. His previous 

responsibilities included “20 Centres for 2010”, the Football for Hope Festival and UNITED – the Social 

Football Club (www.justunited.com). 

Together with relevant actors from the private, public and civic sector, streetfootballworld and its partners 

use the power of football to showcase how collaborative action works towards systemic change. 

Prior to streetfootballworld, Jan worked for Ashoka and researched in Social Entrepreneurship. 


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Kenneth Paul Marcus – Chairman, Karl Storz Endoscopy 

Kenneth Paul Marcus was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Following an apprenticeship 

in Europe, he embarked on a career in the Medical Devices industry and 

joined the family owned business, F C Marcus Group of Companies. As Chief Executive 

Officer of the company, it grew to one of the leading family businesses in the industry in South Africa. 

He is a Past Chairman and Co-Founder of the Aids Foundation of South Africa, a Past President of the Cape 

Town Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Founding Chairman of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. 

He is a member of the Board of Business and Arts South Africa. 

Kenneth is also a Past Chairman of the Young Presidents Organisation / World Presidents Organisation – 

Cape Town Chapter. 

Although a non-Rotarian, Kenneth was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship awarded by the Rotary Foundation 

of Rotary International and is a member of The Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce. 

He is a Founder Member of the South African Medical Devices Industry Association (SAMED), of which he 

is still a member. 

Kenneth is currently the Chairman of Karl Storz Endoscopy (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd and the Director of International 

Business Development for Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Pedro Marques – Editor, Diario de Noticias 

Pedro Marques, holds a Master degree in Political Science from the Universidade 

Nova in Portugal, and a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from 

the Universidade Nova in Portugal. 

During his academic career, he made a thesis about the Portuguese labors union (CGTP - Confederação 

Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses). Currently Pedro Marques is Editor in Diário de Notícias, the oldest 

Portuguese general newspaper. He specializes in social themes such as education, health care, poverty and 

new trends of population. 



Oscar Márquez Sánchez – General Manager, Itron 

Oscar Márquez is the General Manager of Itron Spain, worldwide leader in Smart 

Metering and Smart Grid solutions. 

Managing the global business of Itron in Spain, Oscar’s team serves the global energy 

and water industries, providing intelligent metering, data collection and utility 

software solutions, with the main purpose of empowering customers to make informed decisions about the 

distribution and use of energy and water. 

Oscar´s professional career has always been devoted to energy management and related services. He has 

occupied various business development and management roles at Schlumberger Ltd. and Dalkia, among 

others. 

Oscar graduated as an telecommunications engineer in Barcelona, and earned a degree from the Programa 

de Desarrollo Directivo at IESE in 2000. 

Neus Martínez Roldán – Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director, Nestle 

Neus joined Nestlé in 1988. During her career in the firm she has managed different 

Brands, and been the head of Nestlé’s Training Center in Spain and the Corporate 

Affairs department. She is currently the Corporate Communications & Public 

Affairs Director. Neus hold a degree in Economics and an MBA, both from ESADE. 


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Alejandro Mashad - Managing Director, Endeavor Argentina 

He is the Managing Director of Endeavor Argentina since 2004. Endeavor is a global organization that works 

in the transformation of the economies of emerging markets by identifying and supporting high impact entrepreneurs 

and developing the entrepreneurial environment. In Argentina Endeavor is one of the most important 

organizations of the third sector. 

Prior to joining Endeavor, Alejandro was a consultant in The Boston Consulting Group (Buenos Aires). He 

was responsible of the execution of projects in different industries in Argentina and Chile. Before that, he 

worked in Techint (one of the leading steel and construction companies in the world) as Project Manager in 

industrial projects. 

He is also an entrepreneur, and has started companies in the real state and apparel industries. 

He is invited as key-note speaker in many seminars and workshops related with entrepreneurship, and is a 

guest professor in businesses schools and universities. 

Alejandro holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, and an MBA from IESE. 

He is an Eisenhower Fellow. 

He is married and has two children 

Guadalupe de la Mata - Partner, Hub Madrid 

Guadalupe de la Mata is a microfinance expert with more than 13 years of experience. She has been holding 

senior management positions in International Development Institutions like the European Investment 

Fund, the European Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and 

acted as Board Member of various microfinance banks. 

Currently, she is the President of the Madrid Microfinance Club, Member of the Advisory Committee of Agora 

Microfinance Fund and co-founder of the CIFF Microfinance Lab. She is also a Partner at Hub Madrid, 

an incubator for social entrepreneurs, and lectures in a number of universities and business schools. 

José Mª Mateo – Country Representative for Spain, Cargill 

José Mª Mateo was born in Tarragona in 1960. He is married and he has 3 children. 

He has a degree in Business Administration and MBA from ESADE (Barcelona) 

and PDG from IESE (Madrid). José Mª Mateo began to work in Cargill Tarragona in 

1986 in the oilseeds business unit. 

Since this time he has taken on several positions in diverse areas within the company. He has also worked 

in countries such México, the United Kingdom, France and Holland. 

In 2007 he was named as Cargill Country Representative for Spain and Portugal, which involves the different 

business units which operate in both countries. At the same time, he is the General Manager of Cargill 

sweeteners and starches business unit, with head office in Martorell (Barcelona). 



Peter Materu – Lead Educaiton Specialist, World Bank 

Peter Materu is a Lead Education Specialist at the World Bank where he has been 

since 2000. 

He is currently the Program Leader for tertiary education in the Africa Region of the 

World Bank and also serves as education Cluster Leader for a group of 15 countries in West Africa. Prior to 

joining the World Bank, Mr. Materu pursued an academic career at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 

He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Tanzania and author of numerous 

publications in education and engineering. 

Assad Matuk Safi M.D - General Manager of the Department of Market Access for Spain and Portugal, 

Johnson & Johnson Medical 

After working as a doctor for several years, Assaad decides to explore the business 

field and the sanitary politics. For this reason he decides to travel to Sydney, Australia, 

in 1998 and completes his MBA degree which he complements with studies 

in Health Management and Health Economy. After the MBA and having worked in Australia in the management 

of sanitary services he travels to Latin America to work with Johnson & Johnson Medical, where he 

occupies different positions in Sales and Marketing management. He leads the Health services administration 

program in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. In 2007 he starts leading the business expansion 

of vascular interventionism in Europe, Middle East and Africa. During the next 3 years, he has the 

opportunity to get to know better the needs, synergies and differences of the emerging markets of Middle 

East and Africa. In 2010 he starts leading the implementation of the recently created department of Market 

Access for Spain and Portugal where he is currently the General Manager. 

During all his professional experience in the different continents, Assaad has shown a deep interest in the 

Social Responsibility field, leading and participating in J&J’s Corporate Social Responsibility projects. 

As a complement to his graduate studies, Assaad has carried out graduate studies in Organizational Development 

and Leadership in Harvard Business School (2009-2010) and Institutional Relationships and Sanitary 

policies in the Instituto de Empresa en Madrid (2010-2011). 

Married for 10 years now with Carolina, he has a daughter, Hanna, one and a half year-old, to whom it dedicates 

a lot of his time. 

He is also a big fan of the physical training dedicating 2 hours to physical training to compete in Marathons 

and Triathlons. 


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Tim Mohin – Director CSR, Advanced Medical Devices 

Prior to joining AMD as the Director of Corporate Responsibility in December 2009, Tim Mohin was a Principal 

Consultant and Team Leader for EORM’s sustainability and corporate social responsibility practice, 

where he advised senior executives at Fortune 500 companies. He currently serves on the board of directors 

of Net Impact, an international nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire, educate, and equip individuals 

to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world. 

Previously, Mr. Mohin led Apple’s Supplier Responsibility program, in which role he initiated the company’s 

world-class social and environmental responsibility program. 

He also had a 12-year career with Intel Corporation where he held the positions of Director of Sustainable 

Development, Director of Employee Communications, Corporate Environmental Manager, and Government 

Affairs Manager. Significant accomplishments include Intel’s highly successful design for the environment 

program and Project XL (Excellence and Leadership), a program designed to improve the environment with 

less bureaucracy. 

Before joining Intel, Mr. Mohin worked for ten years in the federal government with both the US Senate and 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

Tim Mohin holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental biology from the State University of New York and a 

masters degree in environmental management from Duke University. 

Bernhard Mohr, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital 

Bernhard Mohr joined the team in September 2006 as an investment manager. 

He has worked for BASF Group since 1996. His previous position was head of 

global strategic marketing for Performance Chemicals. He has had various roles in 

research, controlling and business development. 

Bernhard Mohr studied Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart, Germany and the University of Cincinnati, 

USA. 



Amy Mpungwe – Ambassador, Tanzania’s High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa, Tanzanite One Ltd 

Ambassador Mpungwe became Tanzania’s first High Commissioner to the Republic 

of South Africa. Prior to that, he had also served as Personal Assistant to the President 

of the United Republic of Tanzania, Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary, 

Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service and Director of Africa and Middle East in the Tanzanian 

Foreign Ministry. In 1999, ambassador Mpungwe joined the private sector where he is largely involved in 

mining and tourism investments, through the London AIM listed Tanzanite One Ltd. He seats on a number 

of Boards, including: Malawi Sugar Ltd and National Bank of Commerce Ltd, among others. Ambassador 

Mpungwe is a holder of the “order of good hope: grand officer”, South Africa’s highest award granted to foreign 

citizens. 

Todd W. Onderdonk – Senior Energy Advisor, ExxonMobil 

Todd Onderdonk is a Senior Energy Advisor in ExxonMobil’s Corporate Planning 

Department. In this capacity, he is responsible for assessing economic and energy 

trends, emerging energy technologies, and related market and public policy issues 

around the world. 

He is a principal contributor to ExxonMobil’s long-term global energy outlook, including the identification of 

potential implications for energy markets and the Corporation’s strategic plans. He is also active in communicating 

ExxonMobil’s view of the energy future -- including underlying fundamentals and related implications 

-- to a wide variety of audiences. 

Todd has worked in the energy industry for over 30 years in a wide variety of executive management and 

advisory positions involving business activities in the United States and around the world. He holds a B.S. 

in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and a M.B.A. in Finance from Indiana University. 

He and his wife have three boys and reside in Texas. 


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Thomas Osburg – Director Europe Corporate Affairs, Intel Corp 

Dr. Thomas Osburg is Director Europe - Corporate Affairs for Intel Corp., responsible for the Strategic Design 

and Implementation of Intel’s CSR programs in Europe. Thomas and his team are working closely with 

National Governments, Ministries, NGO’s, NPO´s and the European Union. 

Thomas holds a Ph. D. (Dr.rer.pol.) degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Leibniz 

University of Hannover (Germany). After his graduation, he held several Management positions in the area 

of International Management and Marketing, CSR, Education and Research at Texas Instruments, Autodesk 

and Intel, living in France, the U.S. and Germany. Until 2005, Thomas was Director Education at Texas Instruments 

for the Pacific Markets and thus managing the expansion of CSR and Educational programs into 

China, Korea, Japan, Australia and South America. 

In January 2009, Thomas got elected as Speaker for the influential German CSR Organization “UPJ”, since 

November 2009 he is also Research Fellow of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, lead by Prof. Dr. André 

Habisch at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is engaged in several committees and elected 

member of boards, such as foundations and Public Private Partnerships and a reviewer of Scientific Papers, 

i.e. for the European Marketing Academy, on Management, Marketing and CSR topics. 

Jean-Pierre Paccaud – Business Development, DNDi 

Jean-Pierre Paccaud is a member of the executive team of DNDi since 2007. He is 

responsible for the business development activities of the foundation, including opportunity 

identification, contract structure and negotiations, IP and alliance management. 

In 2002, he founded and led Athelas SA, a startup company active in the field of anti-bacterial drug discovery, 

until its merger with Merlion Pharmaceuticals in 2006. 

Before taking on entrepreneurial challenges in industry, Dr. Paccaud spent more than 18 years in academia, 

working in immunology, diabetes, and cell biology, and was tenured at the University of Geneva 

School of Medicine. 

Trained as a molecular and cellular biologist, Jean-Pierre Paccaud completed his post-doctoral studies at 

the University of California at Berkeley, and earned his PhD at the University of Geneva School of Medicine. 



Martin Pan – Discovery Medicine, Glaxo Smith Kline R&D 

Martin Pan trained as physician and medical specialist in Clinical Pharmacology in 

Spain and has held several positions in Big Pharma in early clinical development 

in Denmark, Sweden and the UK, in Neurodegeneration, Psychiatry and Infectious 

Diseases, with a special interest in translational science. 

Currently is working in non-profit drug development for neglected diseases (malaria, tuberculosis and kinetoplastids) 

at Glaxo Smith Kline R&D under public-private partnerships with Medicines for Malaria Venture 

(MMV), Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (GATB) and Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative 

(DNDi). 

Of particular note, he is the coordinator of an Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) project in Tuberculosis that 

offers a unique opportunity to create a European and world-wide strategy to overcome a key bottleneck in 

the development of new regimens of anti-TB drugs with the pooling and cross-fertilization of resources and 

expertise in the public and private sectors. 

Alfredo Pastor – Professor and Banco Sabadell Chair of Emerging Markets, IESE Business School 

Professor Alfredo Pastor holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology, is D.Sc. Economics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and 

a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad de Barcelona. 

Professor Alfredo Pastor teaches in the Department of Economics and holds the Banco Sabadell Chair of 

Emerging Markets at IESE. His areas of specialization include the European Union, Spanish economic policy, 

the role of the state in a market economy and the Chinese economy. Currently he is member of the Board of 

Sol Melia, Copcisa and Banc Sabadell Inversions. 

Prior to joining the faculty he was the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance of Spain, and 

held other positions in different organizations, from the World Bank to the Instituto Nacional de Industria. 


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Joana Pérez Martorell – Regional Head, UNICEF Comité Autonómico de Catalunya 

Joana Pérez Martorell heads the operations of UNICEF in Catalonia, based in its 

Barcelona office. Since 2006 she has also managed UNICEF´s partnership with 

Barcelona Football Club. In this partnership role she holds responsibility for leveraging 

synergies between the Club and UNICEF´s interests in funding crucial development projects, awareness-raising 

and advocacy. She is also a member of UNICEF global Sports for Development strategic group. 

Prior to joining UNICEF, Joana oversaw the creation and subsequent growth of the NGO Enlighten, while 

based in Hong Kong. Enlighten focuses on supporting individuals and families affected by epilepsy, through 

the implementation of awareness and education campaigns. 

Joana has also worked in Latin America-focused policy advisory department of the United Nations Development 

Program, principally in New York and also in Guatemala City. She began her career in the advertising 

sector with the Bravo Group in New York, the Hispanic market division of the global advertising agency 

Young & Rubicam. 

Joana graduated from Hong Kong University (Masters, International Relations), Colombia University (BA, 

Economics) and Eina School of Design (Degree, Graphic Design) 

Orni Petruschka – CoriolisWind 

Orni Petruschka is a high-tech and clean-tech entrepreneur, as well as a social entrepreneur 

and philanthropist. He was co-founder and CEO of successful Israeli technology 

companies in the field of telecom infrastructure, including Chromatis Networks 

which was acquired in May 2000 for $4.75 billion. Since 2005 he operates in the alternative energy field, and 

co-founded Pythagoras Solar, where he serves as Chairman. 

Orni spends most of his time in social activities and philanthropy. He is the co-founder and Chairman of 

“Round-up” in Israel, a nonprofit organization which encourages micro-donations, based on rounding up of 

credit card transactions. He is also co-Chairman of The Abraham Fund Initiatives, which promotes equality 

and co-existence among Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens, and co-founder of “The People’s Voice” and “Blue- 

White Future”, two initiatives which work to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution. 



Ignacio Pons - Marketing Director, Ecoveritas S.A 

Ignacio Pons Marketing Director of Ecoveritas, S.A. He holds a Bachelor degree in 

law and an MBA from ESADE Business School. He worked for over 8 years as a 

lawyer, before he decided to join Ecoveritas in 2004. Currently he is in charge of the 

Marketing Department and responsible of spreading the brand identity. Ecoveritas is a chain of supermarkets 

leader in the Spanish organic food sector. Among its range of products there are Fair Trade labelled as 

well as products from locally farmers traded in an equality base. 

Prof. Maria Prandi – Escuela de Cultura de Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona 

Maria Prandi is a researcher and a professor in the Program of Human Rights at the Escuela 

de Cultura de Paz of the Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona and responsible for 

the Business and Human Rights research line. She is also a research assistant at the 

Institute for Social Innovation at ESADE. She has worked in the Human Rights sector through her involvement in 

different bodies within the United Nations in Geneva. She has an MS in International Relationships from Universidad 

Autónoma of Barcelona and is currently developing her research about the role of the private sector related 

to the three axes of work of United Nations: Human Rights, development and peace building. She has written 

several books, “Guía práctica de derechos humanos para empresas” (2006), “¿Pueden las empresas contribuir 

a los ODM? Claves para comprender y actuar”(2009) and “Practical Handbook on Business and Human Rights 

“(2009), to name a few. She is the co-author of the book “Justicia Transicional y Derechos Humanos: gestionando 

el pasado” (2010). She colaborates from its first edition with the annual publication “Alerta! Informe sobre 

conflictos, derechos humanos y construcción de paz”, which is published since 2002. 


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Cliff Prior - Chief Executive, UnLtd - UK Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs 

UnLtd’s mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform 

the world in which they live: we call these people social entrepreneurs. This 

year, UnLtd will support 1,300 people with cash, coaching and networking, creating 

the world’s largest and most diverse group of social entrepreneurs. UnLtd is the creative force behind Un- 

LtdWorld.com the online community for social leaders, the Advantage pioneering investment readiness and 

brokerage service in the social sector, the SHINE unconference, as well as the groundbreaking Live UnLtd 

for young social entrepreneurs. UnLtd has replicated in the Republic of Ireland, India, South Africa, and 

Thailand, leading a global movement of grassroots social entrepreneurship. 

Cliff is also a member of the UK Government Third Sector Advisory Body, Comic Relief’s UK Grants 

Committee, the Clore Social Leadership Group, the FYSE young social entrepreneur scheme in Asia, and the 

Dept of Health Social Enterprise & Third Sector Taskforce. He has set up several organisations over the years 

such as Strutton Housing for people living with HIV in the 1980s through to more recent work on National Voices. 

Cliff joined UnLtd from mental health charity Rethink, where he was Chief Executive for over 8 years. Under 

his leadership, Rethink grew to become the UK’s largest and most influential charity in mental health. Rethink 

is both a membership based advocacy organisation and a social enterprise delivering over £40m pa in 

health and social care services under contract. 

Cliff previously worked in social housing, community care, criminal justice, and health policy and research 

fields. His previous non exec roles include the Healthcare Commission, Medicines Commission, NHS Modernisation 

Board, and the Long Term Conditions Alliance. 



Prof. Francesc Prior – Professor of Banking and Finance at Universitat Internacional 

de Catalunya and Research Associate at IESE Business School 

Francesc Prior Sanz has 15 years of international experience both in the financial 

services industry and in academia. As a development financial consultant he has 

undertaken numerous technical assistance projects for a vast number of donors 

worldwide (World Bank, Inter American Development Bank, European Investment 

Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and development, International Finance Corporation, Europe Aid, 

MCC, SIDA..), in Latin America, Maghreb, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the USA. Previously, as 

an executive within the banking industry (BBVA), he had managerial positions in electronic banking and remittances 

activities in Spain and Latin America; and a consultant in the financial consulting industry (Arthur 

Andersen & Co) in France, Spain, Israel, Portugal and Italy. 

In academia, Dr. Prior Sanz has extensive experience as a professor, in the development of Business and 

Finance programs and as a researcher. He currently serves as Professor of Banking and Finance at Universitat 

Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona) and as Research Associate at IESE Business School (Barcelona). 

From 2005 to 2008, he was Director of the Financial Inclusiveness Program at Florida International University 

(Miami). He has also taught banking and finance courses at Universities in various countries of Latin 

America, Asia and Africa. 

Santhosh Ramdoss - BRAC Uganda & Founder, ThinkChange India 

Santhosh Ramdoss currently works with BRAC USA, the US office of BRAC, the 

world’s largest development organization. In the last 2 years, Santhosh has acted 

as a key resource in helping BRAC scale-up its microfinance and micro-franchising 

initiatives in Uganda. BRAC Uganda is today the largest microfinance provider and NGO in the country, 

touching the lives of more than 1.8 million people. 

Santhosh is also one of the co-founders of ThinkChange India, a popular online platform tracking the field 

of social entrepreneurship in India. In 2007, Santhosh co-founded Profits for People which won the NYU 

Stern Social Venture Competition and today has been spun off as an independent social business, manufacturing 

compostable plates in Southern India. 

Santhosh holds a MBA from one of the top business schools in India and an MPA from NYU Wagner Graduate 

School of Public Service, where he was also a Catherine B. Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. 


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Nicolas Reis – Founder and CEO, Altruja 

Nicolas Reis, is the founder and CEO of Altruja.com. Altruja is focused on making 

highly efficient Online Fundraising tools available to Nonprofit Organizations. He 

started his first company, an event agency, while in high school. Nicolas studied 

at the Technical University of Munich and received his MBA from San Diego State University. Afterwards 

he worked in California at The Active Network, one of the most successful providers for online Registration 

software in the United States for nearly 3 years. Back in Munich, Germany he helped amiando.com to build 

up their Sport Events & Charity Division, before he started Altruja in March 2010. 

Arun Renuka Jayadev, Principal, Wellington Partners 

Arun is strengthening the cleantech team since November 2008. As a Principal, his 

primary task is to source and evaluate new deals and to support the current cleantech 

portfolio. An Indian native, Arun has exclusively focused on the cleantech industry 

in the last years. He has worked for Spanish S.I. Capital, a private equity firm investing in renewable energies, 

where he conducted extensive research on cleantech investments. Prior to this he has worked for a start up 

electric motorcycle company and also served as an advisor to an Australian Waste to Energy company. He has 

helped organize five clean technology forums across the world, e.g. the first industry-specific seminar in Spain, 

which brought together start-up companies, VCs and executives for the first time. 

Arun started his career as a consultant with Computer Associates on projects in India, the U.S. and various other 

locations. There, he has managed teams of up to 16 people. Arun holds a MBA from IESE Business School, 

Barcelona in 2008, where he took also the opportunity to study one term at UCLA Anderson School of Management, 

Los Angeles. In 2003, he finished a BE with a focus on computer science with distinction at the Rashtriya 

Vidhyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore. 



Alberto Ribera - Adjunct Professor, IESE Business School & Visiting Professor and Co-Director of 

the Executive MBA, Nile University (Cairo) 

Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Doctor in Medicine, 

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Specialist in Social and Preventive Medicine 

(Mental Health), Università di Roma La Sapienza. 

He joined IESE in 2003 after a 15-year career in development co-operation especially in Middle East, Africa, 

Southeast Asia and Caucasus. From1999 to 2003 he was Director General of the Euro Arab Management 

School (Granada), a joint project of the European Commission and the Arab League. 

He teaches leadership and self-leadership both at MBA and executive programs, and a course on Geopolitics 

for International Careers. He is the author of 9 books, and more than 30 case-studies. His interests are 

primarily: personality of managers and character development, the overlapping area between coaching and 

therapy, and positive leadership especially regarding the contribution of business to peace in Middle East 

and other conflict zones. 

He has delivered seminars and conferences in universities and companies of more than 30 different countries. 

He is currently a board member of the Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria (Rome), Institute for 

Interdisciplinary Studies (Zurich), Harambee Foundation (Nairobi) and other not-for-profit institutions. 

David Risher, WorldReader 

David Risher is the President and Co-Founder of Worldreader.org. Worldreader’s mission 

is to make digital books available to all in the developing world, enabling millions of 

people to improve their lives. The organization identifies schools, trains teachers, works 

with communities, and partners with publishers to bring millions of books to underserved children and families 

in the developing world. As a General Manager at Microsoft and later Amazon.com’s Senior Vice President of US 

Retail, David has been at the forefront of technology; as a Professor at the University of Washington’s Business 

School, President of Benjamin Franklin International School’s Board, and member of ESADE Business School’s 

International Advisory Board, he has been deeply involved in education at all levels. David holds a degree in 

Comparative Literature from Princeton University, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and speaks English, 

French, Spanish, and Catalan. 


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Paulo Rocha e Oliveira – Assistant Professor, IESE Business School 

Paulo Rocha e Oliveira is assistant professor in the Marketing Department of IESE 

Business School. He holds an A.B. in Mathematics from Princeton University and a 

Ph.D. in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

His main area of expertise is the management and marketing of services. His latest research focuses on the 

management of issues at the marketing and operations interface, which include the management of waiting 

time, service quality, customization strategies and dynamic pricing policies. 

Prof. Rocha e Oliveira’s research has been presented at international conferences such as Frontiers in Services, 

INFORMS and Marketing Science and has been accepted for publications in journals such as Manufacturing 

and Service Operations Management. 

Jean-Claude Rodriguez-Ferrara – Founder and Director, CAF 

Jean-Claude Rodriguez-Ferrara is founder and director of CAF, organization that develops 

the “Self Financed Communities Model” in Europe. He was chosen social entrepreneur 

of Ashoka in 2006 and was the winner of the World’s Creative Young Entrepreneur 

Award, CYEA, in 2007, as well as the European Best Microfinance Model in 2009. 

He studied World Economy and has a PhD in Microfinance and teaches in Universitat Ramon Llull and in several 

MBA programs. He has published the book “World Economy and Development”. 

Prof. Mike Rosenberg – IESE Business School 

Mike Rosenberg teaches long-term strategy, scenario planning and analysis of business 

problems in IESE’s executive education and full-time and Global Executive 

MBA programs. 

Mr. Rosenberg’s research is concerned with how long-term technological and socio-economic trends affect the 

business climate and he 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. 



Himanshu Sahasrabudhe – Manager, Roshan 

Currently on a break, Himanshu will be moving to Haiti in March 2011 as the Head of 

Commercial Analysis at Digicel. Prior to this he was with Roshan (Telecom Development 

Company Afghanistan) as Manager – Budget, Planning and Control for over one and 

half years. 

Himanshu spent over a decade in Singapore, first as a student and then as a professional, before moving to 

Afghanistan. He worked as a Consultant with Frost & Sullivan, specializing in the Information & Communication 

Technologies sector and advising clients in Asia Pacific. In 2007, he spent three months working as a volunteer 

in Guatemala on a sabbatical. He started his career as Systems Engineer working on Open Source systems with 

a Singaporean startup. 

Himanshu has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He 

is fluent in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati and understands Spanish. In his spare time, he likes to read, 

travel and play squash & badminton. He enjoys international cinema as well. 

Óscar Sánchez – Escola Emprendedor 

Oscar Sánchez is the founded and manager of Tech Sales Group, a provider of public 

relation services to SMEs. He has previous experience as the Managing Director of Lycos 

Bertelsmann until 2003, giving a significant contribution to the development of the 

internet in Spain. He has a MBA form ESADE and successfully completed management 

courses in IESE and Harvard Business School. Currently he works with Escola Emprenedors, a non-profit organization 

that promotes entrepreneurship and innovation among young students in Catalonia, Spain. 

Rafa Sanchís – Head of Dept of Fair Trade, Intermon Oxfam 

Rafa Sanchís is Head of the Department of Fair Trade in Intermón Oxfam. He holds a 

Bachelor degree in economics and an MBA from IESE Business School. After working 

for over 10 years in the private sector in consumer goods and advertisement, he decided 

to join Intermón Oxfam in 1994, starting up the Fair Trade Department. This department currently owns 46 

stores with €7,5M revenues, more than 50 employees and 500 volunteers. He is also a member of Oxfam Internacional, 

EFTA, WFTO and FLO Spain. 


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Filipe Santos – INSEAD 

Filipe Santos is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD. He is the director 

for the Maag International Centre for Entrepreneurship and the academic director of 

the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative. His research lies at the intersection of 

strategy, organization theory, and entrepreneurship. His current focus is the field of social entrepreneurship and 

social innovation. He is particularly interested in understanding the processes through which entrepreneurs construct 

new firms and markets. He is also interested in the growth and scaling up processes of new ventures in 

order to maximize economic and social impact. A related focus of research is on business model innovation. His 

research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization 

Science, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, as well as several book chapters. Professor Santos 

teaches courses on entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship in the INSEAD MBA, EMBA and Executive 

Education programmes. He is the Co-Director for INSEAD’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme – ISEP - a week 

long executive education course for social entrepreneurs offered twice a year in France and Singapore. 

A native of Portugal, Professor Santos holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford 

University, with a focus on entrepreneurship. He also holds an MSc. Degree in Industrial Strategy and Management 

from Lisbon Technical University, and an Economics degree from Lisbon New University. He was 

the recipient of the Lieberman Fellowship at Stanford University, an award recognizing outstanding scholarship 

and institutional contributions. He also received in 1996 the award for best MSc. student. His doctoral 

thesis “Constructing Markets and Shaping Boundaries: Entrepreneurial Action in Nascent Markets” was 

finalist for the Heizer 2004 Entrepreneurship Award. He received an Honourable Mention for Best Paper at 

the 2006 Strategic Management Society Conference and the 2008 IDEA award for Research Promise from 

the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division. He also won the 2008 award for Best Teacher in 

Elective Courses at the INSEAD GEMBA program. He was the finalist for the same award in 2009 and 2010 

and received the Deans’ commendation for excellence in MBA teaching in 2010. 



Sandra Schoenes – Founding Partner, Gybe Healthcare S.L. 

Prof. José Antonio Segarra – IESE Business School 

ybehealthcare 

Sandra co-founded Gybe Healthcare S.L. in July 2009. The start-up’s main product is Moviu, a web-based application 

for remote physical rehabilitation. Together with her brother and business partner Marc, Sandra manages 

the young company in all strategic and operational manners. Her specific focus lies on all medical aspects of the 

product and the clinical studies, as well as on sales, fund raising and HR. 

Sandra is an orthopedic surgeon with work experience in Brazil and Switzerland. After leaving the medical field, 

Sandra joined Executive Insight, a boutique Healthcare Consulting firm with a pan-European market focus and 

expertise in the areas of commercial strategy, operations and execution. After working a few years full time for 

Executive Insight and completing her MBA Sandra continued her collaboration with the company as a freelance 

Senior Consultant and executed several sales, marketing and portfolio management projects for multinational 

pharmaceutical companies. During summer of 2008, Sandra led the creation of the first emergency operation 

unit for Africa’s largest contact center. Sandra hold’s a medical doctor degree from the university of Zürich and 

an MBA degree from IESE University of Navarra. 

Ph.D. en Management, del IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra. Master 

en Business Administration del IESE, Universidad de Navarra e Ingeniero Industrial 

de la Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya. Sus principales áreas de interés son: 

los procesos de restructuración en pequeñas y medianas empresas, el gobierno en la empresa familiar, la 

industria de las telecomunicaciones, la orientación al mercado en negocios y organizaciones y el desarrollo 

de proyectos aplicados de inteligencia comercial. Actualmente es Profesor de Marketing en el IESE Business 

School, Universidad de Navarra. 


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Marcos Semmler - Venture Partner, Demeter Partners 

Marcos Semmler has sixteen years of banking and corporate finance experience, 

first in Investment Banking (Westlb and Hill Samuel Bank in London) and then in 

Private Equity (GED and Spirit PE). Since 2006, he has been Representative in 

Spain of DEMETER Partners, a 105 M€ European fund dedicated to environment and renewable energies 

and President of Spirit PE. Prior to DEMETER Partners, Mr Semmler was Managing Partner of GED Private 

Equity from 2000 to 2005, International Finance Director of AESA/ASTANO (SEPI Group) from 1997 

to 2000, Country Manager for Spain and Portugal of Hill Samuel Bank in London from 1995 to 1997 and 

Account Manager at Westlb Madrid office from 1992 to 1995. Mr Semmler holds a BBA from UCB and a 

Master degree from IE and a PDG from IESE. 

Paul Simon – Special Advisor to Lord Stanley Fink and Partner, Earth Capital Partners 

Paul Simon is a Special Adviser to Lord Stanley Fink and in this role focuses on impact 

investing and venture philanthropy. He is also a Partner with Earth Capital Partners, a 

sustainable asset manager. Paul has 12 years experience in investment banking and 

private equity with a particular focus on emerging markets and clean technologies and agriculture. 

Paul has been involved in a number of philanthropic climate schemes including managing a multi-year 

Gold Standard Voluntary Emission Reduction solar programme in Zambia installing micro photovoltaic 

systems in remote rural areas. He is the Executive Director of the Earth Capital Partners Foundation and a 

Trustee of the Ashden Awards. Paul has extensive experience from educational programmes in the UK and 

is a Governor and deputy chair at Burlington Danes Academy, an ARK academy. 

Paul holds a BA Hon in economics and history from Oxford University and an MSc with distinction in political 

economy from the London School of Economics. 



Michael Skapinker – Assistant Editor, Financial Times 

Michael Skapinker is an assistant editor of the Financial Times, a columnist and 

the editor of the FT’s special reports. He was born in South Africa in 1955 and was 

educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Cambridge 

University. 

He began his journalistic career in Greece, where he worked as a correspondent for CBS Radio News and 

Independent Radio News. He joined the FT in London in 1986 and has reported on many industries, including 

aerospace, electronics and tourism. From 2000 to 2005, he was the FT’s Management Editor. He 

was the editor of the Weekend FT from 2005 to 2007. 

He was a consultant on the BBC series The Secrets of Leadership, which was broadcast in 2003, and has 

addressed audiences on business topics in the US, Japan and Europe. 

In 2003, he received the Work Foundation Members’ Award for his contribution to the understanding of 

working life. He was named Columnist of the Year in the 2008 WorkWorld Media Awards. 

His column, on business and society, appears in the FT on Tuesdays. 

Dana Brice Smith - Co-Founder and Managing Director, Trestle Group Foundation 

Dana Brice Smith is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Trestle Group Foundation 

(TGF). Guided by the belief that entrepreneurship fuels the engine that 

drives economic opportunity, growth and social progress, TGF works to empower 

women entrepreneurs in emerging economies. Created by a dynamic team of entrepreneurs and international 

business professionals, and based upon a new model of philanthropy, TGF bridges the gap between 

emerging and developed economies by providing vital “human capital” support to high potential women-led 

SMEs. 

Prior to joining Trestle Group, Mr. Smith served as a strategic communications professional with 18 years of 

experience in political advocacy, public relations/awareness campaigns, governmental and media relations. 

Dana has served and worked with government and corporate leaders at the highest levels. He has developed 

and implemented award-winning corporate responsibility/citizenship and cause-related marketing 

initiatives. Dana has worked on behalf of a broad range of clients including nonprofit organizations, Fortune 

100 companies, and industry trade groups. As a Director within the overall Trestle Group, Dana supports 

corporate clients in the development and implementation of strategic communication and change management 

strategies. 


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Ricard Söderberg, Partner, Active Venture Partners 

Ricard is one of the founding partners of Active Venture Partners since its inception in 

2002. He is elemental in solving structural challenges, ensuring solid organisational 

stantards and assisting in the financial planning for our portfolio companies. He is 

currently on the board of European Telemedicine Clinic, Golden Gekko and Companía General de Inversiones. 

Prior to Active Venture Partners, in 1996, Ricard started his career within the fixed income markets for 

Credit Suisse in London and New York. He was covering all the main Central Banks globally as clients and 

later focused on the Scandinavian markets. In 1998, he was part of setting up the Merrill Lynch office in 

Barcelona heading the active portfolio management department and also involved in the fundraising of 

private equity funds from Spain and the US. In 2001 he joined the UBS Barcelona office as an Associate 

Director until he left to set up Active Venture Partners in 2002. 

Ricard was born in Sweden and has lived and worked in Sweden, England, United States, France, Gibraltar 

and Spain. He is fluent in Swedish, English, Spanish and French. Ricard graduated from the European 

Business School London in 1995. 

Matteo Tarchi – Senior Business Developer, GDF SUEZ Energia Italia 

Matteo Tarchi is Senior Business Developer at GDFSUEZ Energia Italia SpA. and 

head of renewable energies business development. He has been working as business 

developer or project director in M&A transaction in Gaz de France/GDFSUEZ 

since 2003. Previously he worked as business developer on large natural gas fuelled power plants for Mirant 

Inc (US). He is currently CEO or member of BoD of several renewable energy generation companies 

belonging to GDFSUEZ. And member of BoD of the National Experimental Research Center for fuels (Stazione 

Sperimentale Combustibili) 



Elia Tárrega - Managing Director, Sustainalytics Spain 

Elia Tárrega is Managing Director at Sustainalytics Spain. Elia joined the former 

Analistas Internacionales en Sostenibilidad, now Sustainalytics Spain in January 

2006. She has worked as an external advisor in the 

corporate social responsibility (CSR) area on projects for several consulting clients. Elia has also been an 

Equity Analyst at Société Générale Group in London, covering companies within the retail sector. Prior to 

that, Elia worked as an Associate at Social Accountability International (then called Council on Economic 

Priorities) in New York, analysing companies from the S&P 500 index, on social, governance and environmental 

issues for its Research Service for Investors. Elia Tárrega graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics and 

Business from the University of Navarra and is an MBA graduate from IESE. Elia is a member of the Spanish 

Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF) and has written publications and participated in conferences on 

CSR and SRI. 

Jean-Marc Thiébaut - Program Manager, Acting for Life 

After one year as a street educator in Lima, Peru, with homeless children and teenagers, 

Jean-Marc developed an interest for innovative and sustainable models in 

the service of development, thanks to an immersion in socially-oriented microcredit 

in Chile. In parallel to his M.B.A at the University of Ottawa, Canada, he coordinated a 3-month class on 

business communication for 120 students, with the help of 5 Teaching Assistants. 

Back in France in 2009, Jean-Marc joined Acting for Life, a French International Solidarity Organization, in 

order to co-design and start-up a program dedicated to support social entrepreneurs who put their talent in 

the service of the most vulnerable. As a Program Manager, he identified, counselled and monitored social 

ventures in Chile, Peru, Mexico and India; strengthened the organizations’ sustainability; and helped Red- 

Sol, a Mexican rural microinsurance initiative, reach finals at the Forum on Financial Solutions for Development, 

Paris, March 2010, hosted by the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Agence 

Française de Développement. 

Aged 27, Jean-Marc holds a Master’s degree from Audencia Nantes and an M.B.A. from the University of 

Ottawa. When not in the field, he plays the piano in Paris. 


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Juan Carlos Thomas - Country Director, TechnoServe Chile 

TechnoServe is a global NGO that empowers people in the developing world to build 

businesses that break the cycle of poverty. Juan Carlos Thomas started the Chilean 

branch of TechnoServe in 2007, which is developing alliances with the private and 

public sector to foster inclusive business and entrepreneurship in low-income communities. Before joining 

TechnoServe, Mr. Thomas worked for the corporate finance division of BankBoston in Chile. He has also 

lectured in finance and entrepreneurship and is member of the investment committee of the first private 

social investment fund in Chile. Mr. Thomas holds a MBA from INSEAD (France & Singapore) and a Business 

Administration Engineering degree from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez with exchange studies at Babson 

College (USA). 

Montserrat Tohà i Solé – Directora General, Fundació Institut de Reinserció Social 

Montserrat Tohà i Solé nace en Isona (Lleida) en 1956. Diplomada en Trabajo Social, 

máster en Desarrollo Organizacional y diplomada en Dirección de Empresas, 

se vincula desde bien joven con el tercer sector social. Gran parte de su carrera 

profesional la desarrolla en la Fundació Institut de Reinserció Social (IReS), donde ejerce de asistente social 

entre los años 1981 y 1991. A partir de entonces, ocupó los cargos de coordinadora de programas y directora 

técnica, y es directora general desde 1998. Del 2003 al 2009 es presidenta de l’Associació d’Entitats 

Catalanes d’Acció Social (ECAS), cargo que compatibiliza con la vicepresidencia de la Taula del tercer sector 

social de Catalunya entre los años 2003 y 2007. Durante todo este periodo participa como profesora y 

ponente de multiples cursos, conferencias y seminarios, de entre los cuales se destaca la ponencia en el 

X Congrés d’Empreses de Qualitat de Barcelona y la moderación y ponencia que realiza en el marco del I 

Congrés del Tercer Sector Social de Catalunya. Es profesora de l’Escola Universitària de Treball Social de 

Barcelona entre 1984 y 1991, y desde el año 1996 es miembro de la CEP- Conferènce Permanente Européene 

de Probation en representación de la Fundación IReS. 



Rut Turró - Rut Turró 

Rut Turró started her professional career as a designer in London.She has extensive 

experience in the world of fashion and social entrepreneurship in a variety of countries 

(e.g., India, Australia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Spain). Currently she works as a 

fashion consultant and is involved in two projects, one an Ecological design course on-line, the other involving 

specialized clothes for geriatrics and wheelchairs. 

Antonino Vaccaro - Assistant Professor of the Business Ethics Department, IESE Business School 

Antonino Vaccaro is an Assistant Professor of the Business Ethics Department at 

IESE Business School. He received a MSc. in Engineering (Politecnico of Milan), a 

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management (IST, Lisbon) and two Post Doctoral 

Research Fellowships respectively in Ethics and Technology Policy (Carnegie Mellon University) and in 

Information Ethics (University of Oxford). He is an expert of corporate transparency, corruption and fraud in 

organizations. Antonino Vaccaro has worked in consultancy and applied research projects for such companies 

as FIAT, Southern Company, Artsana Group, Tecnotre, Alcoa and Volkswagen. He is currently collaborating 

with the Portuguese Judiciary Police (Anti money laundering unit) and with the UN Global Compact 

on projects related to the prevention and identification of frauds in multinational companies. 


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Dolors Vallespí - AlterCompany 

Dolors has more than 20 years of experience boosting and leading projects and teams 

within the service sector in the field of communication with an international scope. 

I have trust in people, in communication, in the union of talents and in the potential 

of solidarity to improve our society. Challenges stimulate me. This is the reason I decided to join AlterCompany, 

where I have the opportunity to put together different objectives: To use my professional skills in order 

to create social change. 

AlterCompany is the result of a Social Entrepreneur that 11 years ago decided to demonstrate that it’s possible 

to generate social benefit being a successful and sustainable company. Our aim is to create innovative 

projects that benefit all the social stakeholders: Companies, NGO’s, public institutions and the whole 

society. We believe that a multistakeholder approach is essential to generate effective projects and that the 

promotion of social entrepreneurship has to play an essential role in our world economy. 

Jil van Eyle – Founder, Teaming.info 

Jil van Eyle was assistant coach of Frank Rijkaard, coach of F.C. Barcelona from 

2005 to 2008. Prior to F.C. Barcelona, he directed a variety of marketing and commercial 

activities. He has published several books such as “Teaming – Trabajar en 

equipo para un mundo mejor” (2007) and “40 horas en 90 minutos” (1998). 

Tim Vang – Co-Founder, MYC4 

Tim Vang simply could not, before October 2004, see “Africa” and “Entrepreneurship” 

as a natural element going hand in hand! Upon meeting his Co-founder of 

MYC4 Africa has grown tremendously on him and he is now very enthusiastic and 

dedicated to provide African entrepreneurs with the foundation to live out their full potential. 

Tim has experience from several start-ups. Tim possesses an extensive network and strong knowledge within 

Internet, disruptive technologies and international marketing. Tim is highly innovative yet builds realizable 

concepts. Tim has a Masters degree in International Marketing & Management and sits in several Boards 



Andrea Vigevani – General Manager, ICU 

Andrea graduated from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) in Engineering Management in 

2003, following an international exchange program with Ecole Nationale des Ponts 

et Chaussées in Paris. He then joined The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Paris 

(2003-2004) and in Milan (2005), where he worked for clients in the consumer goods, industrial equipments 

and finance sectors. In 2006, Andrea joined ICU (Italian NGO based in Rome) and is now its Secretary 

General (general manager). The ICU (about 4 M EUR/year turnover) is active in the field of international 

cooperation in developing countries (Latin America, Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa) and focuses 

mainly on agricultural development programs, vocational training and health services. It partners with local 

players in order to foster sustainability after its projects completion. In conflict or crisis areas ICU projects, 

which revolve around the agriculture sector, are aimed to enhance professional competence and business 

opportunities as a social mission of promoting reconciliation. Andrea also sits on the Board of Directors of 

Limmat Foundation (Zurich, CH). 

Sebastian Waldburg - Managing Partner, SI Capital 

Was born in 1967 in Germany, he is married and has two children. He holds a 

Bachelor of Arts in Politic Sciences, Philosophy and Economy by Oxford University 

(UK) and the University of Eichstätt (Germany). He also holds a Master in Social 

Anthropology by the University of London and an MBA from IESE. 

In 2004 co-founds SI CAPITAL. As CEO, he is respnsable for the development, commercialization and management 

of financial products specialised in Renewable Energies. He has also financially analysed and advised, 

several projects of: wind farms, hidraulic power stations, photovoltaic and thermoelectric fields, and 

biofuel manufacturers. 

He has also lead the investments in Solynova Energía S.A. and Enerstar Solar Thermal Project S.A. 

He has considerable experience in Corporate and Project Finance and Private Equity, having worked in 

these fields for more than 8 years. Currently he is a Member of the Board of Solynova Energía S.A, of Enerstar 

Solar Thermal Project S.A. and of Virgin Play SA.; a part from being member of the Spanish Institute of 

Financial Analysts. He speaks German, English and Spanish 


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Swift Wash – Represented by Jean-Marc Thiebaut from Acting for Life 

Swift Wash is an economic rehabilitation alternative for members of the commercial 

sexual exploitation market in India. The company, run by Arun Pandey, is being 

represented by Jean-Marc Thiebaut in the case competition. After one year as 

a street educator in Lima, Peru, with homeless children and teenagers, Jean-Marc developed an interest 

for innovative and sustainable models in the service of development, thanks to an immersion in sociallyoriented 

microcredit in Chile. In parallel to his M.B.A at the University of Ottawa, Canada, he coordinated a 

3-month class on business communication for 120 students, with the help of 5 Teaching Assistants. 

Back in France in 2009, Jean-Marc joined Acting for Life, a French International Solidarity Organization, in 

order to co-design and start-up a program dedicated to support social entrepreneurs who put their talent in 

the service of the most vulnerable. As a Program Manager, he identified, counselled and monitored social 

ventures in Chile, Peru, Mexico and India; strengthened the organizations’ sustainability; and helped Red- 

Sol, a Mexican rural microinsurance initiative, reach finals at the Forum on Financial Solutions for Development, 

Paris, March 2010, hosted by the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Agence 

Française de Développement. 

Aged 27, Jean-Marc holds a Master’s degree from Audencia Nantes and an M.B.A. from the University of 

Ottawa. When not in the field, he plays the piano in Paris. 

Tom Wright – Founder, Whipcar 

Tom Wright is an experienced entrepreneur, having developed and launched gurgle.com, a social network 

for pregnant women, and bookarmy.com, a book recommendation and review site. Tom has held a number 

of senior digital strategy and development roles during his career with companies such as BSkyB and Fleming 

Media. 



Tanja zu Waldeck – Founder, Netmoms.de 

Tanja zu Waldeck, who has the noble title of Princess and currently lives in Colon, 

developed a blog for mothers (www.netmoms.de) that has become one of the most 

visited pages by parents in Germany, with 22 million visits per year. She left her job 

as a consultant at McKinsey when her first child was born and started researching about the services offered 

by North American blogs. 

This innovative entrepreneur tries to solve the questions and concerns of mothers, and the blog is designed 

to facilitate intercommunication between mothers. 

Going forward, Princess Tanja zu Waldeck intends to work towards the improvements of education in 

schools. 

Antoni Pérez Francés – Delegate, Save the Children Catalunya 

Antoni Pérez Francés es Delegado de Save the Children de Catalunya desde junio 

del año 2010. Anteriormente ejerció de Asia Regional Emergencies Manager en 

Save the Children, en países como Sri Lanka, Thailadia, Filipinas y Myanmar. De 

2007 a 2009 fue Coordinador de Programas y, durante un periodo de 7 meses, fue coordinador de Programas 

de la parte administrativa y logística, siempre para Save the Children. 

Durante dos meses en 2006, con el Erasmus Mundus Research Fellowship, realizó investigación de campo 

en ONGs de acción humanitaria en Canadá. Fue voluntario en La Habana, Cuba, produciendo y promocionando 

actividades culturales. En 2004 participó en el Forum Universal de Culturas de Barcelona, organizando 

workshops con artesanos de India. 

En 2002 fue ayudante de coordinación en San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, con CAPISE, y también en 

Chiapas fue voluntario con Global Exchange. 

Se licenció en Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) en 1998. 

En 2006 realizó el NOHA European Master en Acción Humanitaria Internacional. Participó en el Erasmus 

Postgraduate Programme en Uppsala University de Suecia. Y en 2005 realizó cursos en el Instituto de 

Derechos Humanos Pedro Arrupe, en la Universidad de Deusto en Bilbao. 


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information and help Desk: 

general information 

If you need any help during the conference, please come to Registration in front of Aula Magna in North Campus 

or talk to any of our conference guides. 

Our conference guides are dressed in red conference polo shirts and are happy to answer all your questions. 

information hotline: +34 93 253 65 74 

If you have any questions during the conference, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you. The number 

is only valid during conference hours, Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Dress Code 

The dress code for the entire conference is business casual. You may want to dress more formally if you have interviews. 

The dress code for the gala dinner on Friday is business attire. 

Computers and internet access 

IESE Terminals 

There are a number of open computer terminals available for your use around the campus. You can initiate a 

session by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and by entering Username, Password and Domain. These informations are 

found on the plastified instructions distributed to each computer room. 

Please log out of the system once you are finished with your session. 

Your Personal Laptop or Mobile Device 

Alternatively, you can connect to the Internet through your own laptop or mobile device. To establish a session, 

simply search and connect to the wireless network named IESEWLAN. Start your internet browser, which should 

automatically take you to the IESE Wireless Page. If this is not the case, please manually enter the address: 

http://wireless.iese.org 

On this page please enter the following information: 

Username: WIRELESS 

Password: Guest.08 

We are ready to assist you if you have any questions or are experiencing difficulties using our systems. Please do 

not hesitate to approach any of the conference guides if you encounter any difficulties. 


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Vending Machines: 

There are several vending machines available in South Campus Student Lounge. You can get coffee, tea, water, 

juices and snacks. 

aTM/Cash Machine: 

In case you need cash, there are two ATMs, one located at North Campus next to Aula Magna and another at 

South Campus in front of the library. Please ask our conference guides for the exact location. 

food Service: 

Coffee breaks, lunches, and breakfast are provided during the conference and included in your conference ticket. 

Food will always be served in North Campus. Please refer to your schedule for the exact location and service 

hours. Note that food or drinks (water as the only exception) are not allowed in any of the sessions. Please finish 

your drinks before you enter any session. 


Taxis: 

• Autotaxi Mercedes Barcelona 

Tel: +34 933 070 707 

• Radio Taxi 033 

Tel: +34 933 033 033 

• Servi Taxi 

Tel: +34 933 300 300 

Exploring Barcelona 

Transportation and important Contacts 

Taxis can also be hailed on the street. A green light on the roof indicates that they are available for hire. However, 

only a few available taxis pass through the area of the IESE campus. 

Shuttle bus: 

The shuttle bus service will run between IESE and Plaça Catalunya. This is only for those who have registered 

online before the conference. If you did not do so and would like to use this service, please go to the registration 

desk to check availability. Also, please check your schedule for the departure times. Please be on time and show 

your conference pass when you board the bus. 

public Transportation: 

Bus 

The closest bus stop to the IESE campus is at the lower end of Avinguda Pearson, on the intersection with Avinguda 

d’Esplugues, as depicted in the map: 


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The following bus lines stop at the depicted bus stop: 

• Line 22 to Carretera d’Esplugues 

• Line 60 to Zona Universitaria 

• Line 63 to Sant Just 

• Line 64 to Pedralbes 

• Line 75 to Les Corts 

• Line 78 to Sant Joan Despí 

Metro 

The nearest metro stop to the IESE campus is Maria Cristina on line 3 (Green line-direction Zona Universitaria). 

Once there, take the exit “Capità Arenas” to the right. There is a bus stop across the road. There you can take line 

63, 75 or 78 that will take you to the bus stop depicted in the map. 

ferrocarril (regional train) 

The following lines will take you to the Sarrià station (20-minute walk to the IESE campus).• S1 Terrassa-Rambla 

• S1 Terrasa-Rambla 

• S2 Sabadell-Rambla 

• S5 Rubí 

• S55 Universitat Autónoma 

Another option is to exit at the reina elisenda station (15-minute walk to the IESE campus) of l6 reina elisenda. 

Directions: From both the Sarrià and Reina Elisenda stations, get onto Passeig de la Bonanova; move along that 

street westward (outbound of the city) until it turns into Carrer del Bisbe Català; continue on that street until a 

3-way intersection with Avinguda de Pedralbes; take the next right: Avinguda Pearson, IESE is at No. 21. 

Conference hotline 

+34 93 253 65 74 

ieSe business School 

Avenida Pearson, 21 

08034 Barcelona 

+34 93 253 42 00 (General Front Desk) 


universities Who have partnered with DgDW Since its inception 

universities 

Aalto University, School of Economics 

Bocconi University 

CEMS, Indian School of Business 

Cranfield University 

Dalhousie University 

École Polytechnique 

EDHEC Business School 

EOI Business School 

ESADE 

ESCP-EAP 

ESSEC 

Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki 

HEC 

Hult International Business School 

IE Business School 

IESE Business School 

IIIEE 

Imperial College London 

Indiana University 

INSEAD Business School 

International Institute for Industrial Environment 

Johan Cruyff Institute for Sport Studies 

Kampala International University 

Kaunas University of Technology, Swedbank 

KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences 

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 

London Business School 

Lucerne University 

Mannheim Business School 

Maseno University 

New York University 

Olin Business School 

Pinecrest School 

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University 

Ruhr University of Bochum 

Strathmore Business School 

Turku University of Applied Sciences 

Universidad de Nebrija 

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 

Universitat Pompeu Fabra 

Université de Bamako 

University of Birmingham 

University of Cambridge 

University of Exeter 

University of Geneva 

University of Ghana 

University of Leeds 

University of Manchester 

University of Mons 

University of Oxford 

University of Pennsylvania 

University of Peshawar 

University of South Carolina 

University of St. Gallen 

University of Texas 

UPC Barcelona 

VIT University 

Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School 

Willamette University 


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organizations 

Acción's Frontier Investments 

Acting for Life 

ActionAid 

AGBAR 

Allianz MicroInsurance 

AlterCompany 

Altruja 

AMD 

AOKA 

Ashoka 

Aster Capital 

Avancar 

AVINA 

BASF Venture Capital 

BAT 

BID 

Boston College 

BRAC USA 

Buusaa Gonofaa MFI 

Cargill 

Cesar Martinell & Associates 

Charity Bank 

Conatix 

CoriolisWind 

Creas 

CRESIB 

Demeter Partners 

Devex 

Diario de Noticias 

DID 

DNDi 

Earth Capital 

Eco Intelligent Growth 

Eco-Union 

EcoVeritas SA 

Endeavor 

Enertika 

ESADE 

Escola Emprenedors 

EVPA 

ExxonMobil 

Fiat 

Financial Times 

Fondazione Oltre 

Forbes 

Fundação Getúlio Vargas 

Fundación Global Play 


organizations present at DgDW 

Fundacion Once 

Fundación Seelinger & Conde 

Gaz de France 

GBSN 

GE Energy 

Global Movement for Children 

Glovico 

"GSK 

IMI" 

Harvard GBS 

IADB - IIC 

ICU – Istituto per la 

Cooperazione Universitaria 

IE 

INSEAD 

Intel 

Intermon Oxfam 

International Trade Centre 

IRES 

ISS 

Itron 

Johan Cruyff Foundation 

Johnson & Johnson 

Karl Storz 

KPMG 

La Caixa 

La Fageda 

Leap Africa 

LGT Venture Philanthropy 

Foundation 

Lloyds TSB 

McKinsey 

MicroBank, "la Caixa" Social Bank 

Moviu 

MYC4 

National Geographic Ventures 

Nesher 

Nestlé 

Netmoms 

OECD 

PAD Business School 

PAU 

Quimera Project 

Roshan 

Save the Children 

Schneider Electric 

Schwab Foundation 

Second Mile 

SET Venture Partners 

SI Capital 

Skoll Foundation 

Sofinnova Partners 

Sol Meliá 

Som Energía 

SostreCivic 

Southern Company 

Streetfootballworld.org 

Sustainalytics 

Syngenta 

TANZANITEONE 

Teaming Up 

Tecnoserve 

The Hub 

The New Economics Foundation 

Trestle Group 

Triodos Bank 

UEFA 

Unicef 

Unilever 

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona 

UnLtd 

Vitalia 

Wellington Partners 

Whipcar 

World Bank 

World Economic Forum 

WorldReader

Doing Good and Doing Well 2011 supports the following projects and social enterprises. 

futur 

The speakers of our conference are invited to a Gala Dinner on Friday at the Cosmo Caixa Science Museum. All 

the great food that they will taste is prepared and served by Fundació Futur, a social enterprise whose mission 

is the social integration of marginalized people. Check below to see why we have chosen Futur as our catering 

provider: 

When Futur decided to expand to the catering sector in 2001, they followed the three Futur tenets of ecological 

sustainability, fair trade and labor integration. Their catering service is committed to responsible consumption 

and is in line with the principles of the Slow Food movement, which emphasizes local food traditions and raises 

awareness of the impact of our food choices on the rest of the world. They use locally grown and organic products, 

biodegradable supplies and optimal waste management systems. They also adhere to safety and training protocols 

for employees as well as customers. 

la fageda 

During the coffee breaks at our conference you can enjoy the best yogurt in the world (at least that’s what we 

think!). These products were kindly ceded to us by La Fageda, a local producer. Check below to see why the 

DGDW team would like to promote La Fageda and why we suggest that you also support them by buying their 

products whenever you are in Cataluña. Further, you can know more about the project by talking to Josep 

Corbinos, who is one of the speakers at our conference. 

La Fageda is a non for profit social cooperative from Cataluña that was as its main objective to integrate in the 

workforce people from the local community (la Garrotxa) that have mental disabilities or severe mental illness. 

The cooperative embraces 210 people, including users and professionals. The productive activities are mainly 

agriculture and are developed at “la fageda d’en Jordà”, a farm and the social headquarter of this beautiful 

project. The activities related to the assistance of the users include Occupational Therapy Service, special 

apartments for the workers that need assistance and don’t have a home, and leisure activities to improve the life 

quality of the users. 

ireS – institut de reinserció Social 

projects Supported by DgDW 2011 

In the hall just outside of Aula Magna you will see panels displaying stories of some of the people whose lives IReS 

helped transform. There is more information below about this serious social project and if you want to explore 

more you can visit their website (http://www.apadrinafuturs.com/) and/or talk to Motserrat Tohà i Solé, also a 

speaker at our conference. 

IReS is a private foundation, set-up in 1969, that provides social care, psychological and educational facilities to 

marginalized groups of people who are at risk of social or economic difficulties including Family Violence, Gender 

and Social Inclusion, and Social Action in the judicial system. They study emerging social needs allowing them to 

introduce solutions, to assess the impact of new proposals and to contribute to new knowledge creation. Through 

their work, they help make visible the problems and social needs of the people they serve. 


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DgDW 2011 organizing Team 

We would like to thank the following people for their efforts. They have worked tirelessly over many months to ensure 

that this is an inspiring event for all participants and without them the 8th Annual Doing Good and Doing Well 

Conference would not have been possible. 

ieSe business School Conference organizing Team: 

Richa Pathak – Chairperson 

Ana Lucia Jeronimo – Co-chairperson 

Sean Peron – Marketing Team Lead 

Filipe Jeronimo – Controller 

Amandine Denys – Sponsorship 

Imke Stuurman – Logistical Team Lead 

Ana Raquel Santos – Cleanteach Seminar Team Lead 

Marisa Schwab – Social Entrepreneurship Workshop Team Lead 

Srihari Chakrarajan – Registration 

With major contributions from: 

José Rafael Alarilla 

Inés Alegre 

Trupthi A Narayan 

Raluca Apostoiu 

Gonzalo Arenas 

Begoña Batlle 

Joe Bello 

Maria Bercetche 

David Botha 

Javier Cabeza 

Qiao Cheung 

Donna Crowell 

Michael Dalalla 

Joshua Danielson 

María Dolores Pérez 

Nilli Donner 

Tarah Evans 

Patricia Fabbro 

Enrique Fernández 

Jaime Ferrer-Dalmau 

Adelaida Foxá Eymar 

Maria Francisca Ortega Arango 

Fernando Gago 

Almudena Gallo Martinez 

Natalie García 

Matias Gath 

Francesc Gomez-Landero 

Rosana Gutiérrez 

Stephanie Halphen 

Anna-Marie Harling 

Yariv Hauer 

Luis Herrera 

Sarah Howell 

Szymon Jankowski 

Henley Johnson 

Katja Juvonen 

Junichi Kagaya 

Gabriel Kaminsky 

Kotaro Kobayashi 

Jill Landerfeld 

Jonathan Lipnik 

Adele Madonia 

Enrico Magnani 

Julio Martínez 

Diego Mate 

Devika Mehta 

Abraham Meir 

Jenny Mikhareva 

Ivana Miljan 

Marina Moreno 

Carlos Moyano 

Christine Muller 

Borja Muñoz 

José Miguel Novo Sánchez 

Esther Olale 

Sergio Ostalé 

Ricard Pages 

Miquel de Paladella 

Maria Luisa Peña 

Gourav Poddar 

João Pola 

Ana Raquel Santos 

Oriol Renart 

Patricia Riopel 

Anna Sagales 

Jonathan Salomon 

Monica Scheffler 

Amy Schlein 

Marisa Schwab 

Christina Shin 

Hugh Sinclair 

Teresa Sisó 

Ricardo Soloeta 

Ewa Szymankiewicz 

Yoshitaka Tabuchi 

Nori Tamura 

Lars Tarrach 

Lauren Thomas 

Esther Trujillo Gimenez 

Pablo Turletti 

Mona Vajihollahi 

Scott Van Etten 

Rocío Vergara Fernández 

Pepa Vila 

Zoe Villanueva 

Phil Westcott 

Florian Wiesinger 

Emmanouil Xenos 

Katarzyna Zaleska 

Pablo Zapalo

ieSe business School faculty & Staff: 

Jordi Canals 

Sophia Kusyk 

Mireia Las Heras 

Heinrich Leichtenstein 

Johanna Mair 

Víctor Martínez 

Domenec Melé 

Connor Neil 

Lluís G. Renart 

all “on-the-Day” Volunteers! 

Javier Santomá 

Pedro Videla 

Elena Liquette 

Rosie Innes 

Mónica van der Kroon 

Esther Curpian 

Ayaka Foraste 

Miriam Freixa 

Samantha Jabloñska 

Thank you to you all! 

Carla Vargas 

Monika Boegers 

Marie Oates 

Oriol Rosa Ramoneda 

Tomás Crespo 

Lluis Feliu 

Juana Quesada 

Luis Ruiz 


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