Net Impact's 12th Annual Social Responsibility Forum

Luc Amgwerd

Co-Founder & CEO

Gjosa & Smixin

With a master degree in law, started working several years in the academic (at University of Neuchatel), achieving, among other projects, a successful and practice-oriented book on how small and medium companies are dealing with intellectual property

Besides personal initiatives and being in Chamonix as much as possible, continued professional course in few different law departments, focusing on copyright, patents, trademark, contractual and competition issues.

10 years at Creaholic, as a partner, bringing a solid know-how in partnership (via contracts and licensing mainly) and entrepreneur spirit by taking care of team set-up, contributing in turning project into business.

Since mid 2016, it was the natural and motivational path then to “revamp” Gjosa from the collaboration Creaholic had with a multinational company and gather all the founders and team to market the first generation of Gjosa technology in 2018.

Living in Evilard, married to Natalie and father of 6-years girl, Christina & 4-years old boy, Paul!

Alejandro Briceño

Culture & Engagement Director

Opinno Innovation Consultants

Alejandro is an innovation expert. He holds a degree in project management from UCM and has been working for AIESEC, TEDx@Cibeles and IBM. Currently, Alejandro is responsible for corporate culture and employee experience at Opinno.

Alexandre Bussutil

Co-Founder

B-Scaled

Alexandre Bussutil is the founder of B-SCALED, an independent advisor firm that helps tech startups to grow by providing business development services and access to investors.

Alexandre is fascinated by the impact of Blockchain technology on business models and societies. Since 2016, his cooperation with Trammell Venture Partners one of the pioneers in blockchain investments, has given him the opportunity to access a global network in the Blockchain community among investors and startups.

Alexandre also holds a MsC in Engineering and an MBA from IE Business school.

Antonio Espinosa

Founder & CEO

Auara

Antonio Espinosa is a spanish architect and Founder & CEO of Auara, a social enterprise with the mission of bringing clean water to people in developing countries through the sales of water bottles, produced with 100% recycled material. Antonio has led Auara to its success since its foundation nearly 2.5 years ago. Today, Auara is distributed across Spain, from El Corte Ingles or Carrefour to the country's most prominent restaurants. In October 2017, Auara's success was celebrated with their selection for Forbe's 30under30. Their current impact includes more than 7.000 people with access to clean water, 22 Kg of plastic recycled and 37.000 liters of petrol saved.

Marta Garnica

Talent Management Consultant

Opinno Innovation Consultants

Marta holds a degree in business administration from ICADE and has extensive experience in projects related to the communication, retail and IT sectors. Currently, Marta is responsible for corporate culture and the IT recruitment process at Opinno.

Assylbek Kozhakhmetov

Founder & President

Almaty Management University

Assylbek Kozhakhmetov is one of the founders of the first business school in Kazakhstan – Almaty School of Management, established in 1988, later transformed into International Academy of Business (IAB). In 2014 IAB was awarded University status and a new name, Almaty Management University (AlmaU).

In 2011, he received the degree of "Doctor in Business Administration" at Higher School of Management of National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (Moscow). He started his teaching career at the Department of "Mechanics of the continuous environment" at KazSU named after S. M. Kirov, then worked as a teacher at the managers school at Kazakh national organization "Union". He attended specialized management training at training centers in Germany, France, UK, Belgium, Holland, Hungarian and Estonia. In 2013 Dr. Kozhakhmetov got a scholarship of the state program "Bolashak" and held scientific training at Business School Haas of University of California Berkeley (USA). He is speaker and moderator at national and international forums.

Dr Kozhakhmetov is the author of over 60 scientific publications on management development and education.

Currently he is a Board member of CEEMAN (international Association for management development in dynamic societies), member of Business Council under Almaty city government, co-chairman of KFMD (Kazakhstan Fund of management development).
His awards and titles include the award of "People to People International" international organization, USA – "Torch of Birmingham" (1997), sign "Excellent specialist of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (1998), the Medal of Bayan "Olgiy aimak", Mongolia (2010), jubilee medal for the 20th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2011), order "Kurmet" (2013), order of NPP "Atameken" I and II degree "For loyalty to business" (2013-2014), award of International Association for management development in dynamic societies CEEMAN Champion Award in the category of "Institutional management" (2014), title of certified consultant for management of mass media (2015) and the title of Honorary Professor of Academy of public administration under the President of Kyrgyz Republic (2017).

Ed Morata

Partner & CEO

Eneas International

After a highly successful 30-year career in corporate banking and asset management (in South America, the United States, Europe and Asia) Brazilian-born Ed Morata launched his solo career as an international investment advisor, specializing in impact investing. Ed Morata is an outspoken advocate for social entrepreneurship and a thought leader in the emerging world of new capitalism or conscious capitalism, niche concepts that Ed believes are destined to evolve into powerful mainstream ideas.

Ed Morata started his career as a public speaker in 2000, where, as part of his responsibilities at Santander Group, he delivered speeches on investing, human resources management, foreign trade and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Soon after, he went from speaking in front of in-house audiences of up to 500 people to giving talks to individual, corporate and institutional clients, as well as participating as a guest speaker at renowned U.S. universities such as the University of Massachusetts Boston, George Washington University, Brandeis University, Tufts and Princeton.

Ed is currently a partner at Eneas Alternative Investments, an asset manager specialized in opportunistic niche investments in the Iberian Peninsula, and CEO at Eneas International. He combines those roles with that of President of Lug Healthcare Technology, a med-tech company specialized in the management and control of administering medications at hospitals and conducting clinical trials.

Ed holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Relations Law from the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil. He also completed studies at the University of Ottawa and São Paulo State University, Brazil; as well as at IESE and INSEAD business schools.
After working at Citibank, ING and Banco SRL, he joined Spanish banking giant Santander Group in 1996. At Santander, he was part of the team designated to merge several banking institutions acquired by Santander in Brazil, with a special focus on the acquisition of Banco do Estado de São Paulo– Banespa. He also held various senior positions, including general manager of Santander Asset Management Brazilian operations (2000-2007) and subsequently the U.S. corporate banking operations (2010-2013), where he made important operational and financial improvements.

In addition, he was Chief of Staff at Santander’s US division. There, he began focusing on the organization’s CSR, hence his efforts to raise awareness about the "triple bottom line" -financially, socially and environmentally sustainable companies– and his active involvement in civil society through the boards of various NGOs.

Cesar Muñoz Díaz

Senior Manager, Sustainability & Climate Change

PwC Espana

César Muñoz holds a BsC in Enviromental Sciences from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a Diploma in Corporate Communications from Instituto de Empresa and a MsC in Project Management from CSEU-Lasalle.

He is currently working as Senior Manager in the Sustainability & Climate Change team at PwC Spain. He has over 15 years of experience working on a range of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects with a focus on areas such as Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Stakeholders Engagement, Development of CSR Strategies and Social Contribution Initiatives Management. During these years, he has collaborated with important Spanish and international companies in sectors like Health and Insurance, Real Estate, Retail, Food and Beverages, Banking, Construction, Utilities, Oil and Gas and Corporate Foundations .

Before joining PwC, he worked for organizations such as UNICEF, KPMG Spain, Fundación Entorno - BCSD Spain or Instituto Cerdà.

Mikel Oleaga

Director of Projects

Impact Hub Madrid

Mikel is the Director of Projects at Impact Hub Madrid and Coordinator of the EU Cluster of the Impact Hub International Network. Mikel is also one of the founders of Punto JES, an organization dedicated to supporting young social entrepreneurs and an awarded social entrepreneur for previous projects. He holds a degree in Law and in Business Administration from Complutense University of Madrid and a Master's degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London, SOAS. Involved in various social movements, he is passionate about innovation, the social economy, ecological economy and the formulas of collaboration between private entities, civil society and public administrations.

Lidia del Pozo

Director of Community Investment

BBVA

Lidia del Pozo is Director of Community Investment Programs at BBVA, a global financial group headquartered in Spain with a diversified business portfolio providing financial services in 35 countries, with over 130.000 employees and more than 70 million customers.

She joined BBVA in 2006 and she is responsible, among others, for the Global Financial Education Program, and the support & training programs for SMEs and social entrepreneurs such as BBVA Momentum. She also manages the volunteering and educational programs at the group.

From 1999 to 2006, Lidia was Executive Director at The Spain – US Chamber of Commerce a private, US, non-profit membership organization based in New York and dedicated to fostering trade and investment relations between Spain and the United States. From this position she advised and supported Spanish companies in their setting up process in the US.

Previously she worked as Project Manager in several organizations such as the European Institute of Public Administration, in Maastricht, the Netherlands, where she cooperated in economic development projects and legal implementation processes.

Lidia has a Law Degree from the University of Deusto (Spain) where she also received a postgraduate Degree on European Studies. Additionally she obtained a Master on European and International Comparative Law (LLM) at the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands).

Pablo Santaeufemia

CEO & Co-Founder

Bridge for Billions

Pablo Santaeufemia is the CEO and co-founder of Bridge for Billions, collaborative web-based incubation program designed to help entrepreneurs through the critical stages of bringing a new product or service to life. The mission of Bridge for Billions is to make entrepreneurship ecosystems more efficient, transparent and inclusive. A native of Madrid, he holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University and two master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Technology Innovation Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Pablo has worked in both for- and non-profit organizations in India, China and Thailand during his studies, and after graduation, he worked as a consultant in China and at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna. Pablo is fluent in English, Chinese and Spanish. An international engineer by trade and an entrepreneur by nature, Pablo’s desire to democratize access to entrepreneurial resources for less fortunate entrepreneurs has been the driving force behind the development of Bridge for Billions.

This year he has been named BBVA Momentum Entrepreneur, Young Social Entrepreneur and Forbes 30 under 30.

Aitor Ojanguren

Founder

Koiki

Last mile environmentally friendly network that employs people coming from disadvantage collectives as messengers or postmen/women. Ecommerce is increasing at two digits rates all over the world. Because of this, last mile logistics is bound to this growth but at the same time it is also obliged to change. Last mile needs to adapt to its customers and to be respectful with the environment and the cities. Koiki is a last mile network that enables people coming from disadvantage collectives to work as postmen/postwomen or messengers, delivering parcels to or picking them up from their neighbours, walking or biking very short distances from their homes or local stores.

Enrique Cat

Co-CEO

Nostoc Biotech

Nostoc Biotech provides biotechnological solutions for global agriculture problems. We develop and market biofertilizers. Our products are highly effective against important plant diseases and pests, like "yesca" of grapevines, root-knot nematodes and red spider mite, among others.

Javier Goizueta Figar

Founder

Social Enterprise ES

Social Enterprise España is the platform for the community of the best social businesses in Spain. We do community, collaboration, and communication. Our vision is a society in which investing, consuming and entrepreneurial decisions are generally made with a social and environmental purpose. Visit socialenterprise.es to learn more.

Concepción Galdón

Social Innovation Director

IE University

Concepción Galdón is IE University’s Social Innovation Director/Academic Lead. At IE she has the mandate to promote Social Innovation academic content across Schools and Programs, encourage more research in Social Innovation and reach out to organizations and partners interested in Social InnovationConcepción is professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IE. Concepción is also President of the social Venture Puentes Global, which she co-founded in 2009. She´s a member of Ashoka Spain’s Venture Board and of the board of Harvard Kennedy School Spain Alumni Network.

Concepción is an Economist by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She holds a Master in Public Administration and International Development by Harvard Kennedy School. Concepción holds a PhD in International Economy and Development by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her PhD research focuses on the use of technology in social entrepreneurship. She has published papers in peer reviewed journals and chapters in books. She writes contributions for mass media regularly and is a speaker at international conferences. Her past professional experience includes the foundation of an NGO, UN’s Procurement Service, Santander Bank’s Latin America Division and Liberia’s Government under Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Nobel Peace Prize 2011.

Joe Haslam

Chairman & Co-Founder

Hot Hotels

Joe Haslam is the Chairman and Cofounder of Hot Hotels, which provides last minute hotel booking services for some Europe´s leading mobile apps. Hot was the first startup founded in Spain to be accelerated by the Techstars program in the USA. Joe has cofounded a number of other companies including Marrakech.com which raised over $75m in Venture Capital.

At IE Business School, he is the Executive Director of the Owners Scaleup Program an Executive Education Program designed for startups that want to scale. In the MBA program, he teaches an elective called Humanity´s Grand Challenges which focuses on the impact of exponential technologies are having in fields such as Energy, Telecoms, Agriculture, Heath and Education.

Born in Ireland, Joe has lived in Madrid for the last 14 years.

María López-Escorial

Professor, Social Innovation & BoP

IE Business School

Prof. María López-Escorial, is an expert on social innovation, markets at the bottom of the pyramid and finding business solutions to eradicate poverty.

Specialist in launching new companies and products, María López-Escorial’s achievements include her involvement in the green field launch of ING Direct and its Orange Account in Spain, the consolidation of Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA in Latin America, as well as the launch of World Vision Spain, as General Director of Marketing and Strategy.

Nowadays, Professor López-Escorial focuses her efforts on expanding and implementing the concept of “business at the bottom of the pyramid and social innovation”. “Businesses at the bottom of the pyramid, well executed, are one of the most efficient tools we can think of, at the moment, to help alleviate poverty. The only way to fight poverty is to create richness. Being a business investment vs. a donation makes it sustainable, scalable and much more efficient."

Previously, she was in charge of helping to develop the commercial and business strategy for Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, and its network of 9 microfinance institutions in 7 Latin American countries that serve customers at the bottom of the pyramid.

Professor López-Escorial has developed her professional experience in three continents and performed field work in several countries among others; Perú, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Panama, Bolivia, Guatemala, The Philippines, Mali and Ghana.

Stuart Minaar

Co-Founder

Fundie Impact Fund

Stuart Minnaar is a tech entrepreneur with 6 years experience in starting and growing startups. He cut his teeth as an entrepreneur by pioneering a mobile payments technology startup in South Africa that integrated into retail point of sale systems, Yappo Mobile Payments. In addition, he is a member of global networks for entrepreneurs such as Global Shapers (World Economic Forum), Net Impact, and numerous multi-national social impact projects. While doing an MBA at IE Business School, Stuart founded Fundie Ventures, the student-run impact fund that invests in early-stage socially responsible startups. Stuart believes in actively shifting from business as usual to purpose-driven businesses.