Michael Ngigi is a Kenyan business leader, entrepreneur, and innovation practitioner with over 20 years of experience working across strategy, design, entrepreneurship, and social impact in Africa. Over the last decade, Michael has collaborated with governments, NGOs, development organizations, and the private sector to address complex challenges by design interventions that improve people’s lives. His … Michael Ngigi
Born in England and raised in Brazil, Carla Duprat has 30 years of experience in the social sector. Currently serves as Executive director of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Citizenship (ICE), a non profit dedicated to social innovation, collective impact and systems change. Carla has prior experience in the private sector in the areas of corporate … Carla Duprat
Naghma Mulla serves as the CEO and Director of EdelGive Foundation, where she has dedicated overa decade to fostering collaborative philanthropy. Her mission is to democratise access to grants bybringing together government, business, philanthropic, and grassroots leaders to co-designambitious projects. Her work emphasises creating solutions that integrate high accountability withmeasurable impact, particularly for smaller organisations … Naghma Mulla
Marcello Palazzi BSc, MSc, MBA is the Co-Founder & Co-President of B for Good Leaders, Founder President of Progressio Foundation (Rotterdam) and Co-Founder & Board Member of B Lab Europe (Amsterdam). Marcello is a serial entrepreneur for human progress. Following 11 years as co-head of his international family business in environmental technologies from Italy and the UK in the 80s … Marcello Palazzi
Markus Lux studied History and Politics at the universities of Mainz and Riga. From 1993 to 1996 he worked for the German public television channel “ZDF” in Mainz. From 1996 to 2002 he was a Visiting Lecturer at several universities in Latvia and a Researcher at the »Jews in Latvia« Museum in Riga. Markus has … Markus Lux
Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Head of Social Innovation at the World Economic Forum. Physician, professor and the former Founding Director of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town, the first academic centre dedicated to social innovation in Africa. Experience spans over two decades of working … François Bonnici
Kiri Bird (she/her) is a passionate, strategic and experienced social impact leader, living on unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh in Vancouver, Canada. Kiri is Senior Program Manager at TELUS, leading TELUS’ carbon offset investment strategy, grounded in sustainability and reconciliation commitments. Previously, Kiri was Director of Strategic Initiatives and Ecosystem Relations at … Kiri Bird
Harvey is an independent advisor, and currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3), Dalberg and FSG. Harvey brings over two decades of experience across impact investing & enterprise, strategy consulting, international development, market facilitation and venture philanthropy. He has worked extensively with funders, investors and entrepreneurs to develop and scale inclusive … Harvey Koh
Kriss has more than 20 years of senior executive experience that spans the business, social enterprise, nonprofit, academic and philanthropic sectors. She was named one of the “50 Most Influential Women in U.S. Philanthropy” by Philanthropy Insider and is recognised as a pioneer in the field of social innovation. Kriss was CEO of Tides until … Kriss Deiglmeier