The complex problems we are seeking to address require multilingual leaders with the ability to build bridges combing technical and financial skills with understanding of the social and environmental imperatives and leadership skills. Together with other facilitators and experts, we develop learning opportunities for both practitioners and newcomers to the impact and social innovation field and we create the space required for deeper listening, learning and connection. I am a trained facilitator in collective leadership methods such as Theory U and Art of Hosting and Generative facilitation.

I actively share knowledge through publications, speaking engagements, as member of working groups or as mentor. I thus hope to contribute to promote the development of impact markets in Germany as well as internationally.

Appointed to an international team of experts to advise an Italian corporate social investor on scaling of a refugee entrepreneurship support across Europe (since 2020).

Facilitated a global practitioners' exchange to "Discover New Ways to Promote Entrepreneurship & Support MSME Development gathering entrepreneurship support organisations, practitioners, experts, investors and donors. On behalf of an international coalition of donors: BMZ, GIZ, EBRD, IFC, ILO and in cooperation with Adelphi (2019).

Private sector foundation Swisscontact embarked on a journey to develop knowledge knowledge and contribute to the international debate on how entrepreneurship and enterprise development can be best promoted (2017-2018).

More information about the principles developed can be accessed in our blog.

Supporting the UK innovation agency Nesta with designing and conducting a comprehensive piece of research on how foundations and other innovation funders fund and support innovation. The focus was on the role of learning, risk taking and failure and we specifically looked at philanthropic innovation funders engaged in developing and emerging countries. The results were to feed into the design of programs in international development

See more details here. 

Advised Danida, the Danish Development Agency on options to mobilise private sector capital for sustainable development. The work included a recap of the current discussion of key concepts in impact investing and innovative finance, an identification of critical issues based on a literature review, stakeholder interviews in Europe, the US and emerging markets and a review of more than 20 blended finance vehicles.

The report is available here and the annexes including fact sheets for various blended finance investment vehicles can be downloaded here.

As Fellow of the German Mercator Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation supported Impact Investing Policy Collaborative at the Istanbul Policy Center of Sabanci University Turkey led the first major research project in Turkey on social entrepreneurship and impact investment. The work included a major social and green entrepreneurship survey; the testing of potential investors’ interest under various scenarios; identification on necessary conditions by international impact investment firms and funds for engaging in Turkey; review of legal framework; the development of options for engagement by government and other market builders; convening of Turkey's first international impact investing conference in cooperartion with UNDP.

The results of the research were documented and shared in various publications, newspaper articles and blogs, which can be accessed here.

The Turkish presidency of the G20 in 2015 identified Inclusive Business Policies as a priority topic for its Development Working Group. IFC and UNDP have been tasked by the G20 to lead on the development of a Framework on Inclusive Business Policies that can guide further actions. We were commissioned to support the consulting team led by our colleagues at Endeva to support the development of the framework. The Framework has been adopted as part of the G20 presidency in 2014.

The G20 Inclusive Business Framework can be accessed here.