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Viktoria

…..My name is Viktoria van den Hövel, a Hungarian by passport. I graduated in International Management and Economic Diplomacy in Budapest. I was an active member of AIESEC for 5 years, working on the Talent Management area, taking leadership roles in Hungary and in Kenya as well as on global level. Now I work in Berlin at a change facilitation consultancy as a project manager.
One of my interest is in international relations and cross-cultural collaboration: understanding how different cultures can live together in peace and generate a constructive synergy. Besides, I am most passionate about social business, that is my drive to be part of this project.

Bieke

……Bieke is a learningscape creator and facilitator, enjoying learning and life in Northern Europe. She is educated in Human Resources in The Netherlands, and continued her journey at The Kaospilots in Denmark to learn Sociale Entrepeneurship and leadership.
One of the projects she is involved in is Future@School; To develop young people world-wide who take responsibility to design and create their future! She flirts with leadership, responsibility, entrepreneurship, education, dancing and
music. And seeks the way to more social businesses.

Sascha

… Sascha Altenhoff’s passion is the exploration of cultural change processes and their connection to the fulfillment of humankinds potential. He studied newer history, politics and mediascience with a focus on future studies, worked for AIESEC as regional coordinator and trainer and was cofounder of the internet startup Paiwastoon in Kabul/Afghanistan. Currently he is working as freelancer in the fields of training and facilitation, involved in a lot of projects focused on personal development of pupils and students. He is one of the founders of the egopreneurship-initiative, which is promoting an entrepreneurial attitude towards the hunt for life-dreams.

Trent

……Trent zum Mallen: “Creating a World without Poverty” – Muhammad Yunus and I share a vision of placing poverty into a museum in our lifetimes – so we don’t forget what it was. Many years ago I began dedicating myself to issues surrounding poverty and the environment after an extended trip through Asia and Africa in 2000. I began to wonder – what if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, inequality? Now, I am focussing my efforts nearly 100% on Social Business as a Social Entrepreneur – a pioneering model for nothing less than a new, humane form of capitalism. To learn more about what motivates me, simply visit my site.

Ulrike

…..Ulrike, 41 years old, in Egypt since 1998. A bank clerk by training, I went on to study Intl. Economics in Kiel and Maastricht, worked in corporate banking in Hungary, did much training with AIESEC, worked with the German-Arab Chamber of Industry & Commerce, and in the nineties became interested in social and sustainable business. Now running a daycare in Cairo, with the ambition to make this the first sustainable, inclusive, multilingual daycare in Cairo that also offers a multitude of services to parents - a family hub.