Iratxe Acha

I live in Bilbao, in the north of Basque Country, and I work in SAIOLAN, in Mondragon. I have experience in collaborating with entrepreneurs in the development of new business activities. During last years I’ve focused my work (with some colleages in SAIOLAN) in connecting « foreign companies with innovative solutions » with « local companies » as a way to create new local business activities and new employment, while improving local economy’s circularity. In this work, we focus our search in innovative solutions that contribute to clean earth, water and air, and the evolution of agrifood industry towards Circular Economy. Easy&Fast to explain in few words, Complex&Slow to implement with success...
Apart from SAIOLAN, I’m also involved in Fairphone Community (as Fairphone Angel) and in local cultural associations.
I feel inspired by the compass that Doughnout E. could imply to behave smarter for the whole-we-take-part-in.