Meet the DEAL Community

Warsaw, województwo mazowieckie, Poland

Passionate leader and finance professional with extensive experience in various industries. Good understanding of complex business processes, IT and financial topics in particular. Focus on people and leadership skills that support ethical business practices and sustainability.

Broby

   I saw Kate give a talk last year in Copenhagen & I love everything about the doughnut and about regenerative economics in general. I am in Denmark and saw there's a few people on my island in this community. Maybe we can meet up one day? Get in touch!   

Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italia

Degree in Civil Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan, twenty years of experience in construction companies. Master of Management and Organizational Development at MIP. Certified Project Manager IPMA®. LEED®, Living Future and WELL Accredited Professional. USGBC® and WELL Faculty™. Innovation manager for IDM South Tyrol. Chair of the COST Action 16114 RESTORE. Since 2018 he is European Executive Director for the ILFI and now President at Living Future Europe. A Living Future Hero.

Munich, Bayern, Germany

I've been on the path of understanding and enabling innovation for almost 30 years. Love the journey as it invites me to deep dive into many topics such as creativity, collaboration & diversity, leadership - and not least: sustainability. Since first proclaiming publicly in 2011, I now declare without hesitation: any innovation needs sustainability considerations at its core, anything else is irresponsible, given the challenges humanity and our beautiful planet face. Love to trigger insights for others, be it in at universities, via workshops and seminars, public speaking or writing. I was born and grew up in Kiel, in the north of Germany, where I also did my first degree (architecture & town planning). In 1990 I moved to the UK, to do my MBA and then PhD at London Business School, worked independently at the boundary between business and academia, had two wonderful boys (now well on their own journeys). Since March 2021 I am back in germany, living in Munich, and absolutely loving it

Campinas, Brasil

Historian, university professor.

Walthamstow, England, United Kingdom

I'm Amy; mum, photographer turned DIY climate communicator, I have been developing a mobile pop up hub that invites to imagine and create a climate safe and fair future for all.

Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

Professor and researcher. My topics are: Time use, time value, time poverty and working hours.

Berkhamsted, England, United Kingdom

I'm the founder of Profit Impact and was once caught in the 90-day shareholder trap. I delivered the numbers that shareholders wanted to see, but that was completely and obviously unachievable. ‍ Having spent over a decade in operational finance, I qualified in sustainable finance at Cambridge Institute, and am now a proud B Leader; a training program, designed by B Lab UK, to empower people who want to lead organisations through the B Corp certification. I lead on sustainability matters for ACCA in The Practice Room – global peer-to-peer community discussions dedicated to supporting small and medium-sized practices.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Am in a year of change moving back to Australia after many years away. Work as a consultant with businesses & communities making the fair & just transition towards a regenerative thriving future for us all.

San José, Provincia San José, Costa Rica

Economics undegraduate from University of Costa Rica

UK

Learning about collaboration. innovation and cooperation and how best to enable it to work at scale. Conventional mainstream paradigms are unlikely to provide tools that will drive the scale of change needed at the pace needed, so we need new thinking.

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Current graduate student in audiology/hearing sciences, who is passionate about sustainable living and systems that benefit both the planet and the well-being of every individual. I enjoy learning different languages, cooking, reading, all types of physical activity, and traveling.

Morlaix, Bretagne, France

I am a passionate and curious about how words can heal. In 2020, I managed to publish a first book and now I want to give back.

Easthampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

I'm a software engineer. Interested in philosophy and effective altruism. Looking forward to learning more about doughnut economics.

Hanoi, Vietnam

I am the Canadian co-founder of the green incubator SDY Hub based in SE Asia and the Founder of Global Education Academy www.globaleducation-uk.com and Carbon Credits Group www.carboncreditsgroup.com Thomas G. Giglione is a start-up mentor for several incubators and accelerator programs including Vietnam Climate Innovation Center (VCIC) and was a start-up mentor for the most recent Techfest in Hanoi.

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Elise Leclerc, Director of the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Lab at ESSEC Business School I have been heading the S&EIA Lab of the ESSEC Chair of Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship since 2018, after working abroad in research and social innovation for 20 years. Prior to that I worked around social innovation in France, Ireland, the UK and Portugal and collaborated on a number of social impact assessment action research projects most notably over her 10 years in London where I trained as an SROI practitioner. My European experience has enabled me to work for a wide range of social actors, from grassroots charities to philanthropic foundations to research institutions. I hold a Masters degree in European Affairs (2002) and an Agrégation Externe in English Linguistics (1999).

Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, England, United Kingdom

Doughnut Economics is an inspirational text, and I am keen to be part of building it out to change our economy and society. I am the Sustainability lead at SUMS Consulting – we are a not-for-profit membership organisation providing consultancy services to the university sector, mostly in the UK. One aim is to make universities run sustainably and in harmony with their place. Universities are also at the centre of knowledge production and can make big contributions to the paradigm shift through their research, education and ability to bring people together. I hope to learn from this community and share ideas for change – both for my work and for living my own life.

london

I am the founder of Dialectiq, is a relational mapping platform that makes understanding and interacting with recurrent complex societal problems easier Dialectiq maps the recurrent nature of complex problems by developing clear and concise visuals that uncover how complex systems behave Dialectiq employs cutting-edge graph technology to discover how complex problems are connected to the people and incentives or beliefs that drive them Dialectiq allows you to iteratively build your understanding through querying and uncovering insights in a user-friendly way   Helping you identify points for intervening and designing strategies for transforming relationships that can lead to meaningful progress

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

A man with a desire to create a sustainable world

Czech Republic

Marek is an entrepreneur, service designer and facilitator who founded the design and innovation studio Pábení. He has a long-term interest in the social and environmental impacts of climate change (in particular) on the Czech Republic. His ambition is to help the world with meaningful innovations, thanks to which Czech companies and organizations meet their financial goals, while creating safe and fair conditions for life.

Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

Hi, I am Ted. I am a student changemaker at Frankfurt International School (FIS). I have been part of the FIS Changemaker program since the beginning (November 2020) where a group of students, participated in the JUMP! training to work on their leadership skills. We learned many new skills, which we decided to use to create change in our school and beyond. From then on, we were the FIS changemakers. Initially, it was only me and a group of about 10 dedicated students (and some very helpful teachers) which has now grown to many hundreds! We, realized that we need to go beyond academics and think about community engagement, global understanding and a toolbox for reasonable, feasible and sustainable change. We had to create changemakers, starting at a young age, that could cope with the problems the future generations will face. To achieve this, our first major action was the changemaker conference, action packed with speeches and workshops, one of which, was my Donut Economics Workshop.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

As an educator, my personal mission is to prepare the rising generation of business innovators, builders, and leaders to play key roles in the transition to a regenerative economy. In advisory/board roles, I work to apply expertise in design-driven strategy, open/systemic innovation management, experiment-driven decision-making and pilot-stage deployment for regenerative innovation projects. These efforts focus on 4th IR-driven innovation initiatives, SDG-driven bioregional-level development projects and Web3/AI-enabled, DAO-driven innovation in core industrial sectors such as Ag/Food, Energy, Health, Transportation/Logistics sectors, as well as the management of land/water/natural resources and other public goods.

Huntington Beach, California, United States of America

Hi my name is Natalie Zandt. I am a sustainability professional and entrepreneur. I am passionate about the intersection of Sustainability, Tech, Data, Design, and Philosophy. I'm interested in being part of a sustainable community in Orange County, CA. I'm also a member of the Women in Cleantech & Sustainability LA Chapter - please message me if you are interested in joining.

Singapore

Managing Director and Founder of Sequoia Group and Sustainability Institute; Dean of the Centre for Systems Leadership, Singapore Institute of Management