NESsT Entrepreneur-in-Residence (June - August 2004, Budapest)

Business School: HEC School of Management (Paris)

NESsTER Project: Assist in research for and writing of feasibility study for the NESsT Social Enterprise Loan Fund (SELF)

"I'd been aware of NESsT's work for a few years having spent time previously in Budapest. Always slightly wary of the non-profit sector, I was impressed with the way they managed to apply what I saw as for-profit professionalism and efficiency to non-profit issues. With a growing number of people wanting to find a viable third way between "career and conscience", I believe more organisations like NESsT are needed to show them the way in."

-- Rob Webb

Background: Rob is in the final stages of his MBA at the HEC School of Management in Paris with a Strategy specialisation. After graduating in Law from Nottingham University and taking Bar exams, he practised as a Barrister (trial attorney) before moving into investment banking, working on M&A issues with Lazard and in securities trading with ABN AMRO. He is currently undertaking a feasibility study for NESsT in Budapest on debt financing in the region.

Contact: robcwebb@hotmail.com