We all have a stake in deconstructing poverty and global inequities. These structural inequities are our largest barrier to our progress as a species.
Join us for a private reception to explore the potential of social entrepreneurship and impact investment to create long-term benefit for all, including the generations to come.
Alongside our featured speakers, we invite you to consider how we might best utilize our resources to plan for not one year, not the next 10 years, but rather 100 years from now.
Keynote Speaker
Mervyn Davies
Lord Davies of Abersoch, CBE
Lord Davies is a Partner and the Chairman of Corsair Capital, a private equity firm specialising in financial services. He is also the Chairman of LetterOne, an Adviser to Teneo and the Chairman of UK India Business Council.
Lord Davies has a wide range of interests, including being Chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts Trustees. He was Minister for Trade, Investment, Small Business and Infrastructure from January 2009 until May 2010.
Prior to that, he was Chairman and previously CEO, and served on the Board of Standard Chartered for over 12 years.
He was awarded a CBE for his services to the financial sector and the community in Hong Kong in June 2002 where he served as a member of the HK Exchange fund for seven years. Lord Davies is also a JP in Hong Kong.
Lord Davies is married with two children and is a fluent Welsh speaker.
Featured Speakers
Andrei Georgescu
General Manager
Mesteshukar Butiq (MBQ), Romania
Andrei is a pragmatic dreamer and you can see that in his entrepreneurial instinct both in business and in social change. Over the years, his work has been focused on youth empowerment for several organizations, such as AIESEC, in Romania, Croatia, and Macedonia through fostering leadership experiences and training.
He has fought against prejudice and discrimination while promoting the Roma cultural heritage through large-scale events in all major cities of Romania and even in some European such as Paris and Vienna. He currently co-leads the network of social economy enterprises Mesteshukar ButiQ bringing new meaning to traditional Roma crafts and generating significant income for poor Roma communities.
Working with international product designers, Mesteshukar ButiQ has taken traditionally handcrafted products to some of Europe’s greatest design events such as Vienna Design Week or Stockholm Design Week.
Nicole Etchart
Founder
NESsT
Nicole has over 30 years of experience in international development and entrepreneurship. She spearheads NESsT´s strategy, growth and impact worldwide including entrance to eleven countries and diversification of portfolio to new target markets and financial instruments.
Nicole is an author and editor of numerous publications, case studies, legal guides, assessments, and articles on the development of an enabling environment and support mechanism for social enterprise in emerging market countries.
Through her work, Nicole has increased the visibility and importance of social enterprise and venture philanthropy at an international scale.
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Wine and canapes will be served.
Dress code is business formal.
By invitation only.