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Loubna Hadid
Loubna Hadid CEO Decenture Loubna Hadid is the CEO of Decenture, a U.S.-based technology firm pioneering AI-driven solutions to transform education and workforce readiness. Decenture is redefining how AI enhances student outcomes, increases graduation rates, and bridges the skills gap to ensure global competitiveness. With a strong footprint in the U.S., Europe, and EMEA, Loubna...
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Sebastien Dewarrat
Sebastien Dewarrat Founder ClimeFi Sebastien is co-founder of ClimeFi, a company headquartered in Paris building and managing carbon removal portfolios on behalf of corporate buyers. Sebastien has over a decade of experience within the financial industry in M&A and in public and private Portfolio Management roles. Sebastien previously worked at Goldman Sachs, and in Private...
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Mercy Erhiawarien
Mercy Erhiawarien Senior Manager Halcyon At Halcyon, Mercy manages the daily operations, design and implementation of Halcyon domestic and international intensives ensuring that Halcyon’s Fellows have the resources that they need to thrive. Her passion is to mobilize people to transform and impact their own communities. She is a social innovator and organizer with a...
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Homrich Marcelo
Homrich Marcelo Director of Programs Halcyon At Halcyon, Marcelo (he/him) supports the design and implementation of the programming for Fellows across the Incubator and Intensive programs. He works to create an environment where social entrepreneurs and their ventures can grow to be successful. Before Halcyon, Marcelo worked with incubators and coordinated acceleration programs for startups...
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Jim Huang
Jim Huang Peel Lab CEO Jim Huang is a seasoned investment professional overseeing opportunities in Asia Pacific. He had worked at Oaktree Capital’s Singapore office looking after Southeast Asia and Australia. Prior to Oaktree, Mr. Huang also worked on the Real Estate platform of Credit Suisse, mainly due diligence, structuring and asset management in Pan-Asia....
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Akihiro Kishimoto
Akihiro Kishimoto Do Change CEO Akihiro Kishimoto is the CEO of Do Change - In developing countries,open burning of waste-coated wiringcauses air pollution and leads tohealth problems. We are working to implement our patented technology for processing waste-coated wiring in society, aiming to eliminate pollution caused by burning andto transform waste into valuable resources.
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Shizuka Funayama
Shizuka Funayama Executive Officer - Social Impact Typica Graduated from University of Oxford with a Master's degree in African Studies. Worked in the international cooperation / ODA field for about 10 years. Especially rich in experiences in Africa. Lived in Australia, Nigeria, UK, Iraq and Kenya. Started working as a freelancer from December 2016 up...
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Masaki Umeda
Masaki Umeda Vice Chief Executive Officer SORA Technology Masaki spearheads innovative AI-driven risk assessment systems for climate-sensitive infectious disease outbreak and response in Africa, as the Director and Vice CEO of SORA Technology, Japan. With a fervent passion for leveraging technology to address public health challenges in developing countries, he has been successfully implementing the...
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Satoshi Hidaka
Satoshi Hidaka CEO Yaxie As CEO of Yaxie, I am at the forefront of developing pioneering nanotechnologies that revolutionize agriculture. My focus is on a groundbreaking hydrogel nanotechnology that has already helped farmers save millions by significantly enhancing water retention in soil. This technology, the first of its kind, is naturally derived, nano-sized, and tailored...
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Yassine Oussaifi
Yassine Oussaifi Partner AfricaInvest Group Yassine Oussaifi is a Partner within AfricInvest, and Co-Head of the Venture Capital activity. A seasoned end-to-end early and growth stage investor, Yassine has led multiple transactions in the private equity and venture capital space for early to growth stage, innovative companies operating in different sectors, across different regions and...
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