DANIEL TRURAN ( LinkedIN Profile )
ebbf director general

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Strategist, impact innovator, speaker and enabler 

He has dedicated the last 20 years to explore and harness the connection between the values, the purpose and the actions of people and companies, inspiring and creating communities and movements that are building the future,

a better, more prosperous, sustainable and just future.


He also teaches at various masters in business schools, 
and offers inspirational talks and sessions to spark the transition that people and the world want and need.

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MARTINA CREPAZ ( LinkedIN Profile )
ebbf member services

 

Get to know Martina, Watch her #ebbfmember interview 

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Martina is an Italian project manager passionate about marketing and organizational development. She creates positive climates, that allow individuals in teams to thrive and to easily adapt to changing situations. After having spent 10 years in Sweden, she currently lives in Spain where she enjoys taking part in the social community, always meeting new people willingly offering guidance to others. As member of ebbf for over 10 years, Martina supports the community in taking advantage of the many tools available for its members.

NAN CHEN ( LinkedIn )
Nan Chen is an eMobility expert an eMSP Business & Strategy Consultant with experience in Digital Product Management and Digital Transformation.

Born in Shanghai, now living in Germany she is an Agilist working at Porsche with a number of experiences at diverse enterprises in her path to a meaningful career. This is something that drives her and that she decided to dedicate her energies and talent to develop in other younger members of ebbf.
 

 

PHILIPPE GERLING - learning team coordinator ( LinkedIN )

He grew up in Belgium and visited several countries in Europe and South America.  Lived in the USA, Saudi Arabia and Guam in the

Mariana Islands.  
His life journey has enriched his values system and appreciation for viewpoints different from his. Various cultures have enriched his life perspectives as he learned to appreciate countries and people along his life journey.  
His work experience has been mostly in managing and leading a multicultural, multi-faceted team focused on providing outstanding customer service and value.  
His philosophy has been to encourage and empower staff to take responsibility and support them in their efforts in a transparent manner.  
Another key aspect of his work experience has been to always be ethical and honest and stimulate staff growth.  
Also, he have gained leadership experience in not-for-profit organizations.

NABIL ELIAS – ebbf dean of education ( LinkedIn )

Nabil Elias is Faculty Emeritus at the Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to his retirement, he taught in MBA and Master of Accountancy programs and was director of MBA programs at UNC Charlotte and University of Manitoba. He held positions as visiting professor at INSEAD (France), Thunderbird (USA), HEC (France), ESCP (France), Laval University (Quebec) and taught MBA classes at Monterrey Tech EGADE (Mexico), and UNC Charlotte’s MBA in Taiwan and Hong Kong. His areas of academic and professional interests include accounting and control, CSR, environmental management systems, negotiation, conflict resolution, governance, and ethics. He served as a member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board, president of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, and a member of CMA Canada accreditation teams of more than 15 leading English and French business schools. He served as a consultant and trainer to several US and Canadian companies and offered training programs at several professional accounting organizations and universities. As MBA director at the University of Manitoba he led several MBA delegations to Mexico, Hong Kong, China, and Japan focused on cultural understanding and international business. He also served as technical director of a World Bank project that in cooperation with the IMF developed the Egyptian Institute of Directors, developed its corporate governance curriculum, and trained the trainers. He is a Fulbright grantee and holds his PhD in Business from the University of Minnesota. He published and presented numerous professional and academic papers and coauthored several books. His passion is to learn and be involved in the process of transformation of business into organizations that serve all their stakeholders by reorienting their mission towards contributing to a prosperous, just, and sustainable society.

 

ARTHUR DAHL (LinkedIN)

A research scientist with over 40 years of international experience in environmental sustainability. Arthur Dahl brings to the governing board more than 40 years’ international experience in the environment and sustainability. He holds a PhD in Marine Biology from the University of California.

 

GARY REUSCHE (LinkedIN)

Gary is a social and economic development worker living in Ukraine. Combining a PhD in agricultural science with an MBA in management, he managed projects in Central America, Africa, South Asia and the ex-Soviet Union. During the past 20 years, Gary used consultation in his work and teams. While working on the ebbf research team, he authored the brochure “Consultative Decision Making” based on the Bahá’í Writings and his personal experiences both in business, and as a member of Bahá’í consultative bodies in 5 different countries where he lived as a pioneer. His passion is to correlate Bahá’í social principles with current realities in the world and to work for a sustainable future in a united world. As a social activist, he lives on a small farm and runs a residential vacation school for groups of children, youth, and adults striving to build a culture based on universal spiritual principles.

 

SARA DEHOFF (LinkedIN)

Sara DeHoff is a freelance writer and author of Collaboration Through Consultation: A Powerful Tool for Building Community. Always searching out the power of human potential, she has lived, worked and studied in China, Japan, Taiwan and the Czech Republic. After completing her B.A. in the radical alternative environment of Evergreen State College, she went to the other extreme and earned her M.Ed. at Harvard. For over 20 years, she’s been writing for audiences in such diverse fields as healthcare, high tech, energy efficiency and for various nonprofits.

 

​VAHID MASROUR ( LinkedIN)

Vahid is Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program at Wikimedia Foundation. Originally an organizational psychologist, he is keenly interested in learning how technology can enhance human activities and educational processes (#edtech) in particular. HIs experience includes a strong focus on verbal commucation, including training design and delivery in a variety of contexts.

 

JEAN PARKER – ebbf podcast producer (Linkedin) 

Dr. Jean Parker is an action-oriented, global thinker and strategist. She earned her Ph.D. in the Management Of Technology And Innovation from the Da Vinci Institute of Johannesburg, South Africa and the Trans4m Center For Integral Development of Geneva, Switzerland. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Trans4m Center For Integral Development where she facilitates academic excellence in the development of integral research and innovation around the world. She specializes in conducting primary data collection through participatory research methods to bring forth the knowledge of grassroots constituencies to promote human rights and social change.

 

Dr. Parker lived and worked in India for ten years as a radio journalist specializing in social development and human rights reporting. She reported on the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and this lead to her doctoral research on emergency preparedness education through community radio in North Indian villages. She enjoys applying the Integral Worlds Theoretical Approach developed by Lessem and Schieffer of Trans4m as an analytical tool to uncover the imbalances causing social upheaval and discovering the unifying strategies to correct these imbalances. She plans to apply Integral Worlds to gain a greater understanding of cross-cultural influences resulting from migration and refugee movement.

 

MONESHIA ZU ELTZ ( LinkedIN )

Moneshia brings a background in corporate leadership with more than 25 years in the technology industry as an M&A partnership and venture investment executive. She is focused on a human centric approach to business growth, seeing culture and change as a force for creating sustainable, inclusive and diverse organizations with a higher social impact and business value. 

Since moving to Munich, Germany in 2018, she serves as interim-CEO at software as a service platform, Volunteer Vision. Their award-winning approach matches and trains professionals for leadership development with globally scalable guided mentorship and provides measurable KPIs on talent retention and societal impact. 

Moneshia also founded toAccompany, a consultancy that uses design thinking to engage clients in transition as a Force for Good. Recent forums include Tech for Good, Reducing Food Waste, Sustainability/ESG and elevating the Employee Experience. She is a recognized expert in multi-stakeholder dialogue at the intersection of policy, business and individual action such as Fintech and Board Diversity.

She has two daughters and is active in youth empowerment and world citizenship capacity development, inspired by Baha’i principles.

 

ALAIN NOGHIU ( LinkedIn )

Alain is currently Director Strategic Partner Relations Europe at Laureate International Universities. Business Leader and Strategist, with strong academic background and experiences in conducting business, consultancy and research internationally. He lived and worked in Western and Central Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin and North America. Traveled across 30+ countries. He has enjoyed cooperating with virtual teams across geographies and cultures, managing and sustaining complex relationship, vendor management, transparent cross-team collaboration, business negotiations and deals. Entrepreneurial, Self-Starter, dedicated to ethics.

LAURA GRASSI – ebbf international events team coordinator (LinkedIn)

What if people feel fulfilled and engaged at work, and organizations thrive by having a positive impact in the world? I believe that individuals naturally feel a need for contribution and meaning and through my work I provide tools and programs to support individuals in this journey of self discovery and empowerment and support organisations and companies in creating an environment where fulfillment, purpose and contribution con thrive and prosper. I am passionate about creating spaces for human interactions. I believe that through these interactions we are able to fully develop our talents and skills and find a meaningful way to use them.

 

MADALINA NEAGU (LinkedIn)

Community App Lead Implementation at Impact Hub Global. Planning and execution of member engagement strategy. Leading a user engagement agency to deliver outputs complementing the defined strategy. Collaboration on new business initiatives. Delivering virtual hosting materials and webinars. Insights on content creation. Supporting the rolling out of the community app in the global network.

 

​GUNDHILD HOENIG (LinkedIn)

Gundhild is passionate about people, their potential and human issues. Successfully managing dual careers following her success as a Senior HR Executive and OD Professional up to C-level for multinational organisations, on institutional level and in humanitarian projects. Gundhild has been providing executive strategic consultant services and Interim Management including Social Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Organisational Transformation, Design Thinking Interaction, NewWork Design & Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Collaborative Work, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Business Development, Industrial Relations and Start-Ups and Executive Coaching to top for-profit and non-profit organisations in Europe, Asia and the Americas – in developed and emerging markets.

 

​CARL EMERSON ( LinkedIn)

HENRIK MITSCH ( LinkedIN Profile )

Henrik is a senior manager at Mozilla in the area of Participation Systems. Before that he was Executive Manager Product Management DriveNow at Sixt. He has more than thirteen years of consulting and IT management experience in telecommunications, transportation and software industries. He has in-depth expertise in lean and agile product development practices. Entrepreneurial in spirit, Henrik is driven by continuous improvement and passionate about learning organizations with cross-functional teams.

MATTHIAS SCHUSTER – ebbf connectors program coordinator (LinkedIn Profile)

Matthias holds a masters degree in production management and works as a purchaser for a large automotive supplier in the field of autonomous driving. He lived abroad in Argentina, Namibia and the Philippines and has working experience in the consulting and automotive sector. Beside his corporate job Matthias explores different ways to create more value for others, in particular in the area of entrepreneurship. He lives at lake Constance in Germany and enjoys spending time at the lake or in the mountains during his free time.

 

WENDI MOMEN – ebbf chair

A founder member of the ebbf and a social activist working for the betterment of humanity. Wendi Momen’s key focus is on the advancement of women and their participation in decision-making at all levels, on sustainable living and on social justice. She is Secretary-General of ebbf, board member of UN Women UK National Committee, a Trustee of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby, Trustee of the Bedford Council of Faiths, a Non-Executive Director of NHS Bedfordshire, co-founder of Advance and a board member of Naserian.

 

MAHMUD SAMANDARI – ebbf board’s secretary general ( LinkedIN Profile )

Mahmud Samandari is a coach for startups at the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation, CTI. He is also the CEO of InnovaRadio, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of COMPASS – Evidence and opportunities for responsible innovation in SMEs, Horizon 2020 Cooperation and Support Action. He is a founder of EBBF, member of the Board and its Secretary General. He is a serial entrepreneur, having started companies in the fields of IT, telecommunications and education both in Europe and Latin America.

 

DANIEL SCHAUBACHER – ebbf representative at EU institutions ( LinkedIN Profile )

Daniel Schaubacher is a management consultant who presently serves as representative to the European institutions of EBBF Forum – a business ethics professional network specializing in CSR and values-driven leadership in 60 countries. His career has encompassed marketing, economic analysis and trade promotion positions at Nestlé, Lémania/Omega Watch now Swatch group, Bobst Machinery, and the US Department of Commerce. A native of Switzerland, he served as the President of People to People Belgium ASBL (international recipient of PTP Outstanding Leadership Award) from 2002 through 2011, and as a member of the Executive Board of the Brussels-EU chapter of the Club of Rome from 2004 to 2010.

We are looking for a skilled social media expert keen to convey ebbf’s great content and ebbf members stories to a wider audience creating new levels of engagement and interaction, Interested? Contact us!

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SHILA BEHJAT - #ebbfmedia track producer​

 

DIANA SEVERATI – social media

Diana is a curious and open-minded person. She helps people and organizations, especially social enterprises, to bring their project a step forward though crowdfunding. She has also a 10 +  working experience in an insurance company, where she always grab the opportunity to partcipate in meaningful initiative like corporate volunteering. She serves ebbf because she believes that ethical business contributes to building a prosperous civilization and being part of the communication team is a way to spread a positive impact.​

 

 

SARA DE HOFF - ebbf journalist

Sara DeHoff is a freelance writer and author of Collaboration Through Consultation: A Powerful Tool for Building Community. Always searching out the power of human potential, she has lived, worked and studied in China, Japan, Taiwan and the Czech Republic. After completing her B.A. in the radical alternative environment of Evergreen State College, she went to the other extreme and earned her M.Ed. at Harvard. For over 20 years, she’s been writing for audiences in such diverse fields as healthcare, high tech, energy efficiency and for various nonprofits.

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ARLETTE GEORGE – ebbf journalist ( Linkedin profile )

Arlette is a creative screenplay writer, artist and poet. She has been interviewing ebbf members, bringing to life their stories, insights and new idea on how to create more meaningful workplaces and business to create a more just, prosperous and sustainable society. “I serve at ebbf because I love being connected to a world of new thinking for work, creativity and business.”​​

 

JEAN PARKER – ebbf podcast producer

Dr. Jean Parker is an action-oriented, global thinker and strategist. She earned her Ph.D. in the Management Of Technology And Innovation from the Da Vinci Institute of Johannesburg, South Africa and the Trans4m Center For Integral Development of Geneva, Switzerland. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Trans4m Center For Integral Development where she facilitates academic excellence in the development of integral research and innovation around the world. She specializes in conducting primary data collection through participatory research methods to bring forth the knowledge of grassroots constituencies to promote human rights and social change.

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Dr. Parker lived and worked in India for ten years as a radio journalist specializing in social development and human rights reporting. She reported on the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and this lead to her doctoral research on emergency preparedness education through community radio in North Indian villages. She enjoys applying the Integral Worlds Theoretical Approach developed by Lessem and Schieffer of Trans4m as an analytical tool to uncover the imbalances causing social upheaval and discovering the unifying strategies to correct these imbalances. She plans to apply Integral Worlds to gain a greater understanding of cross-cultural influences resulting from migration and refugee movement.

RAHMIN BENDER ( Linkedin Profile )

Founder and Principal Consultant at Creativo Design and am an Entrepreneur, Creative Director, Behavioral Scientist, and Academic focused on the application of design research and creativity on innovation, business, environment, and policy. I work and conduct research at the crossroads of management consulting, policy making, strategy, and design with the goal of engaging in co-creation of products and services on all levels for social impact. My passion is learning and working with diverse people around the world and elevating the voices of unrepresented populations in entrepreneurship especially those of women and minorities. I specifically apply this expertise in the fields of circular economy, higher education, emerging technology, social entrepreneurship, and international development.

 

​MAHMUD SAMANDARI (LinkedIN)

Mahmud Samandari is a coach for startups at the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation, CTI. He is also the CEO of InnovaRadio, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of COMPASS – Evidence and opportunities for responsible innovation in SMEs, Horizon 2020 Cooperation and Support Action. He is a founder of EBBF, member of the Board and its Secretary General. He is a serial entrepreneur, having started companies in the fields of IT, telecommunications and education both in Europe and Latin America.

 

​MARIKA KORHONEN (LinkedIN)

Marika is HR officer at the Finnish Red Cross. She has worked in the tourism field, has a master’s degree in leisure and recreation studies. What motivates her is creating and co-producing wow-experiences to people. Marika is very persistent and determined, which translates into Finnish “sisu “. She is purpose and values-driven and the values which are most dear to her are equality, justice and trustworthiness.

 

VAHID MASROUR (LinkedIN)

Vahid is Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program at Wikimedia Foundation. Originally an organizational psychologist, he is keenly interested in learning how technology can enhance human activities and educational processes (#edtech) in particular. His experience includes a strong focus on verbal commucation, including training design and delivery in a variety of contexts.

 

MOHSEN NAIMI (LinkedIN)

Mohsen holds an MSc in Structural Engineering, and is currently the Managing Director of NZ AG a real Estate Developer, Structural Engineer and Building Contractor. He also sits as president of the board of a number of organizations. He has a special interest in Sustainable Development, Spirit in Business, Entrepreneurship, Responsible Entrepreneurship, Business Ethics, Fair Trade, Sustainability