Binet Ibrahim

Biography

Binet is an MBA candidate at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management focusing on strategy, operations and entrepreneurship. She has been part of various initiatives in school including The Turner Family Center for Social Ventures which challenges students to use market-based solutions to alleviate poverty. Originally from Ethiopia, she holds a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Addis Ababa University.

Prior to starting her MBA, Binet worked in agricultural development in Ethiopia and was part of a strategy and analytics team at the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency. The agency was established by the Ethiopian Government to help transform the lives of its smallholder farmers, and in her capacity as an analyst working there, she was involved in projects spanning multiple agricultural areas. She also took part in leading strategic advisory and consulting projects for senior clients in areas such as strategy development, policy and regulatory analysis, stakeholder engagement and coordination, and program design and incubation. Her experience in impact has been further enriched through a summer internship at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she contributed to the organization's global growth and opportunity program with a focus on Asia.

With a passion for social impact work, she plans to pursue careers that will enable her to contribute to and learn from various businesses in diverse industries aiming to influence change. She is an aspiring social entrepreneur hoping to make a difference herself in her hometown in the future.