Cecilia Chapiro

Biography

Cecilia is the founder of Yunus & Youth, a global social enterprise supported by Muhammad Yunus that has worked with over 5,000 young leaders to build, develop, and expand social ventures that promote economic advancement and reduce unemployment in their communities. Before this, she was the Investments Lead at the United Nations Children’s Fund, overseeing the investments of UNICEF's Venture Fund and CryptoFund where she led a team of technology, businesses and industry experts who sourced and managed a portfolio of 85 investments in 36 countries.

Cecilia is a Fulbright Scholar from NYU, and an Obama Scholar from Columbia University. She has lived and worked in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, England, Germany, Spain and USA, and periodically writes articles articles on social entrepreneurship and its intersection with technology (eg. impact measurement of technology investments, using blockchain for financial inclusion).