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Xoan Fernandez Garcia

FellowTrabajo con Sentido Colombia

Biography

My career has been related private sector-led development initiatives focused on social innovation and social entrepreneurship in Latin America. For five years I worked in the MIF, the private sector lab of Inter-American Development Bank in the area of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. I have worked and lived in Spain, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Washington and UK.

Since 2,015 I work as a Free-Lance consultant in innovation for development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. Currently I am collaborating with two organizations: the Social Innovation Initiative of CAF, a Latin American Multilateral Development Bank and ITD, a center for Innovation for Development, of the Spanish University, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.

Aside of my work as a consultant I am a voluntary adviser to several Latin America social entrepreneurs. I will represent one of them, Trabajo con Sentido, in the forum.I started to work as a fellow with Trabajo con Sentido Colombia, organization that I will as an adviser in 2,015.Trabajo con Sentido (Jobs that make sense in Spanish) is a consultant company and head hunting company for private, public and civil society institutions that seek for professionals that boost their economic, social and environmental capabilities. These companies aim to find the right profiles to be successful in the new economy.

Certified as a B-Corp, Trabajo con Sentido (http://www.trabajoconsentido.co/) has its origin in Pegas con Sentido (http://www.pegasconsentido.cl) in Chile. Combining both companies we gather 45,000 professionals from different sectors willing to develop professionally in a socially responsible institution that share their values and commitment with the sustainable development of the country.

Currently I live in Brighton, England, where I am doing a master degree at SPRU in Innovation for International International Sustainable Development.