Chief of Development and PartnershipsAcumen
Yasmina Zaidman is the Chief Development and Partnerships Officer at Acumen, which works to change the way the world tackles poverty. She leads its work with strategic corporate partners that share Acumen’s commitment to entrepreneurial approaches to tackling poverty. She spearheaded Acumen’s gender integration work, co-authoring the report Women and Social Enterprises: How Gender Integration can Boost Entrepreneurial Solutions to Poverty ICRW. Ms. Zaidman has worked in the arenas of international development, corporate sustainability and social entrepreneurship for over twenty-five years. She served on the board of the White Ribbon Alliance for almost seven years, and is still serving on the boards of KadAfrica as well as Fundacion Cacao de Colombia.
Clean EnergyClean WaterEarly Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityFinancial ServicesHealthHealth DeliveryLivelihoodsPost-Secondary EducationResponsible Supply ChainsSanitationSmallholder ProductivitySustainable MarketsYouth Job Skills
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, North America, South America, West and Central Africa