As a Head of the ILO’s Global Business Network & advisor to the UNICEF’s leadership she has worked extensively on transforming the ways private sector cooperate with the multilateral organizations. She is an alumna of the Accenture strategy consulting team and has worked in Kenya, Kazakhstan, UAE, UK, Switzerland, and US. Katya holds Masters degree in Social Anthropology and also MPA in Development Practice from the Columbia University in the City of New York.
Ekaterina Jalliffier-Merlon
Lead, WEF’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship
Ekaterina is a Lead at the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship focusing on building an engaged ecosystem of foremost private and public sector leaders in support of the social innovation movement. One of the key initiative Alliance is driving on the humanitarian agenda is building a platform to support investments in the new economic model for Ukraine based on the social economy and concept of inclusive businesses. Katya’s prior experiences span across strategy consulting, public-private partnership building and social entrepreneurship advisory.