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Mirjam Schöning

Head and Senior Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Mirjam Schöning, Head and Senior Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Mirjam Schöning heads the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship since 2008. She joined the Foundation at its inception in August 2000. She has been shaping the strategy and activities of the Foundation as a pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship. The Foundation's mission it is to raise awareness on social entrepreneurship. With its partners across the world, the Foundation identifies and selects the world’s leading social entrepreneurs and provides a platform to highlight and disseminate their sustainable innovations in a wide range of fields. The Foundation works closely with its sister organization, the World Economic Forum, to advance the cooperation between social entrepreneurs and the corporate sector.

Before joining the Schwab Foundation, Mirjam graduated with a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Her previous work experience includes three years as a consultant at Bain & Company. In addition, she analyzed the social sector lending strategies in Southern Latin America for the World Bank, Washington, D.C., and worked on a regional centralization strategy for Shell in Scandinavia. She holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and an International Business Diploma from ESADE, Spain and the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. Her fields of expertise include social entrepreneurship, microfinance, social investing, and appraisal of development projects.