Our team and advisory board is composed of a set of unique individuals who all have multiple years of startup, education and research experience and have prior consulting or mentoring experience. We are establishing a global network of independent experts whom we source for projects depending on location, availability and expertise. If you are interested in joining The Entrepreneurs' Ship® as a lecturer, consultant, coach or investor, please get in touch with us via [email protected].
Dr. Peter Vogel, Founder
Peter is both, a passionate entrepreneur and sailor. His dream has always been to combine these two driving forces by establishing an organization to foster entrepreneurship in areas where people are less privileged. By starting The Entrepreneurs' Ship® he fulfilled his dream. Peter is also the author Generation Jobless?. Peter's profile can be found on LinkedIn or on petervogel.org. His TEDx Talk can be found here.
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Dr. Stéphanie Vuillermot, Co-Founder
Stéphanie is a neurobiologist by training. Having completed her PhD on Schizophrenia at ETH Zurich with 25 years, she ranks among the academic elite of Switzerland. For her work, she won the prestigious Empiris Award. Stéphanie is co-founder of Dementiaware and is an active teacher and trainer. She enjoys working with children and young people. Stéphanie's profile can be found on LinkedIn.
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Prof. Dr. Marc Gruber, Scientific Advisor
Marc is full professor at the College of Management of Technology at Ècole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland where he holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization (ENTC). He has previously been at the University of St. Gallen and the Wharton School.
He has published his research on entrepreneurship in several leading journals such as Management Science, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. Three times (2008, 2009 & 2011) he was awarded the highly prestigious "Thought Leader Award" by the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management, and in June 2012 he received the “Stephan-Schrader Best Paper Award Entrepreneurship Studies” together with three colleagues. |
Göran Hultin, Labor Market Advisor
Göran combines international and national experience of labor markets with private sector industry and business experience. He has more than 15 years experience in international labor market legislation and regulation.
Recently he was Assistant Director General of the ILO and Executive Director of the Employment Sector where he was globally responsible for developing employment strategies and the implementation of job creation, enterprise development and human skills development. In this capacity, he had the opportunity to work closely with labor ministries in all parts of the world. He now works with governments and leading organizations on policy and practice by building public private partnerships to improve labor performance and business strategy, aligning business goals with corporate values, building management - labor relations, developing training strategies to meet skill and competency needs. He is advisor to the Shanghai Municipal Labor and Social Security Bureau and governmental affairs advisor to Manpower Inc. |
Susanna Vogel, Design Thinking & Creativity Expert
Susanna is an expert in design end creativity management with a particular focus on Sustainable Design, Social Entrepreneurship, Service Design Thinking, Social Innovation, Enabling Solutions and the use of Design Research methods as an a human-centered approach. In her role at The Entrepreneurs' Ship she serves as a solution provider by using «Design» as a strategic tool to help our partners including scientists, policymakers, educators and established organizations in developing solutions in response to today's needs.
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Fungai Alexander Mapondera, Project Leader Africa
Fungai Alexander is originally from Zimbabwe and completed his Bachelors and Masters studies in the United Kingdom and Switzerland respectively. Despite pursuing his career as a corporate communications professional, Fungai remains very entrepreneurially active and continues to derive synergies from the two. In 2005 he founded the Savile Image Group, a business hub for linking Europe to Southern Africa in entrepreneurial initiatives and in 2008 the Contemporary Indigenous Youth Development Africa (CIYDA), a Zimbabwean non-profit organization working with local and international stakeholders towards filling a void in youth engagement and advocacy.
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Habib Lesevic, Coach
Habib is co-founder of the systemic coaching firm Kontext in London and a member of the American Society for Cybernetics. In his work as venturer at Vic Ventures, Habib strives to holistically develop the potentials of the systems and people around him. He teaches systems theory and sustainable entre-preneurship at Cass Business School in London. More information can be found on lesevic.com.
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Benedikt Foit, Coach
As coach and co-founder of Kontext, Benedikt accompanies human beings on their way to discover and express their entrepreneurial potential, to unfold harmoniously - in tune with themselves and the biosphere. He also teaches sustainable entrepreneurship at Cass Business School in London. As a venturer, he strives to design sustainable systems. More information can be found on benediktfoit.com.
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