Joong-Jae Kim – making clean ecosystems by high energy efficiency tools

Joong-Jae Kim’s passion is to make clean ecosystem by high energy efficiency and eco-friendly tools. He got Ph.D degree in material science department, and worked within automotive engineering sector for around 10 years.  “Since I realized eco-system is worth working for, I joined SMP3. Geographically I have practical business experience in north-east Asia.” Currently, at … Continued

Mykola Kozlov – driving digitization in cities and communities

Mykola Kozlov is a well-known Ukrainian smart city expert and a driver of the digitization process in the Ukrainian cities and communities. He graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” in 2000. Since that time, he had been working in the IT department of Naftogaz of Ukraine for more … Continued

Eemil Rauma – “Companies need to offer solutions instead of relying to governments”

Eemil Rauma is one of the leading electric vehicle experts in Finland backed up with a strong and practical knowledge of mobility-as-a-service and automated driving. Eemil wants to be part of the change that enables our children and grandchildren to have the same possibilities that we and parents had and have. “I am motivated by … Continued

Liisa Andersson – advancing green growth

Liisa Andersson is devoted to her work and work for what she believes in.  “I currently work for Finance in Motion (FiM). FiM manages the Green for Growth Fund, a specialized fund and public-private partnership to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy in Southeast Europe and the European Neighborhood regions.” As an educational background, she … Continued

Arto Sivonen – less talk, more action

Arto Sivonen is the founder of Måndag, a marketing designer and an urban activist.  “Over the years, I’ve been involved in a number of projects that activate social change. I would like to renew the terminology that is used in marketing and focus on open communication and the participatory approach to involve people early in … Continued

Hanna-Mari Tuovinen – helping companies in strategy, transformation and impact building

Hanna-Mari Tuovinen has an extensive experience in change management and strategy implementation, leading communications and marketing, and building brands, mainly for b-to-b companies. “I have headed corporate communications and marketing and as a consultant helped companies in strategy, transformation and impact building”, Hanna-Mari says. She has a proven track record in managing demanding projects. Hanna-Mari … Continued

Afeez Ayoade Adegbite – managing water issues

Afeez Ayoade Adegbite is interested in groundwater management, ground and surface water interaction, water chemistry, and water sources contamination from metal smelting and recycling facilities.  Afeez says that he is also interested in using local materials to treat household drinking water. He holds M.Sc in Water and Environmental Management from Water, Engineering and Development Centre, … Continued

Katie McCrory – passionate about the power of storytelling and cross-sector collaboration

Katie McCrory has worked for over a decade in strategy design and communications, with clients spanning the private, public and not-for-profit sectors all over the world.  “I devise and deliver campaigns which use communication and innovation to challenge the status quo and create social impact.” She was previously a Business Innovation Director at Virgin Group … Continued

Levan Pangani – developing impactful sustainability projects

Levan Pangani has been the president of oikos International since 2016.  He was an Executive Board member of oikos International responsible for Central and Eastern Europe for four years, and founded oikos Tbilisi in 2010, where he served as the president of the local chapter.  Levan says that during his time at oikos, he has … Continued

Philip Kariuki – improving lives and livelihoods through the adoption cleantech

Philip Kariuki is currently engaged in the provision of business development advisory and consulting services for enterprises in the natural resources management sector.  A key ambition of Philip Kariuki’s is to improve lives and livelihoods through the adoption and propagation of appropriate cleantech technologies and processes, particularly in the areas of agricultural development, water and … Continued