Covid-19 as an unprecedented crisis has pointed out sharply humanity’s problems in the 21st century. We are at a turning point, now is the time for new beginnings - there is No Going Back.
Join us for a session with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Yunus sharing his ideas of how to rethink the way we do business, how to create a new economy, and what role social businesses and the next generation play in it.
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is the father of both social business and microcredit, the founder of Grameen Bank, and of more than 50 other companies in Bangladesh. For his constant innovation and enterprise, the Fortune Magazine named Professor Yunus in March 2012 as “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.”
In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize. He is the recipient of 61 honorary degrees from universities across 24 countries. He has received 136 awards from 33 countries including state honours from 10 countries. He is one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the United States Congressional Gold Medal.
He has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, Newsweek and Forbes Magazine.
Saskia Bruysten A leader in the social business movement, Saskia co-founded Yunus Social Business (YSB) together with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus and Sophie Eisenmann. YSB runs a Philanthropic Venture Fund that turns donations into investments in sustainable social businesses that provide employment, education, healthcare, clean water and clean energy to over 9 million people worldwide. Under Saskia’s leadership, YSB has also been working with over 20 global corporations to help them use their core competencies to address social problems.
Saskia has been awarded the BOLD Woman Award 2020 by Veuve Clicquot, Handelsblatt “25 women who make the world a better place 2016", Wired Smart List 2013, Capital “Young Elite” 2017, 2018 and is a member of YPO. Saskia was appointed to the EU Commission’s expert group on social business and has advised on Ban Ki-Moon’s UN MDG Advocacy Group as well as Richard Branson’s B-team. She has lectured at several universities and speaks regularly at high profile events, including the World Economic Forum and the Clinton Global Initiative. She co-authored a report with the Boston Consulting Group on the experiences of building large-scale social business joint ventures with corporations. In 2016 she co-founded "Salong", a political debate format bringing the Berliner Salon culture of the 20’s back.
Prior to YSB, Saskia was the Co-CEO of the Grameen Creative Lab and a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich and NY. She holds an MBA from the European Business School in Germany and an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Saskia holds a German and Canadian citizenship and lives between Berlin and Amsterdam.
