Clara builds new businesses that unlock growth for mission-driven organizations at strategic inflection points. She is an internationally recognized social entrepreneur, experienced corporate intrapreneur, ex-McKinsey engagement manager, and active nonprofit Board member and startup advisor. She's currently building:• Piñata: a tech startup transforming the relationship between landlords and renters and cracking open the power of rent (through innovative renter rewards). • SkillNav: a skills and career GPS software that helps low-skilled entry-level workers skill up on the job, so small businesses can scale up across the African continent. ***Throughout her career, from McKinsey to Piñata, Clara has helped companies achieve step changes, from leading a mission-critical digital transformation for a 6000-store retailer to delivering the 90-day plan for new Fortune 100 CPG CMO to facilitating board meetings for major health insurers and international peacekeeping NGOs. She goes beyond strategy to build teams and launch businesses that bring leaders' visions and values to life at each stage of growth, from hypothesis-testing and features roadmaps to operational rollout and sales.Her work on Bottom of the Pyramid innovation, ecosystem building, and unlocking human potential has been featured at the Clinton Global Initiative University, MIT Innovations Journal, Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Wharton Social Impact Initiative, TEDx, and other forums. Clara is a proud Canadian who has had the fortune of living, learning and working across the USA, UK, South Africa, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, France, China, and Bermuda.
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