Nicola Crosta is an experienced executive and one of the world's leading expert on philanthropy and impact investment. Prior to founding Impact46, Nicola worked as Executive Vice President of Epic Foundation and held senior positions at the United Nations and at the OECD. Nicola's work on development economics and philanthropy has been published worldwide and he has been a guest Professor at the MIT, Harvard, Sciences Po and Hong-Kong University. He is the Founder of the award-winning social enterprise Baan Dek, a nonprofit organization that provides thousands of migrant children from across South-East Asia with access to education and healthcare.