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InkDot is a boutique innovation consultancy that makes innovation real, practical and possible. We partner with leaders, teams and organisation to build their innovation capabilities, from the inside out.

We Will Lead Africa is a social enterprise and movement focused on collecting, curating and sharing stories of everyday African leaders, anywhere in the world, who are impacting the progress of continental Africa. We believe in the power of storytelling, an inherent part of African culture, as a powerful tool for imagining, sparking and driving progress. And as a way to inspire more change and shape the futures we want.

Maputo, Mozambique

ideiaLab is a Mozambican business founded in 2010 by two businesswomen - Tatiana Pereira and Sara Fakir – connected by their joint vision of leveraging entrepreneurship for inclusive development and growth.The focus of everything ideiaLab does is transforming Mozambique into an innovative and entrepreneurial country. Our guiding purpose is to inspire aspiring entrepreneurs, support the development of start-ups, and accelerate the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)… Show more ideiaLab is a Mozambican business founded in 2010 by two businesswomen - Tatiana Pereira and Sara Fakir – connected by their joint vision of leveraging entrepreneurship for inclusive development and growth.The focus of everything ideiaLab does is transforming Mozambique into an innovative and entrepreneurial country. Our guiding purpose is to inspire aspiring entrepreneurs, support the development of start-ups, and accelerate the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and nurturing the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a whole. Our mission is clear: to act as a catalyst of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Show less

Southern Africa

Globally

Day-to-day leadership and management of the Global Secretariat - the community hub looking after the 37 Africa 2.0 Chapters globally and 600 members - including redesign, restructure & recruitment for the Secretariat team, Board of Directors and Governing Council.

London, United Kingdom

Role dimensions:- Organisation design, restructure and recruitment- Building a high performing cohesive senior management team- Establishing organisational processes and policies

Traveling extensively in America, Europe and Africa. In particular, my focus was to deepen my understanding of the transformational change occurring across Africa.

London, United Kingdom

Internal Brand Engagement Lead - design & delivery of company-wide strategy & plan to driving increase in employee engagement, brand strength & customer satisfaction- Activated an effective brand ambassador network (50 senior leaders) to ensure ownership- Designed bespoke interventions for key departments: co-creating and facilitating team strategy sessions to make corporate vision, objectives & new behaviours tangible for Commercial Teams, incorporating Design Thinking tools into… Show more Internal Brand Engagement Lead - design & delivery of company-wide strategy & plan to driving increase in employee engagement, brand strength & customer satisfaction- Activated an effective brand ambassador network (50 senior leaders) to ensure ownership- Designed bespoke interventions for key departments: co-creating and facilitating team strategy sessions to make corporate vision, objectives & new behaviours tangible for Commercial Teams, incorporating Design Thinking tools into Products & Services Team processes, bringing customer insight to life for non-customer facing teams in Legal and HR.- Embedded brand and customer objectives in corporate processes inc Procurement, Business Planning, PMO, Recruitment, Performance Management- Enabled cross-functional working and integrated comms and designing innovative brand alignment tools & methodologiesLeaders for Business Graduate programme, Change Facilitator (2010/11):- Implemented of talent share programme & annual Partnership Conference to integrate working across 3 partner airlines- Designed dashboard to measure trust, innovation and health of partnership and governance & comms strategy for HR & Legal deptEnvironment Executive, Corporate & Social Responsibility (2009/10)- Established successful industry position and lobbying approach for treatment of aviation biofuels in EU Emissions Trading Scheme- Implemented fuel efficiency programme using Lean methodology, resulting in £5m saving a year in fuel and carbon costs.Customer Service Duty Manager, Heathrow Terminal 5 (2008/9): - Front-line customer service and service recovery ensuring robust day-to-day operation at Heathrow Terminal 5, managed 20 customer service agents Show less

London, United Kingdom

Certified Integral Coach, Professional Coaching Course (Pcc), Centre For Coaching (Graduate Business School)

Ma And Ba (Hons), Philosophy, 2:1, Merit

BA (Hons) Philosophy - Grade: 2:1 Subjects: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophical & Symbolic Logic, Phenomenology, Kierkegaard, History.