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Jeff Hamaoui
Founder - Origo Social Enterprise Partners
USA
strategies for their base of the pyramid businesses. Workingthrough
theWorld Business Council for Sustainable Development as a network and
platformand as a consultant to companies Jeff has traveled to over 30countries
in Africa, Asia and Latin America helping companies from across industry
sectors to analyze and execute upon the different BOP strategies and
opportunities available to them.
Over the last two years Jeff has been working with both the Dutch
government (SNV) and USAID's GDA program to build effective allianceson the ground that combine public and private resources to generateinclusive
businesses throughout Latin America and Africa. These activitieshave seen Jeff engage with hundreds of CEO's throughout the targetregions, as well as in Europe and the US and has generated over 50 BOPconcepts with 7 active BOP business opportunities that are currentlyunder development in Latin America alone.
Jeff is the founder of Origo and as a connector of both concepts and
people and an attractor of capital and other resources, Jeff has been
responsible for the disbursement of millions of dollars intosustainable livelihoods projects. His thinking was shaped by stints inboth the private and public areas, including early experiences as ateacher setting up a school for children with learning disabilities. In1994 Jeff worked with
industrialist Stephen Schmidheiny to help set up AVINA foundation inMallorca, Spain, to invest in sustainable development projects. In addition to his work with companies Jeff has has advised a varietyof civil society organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, theWorld Economic Forum, the Global Exchange for Social Development(GEXSI), Charity Bank and a number of bilateral and multilateral donoragencies.