Laura Orestano

Laura Orestano (@lauraorestano) is CEO at SocialFare |Center for Social Innovation Italy and Impact Startups Accelerator as well as President of the first impact seed fund in Italy, SocialFare Seed (www.socialfare.org) Laura has extensive experience in social entrepreneurship, impact investing and social innovation ecosystems and has worked for large multinational corporations, institutions and third-sector organizations worldwide. She focuses her work on social value as key element to generate sustainable innovation and economic value for communities and society as a whole. Laura is co-author of UN-ILO Paper “Social Innovation and the Future of Work”, EU Commission Expert on Social Innovation, ActionAid International Board Member and, in 2016, was awarded with the WEF Prize “Iconic Trail Blazer Woman of the Decade”.