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Motivated by impact: A new generation seek to make their mark

July 21, 2016

Global

July 21, 2016

Global
Melanie Noronha

Principal, Policy & insights

Melanie is a principal at Economist Impact. She has over ten years of experience delivering consulting and thought leadership projects to public, private and not-for-profit organisations. Based in Dubai, she leads the Middle East and Africa team on research across a range of sectors including food sustainability, recycling, renewable energy, fintech, trade and supply chains. She is a specialist in advanced recycling technologies and international trade. She is a seasoned moderator, having chaired numerous panel discussions and presented Economist Impact's research at global in-person and virtual conferences.

Before joining The Economist Group, she was a senior analyst at MEED Insight, a research and consulting firm serving Middle East and North Africa. At MEED, she developed expertise in bespoke market studies and financial modelling across a range of sectors spanning construction, finance, power and water, oil and gas, and renewable energy. She held previous posts at the Office of the Chief Economist at the Dubai International Financial Centre and at the San Francisco Center for Economic Development. Melanie has an MSc in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St Andrews and a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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Motivated by impact: A new generation seek to make their mark is an EIU report exploring the driving forces behind the decisions of the next generation of business leaders and investors, with a particular focus on millennials.

The findings are based on desk research and interviews with affluent investors and entrepreneurs conducted by The EIU and presented in series of articles, case studies and infographics. The research is supported by HSBC Private Bank.

The EIU would like to thank the following interviewees who participated in the interview programme (listed alphabetically):

 

- Maissa Abou Adal Ghanem, corporate projects manager, Holdal-Abou Adal Group

- Stephanie Cordes, vice chair, Cordes Foundation

- Farida El Agamy, general manager, Tharawat Family Business Forum

- Scott Farquhar, co-founder, Atlassian 

- Ben Goldsmith, co-founder and CEO, Menhaden Capital

- Eddie Holmes, CEO, Launch22

- David Hutchison, chief executive, Social Finance

- Badr Jafar, CEO, Crescent Enterprises

- Stewart Langdon, partner, LeapFrog Investments 

- Cameron Stevens, CEO, Prodigy Finance

- Thomas Woolf, founder and CEO, EdAid

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