ETG - Fiona Macaulay, Founder - WILD Network

October 28, 2021 00:40:52

Hosted By

Eric Kilbride

Show Notes

We had the honor to interview Fiona Macaulay. Fiona, Founder and CEO of the WILD Network, works at the intersection of innovation, leadership and global development. She is one of the pioneering voices in the fields of social entrepreneurship and international development, committed to helping other women make their mark in the social change sector. Fiona founded WILD - the Women Innovators and Leaders Development Network- to support women in the global development sector to scale their impact and thrive.

A serial social entrepreneur, educator and field-builder, Fiona is committed to helping people achieve their potential. She key-notes global conferences and is a TEDx speaker. She writes a popular monthly column on leadership for Inc.com, and has been featured in the New York Times.

In the academic world, Fiona is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where she also runs a leadership clinic for MBA students, and serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence to mentor and coach emerging social innovators and leaders across campus.

Earlier in her career, Fiona founded and for 20 years was the CEO of Making Cents International, a professional service firm that implemented development programs in 50 countries. Fiona also founded the leading global platform that disseminates evidence-based scalable solutions to increase youth employment, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. At the time her social enterprise was acquired, Fiona was recognized among the top 1% of U.S. female business owners.

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