Rising in the finance and entrepreneurship sectors is a dream that many students aspire to accomplish. While possible, it's a huge challenge that takes time, an iron will and sheer determination. But that hasn't stopped Karen Wilson, Senior Advisor to the Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) Centre at OECD, of becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs of this decade.

She has been working in the private and public sectors on finance, entrepreneurship and innovation, including in investment banking and venture capital. In addition to other roles, she been working with the OECD since 2009 focused on impact measurement, impact investment, entrepreneurial finance and the role of private finance for sustainable development.

Our speaker

Karen E. Wilson

She is an Associate Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University, a Visiting Lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and teaches at other universities. She also serves on a number of boards with organizations involved in impact and sustainable finance. She received, with honors, a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

An aperitif will follow the conference