ImpactFest Speakers & hosts

Host: Ikenna Azuike

Independent journalist, speaker and filmmaker Ikenna Azuike was born in Nigeria, grew up in the UK, studied law in the UK and France and has been living in The Netherlands since 2004.

Ikenna is an experienced event host and moderator where he interviews professionally and enthusiastically with his trademark disarming charm and sense of humour.

Keynote: Faiza Oulahsen

Faiza Oulahsen will give the keynote speech on Peace & Climate Justice. She works at KPMG as Associate Director on sustainability, where she helps companies and organizations transition towards a sustainable business model.

Before joining KPMG, Faiza was Program Director at Greenpeace where she pushed for climate action – through high profile actions, lobby and media appearances, from UN climate summits to climate court cases. In 2013 Faiza gained public attention after being locked up in Russian detention for a peaceful protest at a drilling platform in the Arctic.

Meetup host: Lisa Jordan

Lisa Jordan is managing director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation and she supports entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their impact.

At ImpactFest she will co-host an interactive Meetup session together with ScaleUpNation and Social Impact Factory on scaling up your entreprise and what you need to get to your next phase.

Want to meet Lisa and discuss with her your impact scaling challenges? Claim your spot at her Meetup session!

Talk Show: René van Geer

René van Geer, founder and CEO of SECRID will join the ImpactFest panel on Circular Economy, discussing about how to scale your circular business.

Secrid is a The Hague born and bred creative company founded in 1995. Their trademark circular wallet brings fashion and industrial design together, yin-yang.