Alexander Kesselring studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Vienna. From 2006-2014 he worked as a scientific project manager at the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna. He designed and implemented national and European projects on social innovation and specialized in innovation and diffusion theory. In 2015, he completed a course on entrepreneurship and innovation management at the Danube University Krems. In October 2015, Alexander joined Ashoka Austria as project manager and assistant to the Ashoka Visionary Program. He worked on fellow screening and selection, supported the Ashoka Visionary Program which he also completed as a participant, and coordinated proposal submissions for EU projects. Currently, he is responsible for developing a new program that will enable the professional transfer and replication of socially entrepreneurial solutions.

Felix looks after the back office functions for the Ashoka UK team, Ireland team and the EU Hub. He joined Ashoka in June 2017, after 5.5 years of working as an actuarial consultant in the pension advisory industry. Felix holds two Master's degrees, in actuarial science and MORSE. (No, not MORSE of Morse code, but Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics & Economics. I know, tell me about it.)

Florian manages Ashoka's community of Fellows based, or active, in the UK. His expertise and passion focus on system change strategies which he shares in retreats, workshops and talks while co-leading integration of this work across Ashoka Europe. He holds an undergraduate degree in international economics and a graduate degree in social entrepreneurship, studying in the Netherlands, US, UK, and Kenya. Before joining Ashoka, he worked as a social impact consultant on strategy, organisation, and communication. He is also the co-founder of a mobile healthcare solution honoured by the Clinton family, the education network Our Future World aimed at building the aspirations of children, and its #TweetADream campaign which reached 25k young people in 35 countries.

Since 2014 Schön has served as Co-Country Director of Ashoka Austria. He earned degrees in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Vienna and Political Economy from the Vienna University of Business and Economics. He has worked on environmental, socio-economic and peace-building projects for NGOs and international organizations in Mexico, Austria and Southeast Europe. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to create an organization for the development of socio-economic projects in Mexico, to develop a program of study for social entrpreneurs in Austria and to found a consulting firm specializing in environment and development. Schön served as program manager for the United Nations Development Program in Macedonia and was responsible for projects relating to climate change and energy. In the scope of his duties with the UNDP he helped build a Green Business Initiative in the Black Sea region. He has published books and audio-visual materials on this topic.

Loïc studied International Business Management at UCL in Belgium and at the WU in Vienna. He was involved in numerous social initiatives during his studies, including the set-up of an education program in Bolivia. Before moving towards strategy and organizational consultancy, he started his career in marketing and finance in the telecom sector. His strong desire to combine his passion for social and environmental impact with his business background led him to becoming Director of Sustainability/CSR for the major Belgian telecom operator.

As his passion for social entrepreneurship grew stronger, he co-created an accelerator for social enterprises embedded in a larger support ecosystem, called Oksigen. In parallel to his managerial role within Oksigen, Loïc coached and advised numerous social enterprises willing to sustain their activities and grow their impact. Loïc co-founded and still is active in the Board of several social enterprises. He is also a private expert in the GECES Expert Group of the European Commission since 2015. With Ashoka Austria/CEE, Loïc focuses mainly on developing the Impact Transfer Agency, that supports the transfer of proven social innovations into new geographies. http://ashoka-cee.org/impact-transfer

Michela helps co-ordinate and implement programs within the Globalizer Team, across various partnerships within Ashoka. She is part of a team that works to engage social and business entrepreneurs in a process that challenges traditional notions for scaling social impact. Before joining Ashoka she worked as a corporate lawyer in Malta and was involved in local human rights, environment and social business initiatives. She studied International Environment Law and Corporate Law at Cambridge University and is finishing a part-time MSc in Sustainability.