Natalia Olynec

Drive social impact and sustainability strategy across Europe and Canada, engaging team of leads across key markets. Expand and manage health equity programs and philanthropic investment portfolios, including MSD for Mothers and Solutions for Healthy Communities grants. Oversee governance frameworks, due diligence and risk management for social investment and philanthropic partnerships and donations. Collaborate with finance, legal, corporate affairs, public policy, patient engagement, strategic access and global strategy teams to ensure programs are aligned with corporate strategy. Strengthen cross-sector partnerships with NGOs, health systems and community organizations to expand access to healthcare. Support impact reporting, measurement frameworks, employee engagement and communications for social impact and sustainability initiatives. Monitor and advise on strategy related to changing sustainability regulated reporting standards, engaging in EU industry trade association and AmCham.

Non-Executive Director of $30 bn revenue global food retailer with more than 5,700 stores in Portugal, Poland and Colombia and more than 130,000 employees. Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee Member overseeing integration of non-financial impact into governance, reporting and performance

• Co-lead Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business leveraging expertise in ESG, corporate governance, and leadership to inform award-winning thought leadership, advisory, pedagogical tools, executive education program design and rollout for leading global multinational firms. • Strategic advisor to President, Board and Executive Committee • Designed and drive inaugural sustainability strategy, including materiality assessment, reporting. • Led team driving first organizational carbon footprint measurement and target setting resulting in reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions. • Achieved Ecovadis Gold Rating and ranked first in Corporate Knights Sustainable MBA ranking among European Schools in the Top 10 of the FT and Bloomberg surveys. • Author of chapter on sustainability governance and the changing role of the Chief Sustainability Officer in Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation (Wiley) book; EFMD Responsible Business Case author award, articles on sustainability trends and leadership in Time and I by IMD • Support the development of Chief Sustainability Officers as catalysts for business transformation through dedicated communities and programs • Manage and deepen cross-sector partnerships such as Business Schools for Climate Leadership, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Inner Development Goals, Principles for Responsible Management Education champions. • Invited speaker on global platforms at World Economic Forum in Davos and COP in Dubai. • Business development with clients in healthcare, luxury, sports, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, logistics, industrial, insurance, supply chain, NGO sectors • Mentor, IMD Women on Boards Program and International Olympic Committee DEI program

Privately owned business delivering specialist consulting projects and senior executive search services, to support business growth and risk management strategies for clients operating in the Asia Pacific. Co-Author, "Law Firms Expanding in Asia Adopt Strategic CSR", The Asian Lawyer, March 2015

Professor of Sustainability in Masters Business degree program focused on supply chain management Comprehensive course design, delivery and performance evaluation at Australian business school with campuses in Sydney, Singapore and Dubai. S P Jain's Global MBA was ranked #5 in Asia in Forbes Best International Business Schools Rankings (2013).

Designed Damco’s first sustainability strategy, tying risk mitigation and value creation to objectives in health & safety, energy efficiency, environment, anti-corruption, and responsible procurement, while ensuring alignment with Maersk Group. Secured buy-in and engagement by establishing and managing C-level Sustainability Steering Committee. Produced sustainability reports, managing contributors across global functions, to engage stakeholders in dialogue on key material issues, targets and challenges and build reputation. Designed and managed employee skills-based humanitarian logistics volunteering program with World Economic Forum, UN Word Food Program and industry peers ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in emergency response. Developed garment industry social compliance, market due diligence, and partnerships in Myanmar to align with customers such as H&M and Tesco and help local vendors access global markets in line with Maersk Group’s sustainability strategy focus on Enabling Trade. Achieved cost and carbon savings across operations in Asia and Europe by influencing and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to implement energy efficiency systems and promote best practices, improving performance and reducing the environmental impact of business.

Developed and implemented internal and external marketing and communications strategy for Asia Pacific for Maersk Group's logistics business and managed regional team. Promoted to Global Head of Sustainability after developing corporate sustainability strategy with C-Suite leaders

Group facilitation and curriculum design for leadership course based on Harvard Kennedy School of Government course, including research, coaching, mentoring.

Capital allocation strategy communications for multi-billion dollar single family office developing bottom-of-the-pyramid business models in emerging markets Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) - impact investment platform conceptualization and communications until funds raised from Rockefeller Foundation and Asian Development Bank. Produced reports for World Economic Forum (WEF) and report on the impact of the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis in Asia at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Co-Founder/Editor of “Global-is-asian” magazine for Asia's top public policy school, including interviews with the world's experts on sustainability, trade, digital inclusion, monetary policy.

Editor and writer of business books on business and financial markets for leading publishing house. Contributing editor and project manager for "Net Impact - Competitive Advantage from Internet Innovators in Asia Pacific and Japan" by Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group consulting team.

Reporter and Editor in Ukraine, Russia, and Southeast Asia during a periods of significant historical change and development. Topics covered include technology, telecommunications, financial markets, politics, social and environmental issues such as the Chernobyl accident, and state asset privatization. Interviews with Ukraine's President, Russia and Ukraine's central bank governors, corporate CEOs, entrepreneurs, activists, fund managers, and analysts in print, television, and online. Covered Russia’s debt default and devaluation and subsequent economic collapse and recovery. Attended and wrote articles on major global political events as correspondent, including G-8, EBRD, IMF, and APEC summits. Articles published in Bloomberg, the International Herald Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, the Independent, Washington Times, Economist Group magazines.

leadership , sustainability, public roles of the private sector

Ukrainian politics and language studies