With over seven years of work experience in the Private Sector, Andreanne is committed to re-orienting her career to one that will have a greater social impact. She is motivated by the concept of using strategic and innovative business principles to solve social issues and is undertaking a ‘year of learning through volunteering’ prior to starting her MBA at the University of Oxford in September. After first dipping into this new sector through part-time volunteering at the Impact Hub Dubai, Andreanne started her ‘year’ at Ashoka in Cairo, Egypt where she supported the Arab World Venture Team in the search and selection process of system-changing social entrepreneurs across the MENA region. She is now looking forward to starting her fellowship with Kiva in Madagascar to dive specifically into poverty alleviation. Andreanne’s past work experience was focused in Marketing and Project Management for large-scale commercial conferences and exhibitions in Canada, the US, the UAE, India, Indonesia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. She was born and raised in Canada and is of French Canadian and Lebanese ethnic origin.