Keynote speaker, workshops
How can you invest most effectively in a better future?
Why do some create a 200-400% better impact return compared to most?
And create a stronger competitive edge?
Inspire your audience with best practice examples from around the globe. Discover why these achieve exceptional outcomes.
Challenge your participants with our thought-leading tools and insights to trigger strong impact results and competitive advantages.
The nine-year-old Melanie was asked what problem she wanted to solve when she grew up. She answered that she wanted to help people who were living in poverty. In the years since, she has witnessed the other injustices in our world that ultimately harm us all.
Driven to find the most effective solutions towards a better world, her research took her past more and less successful initiatives from around the globe, Nobel Prize Laureates, and sector experts. Dr van de Velde's research was awarded the Adam Smith Prize for PhD Excellence. Nominated for the prize by the Research Director at the Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge University, her thesis was the source of many insights in her book LEAD LIKE A GENIUS. The book was commended as "A Powerhouse for Sustainable Growth" by FORBES Books.
Her other academic achievements include an MBA with Distinction from the University of Glasgow in the UK, and an MSc in Industrial Engineering at the University of Twente in The Netherlands.
Prior to her research, Dr van de Velde has managed Asia Pacific markets for a multi-billion-dollar tech company. She's worked in senior management at IT start-ups,. And she's run a fashion business to empower young women in a Nairobi slum.
Her journey has instilled an even stronger belief that we can overcome many of the biggest challenges humanity is facing, knowing that the solutions already exist. Solutions that tackle climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, poverty, social exclusion, rising inequality, and our health and wellbeing with exceptional results. Sadly, much time, money and energy go into efforts that don't work as well.
Melanie devotes her life to sharing her insights and toolkit 'The Global Goals Masters' to support people in companies and organisations to invest their time and energy in initiatives that boost engagement, excitement, purpose, personal development, and business growth. And most of all, that genuinely help to create a far better future than where we're currently heading.
"I had the pleasure of listening to Melanie opening the 1st international ESG city conference, held in Brazil.
Without a doubt, this was the highlight of the event. Exceptional experience and technique and a didactic that kept everyone engaged."
Marcus Maida
Lawyer and Business Consultant
Brazil
"The experience will have a profound impact on my life. Since I started my MBA, I have been thinking a lot about ESG and sustainability. Despite its popularity, I have found it lacking in depth or workable solutions. Your insights opened my eyes and has not only deepened my understanding of sustainability but also provided me with a clearer direction and inspiration to make a positive difference in the world."
Yue Shue
Executive MBA student Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
China
"Way more insightful than what you get elsewhere."
Jamie Davidson
Director
Johnston Carmichael
UK
"Amazing insights, this is the need of the hour."
Inir Pinheiro
Founder
Grassroutes
India
"Finally, a tool to help identify effective impact initiatives. The imperative to make a positive impact and deliver profits may seem paradoxical, but it is possible. Melanie has solved this with her simple, easy-to-adopt methodology to help businesses create powerful social and environmental impact strategies."
Mark Fallows
Founder Fabrica Collective & The Impossible Network
US
