Dr Eleftheria Egel

Dr Eleftheria Egel has devoted her career to working with women entrepreneurs from around the world enhancing their human and professional capacity and building mission-driven businesses. Her latest  entrepreneurial endeavour is EOS Academy; a pre-seed online learning platform for women social entrepreneurs.

She is Board Member of One Planet Education Networks , Advisory Board Member of Ethics International Press and Past Board Member of the MSR Interest Group of the Academy of Management. Her practice is informed by her scholarly research on female leadership & entrepreneurship, sustainability and  (Islamic) spiritual leadership. She has published in academic journals and book collections. She has spoken at conferences in the USA, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, Turkey and UAE. Her current academic project is the publication of a book on Inner Development Goals.

Eleftheria is a fervent community supporter.  Among others, she co-founded the initiative #SheHustlesAfrica in Nigeria together with the indigenous NGO AKAWI to assist local women entrepreneurs solve business challenges and grow.  She also provides counsel, pitching guidance and assistance with fostering a success mindset to early stage startup founders in Founder Institute in  Germany.

Motto: "Stop being afraid of what can go wrong. Start thinking of what can go right”"