Maria Isabel Irurita
Maria trained as an economist and as an anthropologist and for the last 10 years has worked advising social enterprises across Latin America, the UK and South East Asia. Maria is a trainer and a certified advisor on issues related to business and financial planning for social enterprises and is also conducting a funded PhD on processes of innovation and peer learning within the social economy of the UK. Previously Maria worked as a CSR manager within a community investment foundation, as mentoring coordinator for a refugee integration programme and as frontline advisor of various community initiatives. Maria managed the successful establishment and is now a director of the Stepping Stones Community Nursery based in Lambeth.