Kathleen Holland, Founding Partner
Triple Bottom Line Champion
Inspiring
After 15 years of senior sales, marketing and customer service experience at major corporations, Kathleen began consulting and brought her expertise to Africa working with SME’s to help strengthen their export businesses. Kathleen was inspired by their natural consideration of “People, Planet, Profit” in running their businesses – it is just part of their “dna”. They are the true pioneers of social enterprise. This purposeful strategic approach inspired Kathleen to build the triple bottom line into the KMH Associates practice to deliver sustainable growth solutions.
Results:
Thinking outside the box and tackling tough business challenges is Kathleen’s passion. She has led revolutionary initiatives throughout her career, including:
- The launch of ScotTowel Ultra during the time of Bounty’s introduction into Canada – won the Canadian Grand Prix new product award;
- Transformed the grocery deli section with the introduction of premium products and a new profitable merchandising and pricing strategy;
- Led the development of an African multi-country initiative, Design Africa, which has garnered worldwide recognition as an innovative global brand showcasing Africa’s best talent in the craft, textile and furniture sector;
- Visionary for www.tradeplusimpact.org, the first global trade association to support women-led social enterprises in the craft and natural cosmetics sectors in Africa and the Middle East.
Katherine Magee, Sustainability Champion
Inspiring
With nearly 20 years of executive-level marketing & communications experience, Katherine is passionate about helping organizations turn ideas into reality – particularly when it relates to implementing a “greener” vision with environmentally sustainable initiatives.
Results:
Katherine launched www.greenopolis.ca in early 2007, helping thousands of Canadians to “live a greener life”, before rolling the website into a larger global initiative. She currently works with major Canadian consumer packaged goods companies on how to develop and best position environmental sustainability relating to their products and services. Katherine is also a member of the Program Advisory Committee for Seneca’s Green Business Management program.
Alice Paquette, Insight – Foresight Expert
Inspiring
Grounded in over 20 years of consumer insight and strategic business-building experience, Alice is passionate about turning information and insights into breakthrough ideas and practical solutions for growth. Her depth of understanding of the market and customer inspires her to deliver winning solutions for our clients.
Results:
A strong collaborator, Alice is known to drive for results.
- Successfully led strategic planning process for large food manufacturer and identified consumer needs-based growth opportunities resulting in launch of 2 new brands and 7 new products
- Used insights framework to re-brand Canada’s leading bathroom tissue and paper towel brands
- Developed precision targeting tool to scope relevant white space expansion for Canada’s leading chilled juice trade marks
Marianne Schoenig, Collaboration and Inclusion Champion & Workplace/Commercial Mediator
Inspiring
Marianne has more than 20 years of procurement and supply chain experience at major corporations, including initiating, building and leading technology and consulting multinational Accenture’s Global Supplier Inclusion and Diversity capability in countries outside US. An accredited workplace, commercial and civil mediator, and collaboration consultant and coach, Marianne specialises in leadership development and helping people to work together in more productive, fulfilling and sustainable ways – including empowering individuals, groups and businesses to transcend relationship challenges and disputes and unleash new levels of collaborative potential.
Results:
Marianne’s signature strengths are emotional intelligence, strategy and ‘joined up’ leadership. Her achievements include inspiring and supporting a network of champions in more than 20 countries to start and advance programmes to open up their and their clients’ supply chains to under-represented and diverse service and product provider businesses. A global advocate for women’s entrepreneurial empowerment, Marianne was the award winning driving force of an Accenture and WEConnect International (a leading non-profit with whom she served as a board director) project to enable some of the most vulnerable women in India – waste-pickers – to embark on much improved livelihoods as stationery producers. Marianne has supported many people and organisations to enjoy greater fulfilment and success in how they relate, work and buy, and continues to focus accordingly.
Daniella Mastracci, Expert in Social Enterprises from Emerging Markets
Inspiring
Daniella, based in Swaziland, is a recognized SME and Fair Trade development specialist working across Africa and Asia for over 7 years. Her expertise includes building emerging companies’ export readiness through training and coaching in marketing, operations, financial management, business development and strategic planning with social enterprises in craft, sustainable farming, coffee and value-added food products.
Results:
Daniella is passionate about finding innovative solutions for growth of social enterprises and creating sustainable results:
- Developed Swaziland Fair Trade Association into a sustainable, support organization for over 70 fair trade businesses at varying export readiness within Swaziland, demonstrating sales growth, increased employment and increased export readiness;
- Launched the first Pan-African Summit and Trade Expo focusing on women-led social enterprises in the craft and natural cosmetics sectors, attracting sellers from 25 African Countries and Global buyers from 5 continents;
- Established a global trade association for breaking down barriers for trade and investment for women-led social enterprises across Africa in partnership with Kathleen and Katherine: www.tradeplusimpact.org;
- Marketing Coach for Enabel: Trade for Development Centre (formally BTC) Marketing Support Program since 2014.
