User:Origoinc/Jeff Hamaoui

Jeff Hamaoui is a world leader in sustainability and public-private partnerships. For the past 15 years he devised business models and unique approaches to social entrepreneurship. In 1999 Hamaoui founded Origo, Inc., an organization dedicated to creating the next generation of public-private partnerships. He is the author of a forthcoming book on SuperConnection, provisionally entitled SuperConnectors.

Career
Hamaoui began his work in Latin America in 1991 as a teacher in Venezuela, subsequently moving in 1994 to the Avina Foundation in Mallorca, Spain. His work there took him across South America, working with emerging for-profit and nonprofit leaders in the field of sustainability and social enterprise. During his time at Avina he worked with philanthropist and Sustainable development authority, Stephan Schmidheiny.

Notable Positions
Associate Fellow in Sustainability, University of London Imperial College (1995–1996).

Since 2004 he has been a Guest Lecturer, and sat on the Board of Directors, at the Presidio School of Management, in San Francisco, California.