Lisa Hehenberger
InvestorChief Impact Advisor – Advisory Committee Member at Oryx Impact
Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area
About
Dean of ESADE Business School, associate professor and chairholder; an expert on impact measurement, impact investing and social entrepreneurship. Active in EU, OECD, GSG and COFIDES expert groups and advisory boards, and former research and policy director of Impact Europe.
Experience
- EsadeDean of the Business Schoolcurrent2025 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- EsadeEsade Chair in Social Impact - Chairholdercurrent2025 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- EsadeAssociate Professor Department of Strategy and General Managementcurrent2021 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- EsadeDirector Esade Center for Social Impact2021 — 2025
- EsadeDirector ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute2017 — 2021Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area
- EsadeAssistant Professor Department of Strategy and General Management2016 — 2021Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area
- COFIDESIndependent Expert Panel Member, Social Impact Fund - Impact Measurement Expertcurrent2024 — present
- Oryx ImpactChief Impact Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- GSMA MOBILE FOR DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INCBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Rubio Impact VenturesImpact Advisory Board membercurrent2020 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & CitiesScientific Board Member of the OECD Global Action Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystemscurrent2021 — present
- BlackRockImpact Advisor - BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Impact portfolio management team2023 — 2024
- Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS)Visiting Scholar2022
- European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)Strategic Advisor2016 — 2021Brussels Metropolitan Area
- European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)Research and Policy Director2010 — 2016Brussels Metropolitan Area
- European CommissionMember of the European Commission's Expert Group on Social Business (GECES)2012 — 2021Brussels Metropolitan Area
- European CommissionMember and rapporteur of the GECES sub-group on social impact measurement2012 — 2014Brussels Metropolitan Area
- G8 Social Impact Investment TaskforceMember of Impact Measurement Working Group2013 — 2014Global
- G8 Social Impact Investment TaskforceMember of the French National Advisory Board2013 — 2014France
- IESEPhD2004 — 2010
Education
- IESE Business SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Management2004 — 2010
- Stockholm School of EconomicsM.Sc., Economics and Business administration1994 — 1999
- HEC ParisCEMS, Exchange program1997 — 1998
Skills & more
Venture Philanthropy17Social Impact Measurement14Social Investment11Impact Investing7Research17Social Entrepreneurship38Corporate Social Responsibility30Entrepreneurship23Corporate Finance11Policy12Management Consulting10Mergers & Acquisitions8
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Social EnterpriseBusiness DevelopmentEconomic DevelopmentInvestmentsPrivate EquityInternational RelationsVenture CapitalPublic PolicyStrategyFrenchStrategic PlanningLeadershipLanguages Catalan · English · French · German · Spanish · Swedish
From Lisa's professional profile.
Colleagues at Oryx Impact
Adeolu Adewunmi-Zer
Investor at Oryx Impact
Anu Sing
Investor at Oryx Impact
Elias Masilela
Investor at Oryx Impact
Farah Mulji
Venture Partner at Oryx Impact
Frank Aswani
Investor at Oryx Impact
Gilbert Nyatanyi
Investor at Oryx Impact
Marjolaine Mandagot
Impact & ESG Manager at Oryx Impact
Oguche Agudah
Investor at Oryx Impact
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Lisa Hehenberger work?
- Lisa Hehenberger is Chief Impact Advisor – Advisory Committee Member at Oryx Impact.
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