Consultants
Our network of consultants is composed by more than forty members located worldwide, with a variety of academic backgrounds.
They have a broad professional experience in all sectors, with a mix of business skills, community organising and ongoing academic training. They speak multiple languages and have developed personal and professional skills that round their work performance.
In addition, our consultants work comfortably with members of all sectors, and establish bridges among them through flexibility and creativity. Learn more about us here below!
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Amanda Rubio
Associate Consultant
Spain
MA in Communication for Social Change and MSc in Medical Anthropology, Amanda supports NGOs and social enterprises in the environmental- and health sector with strategic, participatory and dynamic storytelling.
Ana Assunção
Associate Consultant
Portugal
Graduated in Law, Ana holds a Master’s in Business Legal Advice. She worked as a lawyer for ten years, with a special focus on legal advice to companies and third sector entities. Ana joined Stone Soup in 2019.
Ana Gouveia
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Passionate about continuous improvement and social change. Ana is a management consultant since 2005, and focuses on improving operations and finance. Her international experience involves the public, private and third sectors.
Andrea Chacón Chávez
Consultant
Mexico
Andrea is a consultant with extensive experience in measuring the management, results, and impacts of social programs in 15 Latin American countries, working with different types of organizations. Researcher focused on topics related to vulnerable populations, inequalities, and violence..
Andrés Trujillo
Principal Consultant
Spain
Andrés has been working in social entrepreneurship for over 9 years. He has worked with several organisations on acceleration and incubation programmes, impact investing and social impact measurement.
Arnau Gallard
Consultant
Spain
Arnau is specialized in food & agriculture, PSD, and human rights. He has worked for the World Bank, UNICEF, Plan International, ASG, Venair and ACCIO. He has an MSc in IR (Georgetown University) and an MBA (INSEAD).
Aurelie Faugier
Consultant
United Kingdom
Aurelie has over 15 years of experience across both the private and the non-profit sectors. She’s passionate about unlocking people and organisations’, especially related to women and girls. Her expertise is in bringing together social and business needs, increasing the effectiveness of programmes and teams, and connecting people.
Bernardo Garcia
Principal Consultant
Spain
Bernardo has a PhD in Economics and Business Administration, and MA in Advanced Management. He also has thirty years’ experience in management of non-profit organisations. He focuses on strategy and organisational development, fundraising, and social impact measurement.
Carol Solórzano Canales
Principal Consultant
France
Cécile Sevrain
Consultant
France
Celia Zayas
Associate Consultant
Spain
Celia works on gender equality, interculturality and cultural cooperation. She has worked with international, European and governmental organisations, think tanks and NGDOs in Europe, West and Central Africa and the Caribbean.
Chus de la Fuente
Consultant
Spain
With a degree in Law and Economics and a Masters in International Migrations, Chus is committed to creating a better world for all. With more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, she has expertise in NGOs, ODS3, ODS4, ODS 17.
Cristiano Viegas
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Cristiano has a Degree in Management, a postgraduate degree and a Master in Marketing. He mainly focuses on social impact measurement, strategic planning and creation of social businesses.
Cristina Osoro
Principal Consultant
Spain
Cristina has more than ten years of experience as a social researcher, especially on social impact evaluation. She has mostly worked in the UK’s non-for-profit sector on issues related to sustainability and circular economy.
Daniel Manitsky
Principal Consultant
Spain
Daniel has twenty years of experience helping clients use collaborative innovation tools to co-create solutions to complex social challenges. His work spans the public, private and non-profit sectors in thirty countries.
Daniel Mendes
Principal Consultant
Brazil
Biologist, Daniel is an activist for freedom and for a sustainable world. Focused on social businesses, social impact measurement, communication strategy, human centered design and organisational development.
David Martin
Consultant
Switzerland
David has been working in social entrepreneurship for 10 years after studying financial management (Msc.) at the HEC business school in Switzerland. His specialty lies in complex and highly collaborative projects within NGOs or associations with decentralized governance spanning Strategy, Organizational development, Operations and finances management including Fundraising.
Diana Espada
Consultant
Portugal
Diana is a Portuguese bilingual value-based leader, based in Lisbon, with professional experience in Lisbon and Luanda and proven track record in project finance, project management, sustainability, social entrepreneurship. International exposure having lived in England, U.S.A., Portugal, Italy, Angola and South Africa.
Fatima Gholem
Consultant
France
Francisco Neves
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Francisco has worked for eight years as a founder, manager and consultant of impact organisations. His areas of expertise include business models, financial sustainability and impact management. He holds a BSC in Management, and a MSC in Social and Solidarity Economy.
Ghadie Elhelaly
Consultant
Serbia
Ghadie is a seasoned monitoring and evaluation (M&E) expert with 15 years of experience in optimizing the impact and efficiency of local and international development programmes. Her expertise focuses on projects evaluation and on designing and implementing robust M&E systems that enhance the accountability and support data-driven decision making.
Guido Lanese
Consultant
Spain
Guido is an Industrial Engineer with experience in value chain, strategies, organisational development and process optimization. Focus on cooperation projects, entrepreneurship and social innovation to achieve systemic change and socioeconomic integration.
Harriet Gibson
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Harriet has a Master’s in Human Rights and over eight years’ experience in the development and humanitarian sectors. She focuses on MEL/IMM, international development, refugee issues and social impact.
Inga Carey
Consultant
Spain
Inga has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Spanish from Western University in London, ON, Canada; and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics – International & Development, from John’s Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA.
Inji Elabd
Principal Consultant
Mexico
Inji is an evaluator focusing on social enterprise, livelihoods, and economic inclusion. She is passionate about participatory research, complex portfolio evaluations and ecosystem mapping. She also believes in the power of art for social change.
Jorge Alarcón
Consultant
Spain
Jorge is a multilingual consultant with solid international experience across impact investing, social impact, sustainable development and development policy. He is driven to deliver impactful solutions for shared prosperity.
Julie Berdux-Dehareng
Consultant
France
Julio Alonso
Consultant
Spain
Julio is graduated in BA, MBA from ESADE and holds several post-graduate studies in Management. He is focused on organisational development, strategic planning, financial sustainability and capacity building.
Liliana Dias
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Liliana holds a double Masters in Psychology & Human Resources management. She is specialised in human resources consultancy, DEIB, internal CSR practices, organizational health & benefits and vulture and vhange management.
Marco Antonio Ortega
Consultant
Spain
Marco Antonio has over 20 years of international working experience in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on Strategic Planning and Knowledge Management, and with proven ability in the fields of management, analysis, communication, and facilitation.
Maria Rubio
Consultant
Spain
Graduated in Business Administration and Political Science, Maria holds various Master´s degrees. With 20 years of experience working for consultancy firms, NGOs and local governments, her main focus areas are: strategic planning; impact assessment; strategic alliances; and social innovation design.
Maria João Ferreira
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Maria João has a post-graduate in Evaluation of Social Programs and Projects from UCP, and experience in the third sector since 2002. She focuses on social impact evaluation, fundraising and organisational assessment.
Mariana Segre
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Human rights and CSR specialist, Mariana has worked internationally in Brazil, Europe and Africa. She is focused on social impact management and measurement, project evaluation and CSR strategy and reporting.
Melissa Phillips
Consultant
USA
Melissa helps non-profits secure sustainable funding, advises philanthropists on donations, and supports corporate social programs. She has raised over $200 million for non-profits over 26 years, holding senior roles, including Executive Director of the Erin Brockovich Foundation. She is also a member of Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development at Harvard University and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Michele Dimastrogiovanni
Consultant
Spain
Michele is a multilingual researcher specialised in Monitoring & Evaluation. He holds an MSc in International Development and has worked in policy and advocacy to improve livelihood conditions across Africa and Latin America.
Milène Hérent
Consultant
Mauritius
Milène is an experienced consultant and project manager committed to sustainable development, social inclusion, and community empowerment. Her expertise in project management, business development, and strategy is dedicated to supporting green and inclusive projects by facilitating funding access and providing strategic guidance.
Montserrat Corbella
Principal Consultant
Spain
Montserrat is a lawyer with more than ten years of combined work experience in international organisations and the private sector. At Stone Soup, she provides legal advice and supports the development of impact measurement systems.
Patrice Santos
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Patrice holds various Master’s degrees in political science, international economics, governance and development studies. He focuses on the transformative impact of innovation, strategic planning and project evaluation.
Peter Irungu
Consultant
Kenya
Peter has more than 20 years’ experience in institutional strategy development, and project management. He is a prolific trainer and facilitator across diverse development and social justice sectors and is passionate about human rights, equality and inclusion.
Pilar Balet
Principal Consultant
Spain
Pilar is specialized in communication strategy for societal change. More than fifteen years experience empowering institutions, social entrepreneurs, corporations, NGO and civic initiatives.
Rasa Sekulovic
Consultant
Thailand
Raša is a child rights advocate and advanced specialist in the areas of child protection, advocacy, children’s participation and elimination of child, early and forced marriage, with over twenty years of work experience in the post-conflict and transitional development contexts at the community, national, regional and global levels.
Ricardo Marques
Principal Consultant
Portugal
Ricardo is a sociologist with a PhD in Social Sustainability and Development. Consultant in Portugal and Angola, his areas of interest are communication for development, human rights, third sector and impact assessment.
Sofiia Shevchuk
Consultant
Belgium
Sofiia Shevchuk is a founder of an educational and consultancy platform VONA, dedicated to the topics of climate gender, peace and security; she also serves as an independent researcher, trainer, facilitator and a podcast host. Through building connections, in-depth research, and facilitation of discussions, Sofiia aims to contribute to a more equal, climate-just, and peaceful world.
Sophie Chauliac
Consultant
France
Sophie has a Master’s in Business Management and is specialized in financial inclusion and social entrepreneurship in Latin America. She focuses on project evaluation and impact measurement for development banks and NGOs. She’s also a journalist.
Stella Gonzalez Alfonso
Consultant
USA
Multidisciplinary researcher interested in sustainable tourism development, environmental education, and remote work practices. Most of her work experience involves sharing knowledge through consultancy reports, scientific conferences, blogs, and environmental education programs.
Stephanie Sacco
Consultant
Brazil
Stephanie is an Anthropologist and social impact project manager with over 10 years of work experience in the social sector. She is an expert on social innovation methodologies, facilitation, project management, and strategic planning using methodologies such as the theory of change.
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