Aaron Stewart
Aaron Stewart is General Counsel at VME Coop, a retail technology worker co-op with offices in the UK and Malta, and Coop Exchange, a start-up platform co-op. Aaron is also a founding member of the UK Coop Law Association and advisor to Kandoroo CIC, a not-for-profit co-op which uses digital technology to enable foodbank users […]
J. Benoit Caron
Benoit Caron has accumulated nearly 35 years of experience in business development and management, with almost 30 years specifically focused on cooperative development. He is widely recognized for his involvement and expertise in creating and fostering cooperatives that address economic and social needs while emphasizing their consolidation. Benoit has played a significant role in the […]
Elena Badeanschi
Elena Badeanschi is a professional with extensive experience in designing and promoting international projects focused on cooperative skills development, participatory governance, and stakeholder engagement for sustainable local development. She manages international relations and network activities at the Trentino Federation of Cooperation (Italy) and serves on the board of Euromontana, the European network for mountain regions. […]
Ilana Gotz
The International Co-operative Business Education Consortium (ICBEC) is a global network connecting over 100 institutions, with a core group of 26 dedicated members and supporters focused on advancing co-operative business education. Originally launched in 2013 and re-launched in 2021, the Consortium provides a platform for actors in co-operative business education (CBE) to better understand each […]
Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson discovered a passion for cooperatives when, as a teenager, she led her neighbours in a successful fight to turn 260 units of low-rent housing into a cooperative. Her involvement in saving her own home led to a career spanning 47 years in the cooperative housing sector. Alexandra spent three years working in the […]
Stephane Bertrand
Holds a master’s degree in economics from the Université de Montréal. Organized: Pre-congress event – Energy symposium 2009 – Seoul, World Energy Congress- Montreal 2010, International summit of cooperatives 2012, 2014 and 2016, International aluminum summit 2014, World Energy Congres – Daegu 2014 in collaboration with the Local Organizing Committee, International Summit of Aluminum Montréal […]
Jean-Louis Bancel
Jean Louis Bancel is a recognized cooperative banker. He was a Board member and President of Crédit Coopératif from 2000 To 2020, Chair of the International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA) from 2006 to 2015 and of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) from 2001 to 2005. He worked as Secretary-General of ‘Groupement des […]