Igor Cazalda
With more than a decade of experience working within the Mondragon Cooperatives ecosystem (2002–2011), he has recently contributed to the international debate on Data Cooperatives as an Alternative to the Centralized Digital Economy through Project Liberty and Decentralization Research Centre (DRC), building on his extensive academic publications on data cooperatives, decentralized data governance and Web3. Over the past two […]
Cathy Statz
Cathy Statz (she/her) is a cooperative educator with over 30 years of experience educating young people and emerging leaders about the cooperative business model. She serves part-time as outreach specialist for the International Centre for Co-operative Management at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada, and also supports the Cooperative Development Foundation and NCBA CLUSA on […]
Tom Skinner
Tom Skinner manages operations for the Fair Tax Mark label, which is held by companies around the world who can demonstrate responsible corporate tax conduct. Almost a quarter of all parent companies to hold the Fair Tax Mark are co‑operatives, reflecting close ties between co‑operative values and the standards of the Fair Tax Mark. Tom […]
Joe Sandford-Hughes
Joe Sandford-Hughes is Head of Development at Coop Exchange, where he leads the design and delivery of innovative digital infrastructure for cooperative finance. With over 10 years of experience in software development, Joe specialises in building secure, scalable systems that align cutting-edge technology with cooperative values. Joe oversees a small development team that is at […]
Siward Zomer
Siward Zomer is the chairman of Energie Samen, the Dutch federation of citizen energy cooperatives, and a board member of REScoop.eu, the European federation of energy cooperatives. He has co-developed several cooperative wind farms and currently serves on the board of one local energy cooperative in Amsterdam. Siward is also a board member of NCR, […]
Peter Westall
Pete Westall is the Chief Values Officer & part of the Executive team for The Midcounties Co-operative, (www.midcounties.coop), where he has worked for over 30 years. Midcounties Co-operative is seen as one of the leading Co-operatives in the UK, in Europe and across the world. They operate a broad portfolio of businesses, including Food, Travel […]
Olivier Clyti
After starting his career in 1995 at the Soufflet Group—a family-run agricultural and agri-food company—in the Treasury and Financing Department, he joined the Vivendi Environnement Group (now Veolia) in 2001 in the Treasury and Financing Department. After 13 years in various roles within the group’s finance division, he returned to the Soufflet Group as Chief […]
Jacob Matthew Drum
Jacob Matthew Drum is a cooperative leader based in Montréal, Québec, and part of a new generation of strategic managers shaping the future of the social and cooperative economy. With over a decade of experience supporting collective enterprises—as an advisor, manager and board member—he combines civic commitment, systemic thinking, and strong communication skills. He holds […]
Anca Voinea
Anca is a chartered journalist who has been reporting on co-operatives since 2012. She is the international editor of Co-op News, a print magazine and online news website covering the global co-operative sector. An alumna of the University of Sheffield’s School of Journalism, she was named a 2024 fellow of the University of Central Lancashire’s […]
Agnès Mathis
Mrs Mathis is currently director of Cooperatives Europe, the European organisation representing cooperatives at European level. Lawyer, graduated from the University of La Sorbonne (DESS Droit public et européen), she has worked within Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert sollicitors (London) and Wiener statische Insurance Group (Vienna). She then has worked in the Cooperative mouvement. After being […]