We are a team of professionals using our commercial expertise to support refugee entrepreneurs in new and innovative ways.
This is our way of making the world a more inclusive place.
This is our way of making the world a more inclusive place.
Our credentials
Born at the UNICEF FinTech Jam for Good 2016, London
Winners of the Infosys Challenge for Financial Inclusion
Members of F10 - FinTech Accelerator, Zurich, 2016/17
Members of Entrepreneurial Spark, London, 2017/18
Members of the Decentralised Blockchain for good Incubator 2018
Members of Pitch@Palace 11.0 London 2019
Members Xynteo Innovation Exchange 2019
Challenge Winner's EU vs Virus Hackathon 2020
Members London & Partner Business Growth Programme 2020
Winners of the Infosys Challenge for Financial Inclusion
Members of F10 - FinTech Accelerator, Zurich, 2016/17
Members of Entrepreneurial Spark, London, 2017/18
Members of the Decentralised Blockchain for good Incubator 2018
Members of Pitch@Palace 11.0 London 2019
Members Xynteo Innovation Exchange 2019
Challenge Winner's EU vs Virus Hackathon 2020
Members London & Partner Business Growth Programme 2020
Our Team
Michael Moon Adviser, Coach & Mentor Michael has worked with some of the most successful entrepreneurs of our age - including Steve Jobs. He is the CEO of GISTICS, a Silicon Valley based think tank. He is helping us to scale and grow this FinTech for Good project. He has also worked with companies such as SAP and HP during their early days.
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Our Volunteer Co-workers
Josephine is an experienced Economist and researcher based in Nigeria. She is a Business / Finance analyst at Business Day Media in Nigeria. She is supporting BizGees understand the refugee expereince locally in NIgeria.
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Emily has just graduated from her Philosophy degree at Bristol University. She has successfully raised £4,000 the Meningitis Research Foundation. She is supporting BizGees with our arts4refugees brand. She is helping build our community outreach programme locally along with organising local events.
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Reshan is third year undergraduate student at Vassar College, New York. He joined us as an intern for 8 weeks. This is part of the CIEE program. During his time with BizGees, he will be learning about ecomm, digital marketing and events.
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Cynthia has a passion for International Development and Climate Change. She has a Master's in Climate Change and International Development. She is helping BizGees with building our Arts4Refugees brand.
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Taya is an entrepreneur. She is a marketing specialist and an experienced YouTuber from Ukraine. She is supporting BizGees with video content creation for our Arts4Refugees brand. |
Emily is a second year student at Berkeley studying Society & Environment and Legal Studies. She joined us as an intern for 8 weeks. This is part of the CIEE program. During her time with BizGees, she will be learning about ecomm, digital marketing and events.
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Learn more about our volunteering program here.
Advisers
Kilian
Kleinschmidt, Refugee Affairs Adviser Kilian has spent over 25 years in international development. He has held senior posts with the UN including UN Camp Manager in Zaatari, Jordan and Camp Manager in Kenya. He was a UN Special Envoy to Pakistan. He is helping BizGees to understand how best to serve the needs of refugee populations. |
Jana Essebier,
Legal Adviser Jana is a Senior Partner at Vischer AG, a Swiss law firm based in Zurich. She has worked on several ICOs in the Crypto Valley. She is supporting BizGees with its Crypto capacity. . |
Theresa Regli,
DAM Adviser Theresa has 25 years expereince in the IT sector. For the last 15 years she has specialised in Digital Asset Management (DAM). She has developed DAM & MarTech strategies for over 20% of the Fortune 500, including Unilever, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Shell, and Nestlé. She is supporting BizGees with our DAM and MarTech capacity. |
George Neris,
Arts Adviser George is the founder of ArtFix where he is working on making the arts accessible and part of daily life. He is supporting BizGees with its art4refugees fund raising campaigns. |
Martin Dow,
Tech Adviser Martin is the co-founder of viable systems platform coop, runs specialist tech services firm Acuity Digital; full stack dev/architect, over 30 years in tech. He works in the data self-sovereignty space. He has teamed with Adam (above) on community fibre B4RN, business network as well. He is supporting BizGees with our P2P tech architecture using continuous delivery. |
Jackie Abramian,
Refugees Stories Adviser Jackie is the founder of Global Cadence. She has a keen interest in engaging the public with the actual refugee experience. Jackie is helping BizGees innovate our 'Refugees Stories' project. She is also is a contributor to various magazines including Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, Forbes, Grid Daily News, Thrive Global and HuffPost and primarily writes about women business founders, changemakers, peace-builders, social entrepreneurs and travel as a digital nomad. |
Past Advisers
Stephanie Rupp, Investment Adviser
Stephanie brings more than 17 years of experience in global impact investing, impact fund design and implementation, and micro-finance, as well as crowdfunding. Currently, she is the MD of Tiedeman Wealth Management. She helped us in becoming investment-ready. 
Ondrej Dusilek, Ex Co- Founder and Adviser
Ondrej has 12 years of experience in financial markets with specific experience in trading, clearing, risk management, regulation and crowdfunding. His work has focused on the CEE, UK & Azerbaijan regions. |
Francis Chen, Tech Adviser
Francis led the tech development for the Micro Chain project during his master's at MIT. Micro Chain is a customised version of blockchain designed for the peer-to-peer, not-for-profit finance market. 
Lars Diener-Kimmich, Mentor
Lars has two decades of experience working in large enterprises and in a startup. He now leads LUDENSFABER, which enables organisations to run one-of-a-kind innovation projects like a startup, but in a corporate context. He supported us during the F10 program. He joined us on our UX trip to Zaatari UN Camp. |
Anna Richell, Design & Comms Adviser
Anna is the founder of Cultivate. She is a design specialist with a background in product & sustainable design . Anna's clients include Nokia, Oxfam, The Design Council, Business Link, and Dyson. She supported BizGees during the UNICEF FinTech Jam for Good. More recently in helping us visually articulate our value flow and stakeholders. |
Programs helping us along our journey...
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