Dr. Maite Ibarretxe
Adviser Sustainable Business
Bio
Dr. Maite Ibarretxe is a Sustainability & Innovation Executive, Academic and Consultant, leading the co- creation of sustainability strategies, driving sustainable solutions powered by climate finance and embedding sustainability & innovation into the organisations's DNA through tailor-made applied learning.
Dr. Ibarretxe career spans the private, public and non-profit sectors.
With a credible history of enhancing return on ideas, material resources and human capital through orchestration, she has held leadership postions at Kuwait Petroleum International, EIT-Climate-KIC, C&A, International Water Association, Embassy of Peru and Abengoa-Schneider Electric. Other activities include:
Professor Sustainable Business and Chair of the Examination Board at UIBS Amsterdam, Visiting Professor at University MONACO and ITESO Jesuit University Mexico,
Founder & Director at Ibarretxe Associates Consultancy,
A contributing author to the Harvard Journals in orchestration and shared value, her recent article "The Leverage Wheel: where Excellence, Trust and Innovation thrive" has further solidified her thought leadership, gaining significant recognition for offering actionable pathways to achieve sustainable outcomes
Dr. Ibarretxe is a Regular Speaker at Lubricant Expo Düsseldorf, Base Conference Amsterdam, Future Labs Live and Arab Labs, advocating for the creation of Labs to structure collaboration, harness collective intelligence and generate leverage for impactful, scalable and transformational shifts in sustainability across industries.
She recently initiated the Sustainability Dialogue, her social contribution to the global climate challenge by leveraging existing networks to raise awareness and build knowledge on climate resiliance. First examples to be developed are Diplomat Sustainability Dialogue The Hague and ITESO Academic Sustainability Dialogue Mexico.
Fluent in five languagues, she holds a PhD Business Law (University DEUSTO-HEIDELBERG), a MBI-Master Business Innovation (Deusto-Cambridge JUDGE)and is Certified by INSEAD in Value Innovation and HARVARD in Creating Shared Value.
Through her pioneering labs, thought leadership and educational contributions, she aims to continue to inspire systemic, sustainable transformations on a global scale.
Personal Quote:
“The music of the future will be written in three keys: Excellence, Trust and Innovation. It’s ours to orchestrate - Dr. Maite Ibarretxe”