HUB Global Team
The HUB Global team or HUB Company is a charitable company established and registered under the name “HUB GmbH” in Vienna, Austria, and held in sole ownership by HUB Association. It is created to serve as lean management unit to particularly support the growth, expansion and performance of local HUBs and HUB Initiatives and to strengthen the global HUB Network. HUB Company is legally represented by the Management Board.
Simon Ulvund
Global Managing Director
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hinnerk Hansen
Global Managing Director
Vienna, Austria
Ioana Constantin
Global Growth Coordinator
Vienna, Austria
Petr Skvaril
Global Partnerships Manager
Vienna, Austria
Chris Walker
Global Tech Coordinator
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jennifer Trujillo
Global Technology Support
Cali, Colombia
Soledad Pons
Global Virtual Hosting Coordinator
Berlin, Germany
Vita Sgardello
Global Practice Coordinator
Milan, Italy
HUB Association Directors
The HUB Association directors ensure supervisory governance of HUB GmbH and coordinate the General Assembly of HUBs where global decisions are made. They work on a voluntary basis and are elected on a yearly basis from the entire HUB membership.
Henrique Bussacos
Chairman
Lesley Williams
Secretary
Timothy Freundlich
Treasurer
HUB Advisory Council
The HUB Advisory Council is an elected council of diverse stakeholders, collaborators and supporters of the HUB Network. Its remit is to provide advice to HUB Company, as the HUB Network’s executive arm, on the overall strategy and development of the HUB Network.
Permanent Members
Charly Kleissner (chair)
Co-founder Toniic & KL Felicitas Foundation
Thomas Vellacott
CEO of WWF Switzerland
Kelly Michel
CEO & Founder Potencia Ventures
Peter Tyson
Director at The Roddick Foundation, former Business Development Director at The Body Shop
Dr. Vuyo Mahlati
President of the International Women's Forum South Africa
Ruediger Hermann
Willmer Hale Partner
Alan Webber
Author, Rules of Thumb, Founder Fast Company
Jonathan Robinson
Co-founder The HUB
Expert Members
Oliver Karius
Partner, LGT Venture Philanthropy
Audrey Selian
Director, Rianta Philanthropy AG / Artha Platform
Clusters
Clusters are officially mandated on-going initiatives led by various people and entities from the HUB network that perform key activities on behalf of the global community. They may be of thematic or geographic nature and are typically created to align interests and shape coherent strategies to advance a specific purpose in line with the larger HUB vision, purpose and core values.
EU cluster
Alberto Masetti Zannini and Tatiana Glad
North America Cluster
Michael Cox and Elizabeth Stewart
HUB Fellowship
Ruth Armale
Global Working Groups
Working Groups are internally mandated temporary entities that focus on generating solutions to key internal issues identified within the global network.
Network Diversity
Lesley Williams
IT Strategy
Simon Ulvund
Global Business Strategy
Gabriela Gandel and Hinnerk Hansen
Governance and Legislative Process
Thomas Vaassen
Growth Strategy and Onboarding Process Review
Simon Ulvund