Soulaima Gourani (born; 1975, Safi Morocco). She is a motivational speaker, and philanthropist with approx. 200 public talks/year around the world (Denmark, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia, UK, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Burma/Myanmar, India and the U.S. ). She is an advisor, author and board member and an active debater on education and entrepreneurship. It is her vision to change the world to a better more tolerant place through trade, business, and via relations between countries and people. She believes that international trade can change the world for the better - as an example no two countries that both had McDonald’s had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald’s.

She has worked as an advisor/and/or speaker for clients e.g. Samsung, Aberdeen, DuPont, LEGO, McKinsey, DELL, Microsoft, Adecco, Alk Abello, Aon Hewitt, Citroen, Colliers, Diageo, Cisco, Dong Energy, Ernst & Young, FL Smidth, H. Lundbeck, IBM, TDC, SimCorp, Novo Nordisk, Novozymes, Danske Bank, and Deloitte, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs etc. She is the owner of tradeconductor.com (a part of Soulaima Art) - read more on soulaima.com. Furthermore, she is the author of three books; “Take Control of Your Career”, “Ignite Your Career” and “Courage to succeed”. E-MBA from CBS, 2007 Recipient of awards and honors including:

• Rising Star Award (2004). • Talent 100 Award. • Young Global Leader (YGL; 2012, World Economic Forum). • Top 100 Women, FEMINA, Denmark (2012). • Nordic Thinkers 20, 2013. • "40 under 40" Europe, 2014.

Selected as the best speaker in Denmark in 2010 - trends/tendencies (http://www.one2speak.dk/afstemning/hvorfor/) . Role Model Breaker—one out of twelve government-appointed role models European talent—She can also be found on the European list of talents (2004, Magasin Courrier). Power Women—she is one of the twelve women listed as power women in Denmark, Vibeke Hartcorn (Schultz Forlag). Married and two kids age 4 and 6. From Denmark/Copenhagen.