Marianne is a facilitator of individual and group learning and co-creation. She has recently moved to South Africa from Zimbabwe as a Partner of Reos Social Innovation.

In South Africa Marianne’s work is primarily focusing on multistakeholder dialogue and action around the challenge of orphans and vulnerable children at national level as well as being part of a local initiative (in Midvaal) to develop innovative solutions to build the community’s capacity to serve the children.

In Zimbabwe she founded Kufunda Learning Village, a learning centre aimed at the creation of locally rooted solutions to community self-reliance challenges, through the use of people’s own imagination, collaboration and resources. Through this work Marianne was elected an Ashoka Fellow (www.ashoka.org) in 2004.

Since 2001 Marianne has taught people the art of hosting meaningful and strategic conversations. She has been a part of the faculty of the Shambhala Institute in Canada for several years, and has facilitated change processes and workshops for clients such as the Centre for Disease Control in Zimbabwe, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, UNISA (University of South Africa), and The Gordon Institute of Business Sciences.

In 1999 she co-founded Pioneers of Change. www.pioneersofchange.net, a global learning community that fosters understanding, capacities and relationships needed by younger practitioners committed to stepping forward and creating the change they want to see in the world.

She holds a masters degree in international business and finance from the business school of Copenhagen.

During her studies she served as president AIESEC International (www.aiesec.net), a global student organisation of primarily business students, spanning 87 countries and roughly 50,000 students.