Dr. Ana Pantelic is a social entrepreneur and international development professional with a decade of experience working at the intersection of systems change, social innovation, and economic opportunity. She has experience advising national governments and key global stakeholders, founding and directing a successful innovation start-up with proven social impact, and leading organizations as an intrapreneur and strategist. As Chief Strategy Officer of Fundación Capital, a nonprofit social enterprise improving the financial lives of millions of families living in poverty, she is responsible for spearheading impact and innovation processes globally and across the organization. She is also Founder of LISTA, a digital initiative proven to build the financial capabilities of low-income and vulnerable people at scale, which has to date reached half a million people across seven countries. Specializing in poverty reduction through the lens of finance, with expertise in technology and women's economic empowerment, she develops evidence-based hybrid solutions to achieve social impact at scale. She holds a PhD from the University of Belgrade in Serbia, an MA in International Relations and BS in Communication, both from Boston University. She has lived and worked on three continents, spoken at conferences in 20 countries, and is trilingual (fluent in English, Spanish and Serbian).

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Highlights

Published book on poverty reduction - Institute of International Politics and Economics in Serbia, 2017

TEDx Talk: ​Disruptive ideas change the world,
​at TEDxSemesterAtSea 2014

Selected for first round of funding from the Co-Impact collaborative for funding systems change, 2019

Interview on the Social Entrepreneur Podcast

Interview on the Innovate Podcast