Dorje Mundle took on the global role of Head of Corporate Citizenship Management at Novartis in 2008. He is responsible for driving the integration of societal issues into corporate innovation, commercial and organisational development activities. His top priority is driving business innovation to meet the needs of under-served patients in developing and developed countries alike. Prior to joining Novartis, he managed Citizenship and CSR issues for 12 years with Shell, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Novo Nordisk.
2012 SESSIONS
David and Goliath Revisited: Partnerships between Social Entrepreneurs and Big Business
Location: Lecture Theatre 4
How do successful partnerships between social entrepreneurs and big business get going? What are the essential building blocks involved? What are the tensions that might arise moving forward? This session is one of two sessions that will examine four different partnerships from the perspective of each partner. Be prepared to learn, laugh and be inspired to stick with or kick-start a new collaboration.
Speakers: Paul Ellingstad, Jane Chen, Gene Falk, Dorje Mundle, Pamela Hartigan
2011 SESSIONS
How Publicly Traded Companies Drive Large Scale Change
The topic of scaling to achieve massive social change is a recurrent one for social entrepreneurs. Increasingly, however, more enlightened mainstream companies face the same question, and are finding innovative ways to rethink their supply and distribution chains to address responsible corporate practice imperatives. How does this re-engineering affect their bottom line in the short, medium and long term?
