Leesa Soulodre

About

As a serial in/entrepreneur, Leesa Soulodre has worked for 20+ years on the cutting edge of innovation, technology and strategy consulting, advising 400+ multinationals and their start-ups in 19 sectors across Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas. She has led companies from seed to $14B USD into new markets and raised over USD35M in Seed to Series C investments. She has had one IPO, a number of successful exits, and knows the hard knocks of lessons learned.

Leesa has 15+ years of Digital Director and Board Advisory experience in the not for profit, academic and private sectors and currently holds Board roles with the Victorian Government backed rural Accelerator, RunwayHQ, her own ventures RL Expert Group / r3intell, and is a Board Advisor to Raiven Capital. She supports the growth of a portfolio of Seed to Series B start-ups internationally and is currently hands-on in-house as Chief Innovation Officer at Inspirit IoT, Inc.

As a Keynote, Panelist, and Moderator, she has presented to a wide range of audiences and conferences across the public and private sector internationally.

Leesa serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member for Singapore Management University, IE Business School, the Singapore Institute of Directors Program and the Singapore Civil Service College Innovation Programs. As an Expert, she is called upon by the European Commission Research Agency to assess projects for the Horizon 2020 SME ICT Disruptive Innovation Fund.

Leesa holds a Global EMBA from TRIUM ( NYU, HEC, LSE), Masters in Management (Marketing) from USQ and has studied at Wharton, Harvard, Australian Graduate School of Management and Stanford.

She is a Certified Reputation Manager of the Reputation Institute and a Member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the Public Relations Consultants Association.

For more info: www.leesasoulodre.co