DR. FRANÇOIS BONNICI

Head of Social Innovation at the World Economic Forum and Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. François Bonnici is a public health physician, professor, social change practitioner and foundation leader. His career is rooted in front-line medical and humanitarian practice and has evolved to advance social change work more broadly. He currently serves as Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Head of Social Innovation at the World Economic Forum. He was previously founding Director of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation at the University of Cape Town, where he is Adjunct Associate Professor, that hosts the South African National Advisory Board for Impact Investing.

He has been recognized as an Archbishop Tutu African Leadership Fellow, Rhodes Scholar, and Associate Fellow of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, and recently served as founding board member of the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education. He attained his medical degree from University of Cape Town, MBA from the University of Oxford, and MSc from London School of Hygiene. His book "The Systems Work of Social Change" was the No.1 New Release in Business Ethics on Amazon in Sep 2021.