Tuesday and Tim welcome Christel Scholten, long-time friend, colleague and Managing Director of Reos Partners - Brazil. In this episode, Christel shares her background and journey from circle work to large-scale change. She emphasizes the importance of courage and audacity in pursuing one's purpose and she discusses her deep connection to the feminine and her work in Brazil, particularly in transforming the fashion industry.

About Christel Scholten

Christel Scholten is the Managing Director of the Brazilian office of Reos Partners, an international social enterprise that uses a systemic, collaborative and creative approach to address complex social challenges.

She designs and facilitates multi-stakeholder processes to transform social systems. Recent projects include multisectoral platforms for collaboration and innovation in the Amazon and in the fashion industry, scenario processes on the future of education at both national and local levels, and other projects in the areas of sustainable development, conservation, health, violence, education, early childhood development, food systems, social and economic inclusion, and social innovation. She provides capacity building and facilitates workshops on systems thinking and mapping, social transformation, collaboration, Social Lab and Transformative Scenario methodologies and designs and guides nature retreats and experiences.

Prior to joining Reos in 2009, Christel was Superintendent of Sustainable Development at Banco Real in Brazil after working at ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam. At Banco Real, she was responsible for integrating sustainability into the organization's strategy, governance, policies, processes and educational programs.

Christel holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Saskatchewan University, Canada and a Master of Science in Responsibility and Business Practice from the University of Bath, UK. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for CoRe: Collaborating for Resilience and has authored a chapter of the book Management Models for the Future, co-authored a chapter of the book Finance for a Better World: The Shift Toward Sustainability and contributed to the book Leadership for Sustainability, An Action Research Approach. Christel is Canadian and has lived in several countries including Mexico, India, the Netherlands and Bangladesh. She currently lives near São Paulo, Brazil with her husband and three children.

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