The face of Max Havelaar: elected as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos in year 2000, Paola Ghillani is a pharmacist and a manager who left the world of big business and followed her personal ideals.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2005, January 2005

Author: Heddema, Renske

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The face of Max Havelaar: elected as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos in year 2000, Paola Ghillani is a pharmacist and a manager who left the world of big business and followed her personal ideals.

As CEO of Max Havelaar Switzerland, a foundation for global fair trade, she succeeded in making the organisation self-supporting within a few years. Swiss News talks to Paola Ghillani, a manager who proved that sustainable trade is a win-win situation for all parties involved.

Swiss News: Miss Ghillani, how has 2004 been for Max Havelaar Switzerland?

Ghillani: It has been a wonderful year. In the past six years we have been growing by 30 t...

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