Dinner with the Yale Club

Paloma Pineda (Yale '12) is a social entrepreneur passionate about creating employment through sustainable industrial growth in developing economies. Following a stint at Bain Consulting she co-founded Ethical Apparel Africa three years ago. She is now based between West Africa (Ghana / Benin) and Paris. Paloma will talk about the journey of launching and growing a start-up in West Africa that prioritizes both profit and people. To date Ethical Apparel Africa has enabled three African-owned factories to complete their first-ever shipments to the US/EU, achieve over $1M in export, and create 180 jobs.

Date: Wednesday, November 14
Time: 7:30pm
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org