Aphinya Siranart is the Head of Exploration at UNDP Accelerator Labs in Thailand. She is responsible for providing technical advice to different stakeholders (e.g. government, academia, private sector, etc.) on integrating innovation and sustainability into their organizational strategies, developing innovative solutions for inclusive business and private social investment, and supporting companies to measure and manage their impact.
Aphinya is especially interested in business model innovation for sustainability and has worked extensively on exploring innovative solutions and alternative financing models to address development challenges.
Aphinya holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Columbia University, a Master of Laws (LLM) from University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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