Wain Collen
2014 FellowFounder & Executive Director at Aliados
Quito 170517
Ecuador
Wain is founder and executive director of Fundación Aliados (Aliados) in Ecuador, a new organization formed in 2018 from the merger of Fundación Runa and PlanJunto Ltda. Aliados offers a new way of creating sustainable community businesses in the Andes and the Amazon and connects them to markets across the globe. Prior to Aliados, Wain founded and led PlanJunto, an Ecuadorian consulting organization, building community enterprise in the Amazon.
Wain completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Pretoria and an Master of Science. in Environmental Management and Policy from the University of Lund in Sweden. Wain is a 2016 Opportunity Collaboration fellow.