Colin McElwee

Co-founder, Worldreader
Former Director of Marketing, ESADE Business School

Colin McElwee, Co-founder of Worldreader, focuses on developing and growing key partnerships, putting to good use his for-profit and non-profit experience across the globe.

Previously, Colin was the director of marketing at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, where he helped establish the school’s reputation as a world-class business education provider. Prior to that, he started his career as an economist for several Brussels-based lobbies to the European Commission, and later worked in global marketing in the consumer goods sector for Scottish & Newcastle PLC.

Colin has a degree in economics from the University of Manchester and an MBA from ESADE Business School. He has acted as an invited member of the Global Agenda Council on Africa of the World Economic Forum and was recently recognized as a Schwab Social Entrepreneur 2016.