IE Brown Executive MBA

Greg Perez '13

Director, XCHANGE, Impact investment executive, Ecosystem builder for social innovation

Biography

Love Gregorie Perez, or Greg, is currently Director at xchange, an impact investor and incubator for early stage social enterprises in the Philippines. She conducts due diligence, prepares and reviews agreements, and prepares financial models prior to investment. She has been, or is currently the lead, in working with enterprises in the xchange portfolio covering a wide range of industries, including renewable energy, education, FMCG, agriculture, electric vehicles, and sustainable fashion, and works closely with the entrepreneurs on strategy and operations. Greg is also working on helping build the ecosystem for impact enterprises through various initiatives, including training other incubators and meeting with other social entrepreneurs for feedback on being investment ready. Prior to joining xchange, Greg was Executive Director of Gifts and Graces Fair Trade Foundation, a social enterprise that provides product design and market access to artisans and micromanufacturers in the Philippines. Greg has worked in the field of social development, innovation, and entrepreneurship for the last 15 years and is strongly committed to social equity and poverty eradication through entrepreneurship, education, and culture. In recognition of her being one of the Philippines' young leaders in social development, Greg was named an Asia Society Asia 21 Philippines Fellow, Class of 2007. Greg has an MBA from IE Business School and Brown University, having graduated in 2013 from the IE Brown Executive MBA where she was a Supporting Women Leaders Scholar and from which she graduated in the top 20% of the class is now a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.