Sébastien Marot is the Founder and Executive Director of Friends-International, an internationally acclaimed global social enterprise saving lives and building futures of over 150,000 marginalized children and youth each year across 12 countries in 4 continents. Friends-International has been at the forefront of social innovation using social business and social enterprise models to expand impact and reach.
In recognition of his work Sébastien has been awarded various accolades including the Order of Australia for “service to humanity”, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (2007), was voted Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 in Asia by the Schwab Foundation and Friends-International was recognized as one of the top 100 NGO’s by The Global Journal from 2012.
Early Childhood to Primary Education • Economic Opportunity • Education • Environmental Sustainability • Health Delivery • Human Rights • Livelihoods • Women's and Girls' Education • Youth Job Skills
Central and Southern Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia, Central America, Eastern and Southern Africa
