Leena Al Olaimy
Founder, CEO, 3BL Associates (3BL)
Author
Alumna, THNK School for Creative Leadership, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Singularity University, CA, USA
M.A. Globalization Studies, Dartmouth College, NH, USA
B.S. Culture and Interpersonal Communications, New York University, NY, USA
Leena Al Olaimy is a leading social innovator in the Arab world and award-winning author of Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion in Fighting Fundamentalism. Her latest social venture, the Trillion Tree Fund, is mobilizing conservation finance to restore 1.2 trillion trees.
Olaimy cofounded 3BL Associates (3BL), a people+planet strategy consultancy working on interconnected sustainable development issues like peace, climate action, innovation, and equitable economic growth. Through 3BL’s consultancy arm, she advised companies, governments, multilaterals, and international NGOs on designing inclusive and financially sustainable models to advance social and environmental progress. Through 3BL’s think-do-tank, Olaimy cofounded award-winning ventures like Public-Planet Partnerships, Nonviolent Resilience, and Diversity On Board.
Olaimy serves on the Chatham House steering committee for the Future Dynamics in the Gulf project. She previously served on the advisory board of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan’s West Asia-North Africa Forum and on the Board of Trustees for the Bahrain Foundation for Dialogue. Post-Arab Awakening, she was invited to meet with leaders representing both sides of “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland and with the African National Congress and former de Klerk administration government leaders from South Africa’s Apartheid era to learn from their experiences in reconciliation.
Olaimy also served as an impact advisor to the London-based impact investment firm Future Planet Capital. She is a cofounding board member of Global Entrepreneurship Network-Bahrain, and she has served as a judge and mentor for numerous entrepreneurship competitions like MIT’s Arab Enterprise Forum and MIT’s Innovate for Refugees.