Leonor is an award-winning social entrepreneur, CEO and mentor.
Leonor's first part of her career was spent in the private sector in several senior managerial roles and running her own consultancy. In 1994 Leonor decided to volunteer to work with children and women who were victims of the war in the Balkans. Coming back to London, Leonor started working with UK NGO, Fields in Trust, then for Index on Censorship, before becoming the first CEO of the Galapagos Conservation Trust. Her next CEO role was as Chief Executive of medical research institute, RAFT. During her time at RAFT, Leonor created a life sciences company, Smart Matrix Ltd, and was its CEO for five years, whilst concurrently serving as CEO of RAFT. In June 2018, Leonor took up her fourth CEO role as Chief Executive of the Montessori Group. Leonor sits on the Advisory Board of Global Thinkers Forum and the Steering Committee of Karanga.