Pauline Verhaeghe is co-founder and Managing Director of ELECTA, Europe's first multi partisan academy training women to win elections. She brings over fifteen years of experience in social innovation and nonprofit fundraising. She is a co-founder of Social Innovation Circle, a boutique coaching service for impact founders and funders globally. Previously, she held programme management and capacity-building roles at Ashoka, the world's leading network for social entrepreneurs, across various geographies and led business development for the UK impact fund Chelwood Capital. She holds a postgraduate degree from the College of Europe in Natolin and a Master's in European Studies from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and has been recognised as one of Belgium's 40 Under 40 and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.