Veronica Colondam is the CEO of YCAB Foundation and a Board Member of the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network. She champions the field of social entrepreneurship in Indonesia with the establishment of YCAB Foundation and its affiliates companies in 1999.
YCAB believes that education is the basis to improve welfare therefore focuses on youth empowerment and livelihood. To date YCAB has touched the lives of 3+ million underprivileged youth through education and entrepreneurship
Double degrees in communications & public relations and MSc. in social sciences from Imperial College, London (2001). Alumni of special education for Young Global Leader (2006) in Global Leadership (HKS, 2009; Yale 2013), in Social Entrepreneurship (INSEAD, 2010) & in Impact Investing (Oxford, 2012). Through her leadership, YCAB ranks 44 in World?s Top 500 NGO by Geneva-based NGO Advisor.