Anna Zelno

Anna Zelno is CEO of intercultures Spain, co-founder of the Academy for Diversity and Innovation, and President of 4C Social Innovation NGO. She is an experienced diversity and innovation consultant who enjoys working seamlessly across various sectors like education, business, NGOs, and public institutions. Sustainable learning is the main objective of the instructional design of her training programs.

She holds a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics and Applied Cultural Studies, a Master's Degree in Talent Management, and is a certified Global DISC™ Master Trainer. She speaks Polish, German, Spanish, and English fluently.

She has living and working experiences in Poland, Germany, and Spain and delivered training programs in many countries in Europe, Africa, and South America. She understands well the dynamic of these relationships, mutual perceptions, and bias.

Anna is an active member and ex-president of SIETAR Spain (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) and a former board member of SIETAR Europe.

Part of her core principle is that building an inclusive society is possible if a business, private sector, academia, and civil society work together consciously and strategically. For her, innovation is about bringing uniqueness together and creating an inclusive environment, Anna always applies her distinctive vision of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion to whatever walk of life she's in.