About Paul Allard

The growth of the impact Economy Every single human organization has negative environmental and/or social impacts, and that some of them intentionally tries to create positive impacts – and we see more and more of those! The real challenge we collectively have, in order to transform our economy, is to have access to a clear view of the net impact of all organizations in order to make impactful choices in terms of spending, investment and lending. A mandatory impact statement It will one day be mandatory for every organisations to publish their impact statement alongside their financial statements. Based on a universal, transparent and holistic standard - similar to the IFRS - giving the true picture of their net environmental and social impact. Redirect capital towards the impact economy With a transparent and credible Impact Statement available, every economic agent (citizen, professional money managers, bankers, professional buyers, states, cities, etc.) will be able to make the conscious decision to buy from, invest in and lend to organizations that adapt and take into account the environmental and social risks and challenges of our society. Thus creating exponential growth of systematic re-direction of capital flows - spending, investing & banking - towards economic agents that seeks impact and not only financial returns ************* Serial tech entrepreneur with a track record of achieving business results, through leadership, management, innovative problem solving, networking, financial engineering and M&A. Successfully led & managed multi-disciplinary teams in UK, France, Canada, Mexico, USA. Experience in various aspects of business: Finance, M&A, Sales, Marketing in industries such as Software, Marketing and Entertainment. In 2008 is Founder and CEO of Engagement Labs Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EL), the data-based communications company and creator of eValue™ - the global benchmark for social scoring. Since 2007, he is invited professor at UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) for a series of seminars about entrepreneurship. In 2004, Mr. Allard is founder and CEO of Triangle Growth Capital 1, a Capital Pool Company that he lists on the TSX Venture (TRL.P) in March 2005 raising 1,5M$. In 1997 he founded ZAQ Interactive Solutions Inc. and acted as President and CEO until the company was sold to ISAC Technologies in March 2003 (ISF.VN). Mr. Allard is frequently invited as speaker and has served as key-note speaker, panel member, chair and moderator in Asia, Europe and North America in over 50 events.