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35

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13

PLANET-POSITIVE
BUSINESS UNITS CREATED

4

Our awesome team

The Ocean Born Foundation is made up of professionals united by values, a genuine concern for our planet and all its living species, and a determination to accelerate the necessary changes we need to protect it.

VALENTINA
BOVALINO

Product Developer
Ocean Born Lifestyle

Santiago Corral. Ocean Beer

SANTIAGO
CORRAL

CO-FOUNDER

SAMUEL
CRAIG

PROJECT MANAGER

KRISTIANE
DAVIDSON

Head of Impact and Sustainability

Katinka Donagema. Ocean Beer

KATINKA
DONAGEMMA

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Fernando Escribano Ocean Born Impact

FERNANDO
ESCRIBANO

MASTER BREWER
OCEAN BEER
SENIOR ADVISOR
OCEAN BORN IMPACT

FABIO
GRECO

MANAGING DIRECTOR
HEAD OF RESEARCH
OCEAN BORN IMPACT

MARIO
HERRERA

PRODUCT DIRECTOR
OCEAN BORN LIFESTYLE
& TAILORED BY OCEAN BORN

MARCO
LA FATA

Web Manager

Dominique Lesser. Ocean Born Foundation

DOMINIQUE
LESSER

COMMUNITY BUILDING
& EVENTS

CAROLINA
MANHUSEN SCHWAB

PRESIDENT &
CO-FOUNDER

ROMAIN
MARI

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
TAILORED BY OCEAN BORN
OCEAN BEER

Silvia Matesanz. Ocean Born Lifestyle

SILVIA
MATESANZ

FASHION DESIGNER
OCEAN BORN LIFESTYLE

SIGNE
NYGAARD MARCHER

MANAGING DIRECTOR
HEAD OF FUND OPERATIONS & INVESTOR RELATIONS
OCEAN BORN IMPACT

FABIANA
PIERA

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

HANNA
RAFFTEL

MANAGING DIRECTOR
OCEAN BORN IMPACT

MICHAEL
ROSEN

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Ocean Born Impact

RENATA
SCANAVINI

FASHION DESIGNER
OCEAN BORN LIFESTYLE

MARTIN
SCHWAB

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
OCEAN BORN IMPACT

MAPLE
SCHWAB

HEAD OF HOPE - RESCUED BY OCEAN BEER TEAM

MARISA
SELFA

CEO
OCEAN BORN LIFESTYLE &
TAILORED BY OCEAN BORN

Ivan Taboga

IVAN
TABOGA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

INGA
THORDAR

CHIEF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER

Susana Torres

SUSANA
TORRES

FINANCE

TERESITA
URETA

BUSINESS DEVELOPER
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At Ocean Beer, hope is at the core of everything which is why we love to share our Ocean Beer story of Maple and why she is Head of Hope.

In the very early days of Ocean Beer, Martin, one of the founders, and one of the sales team were travelling around Andalucia presenting the beer to the on-trade. While talking with the owner of a bar in El Palmar, a small and visibly ill dog walked in begging for scraps, which it received and duly left. It had a bleeding, tennis ball sized tumour on its side, and a leg it could not use. Martin inquired about the dog and everyone agreed it was very sad, the sweet dog came by most days asking for food and all wondered why no one did anything about it.

But in the spirit of the Lorax, if not you, who? After visiting more potential clients, Martin returned to where he had seen the dog to pick it up and take it to a veterinary hospital. He spent several hours searching but couldn’t find her. Martin returned home disheartened that so many knew about the dog but hoped someone else would do something. We humans seem to easily forget that it is on us to make the changes we want to see in the world. After sharing the story with his wife, she initiated a significant campaign through social media to locate the dog. Many friends in Andalucia chipped in to help locate it and it was Fernando at Salvando Peludos who after a few weeks found her and brought her to Madrid. 

After three surgeries, a serious grooming session and much love and human kindness, little Maple has made a full recovery and is a joyful, much loved and caring member of the family. Despite her petite frame she looks after a large, insecure rescue dog with an abusive past, has managed for the cats not to feel threatened by her and doesn’t bother the chickens. She also makes frequent visits to the Ocean Born office to check in with the team.

Maple’s story is one like The Star Thrower. As individuals, we cannot save the world – but with kindness, empathy and respect, we can make it better, even if one individual at a time.

Choose your way to protect what you love.

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