Ksenia Kurileva

First name
Ksenia
Last name
Kurileva
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+39 329 081 8238
How do you self-identify or would like to be identified?
Woman
Do you belong to any ethnic minority group of self-identify as an indigenous person?
No
Affiliation, organization, or community
ALMANAC Co.
Years of professional or activism experience or of knowledge built on specific indigenous expertise
5-10 years
Country of residence
Italy
Languages
English
Russian
Other (please specify)
Please specify the additional languages
Italian
Norwegian
In which geographic region (and sub-region) does your work mostly focus?
Western Europe
Western Asia
Eastern Africa
Mitigation
Industry
Waste management
Climate technologies
Energy production
Manufacturing
Cross-sectoral enablers
Capacity-building and training
Economics and climate finance
Innovation, research, development and demonstration
Cross-cutting approaches
Gender
Do you have proven experience in gender and climate change issues?
No, my work/ area of expertise focuses on other climate related issues
Please provide your short bio reflecting on your academic, professional and practical background

Ksenia Kurileva is the founder of ALMANAC Co., a strategic consultancy advancing industrial sustainability and climate technology commercialization across EMEA. She specializes in innovation pathways and demonstration projects for hard-to-abate sectors working with global industrials and government agencies, multilateral organizations including UNDP, to bridge research, development, and demonstration with scaled deployment.

Championing women entrepreneurs in climate, Ksenia advises women-owned climate enterprises through RAMA Impact, with particular focus on supporting entrepreneurs in Kenya and Uganda. She has collaborated with UN CTCN on a range of programmes including Seedstars MENA, building capacity for women-led ventures in emerging markets.

A Newton Venture Program Fellow at the London Business School and mentor on startup accelerators like Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Ksenia brings multilingual capacity (English, Russian, Italian, Norwegian) and cross-cultural expertise to facilitate climate technology transfer and gender-inclusive innovation ecosystems across Europe, MENA, and Africa.

Provide a link to your LinkedIn account
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kseniakurileva/
Are you interested in being contacted for any of the following
Panelist at climate change event
Contributor to research/publication