Alice Fauveau

Founding Partner and CEO of FOCUS ON WOMEN.

FOCUS ON WOMEN, inspiring travels: the world’s first luxury travel start-up created to make women’s culture visible and empower female through travels.

An opera singer and economist, Alice Fauveau is also a master’s in International Relations, Specialist in Strategic Management of the Luxury Sector, PhD candidate in Economics and International Relations and Executive MBA from the IE Business School.

She has worked for a long time in private equity, visitor professor in different universities and adjunct professor in IE Entrepreneurship Department. She has lived in several countries and has also been a cooperator in projects abroad. After doing the MBA, she realized that she wanted her work to have an impact on society and on the empowerment of women, and thus became entrepreneur creating FOCUS ON WOMEN, a social innovation company.

Alice Fauveau is a tireless traveler, eager to discover new countries and cultures, and to be able to share that life experience among unique women – giving them the visibility they deserve. She is day bay day creating new luxury experiences travelling around the world and working in creative initiatives.

Since 2008, she has been a mentor of several programs aimed at high-potential women to boost their careers through mentoring and is closely linked to the world of tourism as an entrepreneur, advisor and business angel.

She also gives lectures on entrepreneurship in different forums and universities, IE Business School Entrepreneurship Professor , she is also TEDxwomen Speaker, and has received some awards: IE Excellence Teaching Award, entrepreneur of the year 2015 and best women director of the year 2018 in the TOP 100 women ranking, Winner of the Codespa Award for solidarity SMEs (2014). He belongs to several communities of social entrepreneurs, Sustanibility Groups and act as Tourism Business Women Angel.

His maxims are “Carpe Diem” and “Follow your dreams”.