🌍 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐞.𝐕. 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.

Mandy Yuman Sun, CEO of Global Spotlight

LinkedIn post from July 8, 2026

🌍 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐞.𝐕. 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.

Yesterday, together with 𝟏𝟏 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 from business, academia, and public leadership, we officially founded Global Impact 𝐞.𝐕.—a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 across Germany and the DACH region.

At a time when Europe faces both a growing talent shortage and the challenge of successfully integrating international professionals, we believe that 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲—𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡.

Our ambition is to build stronger bridges between international talent, employers, universities, public institutions, and society—creating 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 through collaboration, research, knowledge exchange, and community initiatives.

As the founder of Global Impact 𝐞.𝐕, I feel incredibly grateful to be surrounded by such an inspiring group of founding members who bring decades of leadership experience and, above all, a shared passion for creating positive change.

A heartfelt thank you to our founding members:

⭐ Stefan Geister – CSO L'Oréal DACH & Diversity & Inclusion Leader

⭐ Michel Rudin – Founder of Swiss Diversity

⭐ Christiane Kosmas – SVP, Uniper

⭐ Hanan Hallal – Finance Director, Henkel

⭐ Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Meyer-Falcke – Former CIO NRW & Former Deputy Mayor of Düsseldorf

⭐ Dr. Boris von Bieberstein – Head of Global Business Development, Former COO Oerlikon

⭐ Nicole Riggers – Founding Member of iWiL & Director at IKB

⭐ Klaudia Wilde – Director, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

⭐ René Schultze, LL.M. – Prokurist, Crowe BPG

⭐ Sinem K. – Big Four Senior Manager

…and everyone who has contributed their passion, expertise, and belief in this vision.

A special thank you also goes to our long-term supporters, including Prof. Pisitta Vongswasdi, Judith Ly from the Düsseldorf Office of Economic Development on behalf of 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 Düsseldorf Dr. Stephan Keller, our long term supporter Dominik Hintzen from the Economic Development Agency of Rhein Kreis Neuss impuls.RheinKreisNeuss Wirtschaftsförderung, and many others who have supported this initiative from the very beginning.

🚀 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕. Over the coming months, we'll gradually introduce our founding members, advisory board, projects, and opportunities to get involved.

𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 🌍🤝

Manor Lux: thanks for the stunning photos 📸