Carlos Miranda
Founder, I.G. Advisors & Social Misfits Media
Carlos is an entrepreneur passionate about business with purpose. Over the past 15 years, he has founded three businesses that help both for- and non-profit organisations realise their social impact ambitions. His first venture, I.G. Advisors, bridges the gap between fundraisers, businesses and philanthropists and is an award-winning advisor and thought partner to some of the world’s biggest organisations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, UN Women, and UNICEF. Through his work with I.G.’s clients, Carlos realised that most non-profits were not using either social media or technology as well as they could be. His next two businesses aimed to bridge that gap: Social Misfits Media, a social media agency acquired by Freuds Communications in 2020, and Lightful, a tech-for-good company, where Carlos served as Chairman until 2023.
Over the years, Carlos has served on the Board of many non-profit organizations. Currently, he is on the Board of Foundation Scotland. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from New York University. A native Spanish speaker and an avid fan of ramen, coffee and sci-fi, he’s also father to very rambunctious boy-girl twins. Unfortunately, he failed to convince his wife Alisha of the benefits of naming them Luke and Leia