Margarita Quihuis

Margarita is the Executive Director of the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford and the Peace Innovation Institute at The Hague. She is also the Founder of PeaceX Ventures, which aims to promote ethical, sustainable business-building values, take measurable action on diversity discussions, and create innovative, respectful corporate environments.

Peace innovation

Sustainable, inclusive business practices

ESG transformation

Entrepreneurship

Leading innovation efforts

Executive Director of the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford and the Peace Innovation Institute at The Hague

Founder of PeaceX Ventures

Launched Astia, the first tech incubator for women entrepreneurs, raising $67M in venture funding within 18 months

Research team member at BJ Fogg’s Behaviour Design Lab, applying behaviour design and persuasive tech in healthcare, climate response, and ed tech

Leads a team at PIL focused on new methods to tackle large-scale challenges in finance, engineering, and data science

A Stanford Reuters Digital Vision Program Fellow, using tech-based solutions to promote humanitarian, educational, and sustainable development goals

Co-founded two impact start-ups in financial inclusion and sustainable agriculture

Has spoken for many corporations and institutions on peace innovation, tech ethics, social impact, and investment

Advises corporations on climate change risk exposure and provides mitigation strategies with innovative solutions while supporting social impact