After a month of connecting and learning, we're getting together to celebrate our community.

We'll hear from B Lab co-founder Jay Coen Gilbert about the new initiative Imperative 21, toast to B Corps across the community, and speak with Lorna Davis, B Corp Ambassador and former CEO and chairwoman of Danone North America.

There will be awesome B Corp giveaways, Q+A with Jay and Lorna, a chance to tell us about your favourite B Corps and more. Don't forget share this with your team so they don't miss out.

This event is free for the B Corp community in Australia & New Zealand.

Jay Coen Gilbert

Jay Coen Gilbert is a co-founder of B Lab and the Executive Co-Chair of Imperative 21. He previously co-founded and later sold AND 1, a basketball footwear and apparel company, where he led product and marketing and was its CEO. Gilbert has worked for McKinsey & Co as well as several organisations in New York City’s public and nonprofit sectors. He is a Henry Crown Fellow and a winner of the McNulty Prize at the Aspen Institute, board president of the Philadelphia chapter of KIPP Philadelphia Schools, and a former board member of Investors’ Circle and Social Venture Network.

Lorna Davis

Lorna Davis transforms the way leaders operate so they can incorporate social, environmental and financial priorities into their business performance. She runs group workshops, coaches individuals and is a highly sought after keynote speaker. She also serves on the board of a number of organisations that are committed to having meaningful purpose.

Davis has served as president of multinational consumer goods companies for more than 20 years, in Danone, Kraft and Mondelez. She has been a key leader in Danone’s purpose journey. In 2017, she served as CEO and chairwoman of Danone Wave (now Danone North America), where she established the six-billion-dollar entity as a Public Benefit Corporation and achieved B Corp status in 2018, making it the largest B Corp in the world.

Davis is a member of the Social Mission Board of Seventh Generation, the Advisory Board of Radical Impact, the Integrity Board of Sir Kensington and the Board of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. She has lived and led businesses in seven countries, including the UK, France and the US, and served on the global board of Electrolux for six years. She was also based in Shanghai, China for six years, where she was the CEO of the merged Danone and Kraft business.

Davis is now based in New York City, where she runs Lorna Davis Associates, working as a coach, speaker and facilitator. She is a global ambassador for the B Corp movement. She is passionate about wildlife conservation, particularly the plight of the African rhino.