IMAGINE Leaders – Lisa Neuberger Fernandez
Lisa Neuberger Fernandez
SharpBrains Advisors, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer

Lisa Neuberger Fernandez is a sustainability strategist, social innovator, and thought leader teaching strategy at IE University’s new Sustainability Masters.
As Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at SharpBrains Advisors, she offers strategic advisory and ‘innovation as a service’ to high growth, purpose driven organizations. Over twenty five years, Lisa has led global strategy and innovation teams to apply technology and innovative business models for sustainable and inclusive growth as Managing Director at Accenture, Head of Sustainability at a cleantech startup, Senior Advisor to the World Bank, and Chief Innovation Officer at a coaching company. She excels at launching social businesses and building purpose-driven collaboration innovation platforms to upskill people of all ages to thrive in the digital age. Recognized as an Unusual Pioneer by Yunus Social Business and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, she holds
an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Master’s from the Fletcher School at Tufts.
She enjoys unlocking human potential teaching, mentoring youth and social entrepreneurs, and hosting #rebalancetothrive workshops. She recently moved to Madrid with her family and loves to ‘walk and talk’ in beautiful places, sing jazz, and play tennis.
