Melissa Yacoub
Innovation Consultant
A Forbes 30 Under 30 (Turkey) honouree, Melissa Yacoub is an experienced innovation consultant and entrepreneur. She is currently working as an Innovation and Design Manager at a Manchester-based digital product studio that creates MVPs, online platforms, SaaS applications and marketplaces. In the past, she was part of Pollen8 — a successful innovation consultancy recently acquired by PwC UK.
Melissa is also actively involved with the global start-up ecosystem, helping visionary entrepreneurs launch new ventures as a mentor and supporting the development of a financial technology company as a co-founder.
Always serving clients with a ready-for-anything attitude, she has now joined our team to help build exciting digital products loved by young consumers and disruptive new ventures in the youth market.
Melissa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from American University of Beirut and studied entrepreneurship at City University of London. She speaks English, French, Spanish, Turkish and Arabic.
Melissa is also actively involved with the global start-up ecosystem, helping visionary entrepreneurs launch new ventures as a mentor and supporting the development of a financial technology company as a co-founder.
Always serving clients with a ready-for-anything attitude, she has now joined our team to help build exciting digital products loved by young consumers and disruptive new ventures in the youth market.
Melissa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from American University of Beirut and studied entrepreneurship at City University of London. She speaks English, French, Spanish, Turkish and Arabic.
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