Bio

Ana Aguirre is one of the co-founders and worker-owners at ‘Tazebaez S.Coop’ where she leads the cooperative development line. Tazebaez is an innovation group that works intensively in the innovation consultancy, education and communication fields putting people in the center of every process. They aim at personal, team and community development and commit to the cooperative model and its role in the development of not only wealthier but also more equal, democratic and sustainable communities. Ana has been the face of Tatebaez, playing a very proactive role in the international cooperative scene.

In 2015, she was co-founder of the ‘Young European Cooperators Network’ where she served on the board until 2019. In 2017 she was elected as VP for Europe at the ‘International Cooperative Alliance youth network’ and as part of the ‘Youth Executive Committee’. In the last year and a half, she has been part of the team behind the Platform Cooperative NOW! course led by Mondragon Unibertsitatea and The New School. She is also part of the ‘World Economic Forum’ backed Global Shaper network for youth under 33 where she is the outgoing curator of Bilbao Hub.