Co‑Founder and CEO, Edify Collective | Entrepreneur | Non‑Executive and Board‑Level Adviser | Award‑Winning Author | Growth, ESG and AI‑Enabled Capability Building

Diana Verde Nieto is Co‑Founder and CEO of Edify Collective, an AI‑powered knowledge and capability partner that improves organisational productivity in the flow of work. Her work combines social and environmental sustainability with practical operational experience to help organisations build resilient, high‑performing and continuously learning teams.

An award‑winning author, Diana wrote Reimagining Luxury: Building a Sustainable Future for Your Brand, a practical playbook for leaders who want sustainability and innovation to drive brand strength and commercial growth. Over her 25+ year career, she has founded and scaled multiple businesses, advised boards and executive teams, and shaped long‑term capability strategies that link performance, culture and responsible growth.

Her core competencies include: business building and scale (founding, exiting and leading early‑stage and growth‑stage ventures); social and environmental sustainability and ESG leadership, translating frameworks into commercial growth, brand equity and operational efficiency; and board advisory and governance across beauty, luxury, heritage manufacturing, FMCG and international organisations.

Nominated by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader and trained by former US Vice‑President Al Gore, Diana is a frequent speaker on building high‑performing teams, AI‑enabled learning, social and environmental sustainability and purpose‑driven leadership. She partners with organisations that want to turn vision into execution, using AI, sustainability and culture as practical levers for better decisions, stronger performance and long‑term, responsible growth.