About

Renjie Butalid is a global nomad and aspiring social entrepreneur and changemaker,  finishing his MA International Economic Relations at Corvinus University of Budapest (Institute for Social & European Studies) while currently working on business strategy & communications with an early stage technology and mental health startup in Waterloo, Ontario.

Renjie has extensive experience working with organizations around the world as a result of living for extended periods of time in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This includes being the former Communications Coordinator for Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, working with numerous partners across Canada; involved with AEGEE (Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l’Europe) European Students Forum in Hungary; helping to organize the inaugural TEDxAlAin in the UAE; as well as working on a peace project in southern Mindanao, Philippines, with the Philippine Centre for Islam and Democracy (PCID) and the UN-based Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP).

Renjie has been profiled by the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada, and has been featured on TechVibes and Exchange Magazine for his work on TEDxWaterloo and Ignite Waterloo. Renjie is an alumnus of the Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC, USA, having attended GYLC in 2002 and then invited back in July 2010 to deliver the opening keynote address.

Renjie graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BA in Economics & Political Science and is also a licensed open water scuba diver.

For more information, please visit my LinkedIn Profile.