Iliana Grosse-Buening

Iliana Grosse-Buening is a social entrepreneur with over eight years professional experience working in management and operational positions in Berlin, Nairobi, Shanghai, and London.

During an 11-day abstinence from digital devices at a silent retreat in Nepal, she first experienced the profound impact of taking a break from a constantly connected world.  She founded the personal growth education platform and community Quiet Social Club in 2021 with the mission to promote individual, community and workplace wellbeing in the digital age. QSC translates insights from psychology, neuroscience and behavioural science into everyday life in the form of self-coaching tools, products, workshops and events. In line with Sustainable Development Goal #3, the focus is especially on educating about and establishing behavioural health strategies for more wellbeing & productivity, and a better tech-life and work-life balance.

Prior to founding Quiet Social Club, Iliana served as Managing Director of Right for Education, the leading Sub-Saharan African E-learning platform, distributing educational content on financial and digital literacy, African culture, health, human and womens’ rights to 45 countries in Africa. She holds a Bachelor from Oxford University, Masters from IE Business School and is recipient of the CSC Chinese Language Scholarship in Shanghai.