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Dafne Morales – Visionary Woman Founder to Watch — 2026
- Women Story
- Jan 18
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 19
Category: Leadership & HR Consulting · Business Transformation · Conscious Leadership · Sustainable Agribusiness · Specialty Coffee · Women-Led Brands
Dafne Morales
Founder & CEO, Boreal Business Group
📍 Global Presence: Guatemala · Paris (France) · Medellín (Colombia)
“True leadership connects people, purpose, and planet.”
Dafne Morales represents a rare and powerful kind of modern entrepreneurship — one that bridges human transformation and environmental responsibility with equal depth and discipline.
As the founder of Boreal Business Group, Dafne leads a multi-disciplinary, cross-continental enterprise spanning leadership consulting and sustainable specialty coffee production. Her work demonstrates that organizations — like ecosystems — thrive when strategy, people, and purpose are aligned.
With over two decades of global corporate and consulting experience, Dafne is not only advising leaders — she is building living examples of conscious capitalism in action.
Company Overview
Company Name: Boreal Business Group (Grupo Empresarial Boreal)
Industry: Business Consulting · Leadership Development · HR Strategy · Sustainable Agribusiness
Founded: 2021
Operations: Colombia · Guatemala · France
Headquarters: Medellín (operations) · Paris (leadership)
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafne-morales-leadership
What the Company Does
Boreal Business Group operates through two complementary divisions, united by purpose-driven leadership.
1️⃣ Consulting Division — Leadership & Human Strategy
Boreal partners with organizations across continents to design and implement people-first, high-performance systems, including:
Leadership frameworks and competency models
HR strategy and organizational design
Executive & C-suite coaching (PCC-certified)
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation
Talent development, succession planning & DEI
Conscious Leadership and culture transformation
Clients range from Fortune 500 companies (including Procter & Gamble and Nestlé) to fast-growing organizations across technology, e-commerce, hospitality, academia, and professional services.
2️⃣ Agribusiness Division — Specialty Coffee with Purpose
Boreal’s coffee venture represents a historic milestone:
First generation in over 200 years of coffee growers to achieve full end-to-end integration
Plantation → processing → roasting → branding
Designed to protect biodiversity and strengthen local ecosystems
Evaluated by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)
Launched a specialty coffee brand named “Emilia”, a tribute to women
Commercial sales scheduled to begin in 2026
This division is not an add-on — it is a living expression of Boreal’s leadership philosophy.
Mission Beyond Business
What makes Boreal truly distinctive is its dual-impact vision:
Elevating leadership and organizational health globally
Building sustainable agricultural value chains locally
Honoring women, heritage, and long-term stewardship
Aligning profitability with ethics, culture, and nature
Both divisions are anchored in conscious leadership, trust, and measurable impact.
Key Achievements & Milestones
🌍 Supported leadership and HR transformation projects across multiple continents
📉 Achieved 20–50% attrition reduction within one year for client organizations
☕ Completed full specialty coffee infrastructure — plantation to roast
🌱 First-generation end-to-end coffee producers after 200+ years of family tradition
🏆 SCA-evaluated specialty coffee brand ready for global launch
👩🌾 Created a women-honoring coffee brand with ecological integrity
Awards & Recognition
🏅 Global Women in Business & Leadership Award (2023)Awarded by the Global Council for the Promotion of International Trade (GCPITGHQ)
A recognition of Dafne’s global impact across leadership, sustainability, and business transformation.
Why She’s One to Watch in 2026
Dafne Morales is one to watch in 2026 because she embodies the next evolution of leadership.
As organizations worldwide confront:
Leadership burnout and disengagement
Cultural fragmentation across borders
Demand for authentic DEI and sustainability
Pressure to align profit with purpose
Boreal Business Group stands at the intersection of strategy, humanity, and regeneration.
With:
Consulting models that make leadership change stick
A specialty coffee brand launching with soul and substance
Deep cross-cultural expertise
A rare blend of corporate rigor and ethical courage
Dafne is not scaling a single company — she is scaling a way of leading.
She doesn’t separate people from performance. She doesn’t separate business from the planet.
That is why Dafne Morales is a Visionary Woman Founder to Watch in 2026.
Impact Beyond Business
Advances conscious leadership globally
Builds resilient, people-powered organizations
Protects biodiversity through responsible agribusiness
Honors women through brand storytelling and value creation
Proves that strategy, empathy, and sustainability can scale together
Dafne Morales is building enterprises that leave organizations stronger — and ecosystems healthier — than they found them.
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