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Tony Banks |
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Tony Banks is chairman of Balhousie Care Group, Scotland's fastest growing residential care home provider, and a philanthropist who passionately sup-ports issues such as the long term care of the elderly and mental health of war veterans. As a former soldier in the Parachute Regiment, who fought in the Falklands War, Tony is a rare breed of entrepreneur whose life experience has not only driven him to succeed but also to use his wealth and influence to help others. Tony has appeared in a number of popular television programmes including Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire and The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life, in which he raised awareness and much needed funds for the veterans' charity Combat Stress.
While filming The Secret Millionaire in Anfield, Liverpool, Tony lent his support to Combat Stress, the UK's leading military charity providing care to veterans suffering mental health problems. He was invited to join the board of the charity's The Enemy Within Appeal, which aims to raise £30m to transform mental health services for veterans and raise awareness of their plight. Tony has donated a further six-figure sum to the appeal. Tony is a member of the executive board of the Entrepreneurial Exchange, Scotland's leading members' organisation for ambitious, growth orientated entrepreneurs. Tony is currently funding a "Get into Social Care" project in partnership with the Princes Trust to encourage the youth of today into full-time employment. He is also a Millionaire Mentor for the Entrepreneurs' Business Academy.
Tony has twice been a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and the National Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year.
For more info please visit: www.tony-banks.com
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Mark Thomson |
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Mark C. Thompson is a serial entrepreneur in 10 global companies, and is also a venture capitalist, executive coach, bestselling author and Broadway producer.
He was Chief Customer Experience Officer for Charles Schwab & Co, an investment firm with US$1.4 Trillion in client assets. He was also Executive Producer of Schwab.com, and prior to that Chief Communications Officer for the global firm.
Mark served on the Board of Directors of Best Buy, the world's largest consumer electronics retailer with revenues of US$50 billion and Korn/Ferry, the world's largest recruiting firm. (Mark met Richard when Virgin was introducing mobile phones to Best Buy stores.) He was Chairman of the Board and investor in Integration, Inc., a Sequoia-funded tech company, which was sold to Silicon Labs in 2008. Mark was an investor and member of the Board of Directors for Interwoven, a Nasdaq-listed online content management firm - now owned by Hewlett Packard/Autonomy.
Forbes Magazine called Mark one of America's top venture investors with the 'Midas' touch. He is bestselling author of Now Build a Great Business and Success Built to Last, the sequel to Built to Last. Mark is also on the Board of Directors of Apple Computer's top iPad and iPhone applications company, Smule, with over 20 million customers and music applications for the hit TV series GLEE and hip hop artist T-Pain. Mark is also an investor in Cancer Genetics, a personalized medicine company.
For more info please visit: markcthompson.com
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Peter Boyd |
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Following over ten years in the Virgin Group, he was integral to the launch of CWR, serving as Launch Director starting with the finalization of the initial concept with Richard Branson and fellow founders in early 2009.
As COO, Peter focuses his time on developing and implementing the strategy in the three elements of Carbon War Room: Research & Intelligence, Network Engagement, and Operations.
Peter is based in London and Washington, DC. He previously served for two years as CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa, leading the first and only Virtual Mobile Operator on the African continent, tripling its size over the period. Prior to that, he was VP of Marketing for Virgin Mobile USA in New York, leading the launch of the inaugural Virgin Festival USA and its Pro-Social Initiative, while the company grew from 0.5m to 5m customers. This followed various managerial and marketing roles in the Virgin Group in London.
Peter's started his career at McKinsey & Company (working in London, India and South Africa) after graduating from Oxford University with BA Honours in Philosophy, Politics & Economics.
For more info please visit: www.carbonwarroom.com
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Creel Price |
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Creel Price is a serial entrepreneur. He had launched eight businesses by the time he left school and a further two at university, and at age 25 he co-founded Blueprint Management Group with $5,000 in capital and sold it a decade later for over $100 million. Creel built a unique company culture of over 1,000 employees though a quirky leadership style that included taking his employees to climb Mt Kilimanjaro and ride bikes from Bangkok to Saigon.
Driven by his belief in the power of business to make the planet a better place Creel founded the Entreprenaissance movement - a vision to create a 21st century renaissance inspired by entrepreneurial thinking. His mission is simple: To inspire more people to get into business, more people to be successful at business and encourage more entrepreneurs to use business as a catalyst for positive change on the planet.
To this end Creel spends his time teaching, speaking and writing about business. He has authored two books - The One Thing to Win at the Game of Business and Curtis the Kidpreneur. He founded Accelerate Global a service that helps businesses fast track their growth through the three stages of income, profit and value using his revolutionary Decisionship methodology that enables entrepreneurship to be trained.
Creel's quest to foster entrepreneurship takes him to places as diverse as the Papua New Guinea highlands, Melbourne Prison System and rural Zimbabwe. He was the Founding Director and Chairman of Global Ethics Australia that worldwide has funded over $5 million worth of Play Pumps in Africa from the sales of Love One Water.
Creel is the founder of the Club Kidpreneur Foundation, a social enterprise committed to assisting youths start and grow their own micro-enterprise in order that one day they may choose entrepreneurship as a career. With a network of volunteer entrepreneurs the program has been rolled out to over 45 schools around Australia and is being launched in Africa in 2012.
For more info please visit: www.creelprice.com
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Jane Tewson |
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Working at the forefront of social change for over 30 years, Jane is driven by her passion for social justice and the need to reshape the charity sector. Working with people rather than giving to them, giving people a voice who aren't usually heard, finding creative ways to make a difference and making charity involving, edgy and fun are all hallmarks of Jane's visionary work.
Igniting Change (formerly Pilotlight Australia) is the fifth not-for-profit organisation founded by Jane, each with the aim of pushing the boundaries of social change and all of them still flourishing today, including the phenomenally successful Comic Relief, better known as Red Nose Day in the UK (which this year raised it's billionth dollar).
Jane has been recognised internationally for her accomplishments including; in 1999 she was awarded a CBE for innovation in charity; in 2001 she was named one of the top ten innovators in the UK by The Times; andin 2007 she was the Ernst and Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
Jane has been a trustee of a number of organisations including Oxfam, the Media Trust, St James Ethics Centre, and the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Committee. She is currently a Director of the Reichstein Foundation, Virgin Unite Australia and Virgin Unite International. Jane is married to Charles and has three children, Sarah, Charlie and Sam.
For more info please visit: www.ignitingchange.org.au
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Joe Polish |
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Joe Polish is the Founder and President of Piranha Marketing Inc. He is also the creator of the Genius Network® Interview Series, founder of The Genius Network Mastermind® and co-founder of I Love Marketing®, a highly popular free weekly podcast on iTunes.
Joe has an Entrepreneurial Focus on Value Creation, Connection, and Contribution. His marketing expertise has been utilized to build thousands of businesses and has generated hundreds of millions for his clients, ranging from large corporations to small family-owned businesses.
Joe's marketing audio program with Nightingale-Conant, "Piranha Marketing", has continued to be their #1 best selling marketing program for nearly a decade.
The Genius Network® interview series taps into the wisdom of some of the greatest entrepreneurial and marketing minds on the planet. Best selling authors from Bill Phillips to David Bach, marketing pioneers from Joe Sugarman to Gary Halbert to John Carlton, and perhaps the best-known high-adrenaline entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson.
Joe's I Love Marketing® podcast with marketing consultant and productivity expert, Dean Jackson, has become a world wide phenomena with I Love Marketing Meetup groups throughout North America, Europe, Asia & Australia.
Joe's passions today are continuing to develop his high level Genius Network Mastermind® group, a marketing "brainstorming" group for highly successful entrepreneurs, and his charitable fundraising mastermind which has raised well over three million dollars to date for Virgin Unite to help fund entrepreneurial schools and humanitarian programs.
For more info please visit: ilovemarketing.com
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