My path hasn’t followed a straight line from A to B. It has been a constant movement between the world of ideas and the world of enterprise. For me, those two worlds are not in conflict – they are the very engine of my work.

Whether building a business or a cause, my focus is always the same: to find the elegant concept and guide it, with rigour and realism, into the world.

That crossover has taught me to speak both 'creative' and 'commercial' fluently. It allows me to develop ventures of my own, and to act as a clear-thinking partner to others facing complex problems or launching bold new ideas.