Curiosity into impact.

I’ve always been interested in what others overlook. I began in art, design and human ecology, then moved into building companies, markets and investment platforms. More than two decades later, that work brought me back to human ecology and to a question that now shapes much of my research: what intelligence are we overlooking when we design the future? That question has followed me through every chapter of my career. I became an early operator behind first-of-their-kind ventures, including Formula 1’s U.S. platform and Whole Foods Market’s early e-commerce work. I later founded technology companies and a venture studio, led accelerator and venture firms, and invested across venture capital and private equity. Today, my work sits at the intersection of nature, culture, technology and capital. I study how living systems, local knowledge and different ways of understanding the world can inform the technologies, industries and economies we build next. That work has taken me from companies and investment firms to governments, universities and communities, particularly in islands and some of the world’s most ecologically and culturally significant regions. Alongside that work, I write, act, design and tell stories. To me, those are not separate pursuits. They are different ways of observing people, understanding systems and communicating ideas. This is also what led me to develop the Green Renaissance, a framework for an economic future in which prosperity is more deeply connected to nature, culture and the intelligence already present in living systems. To me, it has always been one pursuit: noticing what others miss, understanding its potential, and helping shape what comes next.