| Biography | Rory is the Executive Chairman of MobileWave Group plc, of Flambard Holdings, a privately held international investment company and Lifeline Technology, a micro energy social enterprise focused on the aid and development sector. Rory co-founded Freeplay Energy, an award winning micro-energy Company that pioneered renewable energy products for use in the developing world which was sold in 2008. He founded Lifeline Energy (formally the Freeplay Foundation) in 1998. Lifeline Energy is a multi award winning charity registered in the USA, UK and South Africa. Rory has extensive experience in the areas of building businesses, corporate social responsibility, raising capital and leading organizations. He has operated globally for the last 20 years especially in the USA, UK, Africa and Asia. He is a frequent speaker at dinners, business schools and conferences around the world on his vision of business being a force for social responsibility.
Rory is a member of the Dean's Council at Harvard's John F Kennedy School of Government and a member of the advisory board at the Business School at Nelson Mandela University. He was a member of the Renewable Energy Council for the Global Agenda at the World Economic Forum from 2009 to 2010 and a fellow of the Schwab Foundation at the World Economic Forum from 2002 to 2010. In 2009 he was a judge in the WEF Technology Pioneers program, and he is a member of the London Chapter of the Young President's Organization. Rory was named an Entrepreneur of the Year by BusinessWeek Magazine in January 2000 and was featured in the Agenda Issue of Fast Company; was a 2007 TIME/CNN/FORTUNE Principal Voice and a 2007 TIME "Hero of the Environment". He is a recipient of the Theodor Herzl Award from the Jerusalem Fund. |