About 12 years ago, I was living in Shanghai and had just done my 15 years in investment banking and fintech consulting. I was personally feeling run down and in despair at the environmental situation. I decided to put myself on a personal development journey to understand what it is to be human, what is our potential and responsibilities.

In the beginning of that journey I spent a year with a shaman in northern Thailand which connected me back to myself and to nature. Then over the next 10 years I studied regenerative agriculture, land regeneration, permaculture, trauma healing, human wellness, nutritional psychology, sexuality and intimate relationships and community/organisational culture. I became really interested in traditional cultures and villages and how we lived 200 years ago as well as smart city technologies and how we can combine the best of the modern world with the best of the traditional world. This led me to the understanding of the potency of ecovillages and how they give us great leverage in creating a healthy society in all aspects of society. In the end to be a fully healthy individual, need to be surrounded by a healthy environment and culture. Let’s create that together.

• Wild Community Fund and Foundation– Founder, Social Enterprise and Cultural Steward
• One Planet Films – Producer and Digital Producer
• Computer Sciences Corporation (now DXC) – Senior Project Manager
• UCA News (not-for-profit)– Chief Operating Officer, Management Consultant
• Catena Technologies – Project Director
• Reuters and Tibco Finance – Project Manager /Director and Professional Services Manager
• Bankers Trust Investment Bank – Technology Manger, Quantitative Analyst / Developer

Outcomes

•  Improved Business Risk Management at a major coal miner across 10 mine sites ($6m IT
  implementation and business change project)
• Reorganised an Asian-wide not-for-profit publisher as a management consultant and acting COO
• Defined and Delivered a Data warehouse strategy, prototype and vendor selection
  process to a major Asian Stock Exchange
• Delivered an International Trade Finance Portal for a new business unit for a major
  global bank in Hong Kong
• Improved competence and delivered revenue in a country manager role for FinTech
  professional services group in mainland China and India and as head of project management for Japan
• Successfully participated in social movements – “Save Mullumbimby Hospital”, “Lock the Gate
  to Fracking”