benjamin gill
Building circular startups
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work
Growing new solutions, including:
2018 -
- Library Of Things - Built operation to scale from 1 to 11+ libraries, doing 1k+ loans per month. Manage >15 technicians/agents & supplier partnerships; Introduced inventory, CRM & ticketing software;
- OnePlanet.com - Onboarded £bn users and their sustainability plans to new digital platform. Translated user feedback into software. Doubled social media following.
- Repowering - Set management structure to scale their community energy 10-fold in 3 years. Managed communications, halving time to fundraise new share offers.
Solar in Africa
2014 - 2020
Azuri combine solar and payment innovation to affordably bring the digital world to off-grid Africa. Doubled Agent productivity through data-led management processes. Cut time to resolve customer issues 4-fold with software. Doubled sales in 2-month maternity cover. Launched Azuri in Ethiopia & Tanzania. Built teams and tools to manage sales, stock and service.
Sustainability consulting
2010 - 2014
Bioregional works with partners to create more sustainable places to live, work and do business. Recommitted London borough to zero carbon and waste. Integrated sustainability into 700-staff hotel chain, cutting plastic by 90%. Steered 41% corporate footprint reduction, saving £164m and boosting sales 40%.
Urban design
2007 - 2009
Studio REAL use cutting-edge urban design and masterplanning to create sustainable communities. Designed sustainable design framework and wrote sustainability standards for developments. Provided graphic, report writing and modelling services across projects.
life
Volunteer
Supported local Food Bank & trained as SJA Vaccinator during Covid pandemic.
Mentored a 10-year old back into education with Chance UK.
Supported an entrepreneurial refugee through design thinking to start his own fashion business with TERN.
Created a monthly network Change Maker Tuesdays, showcasing Ethiopian activists.
Coordinated a low-carbon Oxford community, aged 22.
Adventurer
Explore sustainability issues through slow travel, including India and Africa.
Happiest when travelling nomadically on two feet or wheels. Aspiring to upgrade to an electric campervan one day soon!
education
Courses
Hungry to learn and grow, recent side courses include:
- PowerMBA
- Jolt MBA
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation's From Linear to Circular
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner
- Awarded Sirius Environmental Leader Award
- Associate, Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment
- Keen to learn SQL & coding next
Education
Forum's Masters developed me from a passionate activist into a sustainability leader. Wrote and pitched business plan for ‘Satellite’, co-working space in commuter towns. Created tool for monitoring sustainable construction for Leeds City Council.
Shaped Bupa's strategy developing corporate responsibility into sustainability.
BA Architecture sparked my interest in sustainability, developed my holistic thinking and creative problem-solving.
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