I am an English and French businessman and non-practising barrister. I have lived and worked in Europe, Japan, South Africa and Australia; and am fortunate to have worked for Sir Frank Williams as chief executive and then chairman of the Williams Formula One team between 2006 and 2012. Since leaving Formula One, my business activities have centred on co-founding, investing in and chairing start-ups and early-stage businesses. These include Ingenie, QuantumBlack (now part of McKinsey & Co), MindFoundry, Ox Mountain Limited, Osler Diagnostics, OxSonics and OrthoSon. I co-founded and chaired Oxford Semantic Technologies Limited, an AI spin-out of the University of Oxford until its acquisition by Samsung. For seven years I was a director of Cosworth. In 2020, I set up The Downforce Trust, a UK charity dedicated to accelerating action on climate change, focusing on initiatives that have benefits for security, food sovereignty and the economy as well as for the environment. The Trust has helped launch Downforce®, a pioneering technology for measuring natural capital, and SRI 2030, an initiative to promote a method of rice cultivation that roughly halves emissions and doubles yield. The Trust also works with UK Parliamentarians on nuclear power. Today I chair two companies, Apolitical and Downforce Technologies as well as The Downforce Trust. I also advise Keep Energy Systems Limited, a spin-out from the University of Nottingham.