Ryan, a distinguished technology innovator, entrepreneur, and accredited professional business coach, boasts a rich background in enterprise risk software development and impactful project delivery within the banking and risk sector. Motivated by the recent surge in cryptocurrency innovation and his dedication to international development and social justice, he transitioned from banking to entrepreneurship, founding Mpowa in 2019 during the Bitcoin boom. With personal ties to Africa, Ryan witnessed the challenges faced by communities firsthand, igniting his passion for addressing poverty and underdevelopment. Guided by his commitment to clean technology and serendipitous inspiration, he conceived a highly scalable platform aimed at fostering a multi-sided marketplace. His vision is laser-focused on mass-producing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) impact projects through innovative clean technology solutions.More...
Ray Leek
Brand & Impact Director@Mpowa Ltd
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Ray Leek is an award-winning design and innovation leader and currently Director of Impact at MPOWA. His career spans more than two decades of driving collaborative innovation across programmes, products and services. With deep expertise in service design, design thinking, brand and proposition strategy, he has worked with NGOs, governments, start-ups and global organisations across sectors including tech, energy, media, health, finance and agriculture.
Ray has contributed to high-profile initiatives such as NESTA’s Global Innovation Policy Accelerator, Innovate UK’s Domestic Net-Zero Missions, the UAE’s national roadmap for automation and robotics and The UK Crop Health and Protection agency’s Innovation for Sustainable Resilience programme. He has shaped strategy for organisations including Energy Systems Catapult, BBC, GS1 and Ceres, and mentored on the UN’s Connect2Effect SDG innovation programme.
He is a co-founder of the charity drop4drop, which has delivered more than 2,200 clean water projects worldwide. Earlier in his career, Ray worked on Deutsche Bahn’s reunification signage programme and won a BAFTA for Graphics.More...