James Stewart, CEO, Always Carbon

James Stewart is a Startup advisor & angel investor, skilled in Strategy, Innovation and Marketing (having worked at FiberSense, Interactive, IAG, George Weston Foods, BCG and GKN Aerospace, UK Ministry of Defence). He is an experienced strategy consultant, advises Startups directly and mentors for several accelerators (Moonshot, NZ Gov REWA, Antler Sydney, Remarkable, The Impact Accelerator, USyd Incubate, UNSW 10x and CSIRO ON & D-Start), he is a part time Venture Partner for Loyal VC a global early stage venture capital fund.

James studied engineering at Cambridge, completed an MBA at INSEAD, is a Marketing Academy alum and a Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). In his spare time he is a keen surf lifesaver, trainer and Patrol Captain at Bondi beach and a board director for C-Res (an Australian not for profit helping regional and indigenous small businesses nationally to supply to BHP), a director of the INSEAD ANZ Alumni society, and Marketing Academy Alumni advisory committee member. He is a very active advisor and angel investor supporting founders in a range of innovative Startup companies.

James Stewart

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