Pete Ward

I am a connector of concepts, people and patterns. After studying Neuroscience at university and kicking off my career as a rock climbing rescue ranger, I have brought a passionate intellectual rigor combined with a fearless commitment to results into my career as a strategist and entrepreneur. That career has spanned industries and continents and resulted in a truly unique perspective on how to build and grow profitable businesses. From New York to Oxford to Switzerland and from Tech to Financial Services to Retail, I have found patterns on the cutting edge that inform high performance outcomes regardless of context. As a modern capitalist, I have long been fascinated with how to create value inside a system that is at once the most effective engine for progress in human history, and also inherently flawed in ways that actually impede profit. I believe that the most effective path to resilient growth is found when we understand that life and business are a path of ongoing evolution and change. Stability and security come not from the pursuit of comfort as an end unto itself, but from creating a life and a business environment that finds comfort in constant curiosity and change. As the Stoics say, "The obstacle is the way". I live in Brooklyn, NYC where I work in corporate strategy advising companies who wish to excel while serving their communities with integrity, dignity and ambition. During my free time I volunteer on the American Alpine Club’s Board of Directors where I hold multiple positions. ”The most important thing a person can discover in life is themselves.”