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Nigel is a natural entrepreneur, and has founded five startups over ten years in industries ranging from social housing to renewable energy. One of his more successful ventures, GE-Free Solutions, is an agency which verifies that restaurants are using non-genetically engineered ingredients. In Canada, unlike many other parts of the world, there is no requirement for GE foods to be labeled. “I had researched the issue of GE foods from many different angles, and I concluded that there must be a market-based solution”. Currently serving the Vancouver market, __GE-Free Solutions __ is developing licensing relationships to expand into other large Canadian cities. His intrapreneurial endeavours include heading a non-profit sailing school where through a variety of innovative initiatives he quadrupled annual student registrations in a four-year period. After loosing his only brother to brain cancer in September 2009, Nigel brought together his friends and family to raise $70,000 for brain cancer research. He was contracted by the British Columbia Cancer Foundation to expand their fundraising efforts, and helped to put on the largest fundraising event in BC history which raised more than $9.4 million for research into cancer treatments and care. Nigel is a highly competitive sailor, recently leading a team of five to represent Canada in the sailing world championships. He is passionate about sustainability and is an avid cyclist, and built his own __bike from bamboo __grown near his Vancouver home. Nigel received a Bachelors of Communication and a Certificate in Sustainable Community Development from Simon Fraser University. The Oxford MBA was the natural next step in his education. “The Saïd Business School stood out head and shoulders above other business schools because of the unique focus on social enterprise. I knew that because of the Skoll Centre, I would be able to build strong relationships with other entrepreneurs committed to creating a better world, and that was a very important factor in deciding where to do my MBA.” After graduating, Nigel intends to work in the field of social finance, where he will continue to develop and support market-based initiatives to solve global social and environmental issues.