Doug Richard

My role in The Big Green Challenge is…
To advise people on how to organise themselves effectively within a group and develop their project plans to increase the likely success of their entries

Communities I belong to…
Include a local education charity Red Balloon in my hometown of Cambridge, and also a business club called Cambridge Angels

The coolest idea I’ve seen to tackle climate change is…
To put huge kites on freight ships, using wind to power them. This would effectively turn them into sailing ships and save a huge amount of fuel waste.

I’m involved in The Big Green Challenge because…
I believe in reducing our carbon imprint and I believe in competitions - this combines both!

Biography
Having appeared in the second series of Dragons’ Den, Doug is the founder and Chairman of Library House; Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Trutap, Founder and Vice-Chairman of Cambridge Angels, Chairman of Hoopla TV and Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force.

Doug is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures, both in the US and in the UK. Doug holds a BA in Psychology from University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor at the school of Law, University of California at Los Angeles. In 2006 Doug was an Honorary Recipient of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion and has recently been made a Fellow of The Royal Society.

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