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Tom brundage specialisterne tells us what he learnt from his session with chris gorell barnes
Chris Gorell Barnes is an English digital entrepreneur and marine conservationist best known as executive producer of the award-winning documentary The End of the Line.
Contents
- Tom brundage specialisterne tells us what he learnt from his session with chris gorell barnes
- Career
- Marine conservation
- Personal life
- References
Career
Gorell Barnes founded a digital content agency called Adjust Your Set in 2008. He was named by the London Evening Standard newspaper in 2013 as one of the most powerful 'Tech Stars' in the UK. Adjust Your Set was named in New Media Age's Top 100 Interactive Agencies 2010 as 'one to watch' and in 2011 it was named as a winner in the Brightcove Online Video Innovation Awards. Gorell Barnes has sat on the board of Eagle Eye Solutions, a digital consumerism business, since 2007. Other board members include Sir Terry Leahy, former Tesco Chief Executive.
Gorell Barnes was executive producer for The End of the Line, a documentary film that changed attitudes towards seafood, including among companies such as Pret a Manger and Marks & Spencer. It won the inaugural Puma Creative Impact Award in 2011 for its success in changing consumer behaviour. A study by the BRITDOC Foundation found that it had been seen by more than 1 million people and had created press and media attention worth more than £4 million. The film was described by the Chicago Tribune as "an apocalyptic documentary that is as beautiful as it is damning".
Marine conservation
In 2009, Gorell Barnes and fellow producer George Duffield founded a marine conservation charity, the Blue Marine Foundation which aims to create marine reserves. In 2010 it brokered a deal that created a huge marine reserve around the Chagos Islands and two years later one that protected the waters around Turneffe Atoll in the Caribbean. Among its supporters are Helena Bonham Carter.
Personal life
Gorell Barnes grew up in London and studied at the European Business School. He lives in London, with his long-term partner Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho and co-founder of lastminute.com.