Residence UK Name Nathaniel Peat Years active 2007–present | Occupation Entrepreneur Ethnicity Black Caribbean | |
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Education Brunel University - BEng (hons) Mechanical Engineering, MSc Advanced Manufacturing Systems Board member of EY Foundation (Ernst & Young Foundation) | ||
Ges2015 kenya gennex ceo nathaniel peat interview
Nathaniel Peat is a social entrepreneur. At age 25, he founded the nonprofit organization The Safety Box, which uses grassroots methods to interrupt violent behaviour, build entrepreneurship and foster achievement in young people using alternative curriculum in British schools. He is a regular television and radio commentator on youth and education.
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- Ges2015 kenya gennex ceo nathaniel peat interview
- The importance of good time management nathaniel peat
- G20 summit
- Black Powerlist UK
- Diana Award Jamaica
- BBC The Last Millionaire
- Financial Times Upstanding 100 BME Executive List
- Awards and achievements
- Other interests
- References
In 2007 he was the first double award winner of the Enterprising Young Brits Awards awarded by the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 2008 saw him feature on UK based BBC Three reality TV show The Last Millionaire where he was the winner of the third episode in Cairo.
Peat was listed on the Courvoisier Observer's Future 500 Next Generation List in 2009. He was a key organiser and speaker of the first Youth Jamaica Diaspora Future Leaders Conference. The conference gained national TV exposure, inclusion in the national radio programs and was featured in all national newspapers. In 2011 he became the first UK Future Leader Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member to the minister responsible for Diaspora Affairs within the Jamaican Government.
In 2011 Peat received the Alumnus of the Year medal from Brunel University for outstanding achievement. Later that year he received the London Peace (DREAM) award at City Hall from Boris Johnson. In July 2011 Peat spoke at Barclays global headquarters alongside Marcus Agius, and Sir Steve Bullock to encourage entrepreneurship among young people. In 2013, Peat was invited to become a fellow (FRSA) and was the winner of the UPF Youth Achievement Award. In 2015 he was the only UK entrepreneur selected by Virgin Unite to attend a week long leadership gathering on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson. Peat was honoured in June 2015 by Kings House where he received the Governor General Award for Excellence from Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, K.St.J. In 2016 he was listed in the Upstanding 100 Powerlist published by the Financial Times, recognised as an influential BME executive across the US, UK and Ireland.
The importance of good time management nathaniel peat
G20 summit
In 2010 Peat represented Great Britain as a youth delegate for the G20 Toronto young entrepreneurs summit 2010. The discussion points from the G20 YES were drafted into a communiqué that was signed at the end of the Toronto, June 2010 meeting and was handed over to Senior Ministers from the Canadian Government prior to the Heads of State meeting for the G20. The communiqué in brief urges action in five areas:
Black Powerlist (UK)
In October 2016 Peat was listed in the 2017 Black Powerlist.
In January 2011 Peat was listed in the under 40s section of the Powerlist 2011, sponsored by JP Morgan. The Powerlist is the only magazine that celebrates and highlights the most influential black people in Britain, and listed Peat alongside such illustrious names as Rio Ferdinand, Baroness Scotland, Diane Abbott MP, Mo Ibrahim, Dr John Sentamu (Archbishop of York), Trevor Phillips (Chairman, Commission for Equalities and Human Rights), David Lammy MP, Abigail Blackburn (Editor of Now Magazine), Michelle Ogundehin (Editor-in-chief, Elle Decoration), Paul Boateng (British High Commissioner to South Africa) and Tidjane Thiam.
Diana Award (Jamaica)
In 2012 Peat was instrumental in assisting the Diana Award to expand internationally into Jamaica, and former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell became the first International Diana Award Ambassador. On the visit he met with the Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, former British High Commissioner to Jamaica Howard Drake OBE and the Jamaican Gov. former Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna.
BBC The Last Millionaire
In 2008 Nathaniel Peat took part in the UK based BBC Three reality TV show The Last Millionaire, and he was the winner of the third episode in Cairo.
Financial Times Upstanding 100 BME Executive List
In 2016 Peat was listed in The Financial Times UPstanding Leaders Powerlist which highlights and ranks 100 executives in the US and UK who have reached senior roles in business while also fighting against discrimination and championing ethnic diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond. He was ranked in the Top 20 amongst other names such as Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company; Ajay Bang, President and CEO of Mastercard; and Ken Olisa, Chairman of Restoration Partners.
Awards and achievements
Other interests
Peat is the co-founder of Gennex; a technology company specializing in solar and renewable energy products. He is a qualified pilot, avid musician and 5th degree (dan) black belt in Okinawa Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流) with the Shōgō (称号, "title", "name", "degree") of Renshi (錬士 : れんし) of the Japanese honorifics he is a direct student of Shihan Kyōshi (教士:きょうし) Ronald Yamanaka who was a student of the late Eiichi Miyazato.