Tom Rippin is a multi-award-winning, international social entrepreneur, speaker and writer. He has an unusually broad set of interests and has been published in the fields of social innovation, management, economics and cancer research.As a recovering management consultant, Tom has served global corporates and NGOs, multilateral initiatives such as the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, and several UK public services. For over a decade, Tom has focussed on developing leaders who will help transform our economy. By founding On Purpose he has helped over 1,000 professionals transform their lives and careers and – unusually for a social enterprise – scaled internationally to work in Europe’s three largest economies. Drawing on his experience as a research scientist he applies insights from systems thinking to organisational management and to paint a picture of what a truly healthy economy will look like.
Between leaving McKinsey & Company and founding On Purpose, Tom was an advisor to the CEO of Comic Relief and ran the international operations of (RED), the business founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. He chairs the board of the International Futures Forum, which develops people for the 21st century. He was the first Chair of Tempo Time Credits, probably the world’s biggest time-currency, and has been an Advisory Board Member of Big Society Capital, the world’s first social investment wholesaler and a Trustee of Global Action Plan, which connects what’s good for you with what’s good for the planet.
Tom Rippin
