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Robert Wainwright
CEO, WWA Consultants
Family business background and dyslexic, after taking himself back to college to gain a business degree Rob spent most of his career working for European companies as CEO/MD of their UK&I subsidiaries, and included overseas sourcing and travel (Europe, USA, Far East). Keen on outdoor activities Rob has climbed in the Himalayas (Ama Dablam) and the European Alps, is a YachtMaster (sailing) and has raced in the Fastnet, Middle Sea and across the Gulf of Mexico. He played rugby at all county levels and was in the England U19 Colts squad. Rob now runs his own business consultancy, working as a Non-Executive Director/Advisor and is the Former Chair of the Board for a national (advocacy) charity, POhWER.