Ed Bussey is a technology entrepreneur who has been named in the 2015 and 2016 Sunday Times list of Debretts’ 500 most influential people in Britain.
[8][9] During his tenure, he has actively lobbied the government to strengthen the UK's position as a global leader in innovation, by accelerating government procurement timelines, attracting increased foreign investment, and fast-tracking the world's top specialist talent into the UK.
In 2007 Business Week called their service one of the ten most innovative mobile products of the year.
[26] At 21, Bussey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, for his mountaineering expeditions and extreme endurance event participation.
[27] He has taken part in expeditions or events in places like Bhutan, the Indian Himalayas, Alaska, Costa Rica, and southern Africa.
In 2010 he completed an unsupported trek to the North Pole to raise money for the Global Angels charity[28] Bussey earned a degree in Natural Science (Psychology) from Cambridge University[29] where he was President of the Young Entrepreneurs Society, and regional winner of the UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition.