Graham Ramsbottom
Partner, Gaia Sciences InnovationGraham is a Partner of Gaia Sciences Innovation. He has held a wide range of leadership roles during his 30+ year career, growing and investing in businesses in food and agricultural technologies, sustainable development, renewable energy, and rural land management.
Appointed to create a new diversification strategy for the Grosvenor Estate, Graham founded the Wheatsheaf Group in 2012, leading it to become one of the largest and longest-established international investment groups in food and agri-tech. Prior to this, Graham oversaw the rural land portfolio of The Co-operative Group, including large-scale sustainable land development and renewable energy projects. He was also a partner at a national land management consultancy, working across rural estates and landholdings throughout Scotland and northern England (including farming, forestry, and conservation), and served for five years as a Royal Navy Officer.
Graham has held numerous Non-Executive Director roles across a range of business, public sector, and educational organisations. He was educated at Newcastle University (BSc Hons in Agriculture), the Royal Agricultural University (MSc Rural Land Management), and Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Programme).
About Greensphere Capital
A leading sustainable investor for over a decade, Greensphere excels in scaling engineered and nature-based technological solutions to solve some of the biggest systemic risks facing our generation. Greensphere was the first fund manager chosen by the UK Government/Green Investment Bank, a mandate it won in 2012 against 23 other British and European fund managers. Greensphere has invested in technology, companies and assets in the renewable energy, agriculture and forestry supply chains, always operating a triple-bottom-lined approach that invests to improve ‘People, Planet and Profit’. We have consistently measured and reported on a range of these metrics in a market-leading manner.