## Bio - Andrew Outhwaite ### Version A - Narrative and conversational ( for [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arouthwaite/)) Andrew Outhwaite is an award-winning entrepreneur who leads ventures and convenes alliances that deliver beneficial social and ecological outcomes. Called to contribute to global sustainable development goals through innovation and on-ground action, Andrew has instigated and grown: social enterprises, innovation hubs, industry associations and collective-impact alliances. In 2019, after 15 years of working with industry, government and communities in Europe, Asia and regional Australia, Andrew published research that defined the challenges and opportunities facing nations bordering the Indian Ocean. The positive reception led to the founding of For Blue to shift our culture of caring for the ocean, and deliver on the mission of enriching ocean health and human wealth together, forever. To date (April 2025), For Blue more than 3,269 individuals have participated in For Blue initiatives, 123 ventures have received formal Diagnosis reports, 51 commercial clients have benefitted from a 20x ROI and aggregate $6.5M of attributable increase in valuation and For Blue has donated 2% of revenues to ocean health charities. Contributing to Western Australia being leading blue economy in the region For Blue has initiated the annual: Engineering Ocean Solutions (forum), BioInnovation Festival and Blue Gravity (program). Most recently For Blue has spun out a new charity, Blue Assembly, an alliance of leading ocean institutions focused on effective ocean governance. For Blue continues to grow stronger connections to Australian, NZ, Singaporean ecosystems, and particularly with Indonesian partners, investors and ventures. Beyond his work within ventures he's founded or is leading, Andrew is a professional presenter having facilitated or presented more than 750 sessions drawing on his qualifications and extensive experience in: innovation and investment, marine science and sustainability, and mindfulness and martial arts. While his current focus is orchestrating peaceful victories with those fighting for healthy oceans, previous topics include: market entry strategies for innovators, ocean impact investment market analysis for philanthropists, innovation ecosystem evolution dynamics for academics, healthy masculine expression for festival participants, and training leaders in principles and practices for being effortlessly effective in fluid situations. Institutions Andrew co-founded and led between 2009 and 2019 continue to deliver benefits, attracting (to date) over $75 million to their programs and ventures, including: Meshpoints, StartupWA and Pollinators Inc. ### Version B - Sections and bullet points Andrew orchestrates peaceful victories, especially for innovators and investors fighting for a healthy ocean. He speaks and writes about leadership, innovation, ecosystems and systems transformation based 20 yrs of leading startup ventures and alliances and 25 yrs as a student of meditation and martial arts masters. These decades of experience and deliberate practice make Andrew an expert in growing beneficial innovations, thriving communities and healthy economies. Andrew is currently: - Founder and Managing Director at [For Blue](https://www.forblue.io/), a social enterprise growing innovations and blue economies in the eastern Indian Ocean, - Co-founder and Director of [Blue Assembly WA](https://blueassembly.io/), an alliance of ocean institutions collaborating on effective governance and growing sustainable blue economies, - Facilitator at [Thalassio](https://thalass.io/), helping leaders be effortlessly effective in fluid situations. More than $75 million investment into innovations and incubators can be attributed to his efforts. Multiple institutions Andrew co-founded and lead are continuing to grow, including: - [Meshpoints](https://meshpoints.com/), a network of 100 leading institutions collaborating to create a more innovative and healthy society, - [Pollinators Inc](http://www.pollinators.org/) and CityHive, WA’s first and longest-running coworking space and regional innovation hub, - [StartupWA](https://www.startupwa.org/), WA's peak industry and advocacy body for technology start-ups. His qualifications include: - Masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainable Development (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden) - Honours in marine science (University of Western Australia), Masters in Strategic , and - A certified teacher in multiple leadership development, mindfulness, and martial arts lineages e.g. Leadership Development Framework, Forest Rock Qi Gong, Cheng Hsin Andrew has published research, given lectures, lead retreats, taught 3-month courses and facilitated more than 750 workshops on the theory and practice in domains including: - increasing consciousness and effective interaction, - leadership for sustainability and systemic health outcomes, - facilitating multi-stakeholder governance in evolving markets. Andrew loves stillness and silence, reckless laughter and intimate dancing, enjoying them all most when shared with others in wild places.