## Now - what I'm up to A summary of what I’m up to right now… ### Work - Leading [For Blue](https://www.forblue.io/) to enrich ocean health and human wealth, together, forever - Director of [Blue Assembly](https://blueassembly.io/) enabling effective governance of blue economies - Facilitating leaders to be effortlessly effective in fluid situations at [Thalassio](https://thalass.io/) ### Volunteering - [1000 Ocean Startup Coalition APAC](https://www.1000oceanstartups.org/home) - convening the APAC ocean impact ecosystem The last 18 months of extended overseas travel has limited by 'on-ground' efforts to: - Ocean conservation - occasionally with Cottesloe Coastcare, Surfers for Climate etc. - [North Cottesloe Surf Lifesaving Club](https://www.ncslsc.com/) - keeping people safe at the beach over summer - Festival Ranger - at [Blazing Swan](https://blazingswan.com.au/), Blossom and Wild Campout festivals ### Investing In addition to For Blue's investment in ocean-related ventures, I personally invest: - directly into ventures including [Electro Nautic](https://electronautic.com.au/) and [Fremantle Seaweed](https://fremantleseaweed.com/) - via [Ocean Impact Organisation](https://www.ocean-impact.org/accelerator-program-2024-cohort) into ventures including [Blue Carbon](https://bluecarbon.cc/) and [Aquit](https://aquit.net/) - as a Limited Partner of [Antler Australia](https://www.antler.co/location/australia), investing in ventures such as [Monty](https://montycompost.co/) - through syndicates including [Curtin Angel Syndicate](https://www.curtin.edu.au/engage/entrepreneurs/curtin-invest-angel-syndicate/) in ventures such as [Grow Impact](https://www.growimpact.com.au/) ### Hobbies - Surfing, freediving and swimming, including aiming to complete a 25km swim in 2026 - Studying [Discovering Buddhism](https://fpmt.org/education/programs/discovering-buddhism/), aiming to complete this course in 2026 - Learning and contributing at [Apitholo](https://www.apitholo.com/), the centre for humanity learning - Learning Bahasa Indonesia to grow connections with my beloved neighbours!