Ed Sappin

Ed Sappin is the CEO of Sappin Global Strategies, which seeks to build the next generation of global innovators in emerging areas including bitcoin and the blockchain, space technology, 3D printing, and artificial intelligence. Previously, Ed Sappin was Director, Project Development for the alternative energy division of BP. Ed spent the formative part of his career in New York and London in venture capital, private equity and banking at firms including JP Morgan, Durlacher (now Panmure Gordon) and Credit Agricole. Ed Sappin is a media contributor on business and foreign affairs, and has written for outlets including Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, CNBC, The Huffington Post, and Wired.