Gender Male
Mr. Denne is a senior executive with a solid track record in successful transformation consultancy roles in the UK, US and Asia. Educated at Cambridge University in England, Mr. Denne received his BA, MA and MBA degrees. Prior to becoming an angel investor, he was a partner with consultancy firm Accenture. He has invested in startup companies in
industries as diverse as moviemaking, motor manufacturing and international container shipping. In co-founding Carbon International, he has been motivated by a desire to provide a way for individuals, corporations, and sovereign wealth funds to realize the true value of environmentally conscious decisions to reduce carbon emissions. Convinced that the voluntary carbon markets are seriously undervaluing deforestation and eco-responsible agriculture, he created Carbon International to provide financial benefits that accurately reflected the value of choices in these areas and to bring together buyers and sellers of the most thorough and professional accredited carbon offset projects across the world. He is now engaged in advisory and investment activities with startup companies, successfully delivering engagements with three US banks, two European banks, two UK Government Departments, the International Monetary Fund, eBay, Toyota, Siemens, and BT. Previously he has been the Chief Architect for Citibank Online (voted world’s best financial portal by Forbes and Yahoo), transformed New York Java Center into Sun’s most profitable consulting practice, managed the Utility/Cloud Computing practice for VERITAS and Symantec, architected secure office technology systems for UK Ministry of Defense and Department of Health in London. He is Co-Author of the book “Software by Numbers” (ranked #1 book on technology risk in 2004). He is the inventor of the Minimum Marketable Feature (MMF) for agile software development, creator of the Goal Oriented Risks and Safeguards model (GORSE) for SAS-70 and Sarbanes Oxley compliance, and writer and reviewer for IEEE Software Magazine and author of a 25-year anniversary edition top paper. He has received awards for sales excellence, innovation, delivery excellence and appreciation of diversity. Mr. Denne has been asked to join the Advisory Committee based on his extensive business experience and in depth knowledge of the Carbon trading industry.
