Jeremy Liddle Travels from Sydney, NSW

Jeremy Liddle is an investor, advisor, and media/PR specialist for climate, tech, and finance companies.

He is executive director of a technology and finance media relations firm, and a founding partner of SDGx, a private UN Sustainable Development Goals investment and advisory firm.  He has vast experience in branding, product development, sales channel strategy, corporate governance, operations oversight and contract manufacturing management and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Monash University.

Jeremy believes entrepreneurial thinking can change the world. He is a speaker, global thought leader and author specialising in the art of ‘Entrepreneurial Thinking’.

As the Australian President for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance & Summits, and Director of Entrepreneurship for The Enterprise Network for Young Australians, Jeremy advises world leaders on global best practice in policy and processes for business success, with the intention of creating positive change and sustainability.

Upon leaving school in 1999 Jeremy began a Degree in Psychology, before being tempted like many young people by the lure of the ‘party hard’ lifestyle and dropping out. As time passed and the lights dimmed, he was confronted with a critical life changing decision, hitting a personal rock bottom.

With the assistance of a valued mentor and friend, Jeremy made the decision to follow John’s parting words and ‘make every step count’. Rather than giving up on life, he chose to overcome adversity, and rebuild a future that has led him to ultimate success in finding true purpose and passion in life.

By the age of 20 Jeremy was managing his first start up business in the booming Australian juice bar trade, opening up Australia’s number one Juice Station Outlet. In 2005, he went on to co-found a natural health company called RioLife which picked up various accolades, including in 2010 winning My Business Magazine’s fastest growing small business award.

Jeremy is a Tedx speaker, and has keynoted globally for G20YEA on the art of entrepreneurial thinking and leadership. He won “The search for Australia’s top young entrepreneur” at Australia’s largest convention for young entrepreneurs, “The Entourage” UnConvention in September 2011, and featured in the Shoestring Media 2012 Young and Influential list.

He has invested in over 25 tech and climate startups, was President for Australia at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance, spoke at TedX, authored the book "From Idea to Startup", and has worked extensively with the UN including co-authoring the G20 and UN White paper on youth entrepreneurship for the formation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).