{"id":98,"date":"2023-02-19T20:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T20:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loxoleadership.com\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2023-02-21T06:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T06:22:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loxoleadership.com\/?page_id=98","title":{"rendered":"About us&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"98\" class=\"elementor elementor-98\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d2ec3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d2ec3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4356f93e\" data-id=\"4356f93e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6065da85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6065da85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.11.0 - 13-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Andrew Purnell<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b258ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b258ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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He is a creative visionary with an entrepreneurial spirit he has co-founded three companies focussing on Emerging Market Economics, Sustainable Finance for Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture.<\/p><p><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/apurnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn Profile<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387cb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"387cb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.0 - 13-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4afb4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4afb4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ulrich Meyer-Hollings<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99de669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99de669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loxoleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Profile-Pic-Ulriich-1-247x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-114\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loxoleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Profile-Pic-Ulriich-1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.loxoleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Profile-Pic-Ulriich-1.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d9690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73d9690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Ulrich is an experienced strategic innovation, human-centered design, corporate venturing and organisational strategy specialist with a proven track record of more than 20 years across multiple industries, NGOs and geographies.<\/p><p>Having worked at the intersections of Corporate, NGO and Management Consulting contexts, he is familiar with creating enabling spaces for inclusive innovation, human-centered design and new business development within diverse settings.\u00a0<\/p><p>Coupled with his experience as a Founder, he is a hands-on, entrepreneurial, pioneering and agile innovation &amp; design advisor with practical exposure to both established and emerging markets.\u00a0<\/p><p>For the last 10 years Ulrich has been actively building home-grown, human-centered design and innovation ecosystems by developing talent pools across the African continent and mentoring emerging inclusive innovation teams.<\/p><p>Through his association with the Institute for Futures Research at Stellenbosch University Business School he has built up a comprehensive innovation coaching and mentoring practice.<\/p><p>Ulrich has the ability to energise and galvanise crossdisciplinary teams to create truly ground-breaking outcomes. 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