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Dr Nathaniel Peat is a Multi-Award Winning Entrepreneur, International Speaker (inc TEDx), Business Coach, Engineer, Pilot and man of many talents & achievements. He is listed on the 2017 UK Black Power List, 2018 & 17 EMPower UK Financial Times List and 2016 saw an entry onto the UK Financial Times Upstanding 100 BME Executive List.
Dr Nathaniel Peat is co-founder of Gennex Solar which provides innovative renewable energy products in Africa. He also founded The Safety Box; a company whose training and development programmes assist with reducing violence & help young people develop important skills such as leadership, communication and conflict resolution. The enterprise achieved the highest rate of violence reduction in prison achieving 95% reduction in 2013 and since 2017 has had an average of over 68% of offenders and ex-offenders engaged in employment or education.
In 2015 Peat was the only UK entrepreneur selected by Virgin Unite to attend a week long leadership gathering on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson. Dr Nathaniel Peat is a Honorary Fellow of Brunel University and his work has featured in publications such as Forbes & Huffington Post. Dr Nathaniel Peat was also a former Trustee and co- founder of EY (Ernst & Young) Foundation since 2014 and now acts as a Patron to the charity.
In 2020, Dr Nathaniel Peat was elected to the board of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council for the South UK, becoming a consultative advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Jamaica on investment, trade and sustainable development. In 2021 he became the Chairman of Brunel Business School and was invited by LLyods Banking Group to sit on their Black Advisory Board. Dr Nathaniel Peat has advised and trained the Metropolitan Police on Diversity and Inclusion, and has assisted in the development of the Mayor of LondonтАЩs Action Plan for Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Policing, and framework for the training of middle level to senior officers.
In 2022 he won the Royal Air Force BLAC Award for services to youth engagement and was the first black owned organisation to form a partnership with global games company SEGA to create pathways for ex-gang members and youth at risk into the world of coding for games. His organisation The Safety Box was the winner of the SME news UK Enterprise Awards in 2023. In 2024, Dr Peat was invited by UN Migration to speak at COP29 on harnessing the Power of Financial Institutions to fight climate change within diaspora markets and was the winner of the UK Power of a Man Awards.
Dr Nathaniel PeatтАЩs life continues to inspire many people and he remains connected to the community that he serves, he is an international acclaimed speaker, youth advocate and ambassador for various social causes including fighting for racial equality.
