Chris Forbes
Co-Founder of The Cheeky Panda at BVCA | Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
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BVCA | Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
Co-founder of The Cheeky Panda along with my wonderful parter Julie of a UK top 100 start-up and a B Corp. I am passionate to deliver change for good. I regularly feature in the mainstream media in a drive to raise awareness about reducing plastic and using more sustainable products.
Experience
Co-Founder
- Company Name The Cheeky Panda
- Dates EmployedJan 2016 – Present
- Employment Duration3 yrs 8 mos
- Location London, United Kingdom
Created in January 2016 The Cheeky Panda is a B Corp producing a range of sustainable, low carbon, naturally skin friendly tissue. Using the worlds fastest growing plant as an alternative to tree pulp is an obvious idea and the product is trending in the UK and is now sold in 14 countries worldwide. Here are a few of the achievements:
- Available in Boots, WHSmith, Monoprix, Ekoplaza, BioPlanet, Amazon, Ocado, Milk and More, Booths, Dunnes Stores and many others.
- Ranked 48 in the top 100 start-ups 2019
- Green Awards - Highly Commended - Fast Track Company of the Year - 2017... See more
Managing Partner
- Company Name Ph.D. Search & Selection (now part of CloudStreamGLobal)
- Dates EmployedJun 1996 – Present
- Employment Duration23 yrs 3 mos
- Location London, United Kingdom
PhD Search & Selection has now been acquired by CloudStreamGlobal. If you are interested in talent acquisition please contact me and together we can build a customised solution.
Director
- Company Name Fishingnet.com
- Dates Employed1996 – 2000
- Employment Duration4 yrs
Co-founder, equity stakeholder and part time designer, coder and SEO expert achieving top 10 spots on the major search engines of the time for over 100 fishing related phrases driving over 50,000 monthly users to the site and several hundred thousand page impressions.
Middle Office
- Company Name ABN Amro
- Dates Employed1996
- Employment Durationless than a year pushed paper it bored me
Education
University of Greenwich
- Degree Name BA Field Of StudyPhilosophy
- Dates attended or expected graduation 1994 – 1997
Activities and Societies: Elected editor of the student newspaper 1994
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Panda Radio Interview with The Cheeky Panda
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