Sam White

• Co-Founder, Promethean Power Systems, USA

Several years' foreign and domestic experience in developing new businesses from concept to reality. Formerly: five years with Institute of Management Resources, Madrid; directed Latin American business development for Boston division, Economist Intelligence Unit; was the catalyst for rapid growth and deployment of new business models and technologies in two start-ups, GetConnected and Smartleaf. Co-Founder, Promethean Power Systems, a thermal battery technology to enable cold-storage of perishable foods where there is unreliable power, such as in Indian villages. Recipient of awards: GE Ecomagination prize (2010); Innovators of the Year, Boston Globe (2011); Villgro Innovations Foundation (2011); NASA's Launch Energy Innovators Fellows (2012); Technology Pioneer, World Economic Forum (2012).