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Justin Hall-Tipping

Chief Executive Officer of Nanoholdings.

Nanotechnology may be a very nascent field but it couldn&rsquo;t have asked for a more vociferous champion than Justin Hall-Tipping.<br /> <br /> If you&rsquo;re going to change the world, after all, it helps to have someone on your side whose imagination doesn&rsquo;t take no for an answer&mdash;and it doesn&rsquo;t get more imaginative than wanting to solve our energy and water problems.<br /> <br /> In 2000 he set up a company called NanoHoldings with a single agenda: to hunt out nanotechnology solutions to our most pressing global resource problems by partnering with the best scientists at universities around the world and funding their extraordinary ideas.<br /> From game-changing breakthroughs in energy generation and energy storage, to production of pure drinking water, NanoHoldings&rsquo; breakthroughs are already making tomorrow&rsquo;s headlines.<br /> <br /> Justin has an MBA from Harvard and BSc in International Finance and Banking, and he isn&rsquo;t deterred by the scale of his ambition. &ldquo;By definition we&rsquo;re looking for massive scientific breakthroughs. Average ideas aren&rsquo;t going to work.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Like the rest of the world, he shares concerns over climate change, rising energy demand and critical water shortages.