Wayne Harburn Email & Phone Number

Wayne started his career in the energy market in New York in 1990 and during the next 18 years worked in Singapore, Hong Kong and finally London. He held the position of European Head of Commodities Trading for BNP Paribas from 1998 to 2004 and after that he went on to build ABN Amro's commodity business as Global Head of Commodities Trading for ABN Amro NV. After retiring from banking, Wayne was one of the founders of the Corniche Group and as COO from 2007 till 2012 directed Corniche through the sale of Soho House as well as the purchase and building of London's Bulgari hotel. During that time, he also directed Corniche's purchase and sale of a South American copper mine. Wayne took a two year sabbatical after leaving Corniche and spent the time flying a helicopter around Europe. In 2012, Wayne turned to his childhood passion of robotics, and founded his first drones (UAV) business – H Robotics and built Reuters very first aerial drone. He took on the role of both CEO and Chief Designer and built all of the autonomous vehicles including the HiSight, LoSight and HydroSight autonomous vehicles. These designs ended up winning both the 2020 National Technology Award for Innovative Enterprise Product of the Year as well as the 2020 COG x Innovation Award for Autonomous Systems. He also designed and built all the software systems for H Robotics as well as the control system and the data / Fleet Management system known as the Flightcloud. Wayne is also qualified drone pilot and a qualified helicopter pilot and regularly flies his Robinson R44. Wayne comes from an entrepreneurial family which built a significant construction firm in Perth Australia where he first learned how to build industrial tools and structures. He has quietly been working on physical hardware and software solutions as a personal interest since the 1980s.

Listed skills include Commodity, Risk Management, Investment Banking, Business Strategy, and 23 others.

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