• Iggy Bassi

    Serial Entrepreneur | Author | Building AI for Resilience

    Iggy is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of global experience at the intersection of resource security, AI, climate, finance and enterprise resilience.

    As Co-Founder & CEO of Earthena AI, he is pioneering Resilience Intelligence — helping organizations turn accelerating external complexity into decision-ready intelligence that protects margins, unlocks opportunities and drives measurable value.

    Professional Journey
    Earthena AI – Delivering AI-powered Decision Intelligence for Resilience, enabling C-suites leaders to optimize strategies, quantify value, and embed resilience across supply chains and enterprises.

    Cervest – Founder of the early climate intelligence pioneer Cervest, creator of the market leading EarthScan™ platform (backed by Molten Ventures, Astanor, Lowercarbon, and TIME Ventures), now part of Mitiga Solutions.

    GADCO – Founded an agribusiness venture in West Africa supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Acumen, World Bank, and Soros Fund, aligning resource security with economic development.

    Earlier Career – Experience spans investment banking (M&A in tech), scaling software ventures, and strategy consulting — advising enterprises across both advanced and emerging economies.

    Leadership & Thought Leadership
    Iggy is the author of The Climate Intelligent Organization (Wiley 2025) and a regular speaker on AI, resilience, climate, and enterprise value creation. His perspectives have been featured in BBC News, Financial Times, WSJ, NYT, TechCrunch, Axios, Fast Company, and he has spoken at COP26, World Bank, Harvard, CISL, UN-FAO, Cog-X, and the UK House of Commons.

    He holds an MPhil in Philosophy from Cambridge University (ESRC scholar), is a member of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network, the PEF global entrepreneur community, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He served on Jaguar Land Rover’s advisory council for strategic foresight.