Richard Blundell

Managing Director, Cleantech

Richard is the managing director of MaRS Cleantech. He has over 35 years of senior leadership experience in the global environmental services and technology sectors. He’s worked in operations management, corporate and market development, mergers and acquisitions, new business initiation and consulting. His international experience includes running businesses in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia. Richard has completed over $500 million in combined corporate transactions and private equity funding for early-stage companies.

Richard is also an executive-in-residence and adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He joined the Rotman faculty in 2016, where he teaches MBA and executive MBA courses in sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Richard holds a BSc from the University of Toronto and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne.