Ian Charles Stewart

Experience & Background

Ian Charles Stewart, Chairman at THE COMMUNITY : THINK TANK, is an advisor and mentor to founders and CEOs going through disruptive change. He holds an MBA from IMD, where he remains an active supporter of both degree and corporate programs.

He is a main board director of Aperture.co, the Swiss FinTech investor, and is an advisor to and investor in media and technology startups across Europe. Previously, he was Chairman of the WheelsPlusWings Foundation, a social enterprise that helps create new opportunities for disabled children around the world, and technology advisor to the Toledo Museum of Art.

Stewart was Co-founder of WiReD Magazine, the hugely successful technology lifestyle publication, Aztec Internet (which built, and launched FT.com and BBC News Online) and Co-founded ArtWorldSalon.

After the sale of WiReD Magazine and Aztec Internet, he became chairman of the U.K. venture capital company within Rothschild & Co. He is a founding fellow of the 21st Century Trust, and for 15 years was a trustee of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

Stewart started his career studying mathematics and computer science, and became the photographer and author of award-winning books on Indonesia and Singapore. He was Team Principal of the Chinese America’s Cup Sailing Team and a member of the New Zealand Olympic volleyball squad.

Expertise & Interests

Venture philanthropy, media, technology, China, the Arts.