Nathaniel Peat


Nathaniel Peat is a social entrepreneur and international motivational speaker. At age 25, he founded the nonprofit organization The Safety Box, which uses grassroots methods to interrupt violent behaviour, build entrepreneurship and foster achievement in young people using alternative curriculum in British schools. He is a regular television and radio commentator on youth and education.
In 2007 he was the first double award winner of the Enterprising Young Brits Awards awarded by the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 2008 saw him feature on UK based BBC Three reality TV show The Last Millionaire where he was the winner of the third episode in Cairo.
Peat was listed on the Courvoisier Observers Future 500 Next Generation List in 2009. He was a key organiser and speaker of the first Youth Jamaica Diaspora Future Leaders Conference. The conference gained national TV exposure, inclusion in the national radio programs and was featured in all national newspapers. In 2011 he became the first UK Future Leader Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member to the minister responsible for Diaspora Affairs within the Jamaican Government.
In 2011 Peat received the Alumnus of the Year medal from Brunel University for outstanding achievement. Later that year he received the London Peace award at City Hall from former London Mayor Boris Johnson. In July 2011 Peat spoke at Barclays global headquarters alongside Marcus Agius, and Sir Steve Bullock to encourage entrepreneurship among young people. In 2013, Peat was the winner of the Universal Peace Federation Youth Achievement Award. In 2015 he was the only UK entrepreneur selected by Virgin Unite to attend a week long leadership gathering on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson for his business GeNNex, which empowers communities through Solar in developing countries. Peat was honoured in June 2015 by Kings House where he received the Governor General Award for Excellence from Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, K.St.J. In 2016 he was listed in the Upstanding 100 Powerlist published by the Financial Times, recognised as an influential BME executive across the US, UK and Ireland. In 2017 he was listed in the UK Black Power List, 100 EMpower List published by the Financial Times and BAME Top 100 Board Index List. In 2018 he was invited to become a fellow of St George House, fellowship of leaders at Windsor Castle and was listed in the EMpower 100 List published by the Financial Times. On 11 December 2019, Peat was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of Brunel University in recognition of his achievements and outstanding support of the University by Sir Richard Sykes Chancellor of the University. In 2020 Peat was elected as the UK Global Jamaica Diaspora Council representative to the Government of Jamaica.

G20 summit

In 2010 Peat represented Great Britain as a youth delegate for the G20 Toronto young entrepreneurs summit 2010. The discussion points from the G20 YES were drafted into a communiqué that was signed at the end of the Toronto, June 2010 meeting and was handed over to Senior Ministers from the Canadian Government prior to the Heads of State meeting for the G20. The communiqué in brief urges action in five areas:
In October 2016 Peat was listed in the 2017 Powerlist. In January 2011 Peat was listed in the under 40s section of the Powerlist 2011.

Diana Award (Jamaica)

In 2012 Peat was instrumental in assisting the Diana Award to expand internationally into Jamaica, and former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell became the first International Diana Award Ambassador. On the visit he met with the Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, former British High Commissioner to Jamaica Howard Drake OBE and the Jamaican Gov. former Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna.

BBC ''The Last Millionaire''

In 2008 Nathaniel Peat took part in the UK based BBC Three reality TV show The Last Millionaire, and he was the winner of the third episode in Cairo.

''Financial Times'' Upstanding 100 BME Executive List

In 2016 Peat was listed in The Financial Times UPstanding Leaders Powerlist.
In November 2018, Peat was named to the Financial Times' list of the 'Top 100 minority ethnic leaders in technology.'

Awards and achievements

Peat is the co-founder of GeNNex Elite; a technology company specializing in solar and renewable energy products. He is a qualified pilot, avid musician and 5th degree black belt in Okinawa Gōjū-ryū with the Shōgō of Renshi of the Japanese honorifics, in his capacity as a karateka, Peat is also Jamaica's World Representative to the WKF and is a direct student of Shihan Kyōshi Ronald Yamanaka who was a student of the late Eiichi Miyazato.