Todd Hannula

Profile

Todd Hannula, an entrepreneur originally from the USA, founded Intrinsic Value business Shine Space in Leeds, England in 2007. Shine Space is a £5m conference and meeting venue leveraging its business model and assets for the benefit of society. Todd also led the development of the myCatalyst™ networking hubs, and the development of the School for Social Entrepreneurs™ in Yorkshire. Todd has been directly involved in raising over £35m for purpose driven business ventures and investment programs over the past 9 years. Oh wait, it’s not all rosy - Todd built a social enterprise consultancy to £1m turnover and 10+ people in 2 years, won a regional Director of the Year award and lost it all by betting on a single large customer. Failure happens. And it can hurt. But you keep pushing, being an artist. Todd has held various leadership positions in start-up ventures, non-profits, and Fortune® 500 companies in the telecoms, environmental, technology, retail and service sectors throughout the United States and the UK. He has a B.Sc. in Geology, Completed Thesis Work at M.Sc. level in Hydrogeology, and an MBA from a top 50 global program. You can catch him playing Scrabble or in the park with his 11 year old son, camping in the Lakes and Dales, and running marathons across Yorkshire trails. Todd currently divides his time between board duties at Shine Space, developing new projects, ideas and businesses, speaking, writing and providing strategic advice to help a variety of businesses ranging from start-ups to larger organisations like the NHS, Universities, and Schools. Just trying to spread ideas and make or be part of making useful products and services that make the world better.