Celia Francis
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
MBA, Product Development -
Harvard University
BA, History and Literature -
The Winsor School
, Math, Science -Work Experience
Ponterra
Current
Ponterra
Urban Partners
Current
Urban Partners
Rhizocore Technologies
Current
Rhizocore Technologies
Carbon Done Right
2023-03-01 - 2024-06-01
Carbon Done Right
Earthshot
2022-08-01 - 2023-03-01
Earthshot
Various
2014-11-01 - 2023-02-01
Various
Terraformation
2021-07-01 - 2022-07-01
Terraformation
Rated People
2014-09-01 - 2020-03-01
Rated People
Prosper
2012-08-01 - 2014-11-01
Prosper
WeeWorld
2007-05-01 - 2014-09-01
WeeWorld
Skills
Summary
Celia Francis is an experienced, purpose-driven tech CEO. Most recently, Celia was CEO of Rated People, an innovative online marketplace connecting millions of homeowners with 50,000 skilled local tradespeople across the United Kingdom to complete £3 billion of work every year. Before Rated People, Celia served as CEO of social games and networking company, WeeWorld, which entertained over 70 million users. Previous to that she grew T-Mobile’s €2 billion business focused P&L across Europe. She also enjoyed a tenure at IDEO, the world’s leading innovation consulting firm, working with a variety of top consumer products and services companies. Celia is on the board of the Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP.com). She is also the founder of global tree ecosystem restoration alliance, The Art of Forests, which brings together the worlds top on-the-ground leaders in restoration work. She co-chairs the senior digital leadership group, H2, in London. She co-founded the tech and media female CEO group, WITSend. Celia also advises a variety of companies with a focus on sustainable urban environments and nature based solutions to climate change. Passionate about all things related to sustainable and liveable cities and nature-based solutions to climate change. A bit obsessed about the voluntary and compliance carbon markets. Frequent public speaker, I cover topics such as building and nurturing strong and happy teams, scaling businesses, and various industry specific topics. Speaker at TEDx on my CEO Super Power, Berlin Marketplaces on Radical Customer Retention. Celia is a graduate of Harvard College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
