John Mclaren-Stewart

CEO - Venture Risks Corporate Insurance Group | Co Founder - Saorsa Group (Saorsa1875 Plant Based Food Hotel - successful exit Oct 25)

📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member - CBI Scotland
Jan 2020
The CBI serves as the catalyst between industry and government to drive positive change, speaking for businesses of all sizes and sectors across the whole economy, in every UK region and nation, ensuring sustainable growth for the benefit of society. The CBI speaks on behalf of 170,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, across every region and nation of the UK. This includes over 1,100 corporate members, plus nearly 150 trade associations. Corporate members alone employ over 2.3 million private sector workers. That’s a lot of people with a lot to say, coming together with common priorities and a shared vision, on critical economic and national issues.
Board Member - East of Scotland Committee
Mar 2019
The CBI serves as the catalyst between industry and government to drive positive change, speaking for businesses of all sizes and sectors across the whole economy, in every UK region and nation, ensuring sustainable growth for the benefit of society. The CBI speaks on behalf of 170,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, across every region and nation of the UK. This includes over 1,100 corporate members, plus nearly 150 trade associations. Corporate members alone employ over 2.3 million private sector workers. That’s a lot of people with a lot to say, coming together with common priorities and a shared vision, on critical economic and national issues.
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2020
Board Member - CBI Scotland
Jan 2020
The CBI serves as the catalyst between industry and government to drive positive change, speaking for businesses of all sizes and sectors across the whole economy, in every UK region and nation, ensuring sustainable growth for the benefit of society. The CBI speaks on behalf of 170,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, across every region and nation of the UK. This includes over 1,100 corporate members, plus nearly 150 trade associations. Corporate members alone employ over 2.3 million private sector workers. That’s a lot of people with a lot to say, coming together with common priorities and a shared vision, on critical economic and national issues.
2019
Board Member - East of Scotland Committee
Mar 2019
The CBI serves as the catalyst between industry and government to drive positive change, speaking for businesses of all sizes and sectors across the whole economy, in every UK region and nation, ensuring sustainable growth for the benefit of society. The CBI speaks on behalf of 170,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, across every region and nation of the UK. This includes over 1,100 corporate members, plus nearly 150 trade associations. Corporate members alone employ over 2.3 million private sector workers. That’s a lot of people with a lot to say, coming together with common priorities and a shared vision, on critical economic and national issues.
2018
CEO
Jun 2018
Protecting the Ambition of Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders We embrace the rapidly changing, the challenging, the do gooding, the revolutionary, the sustainable, the agile, the leaders, the visionaries, the creatives, the growth guru’s, the geeks and the gifted. Championing the brave and backing the bold we exist to protect the boundary breakers and the high achievers. Offering a bespoke approach to understanding your unique risk profile, from one entrepreneur to another, we will protect your business better than any other. We are the risk protectors for the risk takers.
early stageInsurance
2013
Risk & Insurance Advocate
Dec 2013
Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates brings together a diverse and inclusive network of startups, scaleups, corporates, policymakers and academics to drive the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experiences for the good of the global tech sector. What started in 2013 as a support group to give the private sector a voice in London’s nascent tech cluster has now become a global movement. We have 16,000 tech leaders, experts and investors championing London as a globally significant tech hub and campaigning to address challenges facing tech companies in the UK. We also have 31 Global Tech Advocates networks in the world’s fastest growing tech cities and regions, forming a global network of 30,000 tech advocates. There are GTA networks in every country in the United Kingdom and our reach now includes hubs across Europe, the Americas, Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
2009
Chief Executive & Founder
Mar 2009
Protecting Entrepreneurs, Growing Brands and Inspired Businesses. Re-assessing risk protection programmes to make them cost effective yet giving strong protection against the increasing risks that businesses face today. Serious at what we do but also with a positive & fun personality.
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