In addition to founding Abundia Global Impact Group, Edward Gillespie is a partner and co-founder of Abundia Financial—an asset investment acquisition and venture capital development company that established and provided seed funding for the Abundia Global Impact Group. Based in Ireland, Mr. Gillespie has more than two decades of executive experience in senior management, finance, operations and in the capital markets. Prior to joining Abundia, he served as CEO and Chairman of SafeBus, an app that allows parents to track their children’s school buses. He serves on the board of directors of Poseidon Plastics, and was Managing Director of Port House Consultants. Mr. Gillespie’s specialist areas include corporate structure, business development, banking and funding, change management, financial modelling, negotiation management, project oversight, and mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He attended St. Eunans College in County Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, where he completed his second level education. He earned a Diploma in Business Management and Development at The College of Management and IT in Ireland.