Professor Graham Shapiro

Professor Graham Shapiro is an award-winning designer, inventor and digital entrepreneur. He founded his company, Graham Shapiro Design, in 1995 as a traditional graphic design business before moving into digital and new media. It has created online and offline designs for clients such as Fiat Chrysler, Philips, Siemens, Komatsu, Liverpool F.C, Rolex, Samsung and The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; Visiting Professor at the University of Westminster; Ambassador of Innovation for the University of Cambridge; Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Chester; and a Freeman of The City of London. Graham invented the Interloopmailer, an innovative interactive direct mailer, and the Reggie app, assisting teachers taking the student register. He has won numerous design and business awards, including UK Technology Entrepreneur of the Year 2016; Finalist GB Innovation Entrepreneur of the Year 2017; a gold Stevie award as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018; and was a finalist in the Creative Entrepreneur of the Year category at both 2020 and 2022 Great British Entrepreneur Awards. He also founded The Graham Shapiro Foundation, supporting mental health and wellbeing and inspiring innovation and young entrepreneurialism in the UK.