Sam Branson

Founder and Chairman, Sundog Pictures

Biography

Sam Branson is a social entrepreneur, adventurer and filmmaker.

His passion for adventure and the environment has seen him endure many challenges - most notably embarking on a 1,400 mile, three-month dogsled expedition to the Arctic, to raise awareness of climate change. This trip sparked Sam’s desire to create conversations about important topics.

In 2012 Sam founded Sundog Pictures, a production company created with the specific ambition to deliver challenging, entertaining and informative content that changes the way people see the world and brings new audiences to important topics.

Sam sits as a non-executive on the board of Virgin Group and has recently joined Virgin Management.

Sam is a founder of Big Change - a charity challenging the status quo on how we support and drive positive change for young people in the UK. Big Change provides early stage and flexible support to the entrepreneurial ideas that can drive long term social change. A kind of collective angle investment model that connects powerful ideas with the people that can make change a reality.