Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt like a stranger to yourself? Through a series of life-altering experiences, Edward unravels how the blissful torment of loving his family and the burden of shame eroded his sense of self.

When a five word text turns his life upside down, Edward finally discovers that in the absence of identity, his ‘autopilot’ charted a life built on the expectations of others, and not who he really was.

Edward leads a global startup accelerator, prior to that he was a university innovation manager, lecturer, event coordinator, elected student president, entrepreneur and charity founder. His eclectic experiences shape his identity as anything from an innovator to an entrepreneur, to a LEGO enthusiast, to an educator, and now TEDxAberdeen speaker.