Richard Branson Fast Track 100, sponsored by Virgin Group, at its yearly event, where places to join Richard Branson on trips to South Africa to provide coaching and mentoring to students are auctioned to attendees. In 2009, Jason Luckhurst and Boyd Kershaw of Practicus, Martin Ainscough of the Ainscough Group and Matthew Riley of Daisy Communications helped raise £150,000 through the auction. In March 2008, Branson hosted an environmental gathering at his private island, Necker Island, in the Caribbean with several prominent entrepreneurs, celebrities, and world leaders. They discussed global warming-related problems facing the world, hoping that the meeting would be a
Vanessa Branson the screenplay for Peter Pan. She is a trustee of the British Moroccan Society, and The Leila Alaoui Foundation, as well as a trustee for Virgin Unite. Vanessa is also on the board of trustees of Global Diversity Foundation. Vanessa Branson Vanessa Branson (born 1959) is the owner of the wild Scottish island of Eilean Shona and the co-owner of El Fenn, in Marrakech. She is the founder of the Marrakech Biennale and is also the sister of Richard Branson. Vanessa Branson is a champion of global cultural and ecological initiatives. As the Founding President of the Marrakech Biennale (formerly