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Sir Jony Ive KBE is a designer and founder, in 2019, of the San Francisco based creative agency LoveFrom, which includes Apple amongst its first clients. In his role as Chief Design Officer of Apple, he was responsible for all design at Apple, including the look and feel of hardware, user interface, packaging, major architectural projects such as Apple Park and Apple’s retail stores, as well as future projects. Designer of the iMac, PowerBook, MacBook, iBook, iPod, iPhone, iPad, AppleWatch, AirPods and HomePod, the team he led over more than two decades, created products that are widely regarded as having transformed the industry; and have helped make technology approachable, through the simplicity, beauty and elegance of their design. He holds over 5,000 patents. Jony serves as Chancellor of London’s Royal College of Art and in 2018 was awarded the second ever Professor Stephen Hawking Fellowship by the Cambridge Union Society. Born in London and frequently voted as one of Britain’s most culturally influential figures, he joined Apple in 1992 where founder Steve Jobs subsequently referred to him as ‘his creative partner.’