Council Member
Ross Thorpe
Chief Executive Officer, Rooverse
- Standing
- Founding Member
- Capacity
- Independent Member
- Location
Shoreham-By-Sea, England, United Kingdom
Ross Thorpe is the Chief Executive Officer of Rooverse, the human-only content social media platform built on verified personhood, and Chairman of TopCo Capital. Trained across Psychology, Biosciences, and Philosophy, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective to executive leadership and to the question of how digital systems can serve human agency rather than supplant it. His professional career has spanned multiple sectors, each carrying the same conviction: that durable institutions are built by giving people practical means to act on their own moral judgment. He guides his work by Marcus Aurelius: "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Notable roles and recognition
- Chief Executive Officer, Rooverse (human-only content social media platform)
- Chairman, TopCo Capital
- Associated with THE PRESCIENT PACHYDERM LTD, contracted Founding Node Operator of the TIP Protocol federated network in the United Kingdom
- Educational background in Psychology, Biosciences, and Philosophy
Ross Thorpe holds a seat on the AI Trust Council, the independent multi-stakeholder body that governs the Trust Identity Protocol.