President & Chief Executive Officer, Cape Classics
Robert Bradshaw has recently joined the CCNYC Board, after a nearly ten-year engagement with Conscious Capitalism via the annual CEO Summit. Rob is a graduate of the Stagen Leadership Academy (ILP), and he holds an undergraduate degree from Eastern Nazarene College, and an MBA from Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School, named a top 100 business schools by the Financial Times. In 2011 he was awarded the Sawyer Business School Center for Global Business Ethics and Law Annual Sustainability Award.
Robert is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cape Classics, a premier importer of both South African and French wine to the United States. Prior to joining Cape Classics, Rob was a senior buyer and national category leader (wine & beer) for Trader Joe’s, one of America’s most influential food and wine retailers.
He has achieved the level of Certified Sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers as well as Master of Beer Styles and Evaluation from the Siebel Institute. Residing in southern Connecticut with his wife, two children and puppy, he continues to pursue innovative leadership strategies that can help facilitate growth and the success of others both personally and professionally. Rob loves to travel, teach, cook, pull great corks, and most importantly spend time with interesting people, learning about all about what makes this great world spin.