Bernie has been active in the coworking industry since 2010; he advocates freelancing, remote work and 15-minute city movements.

He is co-founder of the London Coworking Assembly, where he works on the Coworking I.D.E.A. Project and UrbanMBA.

Bernie is Chief Operations Officer at Velvet Platform and Velvet Investment Fund, which work on fintech products within the coworking and co-living industry.