Paul has significant involvement in working with Boards of Directors in the UK, France, Germany, USA and Japan. He was until 2001 a Director of 3i plc leading an investment team with a substantial portfolio of technology assets. He has also led 3i’s activities in Japan as Senior Managing Director.
Paul has comprehensive experience in all aspects of private company funding; providing capital to start ups, MBOs, LBOs and rescues. As an …
Kevin has 23 years of international sales, marketing and operational experience in a variety of leading semiconductor manufacturing companies. Between 1995 and 2002, Kevin was VP of European Sales for Mitel Semiconductor. While serving on the executive team of that company, Kevin carried out a lead role in the acquisition and integration of GEC Plessey Semiconductors in 1998. Kevin’s final role in Mitel was as VP of Global sales. Prior to Mitel Semiconductor, Kevin was …
Keith Barnham is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Senior Research Investigator in the Physics Department at Imperial. He leads the Quantum Photovoltaics Group which for 15 years has pioneered the application of quantum wells and quantum dots to photovoltaics publishing over 100 papers in this area and holding a number of patents. The group was shortlisted for the prestige international award the “Eni Italgas Prize for Energy and Environment” in 2006. They presented 4 oral …
John is Senior Research Scientist at The University of Sheffield, with responsibility for the growth of arsenic and phosphorus based materials. He has been active in the field of MOVPE growth for III-V material since 1981, and has contributed to the development of the technology from a small scale research activity into an important commercial route for solid-state devices. During this period he has been responsible for several important features of the modern MOVPE process, …
Jon Page previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and NatWest Bank, initially in their respective internal consultancy functions and later in their e-commerce team where he developed the strategy for e-payments. He has over sixteen years’ commercial experience in the consulting and finance sector and joined Imperial Innovations in 2001 initially to head the Engineering Team. Jon subsequently created the New Ventures Team in 2004.
Oliver Hemsley is Chief Executive Officer of Numis Securities, a quoted Investment banking and stockbroking business capitalised at more than £300m. Oliver started the company in the 1990’s and has built it into one of the most profitable independent British stockbroking businesses. The company, which employs circa 150 people, has offices in London, New York and Kazakhstan, and intends to continue its international expansion in the future.
Steve was the founder and CEO of the Centre for Sustainable Engineering (CSEng) which is the UK national knowledge hub for innovative and more sustainable technologies, focused on the market adoption and commercialisation of sustainable technologies, products and services.
CSEng has one of the most comprehensive integrated innovation networks for sourcing sustainable technology deals and delivers expert analysis and support of these ventures.
Prior to founding the CSEng, Steve was commercial …