Advisory Board

Co-chairs

  • Sherry Coutu

    Sherry Coutu, Nesta & Cambridge University LinkedIn Profile

    Sherry Coutu pursues a portfolio of interests which include early stage technology investing and serving on the boards of companies and charities. A serial entrepreneur now turned investor, her current activities include positions with Cambridge University, Cambridge University Press, New Energy Finance, Linkedin, NESTA, The Prince´s Trust, Cancer Research UK and others.

  • Reid Hoffman

    Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn LinkedIn Profile

    Reid Hoffman is Executive Chairman and a co-founder of LinkedIn. Prior to LinkedIn, Reid was Executive Vice President of PayPal where he was in charge of all business relationships: business development, corporate development, international, government relations, and banking/payments infrastructure. During his tenure at PayPal, Reid was instrumental to the acquisition by eBay and was responsible for partnerships with Intuit, Visa, MasterCard and Wells Fargo. Reid also has held management roles in significant technology companies, including Fujitsu Software Corporation and Apple. In addition to LinkedIn, Reid serves on the Board of Directors for SixApart, Kiva.org, and Mozilla Corporation. Reid graduated with distinction from Stanford University with a BS in Symbolic Systems and from Oxford University with a Master’s degree in philosophy and a Marshall scholarship.

Supporters / Advisors

  • Alan Barrell

    Alan Barrell Homepage

    Professor at University of Cambrdge. University of Essex, University of Luton.


  • Amir Chaudry

    Amir Chaudhri LinkedIn Profile

    Chairman of Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, manager of Springboard


  • David Cleevely

    David Cleevely LinkedIn Profile

    Founding Director at Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge.


  • Neil Davidson

    Neil Davidson LinkedIn Profile

    Chairman at the Cambridge Network and joint CEO, Red Gate Software Ltd.


  • Sandra Dawson

    Sandra Dawson Homepage

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.


  • Arnoud de Meyer

    Arnoud de Meyer LinkedIn Profile

    Director of Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.


  • Richard Ellis

    Richard Ellis Homepage

    Chairman of the East of England Development Agency.


  • Hermann Hauser

    Hermann Hauser Homepage

    Director at Amadeus Capital Partners.


  • Spencer Hyman

    Spencer Hyman LinkedIn Profile

    Experienced Entrepeneur and Director, former COO of Lastfm.


  • Jonathan Kestenbaum

    Jonathan Kestenbaum Homepage

    Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.


  • Theo Koutroukides

    Theo Koutroukides LinkedIn Profile

    Chairman at Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC).


  • Jack Lang

    Jack Lang Homepage

    Serial entrepreneur and business angel.


  • Simon Levene

    Simon Levene LinkedIn Profile

    Board member at Knewton, Partner at Accel Partners .


  • /Ann Mather

    Ann Mather Homepage

    Director on the Board of the Central European Media Enterprises group at Google.


  • Martin Rees

    Martin Rees Homepage

    President of the Royal Society and also Master of Trinity College, and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. 


  • David Riches

    David Riches LinkedIn Profile

    Chief Executive at East of England International.


  • Shai Vyakarnam

    Shai Vyakarnam LinkedIn Profile

    Director at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, University of Cambridge.


  • Teri Willey

    Teri Willey Homepage

    Chief Executive at Cambridge Enterprise.


  • Laurie Yoler

    Laurie Yoler LinkedIn Profile

    Investment Banker, Investor and Independent Director in information technology and energy technology companies. Managing Director at GrowthPoint Technology Partners


 

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