Board of Directors

Biography

Luke Ibbetson

CHAIRMAN

Luke Ibbetson Vodafone Group R&D

Luke Ibbetson has been with Vodafone since 1996 and currently heads the Vodafone Group Strategy and R&D organisation, responsible for all aspects of network research and strategy including Vodafone’s participation in international standards & industry alliances, definition of the architectural blueprint for future networks, trials of emerging / disruptive technologies and concepts and long term spectrum planning. Luke is leading Vodafone’s 5G programme, Chairs the NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks alliance) 5G Requirements and Architecture work, and is Vice Chair of the NGMN 5G “Board Committee” charged with overseeing the entire 5G programme. Luke is also a proud pioneer of Narrow Band IoT technology for Low Power Wide Area networks, and is Chairman of the GSMA’s NB-IoT Forum.

Biography

Charles Sturman

CEO

Charles Sturman, CEO

Charles Sturman joins TechWorks following leadership roles at Neul, u-blox, Arm, Motorola, TTP Com and the deep tech start-up Cognovo. With expertise gained in start-ups, SMEs and global enterprises, Sturman is also Chair of the Alliance of IOT Innovation, and an advisor to Silicon Catalyst, Cambridge Deeptech Labs and Cambridge Wireless.

Biography

Hermann
Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Hermann Hauser
Amadeus Capital

In 2015 Hermann was awarded an KBE for services to Engineering and Industry.

Serial Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, Dr Hermann Hauser KBE has wide experience in developing and financing companies in the information technology sector. He co-founded a number of high-tech companies including Acorn Computers which spun out ARM, E-trade UK, Virata and Cambridge Network. Subsequently Hermann became Vice President of Research at Olivetti. During his tenure at Olivetti, he established a global network of research laboratories. Since leaving Olivetti, Hermann has founded over 20 technology companies. In 1997, he co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners. At Amadeus he invested in CSR, Solexa, Icera, Xmos and Cambridge Broadband.

Hermann is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, as well as an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. In 2001 he was awarded an Honorary CBE for ‘innovative service to the UK enterprise sector’. In 2004 he was made a member of the Government’s Council for Science and Technology and in 2013 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.

Hermann has honorary doctorates from the Universities of Loughborough, Bath, Anglia Ruskin, Strathclyde, Glasgow and York.

Biography

Simon Segars

Former CEO, ARM

Simon Segars ARM

Since joining Arm as one of its first employees, Simon has driven technical and business innovations to help transform the company into the leading architect of the most pervasive compute technology the world has ever seen. Simon led the development of early ground-breaking Arm processors – the Arm7 and Arm9 – powering the world’s first digital mobile phones. He played a key role in developing industry standards, and his engineering work led to him being granted several embedded-systems patents. He became Vice President of Engineering in 2001, and before being named as Arm CEO in July 2013, he held several other strategy positions including Global Head of Sales. He was personally responsible for expanding the company’s U.S. business and strengthening its leadership and relationships in California’s Silicon Valley, where he still lives with his family. Simon helped steer the company through the 2016 acquisition by SoftBank, and, in June 2017, was elected to serve on the SoftBank board. He also sits on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC), Techworks and is a non-executive director at Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Simon earned his BEng in electronic engineering from the University of Sussex and an MSc in computer science from the University of Manchester.

Biography

Stan
Boland

Five.AI

Stan Boland
Five.AI

Stan Boland is a co-founder and CEO of Five AI, a new venture-backed start-up developing driverless car software.

He was co-founder and CEO of two of the UK’s most successful venture-backed communications silicon and software companies, Element 14 Inc. and Icera Inc., one bought by Broadcom and the other by NVIDIA, for an aggregate value of over $1 billion. Icera raised $245M in venture funding and grew to 320 staff before it was bought in 2011 and Element 14’s team and technology now delivers over 80% of the world’s broadband communications chips and software.

Before that Stan was CEO at computer pioneer Acorn and a Board member at its associate ARM. His early career includes spells at the aerospace firm Rolls-Royce and the computer company ICL (now Fujitsu Services).

He is a graduate in Physics from the University of Cambridge, a Board member of the UK trade association TechWorks and a European council member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).

Biography

Tim
Luke

Barclays
Capital

Tim Luke
Barclays Capital

Tim is Vice Chairman for Barclays Capital’s Global Tech, Media and Telecom practice based in New York covering the US and Europe.

He rejoined Barclays having spent 3 years from May 2011 to July 2014 working as a Senior Adviser on Business, Trade and Innovation to the UK Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street. At Downing Street he focused on developing policies aimed at accelerating the growth of sectors such as technology, telecom and financial services.

Prior to Number 10, Tim worked for 18 years at Lehman Brothers/Barclays in New York and was Global Head Technology Equity Research and Number 1 ranked as an equity research analyst in communications equipment (data networking and wireless equipment) and semiconductors.

Biography

Sir Hossein Yassaie

Entrepreneur

Sir Hossein Yassaie Board of Directors

Sir Hossein Yassaie is a recognised figure on the world technology stage & an entrepreneur with a deep belief in disruptive technologies & business strategies. He was CEO of Imagination Technologies Group Plc until Q1 2016, where he created a global tech business powering billions of devices. He was also behind the iconic brand Pure. His work has notably impacted several markets including mobile, consumer, automotive and enterprise.

In 2013 Hossein was Knighted by the Queen, in recognition of his services to technology & innovation. He now is chair/director/investor/advisor in several companies & is passionate about helping start-ups and scale-ups to achieve global success & scale. His tech portfolio now includes

-User Interface & Experience: Ultraleap, Uniphy driving the future of man-machine interactions
-Artificial Intelligence: Mindtrace, Mindtech creating new disruptive AI tech and/or tools
-Internet mis/dis-information: Logically using AI & OSINT to fight mis/dis-information at scale
-Video Content Creation: Atomos – IPOed on ASX Q4 2019
-Semiconductors: Agile Analog reinventing analogue circuits
-Education & Music Learning: articulate.xyz, Luminary Roli
-Assisted Living and Health: Kokoon, Neurofenix helping relaxation/sleep and recovery

He actively gets involved at Board level and/or advisory roles to ensure his portfolio companies’ strategy and operation deliver the result. His industry standing and relationship are invaluable in these regards.

He also appreciates fine and outstanding dining experiences. This passion has led to his active involvement in and development of Unique Dining restaurant group focusing on diners’ experience and currently operating Crockers Tring experiential fine-dining restaurants.

Biography

Mike
Risman

Vitruvian Partners

Mike Risman
Vitruvian Partners

Mike is a founder of Vitruvian Partners. As a Managing Partner, he is responsible for managing the firm with particular focus on the Investment Team and Investor Relations. He is co-Chair of the Investment Committee. His 20 year track record includes numerous successful leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions covering all aspects of Technology and Technology-influenced industries in Europe and the US. His focus includes internet-related investments, application software, systems and underlying component technologies. Mike has sat on more than 20 Boards including a number of listed businesses.

He currently represents Vitruvian on the boards of Verastar, Flexpay, Just Eat, Snow Software, Farfetch, JacTravel, CRF Health and Accountor. Previously, he did so on the board of Inenco. His track record at Vitruvian also includes the investments in Skyscanner and Unifaun.

Prior to Vitruvian, Mike spent 10 years at Apax Partners where he was a Global Equity Partner and head of Apax’s Information Technology Investment Team in Europe. Previously, he worked for Capgemini as a strategy consultant and Jaguar Cars as an engineer. He has an MA in Engineering (Electrical) from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Biography

John
Docherty

Industry
Expert

John Docherty

John brings a wealth of leadership, business and industry experience to the role having spent over 35 years in Semiconductor Manufacturing. He is former Senior Vice President of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. and former Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Operations at Advanced Micro Device. John has also held senior positions at Agere Systems, Chartered Semiconductor and Motorola Semiconductor.

Board of Directors

Luke Ibbetson

CHAIRMAN

Luke Ibbetson Vodafone Group R&D

Charles Sturman

CEO

Charles Sturman, CEO

Hermann
Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Hermann Hauser
Amadeus Capital

Simon Segars

Former CEO, ARM

Simon Segars ARM

Stan
Boland

Five.AI

Stan Boland
Five.AI

Tim
Luke

Barclays
Capital

Tim Luke
Barclays Capital

Sir Hossein Yassaie

Entrepreneur

Sir Hossein Yassaie Board of Directors

Mike
Risman

Vitruvian Partners

Mike Risman
Vitruvian Partners

John
Docherty

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Luke Ibbetson

CHAIRMAN

Luke Ibbetson Vodafone Group R&D

Charles Sturman

CEO

Charles Sturman, CEO

HermannHauser

Amadeus Capital

Hermann HauserAmadeus Capital

Simon Segars

Former CEO, ARM

Simon Segars ARM

StanBoland

Five.AI

Stan BolandFive.AI

TimLuke

BarclaysCapital

Tim LukeBarclays Capital

Sir Hossein Yassaie

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Vitruvian Partners

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Hermann
Hauser

Hermann Hauser
Amadeus Capital

Stan
Boland

Stan Boland
Five.AI

Tim
Luke

Barclays
Capital

Tim Luke
Barclays Capital

Mike
Risman

Mike Risman
Vitruvian Partners

John
Docherty

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