Revolutionising the economy

• Currently Chairman of  Eqteq plc and Non-Exec Director of Thames Water
• Previous experience includes:
  • Minister of Trade
  • Science Minister
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  • Chairman of Octopus VCT2 plc
• Extensive experience in management of companies, excellent network to investors and government institutions

• Previous experience:
  • Hitchens Harrison
  • Novum Securities
• Extensive experience in advising on listings, fund raisings and capital markets in general
• Board member of several listed companies

• Highly experienced VC investor
• Previous experience:
  • CIO At two regional UK venture funds
  • Director at Octopus Investments
  • Director at CrowdCube
• Extensive experience in corporate finance, including M&A, VC investing and capital markets

Previous experience:

• Lead fund manager of multi-billion equity funds at Credit Suisse and Aviva Investors
• Semiconductor and global tech analyst at JPMorgan, AllianceBernstein, and Amundi;
• Board and Venture Committee member at Ufi Trust (early-stage VC);
• CIO of a fintech platform;
• PhD in Physics (Induced Quantum Wires) from the University of Cambridge, several publications in peer-reviewed journals with over 250 citations.

Qualified Chartered Accountant​

Previous experience includes:

•  Partner at Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co. (KBR)
• Head of the KBR, the Corporate Finance division of Walker Crips Group plc
• Group CFO of Proactive investors

• Previous experience:
  • Lazard Freres
  • Raiffeisen Investment (Russia and Austria)
  • GE Capital
• Extensive knowledge and experience in M&A and private equity investing
• Extensive experience in Telecom and Technology sectors

Founder of NASDAQ listed Arqit Quantum Inc., co-founder and CEO of Avanti and founder Chairman of the Advisory Board of Seraphim Space Ventures. Previously an investment banker, financing international telecoms businesses. David was granted the Queens Award for Export in 2015 and Quoted Company Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006.

Experienced venture Investor. Managing Partner at Notion Capital. Investor AllStars Investor of the Year 2020. Previously President & CFO at MessageLabs. Ex UBS Investment Bank

Head of Patents, Dentons Europe. Global leader in deep tech physics related patents. PhD Physics

Executive Director  Government of Australia CSIRO Digital, National Facilities Group,  Includes leading research in  Quantum Technology. Ex CEO UK Space Agency & CEO EUMETSAT

Former CEO UK Space Agency, over 20 years’ experience in innovation, critical national infrastructure and economic growth

Deputy Director Institut for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Holder of the World Record in Free Space Quantum Optics

Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham and  Vice-Provost, Research & Innovation University of Birmingham Dubai, Member of Council, Institute of Physics

PhD in Quantum Physics from the University of London and has numerous highly cited publications in the field of quantum information. Worked for 10 years in risk analysis for large financial institutions. Recently worked in quantitative analysis, statistical modelling, and risk and researching and developing cryptographic protocols.