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An experienced CEO, Non Executive Director and Fund Manager. Deep business & technology background, including extensive international business, finance, sales & marketing experience across a wide range of industries. Particular expertise in Artificial Intelligence over the last 35 years. Successful innovation/commercialisation background and extended personal board level international network in both venture capital, private equity, finance and private/public companies. Invited judge for a number of business plan competitions including China Entrepreneurship Challenge. Qualifications include IMRO Investment Management, BSc, PhD and MBA (Durham University). Membership of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE). Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Guest Professor at Beijing Science and Technology University; Honorary Entrepreneurial Fellow in Durham University Business School and Visiting Fellow to the Faculty of Business and Law Faculty at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Key Focus: Investment in and mentoring of growth companies. Corporate Governance. Growing technology/IP rich companies in areas including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (including Generative AI and Token Transformers like chatGPT), Advanced Software and Sensors, Homeland Security, Aerospace/Defence, Communications and Materials.