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Dr Chris Williamson, founded the start-up Flexypix to unlock
the potential of flexible plastic displays that can be integrated into glass. His
technology can be used to create windows 
The problem
The Salsa
Sound system exploits emerging developments in object-based audio to generate
improvements in sound production. Initially developed for football, its intelligent
tracking system allows each kick, header and blow of the referee’s whistle to
be captured, wherever they happen on the pitch. By using algorithms for sound
recognition, Salsa instantaneously brings a sharper focus to the sounds that
matter. This gives viewers a more immersive and engaging sound experience, regardless
of the device they are watching it on.
Claire Fenwick
is the Managing Director of nuron, and is responsible for the day-to-day
operations of the business. As part of the SME Leaders Programme, Claire chose
a leadership course that benefitted her whole management team.
The problem
Supti was formally a management consultant at PA Consulting,
where she worked with international and regional governments to support their
trade and investment strategies. She was also part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's 2016
delegation to Chicago and New York as part of her role in supporting high
growth companies entering the US market for the first time. Supti holds a first
class degree and PhD in engineering from University College London and is mum
to an eight-year-old daughter.
Having trained in industrial design engineering (Edinburgh
Napier University 1974), Douglas progressed from hands on designer to the
management of design in the high-tech arena.
After a degree in electrical
engineering at the Technion and an MBA from INSEAD, David worked his way to senior management and
board level in a wide range of sectors including sustainability, construction,
life sciences, manufacturing, mobile telephony, cyber security and software. His
broad experience ranges from startups to public companies, from turnaround
missions and crisis management to business development and growth. 
Prior to joining Earth Capital, Richard was an Investment
Director with IBIS Asset Management Ltd, a London-based captive advisor to a large
Caribbean conglomerate. Richard was earlier a senior manager in the London office of
L.E.K. Consulting, a global strategy consultancy. During his five years with
LEK he provided due diligence advice, in numerous large cap and mid-market
private equity deals, and advised corporate clients on corporate strategy,
business unit growth strategy, process redesign and cost reduction programmes.
Dr Andrew Hosty FREng is an international leader
with over 15 years of non-executive board experience and 30 years of executive
and management experience, spanning private equity, UK Plc and global blue-chip
corporates. He is non-executive director of a companies including: RHI-Magnesita,
the global leader in the manufacture and supply of refractories; James
Cropper Plc, who create some of the world’s most distinctive and technically
advanced paper products; and Rights and Issues Investment Trust Plc, a
fund that focuses on small cap UK industrials. 
Before joining ViaSat Chris was
CEO of Stonewood Group, developers of state-of-the-art cyber products and
services. He is a retired Lieutenant
Colonel from the British Army and has worked within the challenging, high
threat cyber and communications environment for over 30 years. He holds a BSc
in computer science, MSc in design of computer systems and an MBA. He is a member of the UKspace trade
association and the National Security and Resilience Consortium, and is a chartered
engineer. 
Roy is an
aeronautical engineer and started his career at Alstom, developing algorithms
and models to estimate hardware costs of power generation gas turbines based
purely on, often novel, thermodynamic cycles. He has assessed innovation
ecosystems of the UK, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development. He has also co-authored guides to support technology
developers in the UK automotive sector assess technology readiness levels and help
those in the biofuels sector to review pathways for second generation biofuels.
He’s appraised novel technology solutions for blue-chip clients, developed
proof of concepts and carried out due diligence activities to support investor
decision making. He is passionate about the UK and knowledge-intensive
companies, from software to deeptech.
Mark completed his BSc
in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Bath in 1979. He
was sponsored by Westinghouse Brake and Signal company for the four years of
the course. He then did an MSc and PhD in Medical Physics at the University of
London. His MSc thesis was developing a EEG frequency analyser for anaesthesia.
For his PhD research, Mark invented (with a cardiologist) an original method
for rate-independent diagnosis of cardiac rhythm for implantable devices, which
was patented. He spent the rest of his
career in Medical Physics and Bioengineering departments, both in hospitals and
academia, working along medical colleagues. He has worked at St Bartholomew’s
hospital in London, Bristol University, United Bristol healthcare NHS Trust,
and the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
Liane is enthusiastic about the
capability of digital technologies to transform businesses, bringing
efficiencies, cost reduction, production control and increasing safety. In her
last role as Senior Vice President Digital Solutions for Wood, she built the
new global service line and defined its strategy roadmap and development plan.
Her expertise is in various specialist branches of engineering in the
industrial and energy sectors and in software product design and
commercialisation, data management, data analysis, and analytics.