Global

Entrepreneur
Programme
Find out more
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Programme, please visit our website:
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Giving early-stage companies

the tools they need to grow
and succeed in global markets 1
A vision for growth 2
Helping entrepreneurs realise
their potential 3
What the experts say 4
Focusing our expertise 7
Why the UK? 8
...but dont just take our word for it! 10
Meet the team 17
 Global Entrepreneur Programme 1

Giving early-stage
companies the tools
they need to grow
and succeed in
global markets
DITs Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP) attracts
entrepreneurial, innovation-rich businesses with high-growth
potential from all over the world. We help them set up their
strategic HQ in the UK and then provide focussed mentoring
to assist their growth.
Our dynamic team of entrepreneurs identifying world class IP and enabling
has helped more than 350 entrepreneurs client companies to access industry talent
and early-stage technology companies and expertise
to establish in the UK, with more than
200 of these landing since 2010. We have raising investment capital with over
achieved this by: US$550 million raised so far

harnessing the insight and networks This brochure gives an overview of the
of our own team of internationally GEP and will help you decide whether your
successful entrepreneurs business would benefit from our support.

leveraging these networks to help

accelerate our client businesses realise
the potential of their innovative ideas
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A vision
for growth
The world is an ecosystem of opportunity and
breakthrough technologies can be found everywhere.
There is a wealth of capital, talent and
guidance out there, so why not take the
very best of what the UK has to offer?
We have developed a highly innovative
business model that helps you develop
your innovative, early-stage company
to scale internationally from a UK HQ.
The key to our success is our team of
Dealmakers based in the worlds technology
hot spots. Successful entrepreneurs and
investors in their own right, they are able
to relate directly to the challenges and
opportunities facing early-stage
businesses seeking to grow and
commercialise internationally. They are
ideally placed to provide strategic business
mentoring every step of the way. They help
you make connections with key networks
that can give you the support, advice and
funding that you need to scale.
Find out more about our current team
of Dealmakers including biographies
and details of their key expertise on
our website: www.entrepreneurs.gov.uk

Helping entrepreneurs
realise their potential
Making it work:
once a client, always a client.
Our team of Dealmakers is looking for
talented entrepreneurs and early stage
technology businesses with outstanding
intellectual property and innovation.
However, these qualities will only get
you so far.
Acting as mentors and coaching you
through the steps you need to take to make
a commercial success of your business.
You are invited to harness our passion for
entrepreneurship and let it work for you.
Global Entrepreneur Programme 3
Our Dealmakers can introduce you to
investors, highly skilled individuals to
take board or advisory roles within your
company and introduce you to their wider
UK business network.
The GEP will stick with you for the long
haul. You can enjoy continuing support
through our Alumni group, made up
of other successful GEP clients who
are on-hand to provide an additional
network of assistance.
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What the
experts say
The UKs dynamic ecosystem is
an important location for global
entrepreneurs. I would certainly
recommend the significant help and
support the Global Entrepreneur
Programmes team of experts are able
to provide technology businesses looking
to scale and grow internationally from
a UK hub.
Brent Hoberman, Serial Entrepreneur and
Angel Investor (Founder of Lastminute.com)
The GEP helps UK plcs communicate to
the world why Britain is a great place to
grow a business. Its team of Dealmakers
provides key advice and networks to
high-potential businesses and Ive
experienced first hand the benefits
on offer. I know the entrepreneurs
concerned felt the Programme added
significant value.
Alex Van Someren, Partner at Amadeus Capital
As an entrepreneur and investor
living in the UK, I am amazed by the
innovation and opportunities that
the ecosystem provides. The GEP has a
stellar network that provides companies
with Dealmaker support and access
to new markets. Im proud to be a
part of this network and encourage
entrepreneurs to make the most of the
UKs thriving business environment.
Paul Birch, Angel Investor and Serial
Entrepreneur (Founder of Bebo)
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The GEP is instrumental in bringing

together networks that bring UK
innovation to the forefront. By working
with investors and entrepreneurs, the
Dealmaker team has attracted stellar
entrepreneurs that have created new
technologies which has led to new
markets.
Heidi Roizen, Silicon Valley-based Venture
Partner at DFJ, experienced entrepreneur
and lecturer at Stanford University

Entrepreneurship has transformed from

a local to a global phenomenon and the
GEP has developed a highly innovative
business model using their own
entrepreneurs to help accelerate early-
stage technology companies from a UK
hub. I was especially impressed with the
quality of people who deliver the service
who are all successful entrepreneurs
in their own right. Their passion for
helping other entrepreneurs succeed
is impressive and I look forward to
continue working with them in the future.
Alex McCracken, Silicon Valley Bank
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GEP Dealmakers provide fantastic
support to global technology
entrepreneurs looking to set up and then
scale internationally from a UK hub.
In addition, their industry knowledge
and understanding means they can help
organisations like ours find relevant
innovation. Thomson Reuters is now
working with some really great
companies that we have met via GEP.
Bob Schukai, Thomson Reuters
and Tech City Ambassador
DITs growth acceleration work is
best in class in Europe for entrepreneurs.
I have witnessed first-hand their
experienced entrepreneurs at work and
their team of Dealmakers is a hugely
valuable addition to our network.
William Stevens, International Accelerator
Programme, Europe Unlimited
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Focusing
expertise
Which sectors does the GEP have expertise in?

Our objective is to discover the next billion
dollar technology superstars and we have
already helped some of the worlds most
innovative early-stage companies, across
a broad range of sectors, relocate here.
To qualify for GEP support, you must be an
overseas based entrepreneur or technology
business and be willing to relocate to the UK.
We will help you understand the many
advantages that the UK, as a global
marketplace, has to offer your business.
We also welcome investors who are
interested in investment opportunities
or access to GEPs proprietary deal-flow.
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Why the UK?
Five reasons to invest in the UK
Corporation tax
The current rate
of corporation tax is
20percent. This is the
joint lowest in the G20.
Patent box
The UKs patent box
can give you an effective
10percent tax rate for
qualifying net revenue
arising from the UK and
EU registered patents.
Global connectivity
A stable, sophisticated,
pro-business environment
and the largest e-commerce
market in Europe. Providing
direct access to Europe and
a springboard to Asia and
the Americas markets.
Enterprise Investment
Scheme (EIS)
EIS is designed to help
smaller higher-risk trading
companies to raise finance
by offering a range of tax
reliefs to investors who
purchase new shares
in those companies.
Global innovation
The UK has been ranked
as the 2nd most innovative
country in the world. The
Global Innovation Index (GII)
has placed the UK above
the USA, Singapore and
Germany for the third
year running.
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Global
innovation
Industries
Support

Opportunities
Patent Investment
box
Credit

Intellectual
Enterprise

Global Property
connectivity

Development
Financial

Corporation
Skilled
tax
EIS
Infrastructure

Migration Scheme
10 Global Entrepreneur Programme

but dont just take

our word for it!

listen to what our clients say about us

Established in 1984, Think Positive Print (T+) are international

leaders in direct to fabric digital printing and textile design. T+ has
spent the last ten years developing the right printing machines, inks,
Think Positive processing routes and crucially the colour software management.
Australia The companys ground breaking technology gives it global
potential and the company was considering locations in Italy,
France and China from which to establish its global HQ.
Then having met the GEP regional Dealmaker for the North West,
Walli Ullah, who has himself set up successful global businesses,
the company founder, Penny McIntrye became convinced that
the UK was the best location to realise her ambitions. She has
therefore decided to set up a creative design studio in London
and a manufacturing hub in Macclesfield, an area renowned for
its silk industry, as well as the skill of its designers and for its richly
patterned woven fabrics. T+ anticipates creating at least 20 jobs
in the short term and have huge potential beyond that.

Being based in the UK, I was able to fly

easily around the northern hemisphere
generally ensuring that the project was
kept on track.
Penny McIntyre, CEO of Think Positive
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SOMA Analytics provides a smartphone-based platform to

measure, manage and reduce stress at the workplace. They use
sensors already built within smartphones to measure sleep quality,
keypad and voice patterns to detect rising stress for those in the
workplace. By combining state of the art mobile technology with
SOMA Analytics proven psychological methods from the fields of occupational
Germany and positive psychology they are able to provide evidence-based
interventions which helps to create emotional resilience.
SOMA Analytics attended the Healthbox Accelerator programme
and started working with the Global Entrepreneur Programme
(GEP) Dealmaker that had supported the company with the
development and implementation of their business plan. The GEP
had helped the company understand the funding opportunities
that will enable the company to secure a non-dilutive innovation
grant from Innovate UK. With the additional funding, this will enable
SOMA Analytics to develop their team to drive their pilot with
University College of London (London, UK), St Thomas Hospital
(London, UK) and Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, USA).

The GEP has helped us to understand funding

opportunities, and in particular to understand
the benefits of UK in regards to the strength of
tax breaks for potential investors the EIS
and SEIS schemes which are pushing
interest in early stage Start-ups.
Johan Huber, CEO of Soma Analytics
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CrowdEmotion is an emotional data science company that created

a cloud-based signal system enabling people to capture emotional
biometrics anytime, anywhere simply using their own devices and
link those emotions to choice behaviours.
CrowdEmotion
Canada Before CrowdEmotion became a reality the founder already
knew that they wanted to bootstrap the growth of the business.
They didnt believe that giving away equity to an investor would
have any long term benefits for my business. Having travelled
to London with a previous employer the founder knew that
there were significant benefits for growing businesses there.
The presence of so many multinational businesses within striking
distance of each other makes London the ideal environment to
grow a bootstrapped company. Theres also a very strong talent
pool and well established commercial infrastructure.
In an unfamiliar market GEP has opened doors for CrowdEmotion
to had conversations with the right people and has played a key role
in the development of our commercial proposition. The Dealmakers
knowledge and guidance had been invaluable by identifying the
opportunity to develop their product for a variety of markets. As well
as helping them with office space when they first arrived, the GEP
had also arranged meetings with a number of corporate contacts
to drive business development. Connections with organisations like
the Technology Strategy Boards Knowledge Transfer Network that
had proven to be a great way to get their name out in the market.

The Dealmakers are impressively well connected so,

as a business leader new to the UK, being able to
access their knowledge and networks has been
invaluable in navigating an unfamiliar environment.
Matthew Celuszak, CEO of CrowdEmotion
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Carbon Clean Solutions (CCS) has developed a patented

technology that extracts the carbon from the CO2 discharged
through industrial flue chimneys. The recovered CO2 can then be
safely stored underground, or re-used in other industrial processes.
CCS innovative technology achieves a 35percent energy saving
compared to others on the market, which can cost 70percent
Carbon Clean more to install and run.
Solutions CCS was introduced to the Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP)
India Dealmaker that had used his expertise and networks to help CCS
enter a new technology competition ran by the Department of
Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The GEP helped the company
to establish their operations in the UK, develop their pitch, and
DECC was so impressed by CCSs innovation it awarded them
a grant of 3.6 million to work with Imperial College London,
Leeds University and engineering firm PSE Ltd, to optimise the
technology for commercialisation.

Global warming is a real challenge its

here and we need to deal with it. Thanks
to GEPs support, our technology is on
the way to changing the way our planet
will look 30 years down the line.
Aniruddha Sharma, CEO of Carbon Clean Solutions
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jobandtalent is a social recruitment platform that allows job

hunters to harness the networking power of their connections
and social media.

jobandtalent At the heart of jobandtalent is an innovative algorithm formulated

Spain in collaboration with HR and big data experts and PhDs from the
IULA (Research Institute for Applied Linguistics) of Universitat
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. The algorithm behaves like a virtual
recruitment consultant, it identifies and recognises the linguistic
patterns within the structure and phrasing of both job adverts
and CVs. These patterns are then converted into data points that
match a candidates or recruiters specifications word for word.
jobandtalent was introduced to a GEP Dealmaker with experience
in digital recruitment. He provided strategic advice and crucial
connections that allowed the jobandtalent team to efficiently
establish UK headquarters, as well as to attract interest
and investment.

The welcome we received from a GEP Dealmaker

and the support he offered really impressed us, and
reassured us that coming to the UK was the right move.
Juan Urdiales, Co-Founder of jobandtalent
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In 2010, Nutmeg founder and CEO, Nick Hungerford, was living

in Silicon Valley and studying for his MBA at Stanford University.
In the back of his mind was a dream that it should be possible for
everyone to receive 24/7 access to top quality investment advice
and portfolio management, regardless of who they were or how
much money they had to invest. Three years on Nutmeg had built
Nutmeg the UKs first online discretionary investment management
United States company. Nutmeg had taken away all the aspects that made the
wealth management industry unpopular. As Nutmeg is completely
online, the costs are lower than traditional investment managers
and can be completely transparent about what they are doing
with their customers money.

The GEP networking event was the greatest

touchdown I could have hoped for, the positivity
and energy in the room, the quality of talent
and ideas and the smooth flow of the day made
it really useful and added to my enthusiasm
to start our business in the UK.
Nick Hungerford, Founder and CEO of Nutmeg
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2-B Energy has designed a new offshore wind power plant concept
which significantly lowers the cost of energy. Before starting their
business the founders Herbert Peels and Mikael Jackobsson were
both first introduced to the Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP)
by the UK Ambassador to the Netherlands and started to explore
how the GEP could support them. They needed a site permit for
2-B Energy
the deployment of their first machine and they also needed to
Netherlands
raise capital and develop a plan for commercialisation and scale-
up. The GEP Dealmaker James Graham had offered them
sustained support in shaping and executing our growth strategy,
in particular with their capital raising activity. James connections
within the industry led to several meetings with businesses and
investors such as Clyde Blowers Capital, BAE Systems and Masdar.
In the immediate future 2-B Energy plan to raise 2 million which
will top off our existing funding round and allow them to deploy
two machines in the Firth of Forth. Meanwhile they have longer
term plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Scotland and
want to expand the Firth of Forth installation in steps to a total
of nine machines. We are set to reach ten UK employees by year
end and plan to grow this to 46 by 2017, as we scale up activities
and local production for sales to major UK utilities.

Having the validation of someone from DIT gave us credibility

and helped us through the ups and downs of negotiations
with potential investors and clients. Specifically, as part of
a 22 million investment round, James engagement and
contacts played a valuable role in securing 2.8 million
funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Mikael Jakobsson, Chief Operating Officer of 2-B Energy

Meet the team
Sam Bakri, MD, MBA
Healthcare Services and Life Sciences
(Therapeutics, Devices and Diagnostics)
and Animal Health
Sam is the current Entrepreneur-in-
Residence at Mayo Clinic. He is Vice-
Chairman and Chief Business Officer
for Gelexir Healthcare.
He is a Senior Advisor to Helios LLP.
He previously founded and held a CEO
role at two healthcare companies:
Eastern Healthcare Partners (managing
obesity and diabetes) and Kind Consumer
(medical technology in smoking cessation).
Sam is a faculty member focused on
international healthcare entrepreneurship
at Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
and acts as an advisor to the British
government (Global Entrepreneurs
Program). He previously worked at Roche
and Novartis, and advised numerous
firms in the life sciences space.
He has an MD from University of London
(Guys and Thomass Hospital Medical
School) and holds an MBA from Harvard
Business School where he was a
Fulbright Scholar.
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Andrew Corbett-Jones
Digital, Creative and Media,
Healthcare, Medical Devices
He has extensive experience including
television reporting and production,
e-commerce, digital publishing, and
technology commercialisation with
organisations such as WIN TV, Channel
Nine (60 Minutes), Redwood London,
and Lion Interactive.
He has advised some of Australias
leading corporations on digital strategy,
user-centric design and strategic thinking,
including Telstra Innovation, Hardie Grant
Publishing, Sydney Swans Football Club,
and NRMA.
Andrew is a founding mentor at PushStart,
co-founded Healthcare at Home Australia,
and is Managing Director of an innovative
resource recovery company, his sixth and
current Start-up.
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James Graham
Clean Technology, Renewable Energy
and Environment
James is a serial entrepreneur with more
than 14 years experience in the fields of
climate change and renewable energy.
James has worked in Europe, North
America and Asia. In 2003, James
co-founded Camco, taking the business
from concept through two rounds of
financing and on to a listing on AIM.
At the end of 2009, James left Camco
to build a portfolio of private business
activities. His work has since included
renewable energy project development
across Europe (solar, wind and hydro) and
mentoring entrepreneurs with breakthrough
technologies in carbon capture, offshore
wind turbines and materials science.
Peter Holden
ICT, Med-Tech, Advanced Materials
and Software
Peter has spent the last 25 years
commercialising emerging technologies
and intellectual property having established
three funds to date and taken multiple
companies (including two of his own as
founder) through to sale or IPO.
He is a dual UK/USA citizen and has lived
and worked in Japan, Korea, UK, Silicon
Valley and New York City. He currently sits
on the Boards of SITOMobile (NASDAQ:
SITO), Osang Group (South Korea) as well
as a number of hi-tech Start-ups in the USA
that he seeded in areas ranging from IoT
and blockchain through to point-of-care
diagnostics and industrial drones. He is also
on the Innovation Advisory Board of United
Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX).
He holds a PhD in AI and was awarded the
Honda Fellowship at Tokyo University as
well as being a Senior Fellow at Wharton
Business School.

Tony Hughes
Games, Digital Media and Software
Tony has been working in traditional
and digital media for over 15 years. He
established a Digital Media lab, partnering
with Television company and a university,
in the late 1990s. He has worked with
a variety of Start-ups from e-learning,
retail and commerce to games and mobile
applications. He set up the UKs first
digital content dedicated incubator and
currently is the Commercial Director of
Focus Innovation, providing consultancy
services and establishing Start-ups with
innovative products and services.
Tony works with Start-ups to introduce them
to relevant networks, whether academic or
commercial, along with potential mentors
and funders. He has worked with DIT
for over six years, supporting overseas
companies landing in the UK from Asia,
Europe and North America.
Tony is based in Bristol and Liverpool.
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Andrew Humphries
Software, IT, Digital Media
and Mobile Internet
Andrew is a highly experienced business
strategist who has helped entrepreneurs
and new businesses quickly find the best
and most established profitable
opportunities in new markets. He has
held senior executive roles in Sales and
Marketing for some of the worlds
largest IT manufacturers.
In his first Start-up he was a key part of
a team that raised over US$42million, and
went on to develop the worlds largest
and most successful alert and messaging
solutions business for the financial industry.
Since then he has co-founded two
successful technology businesses, and now
is co-founder of The Bakery, an accelerator
dedicated to the advertising and media
sector, working with some of the worlds
largest brands and agencies.
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Tony Kypreos
Healthcare, Sensors, Mobile
and Digital Media
Tony is a serial entrepreneur with over 20
years experience in consumer goods, digital
products, telecoms, media and healthcare.
Tony was formerly on the operational board
of T-Mobile International and Deutsche
Telekoms T-Ventures and Group Managing
Director of Bauer Digital for the 1.4 billion
M&A of EMAP PLC.
Hisentrepreneurialexperience includes
being co-founder of mobile entertainment
company Mobilephonia, leading the
turnaround and sale of digital services
agency Bluewave and leadership team
for the US$800 million IPO of Agency.com
(NASDAQ: ACOM). He is an investor
and board advisor in mobile technology,
digital media and healthcare.
He has a keen interest in the intersection of
physical performance, nutrition, behaviour
and advances in sensor technology and is
the Founder and CEO of Dupl which is
focussed on using behavioural science and
technology totackle childhood obesity.
Richard Leaver
Engineering, Software, Energy
and Physical Sciences
Richard has extensive experience
building and investing in market-led
technology businesses from Start-up
to commercial success. With a PhD
in Artificial Intelligence, his career at
BAE Systems focussed on autonomous
robotics, developing an advanced
telematics concept car before moving
to international management consulting.
Following a successful flotation, Richard
became a Fund Manager, investing in many
technology companies before setting up
the UKs first Homeland Security fund
and subsequently leading an AIM-listed
investment plc as CEO. He is a board
member and investor in several private
and public companies, a mentor at the
Judge Business School, and works
extensively in the UK, Europe and China.
Richard is based in Cambridge.

Alan Lowdon
Energy, Cleantech, Innovation,
Mathematical Modelling
and University Interaction
Alan, an applied mathematician with a
PhD in Fluid-Structure Interaction and an
MBA from Durham University, has over 30
years experience of the energy and water
sectors, focussing on the development
and commercialisation of technology
and systems applied to infrastructure
asset management.
Alan has worked for global corporations
such as Rolls Royce, British Gas, Suez, Shell,
Mott MacDonald and Jacobs, as well as
running and investing in university spin-out
companies and leading technology and
innovation business units in RTOs such
as NaREC and ITI Energy. In 2010, Alan was
instrumental in the creation of investment
fund NCL to which he is now an advisor.
He is a board member (one as CEO) and
investor in three Start-ups, a non-executive
director at the Port of Blyth, chair of the
Innovation Board of the North East LEP
and Visiting Professor at the University of
Durham, where he also chairs the Advisory
Board of the Durham Energy Institute.
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Tim Luft
Computer Games, Advance,
Manufacturing and Automotive
Supply Chain Digital
Tim is a Digital Media entrepreneurlocated
in the West Midlands. Tim has previously
established University led Research
Institutes and Incubators based around
Digital Media (Games and Simulation).
Tim alsohasdirect experience in the
establishment of high growth technology
businesses, incorporating the securing of
investment through to leading highly
skilled technology teams to achieve
significant growth.
Tim is a Director of two technology
companies which focus on 3D Simulation,
Virtual and Augmented Reality applications.
Tim is an active member of the Telford
Business Board and regionalsector
champion for Digital Media.
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David Maher-Roberts
Digital Media, Creative Media,
Big Data and Software
David is an experienced digital media
executive, angel investor and advisor.
He is the founder and chairman of
TechSPARK, a not-for-profit organisation
designed to support and develop the tech
ecosystem in the Southwest of England.
He is currently Managing Director of
Immediate Medias Sports Group and prior
to that was CEO of personalisation engine,
The Filter and was on the Board of Future
Publishing where he was responsible
for the companys digital properties
(launching GamesRadar, TechRadar
and MyFavouriteMagazines.co.uk).
Judith Milne
Aviation, Business
and Commercialisation
Judith is a specialist business advisor
and investor, primarily in the international
aviation sector. She has recently exited
her ownorganisation and now advises
companies and individuals on all aspects
of corporate strategy, including
fundraising, sales, employment
and international growth.
She was appointed Non-Executive
Chairperson for Blink Ltd, a new Start-up
based in London, that raised US$30 million
Series A funding in 2007. The company
was founded by two Harvard graduates
and Judith was appointed by the investors
to coach and mentor the new Managing
Directors in strategy, people management,
logistics and international development.

Stephen Mooney
Software, ICT, Innovation
and Life Sciences
Stephen has over 20 years experience
working in sales, business development
and IT strategy across a broad range of
sectors in both a Start-up and Fortune 500
environment. As co-founder of ENXSuite
he led product sales within key clients and
was also responsible for successfully leading
that companys expansion into the UK/
EMEA market until its acquisition in 2010.
Stephen is currently the Director of iVeridis,
an innovation management software
provider that links large corporates to
emerging global technologies. He also
assists the EUs top-ranked business
incubator in Europe, SetSquared, to help
Start-ups to acquire customers and
investment. Prior to founding ENXSuite
Stephen served in various roles for Pfizer
and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Calgary and a Masters
of Business Administration from the
University of Victoria.
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Anmol Nayyar
Financial Services, Fintech, Defense,
Cybersecurity, Cleantech and Software
Anmol Nayyar is our Entrepreneur in
Residence based out of New Delhi, India.
He is a partner at DMI Finance which he
has built into one of the largest diversified
credit platforms in India. Prior to this he
founded and sold several businesses in
financial services. He started his career
as a lawyer at Ashurst in London in 2003.
He is an active investor and board member
in India in companies in financial services,
fintech, defense/cybersecurity, cleantech,
education, aviation/logistics and media.
Anmol received a BA from Reed College
and a Juris Doctor from the Northwestern
College of Law, both in the US.
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Alpesh Patel
Financial Services, Media
and Cyber Security
Alpesh Patel is a former barrister now
founder CEO of hedge fund and private
equity asset manager Praefinium Partners.
He has published over 200 columns in the
Financial Times in his Diary of an Internet
Trader column and written 18 books
translated into 8 languages on Investing
and Entrepreneurship.
His investment software now in its 11th
year has over that period outperformed all
UK company fund managers and Warren
Buffett (www.sharescope.co.uk/alpesh). He
has won competitions in the FT to forecast
the FTSE 100 over a 12 month period,
coming within 0.5% of its final value,
compared to asset managers running
billions who were wrong by 40%.
Formerly on the Advisory Board of ICICIs
private banking division is also a former
Visiting Fellow in Business, Oxford University
and Council Member of Chatham House.
Alpesh was appointed by the Foreign
Secretary to the UK India Roundtable.
Mark Shaw
ICT, Aerospace, Satellite Applications,
Defence and Security
Mark has 20 years of experience in
supporting and building growth in SMEs
through investment or organically. Having
worked within and for global corporations
such as BAE Systems, Oracle and IBM he
changed track to get involved with small
companies with global propositions in the
IT and IT security world. He wears the scars
of fruitless investment rounds and the
laurels of success. He co-founded TSA
Europe and lately the Ashover Group and
has now got investment in several Start-ups.
Securing investment to support growth,
at the right time, has always been part
of Marks remit and he has an extensive
business network that has a particular
focus in Central and Eastern Europe. He sits
on the Board of three SMEs and is involved
in Regional entrepreneurial groups.

Anthony Sheehan
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles,
Smart Cities, IoT and Wireless Comms
Anthony works with Start-ups, university
spin-outs and growing enterprises from
across Europe, North America and Africa.
An active entrepreneur, he also has
extensive experience in executive positions
with large global technology companies
and VC funded Start-ups. His primary
areas of focus are software, sensors,
autonomous vehicles, smart cities, IoT
and wireless comms.
Anthony is currently founder and CEO
at mobile news platform Near You Now.
Prior to this, he successfully established
multiple new business lines in Europe and
ran global strategy for mobilemarketing,
location andpersonalisationtechnologies
at Qualcomm.
He has also led the successful European
market-entry of multiple US software
Start-ups including Packetvideo and
Urban Science.
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Ben Shorrock
Digital Media, Creative and Media,
Big Data and Software
Ben has over a decadesexperience
helping build digital tech businesses
across the UK. He isMD ofTechSPARK,
a not-for-profit network who help to
support and grow the tech ecosystem
in the Southwest of England.
Ben has worked across a number
of UKcities helping fast growing
techbusinesses to invest and thrive.
He has supported withgovernment
relations,acquisition strategy, talent
engagement and access to capital. Healso
supports Invest Bristol andBath as their
Digital TechSpecialist, talking to businesses
globally about theopportunities available
investing in the Westof England.
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Simon Sprince
Creative and Digital Media
Simons background is in digital media
with 20 years experience of content and
application production. He has an in depth
understanding of digital industrys key sub
sectors as well as the technologies and
markets that drive them.
After building up extensive experience
of working at the intersection between
industry and academia he set up Focus
Innovation. The team at Focus specialise
in analysing user and market trends in
order to identify the essential factors
needed to influence the development
of new products and services.
Simons network includes leading figures
from industry and the research community
and he has a depth of knowledge in regards
to public and private product financing.
Sarah Turner
Digital Media and Software
Sarah has spent most of the last 20 years
working in and around digital media in the
UK, Europe, US and Asia. She works with
Start-ups and growth stage companies as
advisor, supporter and connector; and helps
larger organisations and multinationals
develop their peripheral vision by identifying
areas for innovation and the best partners
and processes to help them deliver it.
Sarah is the Director of digital strategy
company Turner Hopkins whose clients
include BBC, Ofcom and Thomson Reuters
and the Founder of Angel Academe, a
pro-women (but not women only) angel
investment group.

Walli Ullah
Film, TV, Creative and Digital Media
A successful Media entrepreneur with over
30 years experience in film, TV and digital
media. Walli has been at the forefront of
developments in digital media and was
an early pioneer of VOD and IPTV.
As CEO Walli successfully built a global
entertainment content production and
distribution company headquartered in
the UK to revenues exceeding US$100
million, with staff and offices around the
world. After exiting Walli setup EMU Films,
a Film and TV development and production
company that is producing a number
of high quality film and TV projects with
the express aim of utilising new digital
distribution technologies. EMU has
completed two feature films, Catch Me
Daddy which had its world premiere at the
Cannes Film Festival and The Goob which
premiered at the Venice Film Festival and
now is in production on its next three films.
Walli is Co-President of TiE in the UK
as well as an adviser to the Princes Trust.
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Eric van der Kleij
FinTech and Blockchain
Eric van der Kleij is a pioneering technology
entrepreneur who founded FinTech
company Adeptra (sold toFICOin 2012)
before helping establish DITs Global
Entrepreneur Programme. He then helped
create the strategy and was appointed the
first Chief Executive of the Tech City
initiative by10 Downing Street.
Following Tech City he moved to
Canary Wharf where he created and led
Europes largest FinTech and Smart City
hubLevel39for Canary Wharf Group.
Eric is founder of specialist consultancy
DV2C Ltd advising clients such as the
FinTech Kickstart Accelerator in Zurich.
He was recently appointment Chairman
of the Advisory Group and Special Adviser,
FinTech and Blockchainfor DITs Global
Entrepreneur Programme, and is a
volunteer member of theTech London
AdvocatesAdvisory Board.
28 Global Entrepreneur Programme

Sheetal Walsh
Software, Social Enterprise and
Angel Investor
With over 18 years experience in
technology, venture capital and social
enterprise Sheetal has served as
Dealmaker to the Global Entrepreneur
Programme since 2006 in London and
is now based in San Francisco.
She began her career in the UAE as
Director of WestLB, and started the VC
Relations business for Microsoft as Director
in the Silicon Valley and then EMEA. Sheetal
has worked with over 250 Start-ups and
now is advisor and investor to a select few,
helping them expand globally and often
enhancing their social impact.
Sheetal is founder of Shanti Life, a UK social
enterprise that promotes sustainable living
through entrepreneurship and microfinance
for the poor in India and is on the Board of
MetaCert a US mobile security Start-up.
A Canadian and British citizen, Sheetal
completed her MSc at London School of
Economics and BA Honours at University
of Alberta and she teaches yoga.
If you are interested in finding out
more about the Global Entrepreneur
Programme, please visit our website:
www.entrepreneurs.gov.uk
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