BLN Growth Forum, 5th July, Delegate List
- Groupon, CEO, Christopher Muhr
- Playmob, Founder, Jude Ower
- Aframe, CEO, David Peto
- NextWomen.com, COO, Joana Picq
- Wind Technologies, CEO, Ehsan Abdi
- La Playa, CEO, Mark Boon
- The FD Centre Ltd, Regional Director – East of England, Paul Dodd
- ARM, CEO, Warren East
- Accel Partners, Associate, Aman Ghei
- Acal Supply Chain, Managing Director, Rob Hall
- Meerkatalyst, Co-founder, Ben Hall
- Phoebus Software Limited,, Managing Director, Paul Hunt
- Erevena, CEO, Dan Hyde
- Incube8it, CEO, Martin Leuw
- Kleinwort Benson, Director, Michael Magnay
- Total Gigs, Co-founder, Jim Mann
- NESTA, MD, Matthew Mead
- DFJ Esprit, Associate, Scott Sage
- Sigmoid Solutions Ltd, CEO, Robert Shaw
- Chemist Direct, CEO, Mitesh Soma
- Clifton Cowley, CEO, Tom Wood
- GE Capital / HEC-Paris, Director, Michaela Wood
- The BLN, Business Development, Marcin Zaba
- Variable Pitch Partners, Managing Partner, Antony Abell
- Silicon Valley Bank, Director, Alex McCracken
- Indigo Vision, CEO, Oliver Vellacott
- Brandwatch, CEO, Giles Palmer
- Index Ventures, Parter, Jan Hammer
- Springboard, Community Manager – ish, Jess Williamson
- BDO LLP, Partner, Gary Hanson
- Mills & Reeve LLP, Partner, Isabel Napper
- Total Gigs, Co-founder, Mike Parker
- Red Gate, Divisional Manager for DBA Tools, Gareth Marlow
- The BLN, Director, Darren Harper
- Publification, Co-founder, Marius Arras
- Publification, Co-founder, Rait Ojasaar
- Cogendo, CEO, Rob Wheatley
- SocialGO plc, Chairman, Dominic Wheatley
- Startup Intelligence, Director, Thomas Gatten
- Amadeus Capital Partners, Partner, Dr Hermann Hauser
- IQ Capital Fund, Partner, Max Bautin
- Global Corporate Venturing, Founder, James Mawson
- PACE PLC, CEO, Neil Gaydon
- Innovise Plc, CEO, Mike Taylor
- Hubflow, Co-founder, David Hazell
- Mimecast, CEO, Peter Bauer
- Cheapflights Media, Commercial Director, Mo Bulbrook
- Cogniance, GM EMEA, Gavin Webster
- Index Ventures, Associate, Nate Mitchell
- Postcode Anywhere (Europe) Ltd, CEO, Guy Mucklow
- Entrepreneur/Technologist, Director, Martin Jackson
- BDO LLP, Corporate Finance Partner, Christopher Clark
- Fidelity Growth Partners, Partner, Simon Clark
- Cohen Partners, Senior Partner, David Cohen
- Cohen Partners, Partner, Samuel Cohen
- MMC Ventures, Investment Director, Jon Coker
- Coulter Partners, Principal, Tarquin Bennett-Coles
- Chesham Holdings Ltd, Trustee/Director, Sherry Coutu
- Andromeda Capital, Partner, Glenn Woodcock
- Springboard, CEO, Jon Bradford
- STL Technology Solutions Ltd, Financial Director, Tim Dobie
- Cambridge Judge Business School, Marketing Manager, Tim Landucci
- Mills & Reeve LLP, Partner, Zickie Lim
- Fauna and Flora International, Development Officer, Liz Eaton
- Workday, VP EMEA, Andy Leaver
- Chameleon, Managing Director, Vicky Reeves
- NESTA, Director, Business Development, George Whitehead
- Kate Meikle Bespoke Lingerie, Director, Kate Meikle
- Money Dashboard, CEO, Gavin Littlejohn
- Albion Ventures LLP, Partner, Andrew Elder
- Incisive Media, CEO, Tim Weller
- Fauna and Flora International, Development Officer, Gavin Shelton
- Breathing Buildings, Managing Director, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald
- Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur, Philip Catterall
- BDO LLP, Tax Partner, Tim Ferris
- Chelsea Apps factory, Founder & CEO, Mike Anderson
- Business Weekly, Publisher, Tony Quested
- Apiary.io, Co-founder, Jakub Nesetril
- Augmentum Capital, Partner, Tim Levene
- Oxford Capital Partners, Investment Associate, Alastair Stewart
- The BLN, Director, Mark Littlewood
- Stoneburn Software Services, CEO, Nazir Ulghani
- The BLN, Office Manager, Helen Leighton
- Sentec, CEO, Dr Mark England
- Hubflow, Co-founder, Nick Grant
- TTP Venture Managers Ltd, Investment Director, Mr Clennell Collingwood
- DataGiving, CEO, Sobia Hamid
- Fidelity Growth Partners, Principal, Davor Hebel
- UltraSoC, CEO, Karl Heeks
- Natural Talents, Director, Sue Prytherch
- PneumaCare Limited, CEO, Ward Hills
- Cambridge Enterprise, Head of Life Sciences, Iain Thomas
- Kesteven Law, Principal, Ted Dewhurst
- The BLN, Events, Emily Blickem
- Red Gate, Joint CEO, Neil Davidson
- ByBox Holdings Ltd, CEO, Stuart Miller
- Abcam plc, Founder & CEO, Dr Jonathan Milner
- D4 Pharma, VP Business Development/ Co-founder, Raman S Minhas
- Mills & Reeve LLP, Partner, Peter Wainman
- NESTA Investments, Investment Manager, Libby Kinsey
- Care.com, Inc., SVP, Product and Technology, David Krupinski
- Bailey Fisher, CEO, Ann Fisher
- Jefferies, Head of European Technology, Mark Fisher
- Balderton Capital, Partner, Dharmash Mistry
- Ocean Learning, Principal, Paul Kenny
- Finance Wales, Deputy Fund Manager – Early Stage Investments, Paul Lee
- Basis Technologies, CEO, Phill Sly
- Cognitive Match, Founder/CEO, Alex Kelleher
- FX Capital Group, Director, Stephen Lemon
- SocialGO plc, CEO, Alex Halliday
- Octopus Ventures, Investment Director, Alan Wallace
- Good Energies (UK) LLP, Associate, Etienne Pollard
- ML Electronics, Founder & MD, Mike Lloyd
- Blackmore Consulting, Managing Director, Stuart Lucas
- Merchenta, CEO, Neil Mcclements
- Amadeus Capital, Partner, Alex van Someren
- FirstCapital, Chairman and co-founder, Hazel Moore
- Cap Strategy / Venturing, Co-Founder, Julien Nicod
- CFO4Growth Ltd, Founder, Maddy Kennedy
- MSD, Director, Scientific Liaison, Rob Pinnock
- MiniMonos, CEO, Melissa Clark-Reynolds
- Touchtype Online, CEO, John Reynolds
- Cambridge Angels, Chairman, Robert Sansome
- NewGene Ltd, CEO, David Huntley
- Cortexica, CEO, Steve Semenzato
- Basekit, CEO, Juan Lobato
- Cambridge Enterprise, Head of Seed Funds, Anne Dobrée
- Calibre One, Managing Partner, James Brocket
- Citi, Managing Director, UK Team, Andrew Hodson
- TLcom Capital Partners, General Partner, Mauro Pretolani
- MiniMonos, CMO, Kaila Colbin
- Wild Lion Media, Director, Tom Voller
- One Nucleus Limited, European Project Manager, Gigi Møller
- Atkinson Bolton Consulting, Managing Director, James Bolton
- Namaste, Founder, Rodolfo Rosini
- CamFed, Director, Ann Cotton
- Spirit Digital Media, Founder & CEO, Peter Cowley
- Silicon Valley Bank, Head of Origination, Oscar Jazdowski
- Sportingbet plc, Chairman, Nigel Payne
- Care.com, Inc., CEO, Sheila Marcelo
- 10X Networks, Inc, Founder, Florian Unterkircher
- Cortexica, CEO, Iain McCready
- Merrill Lynch, First Vice President, Stewart McGregor
- Jagex Games Studio, CEO, Mark Gerhard
- Grove Group, Director, Philip Witheridge
- Balderton Capital, Principal, Harry Briggs
- Vitruvian Partners, Principal, Jussi Wuoristo
- MMC Ventures, Investment Manager, Rory Stirling
- Basis Technologies, Head of Strategy, Stuart Browne
- Taylor Vinters, Partner, Patrick Farrant
- Sentec, Chairman, Colin Garrett
- Erevena, Chairman, David Grundy
- Marshall of Cambridge, Chairman & Chief Executive, Sir Michael Marshall
- Sphere Medical, CFO, Ann Simon
- LinkedIn, Managing Director LinkedIn EMEA, Ariel Eckstein
- AdWings, Co-founder, Egidijus Jarasunas
- PrismaStar, CEO, Joshua Z. Tabin
- Sefaira, CFO, Sarah Williamson Atkins
- Incentivated, Corporate Development Director, Robert Rattray
- The Daily Telegraph, Enterprise Editor, Mr Richard Tyler
- Darwin College, Senior Member, Amir Chaudhry
- Coulter Partners, Director, Joe Coulter
- Play Mob, Co-founder, Daniella Neumann
- STL Technology Solutions Ltd, Managing Director, Ivan Durkin
- Alertme.com, CEO, Mary Turner
- Real-Status, CEO, Royce Murphy
- Cambridge Network, CEO, Claire Ruskin
- Arachnys, Co-founder, David Buxton
- SEP, Partner, Andrew Davison
- Cambridge Enterprise, Life Sciences Technology Manager, Andrew Walsh
- Halo – NI Business Angels, Director Halo, Alan Watts
- Featurespace, CEO, Dave Excell
Themes:
- Making it big – targeting big markets and maintaining your lead.
- Successful sales– making profitable sales a core goal. How to sell against market leaders.
- Putting people first – creating a culture to attract and retain the people you need.
- Growth strategies – maximising value from startup to IPO and beyond.
Speakers:
- Jonathan Milner, Founder & CEO, Abcam
- Warren East, CEO, ARM
- Neil Gaydon, CEO, PACE plc
- Stuart Miller, CEO, ByBox
- Chris Clark, Partner, BDO
- David Kelly, VP EMEA, RackSpace
- Mo Bulbrook, Head of International, Cheapflights Media
- Tim Weller, CEO, Incisive Media
- Mary Turner, CEO, AlertMe
- Martin Leuw, NED, IRIS Software Group
- Mark Gerhard, CEO, Jagex Games Studio
- Ariel Eckstein, Managing Director EMEA, LinkedIn
- Peter Bauer, CEO, Mimecast
- Nigel Payne, Director and Prev CEO, Sporting Bet plc
- Andy Leaver, VP EMEA, Workday
Supporters:
- The Growth Forum is produced by the BLN in partnership with BDO.
- The Growth Forum is supported by BDO, Mills and Reeve, Kleinwort Benson, Intel Capital
- Media Partner Business Weekly