Anne is a co-founder and Chief Executive of Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, the management company that provides investment services to the Amadeus venture capital funds. In Anne’s current position, she brings together many threads of experience – as a scientist, operating manager and venture capitalist. She is on the board of Optos, which developed a laser-based imaging device for capturing a wide-field image of the retina; and SPI Lasers, which develops lasers and other optical components for use in industrial, medical, defence and aerospace industries.
She has prior experience working in venture capital, first at Apax Partners & Co Ventures, where she was a member of the investment team for five years, and subsequently as a business angel investing in UK-based information technology start-ups. Anne has also had significant operating experience, most recently at Virtuality Group plc where she was Chief Operating Officer of the virtual reality peripherals company.
Anne is the immediate past chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), which represents around 165 UK-based private equity and venture capital firms. The BVCA is the public face of the industry, providing services to its members, investors and entrepreneurs as well as the UK government and media. For the past seven years, Anne has been a member of the Council that runs the organisation and has previously held the position of vice-chairman in addition to being Chairman of the Technology Subcommittee for five years. Anne is also on the Technology Strategy Board of UK’s Department of Trade and Industry: http://www.dti.gov.uk/
She holds an MA in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Clare College, Cambridge and a Masters in Public and Private Management from Yale.
Anne is both a US and UK citizen.
