Simon Thorpe

Director

Overview

Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee & Senior Independent Director

Simon Thorpe, (appointed 19 December 2024), is a qualified Chartered Accountant and former chairman and director of Cambridge Angels with substantial experience of analysing and investing in early-stage public and private companies in the technology and technology enabled healthcare sectors. His previous roles include Chief Operating Officer for European Equity Research and UBS Global Equity Research. He has had over 20 years experience as a public markets equity research analyst and since then over 15 years experience as an angel investor investing in more than 60 early stage UK private companies. He sits on a number of Boards as a Non-Executive Director including Manchester University’s Technology Transfer Office, the Innovation Factory and two private software companies.