DAVID GANN 

Professor David Gann CBE is a business leader, chairperson, former University leader, and non-executive director with a reputation for creating and supporting innovation and growth, and mentoring science-based start-ups. He is a leader in the development of fusion energy, as Chairperson of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, and previously Chairperson of the UK Atomic Energy Authority.

He is Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University. David is a non-executive director of VenCap International plc, a leading venture fund-of-funds. He is an entrepreneur, having formed several companies, mentors start-ups, and advises Boards. David frequently advises governments and was a member of the UK Government’s Innovation Expert Group and the Ministry of Defence’s Technology and Innovation Board. His pro bono work includes co-founding the Villars Institute, a Swiss foundation focusing on systems leadership to halt climate change and bio-diversity loss. He has a PhD in Industrial Economics, is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art.