He has over 20 years of CEO-level experience in UK quoted, NASDAQ
listed and VC-backed technology companies. His experience includes
start-ups and turnarounds, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He
founded and ran Cambridge-based Cotag International, one of the early
innovators in electronic tagging. Earlier he worked for IBM and McKinsey
and Co. He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a first
degree from the University of Cambridge.

He is the Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge
leading the Optoelectronics Group in the Cavendish Laboratory. He
pioneered the study of organic polymers and revolutionized the
understanding of the electronic properties of molecular semiconductors.
Professor Friend has over 600 publications and more than 20 patents.

Professor Sirringhaus is the Hitachi Professor of Electron Device
Physics at Cambridge University. He has worked alongside Professor
Richard Friend since 1997. He did post-doctoral research at Princeton
and has a PhD from the Institute of Solid State Physics of ETH Zurich.
He has over 70 publications and 20 patents/patent applications.