Mr Charles Cotton

KANDO id: 403506

Bio

Charles Cotton is Chairman of Cambridge Phenomenon Ltd. and a Director of Cambridge Enterprise, Solarflare, XMOS Ltd and Cambridge University ECO Racing (CUER). Charles is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Sharjah and a member of the Rosie Maternity Hospital Campaign Board in Cambridge. Previously he was a Supervisory Board member of Euronext Amsterdam (listed), Tele Atlas, Executive Chairman of NASDAQ listed, GlobespanVirata Inc. and CEO of Virata Corp, which he took public on NASDAQ. His early career was in the motor industry with Ford and British Leyland before he joined Sinclair Research becoming sales and marketing director of the home computer business. From there he became President of Thermal Scientific Inc and a Director of LSE listed Thermal Scientific Ltd. He holds a BA Hons in Physics from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Career


Cambridge Innovation Capital PLC

CIC was established with the support of the University of Cambridge (UC) to invest in high growth early-stage technology spinouts from UC and the area

Education


University of Oxford

BA in Physics