Anne Glover
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Anne Glover is CEO
and co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, a venture capital
firm that invests in European high-technology companies. Prior to founding Amadeus in 1997, she was with Apax Partners & Company Ventures, where she was a member of the investment team. She also has experience as a business angel
, investing in UK-based information technology
start-ups. Glover has also had significant operating experience with Virtuality Group plc, where she was COO
of the virtual reality
peripherals company.
Glover also was a manager and consultant with Bain & Company in Boston for five years. Earlier in her career, she held a variety of management positions with Cummins Engine
.
She is a former chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), which represents approximately 165 UK-based private equity
and venture capital firms. She is also on the Technology Strategy Board of the UK's Department of Trade and Industry.
Glover earned a master's degree in management from Yale School of Management
and a master's degree in metallurgy
and materials science
from Clare College, Cambridge
.
Glover was awarded a CBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours list "for services to business".
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
and co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, a venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm that invests in European high-technology companies. Prior to founding Amadeus in 1997, she was with Apax Partners & Company Ventures, where she was a member of the investment team. She also has experience as a business angel
Angel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
, investing in UK-based information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
start-ups. Glover has also had significant operating experience with Virtuality Group plc, where she was COO
Chief operating officer
A Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "C-Suite"...
of the virtual reality
Virtual reality
Virtual reality , also known as virtuality, is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds...
peripherals company.
Glover also was a manager and consultant with Bain & Company in Boston for five years. Earlier in her career, she held a variety of management positions with Cummins Engine
Cummins
Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...
.
She is a former chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), which represents approximately 165 UK-based private equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
and venture capital firms. She is also on the Technology Strategy Board of the UK's Department of Trade and Industry.
Glover earned a master's degree in management from Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
and a master's degree in metallurgy
Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. It is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use...
and materials science
Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
from Clare College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
Glover was awarded a CBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours list "for services to business".