Chris Hole

Chris is the Incubator Manager. Prior to joining TTP Chris spent 12 years in the wireless communications industry designing equipment for wireless basestations and in system design and technical marketing roles. He started in a small start-up business which grew and was acquired by a large multinational giving him first hand experience of the growth and maturity phases of a businesses’ life. At the same time the wireless industry was transforming from a small, innovation lead, industry into a large, mature, market. These twin changes have provided a useful perspective from which to help low carbon companies grow and develop in this vital new industry. 

Before joining the wireless industry Chris worked as a post doctoral researcher in a Japanese government laboratory and in the scientific instrumentation industry developing equipment for the low temperature physics community.

Since joining TTP Ventures, Clennell has focused on electronics and telecommunications related businesses.  He is currently an observer on the Boards of ZBD and ShoZu. Clennell was also Board observer with Alphamosaic, which was sold to Broadcom in September 2004 for $123m.

Clennell has a first class BA and MEng degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and completed the year-long Postgraduate Course in Design, Manufacture and Management, also at Cambridge.

Richard’s career spans 30 years of business and technology incubation, management, interim management and consultancy. He has founded and managed several start-up companies and was recently seconded to two FTSE 100 companies, to manage their innovation and venturing business activities. He has provided consultancy support to many other large companies and government organisations, assisting them to incubate new businesses.

Alex has been involved in £40m of investment into technology companies. Alex is currently Investment Manager within TTP Ventures – TTP’s venture capital fund focused on cleantech and IT companies.

Prior to TTP Ventures, Alex was CEO and founder of a venture capital-backed business which developed fuel efficiency systems for the transport industry and achieved worldwide sales to truck manufacturers including Volvo, Mercedes and DAF. Alex made a successful exit from this business in 2007. Alex also has a background in strategy consultancy, with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a MA in Economics and Postgraduate in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge.

Richard has 30 years experience of technical consultancy focusing on technology management and strategy, business incubation and the commercial exploitation of technology. He has worked for a broad range of private companies and public sector organisations around the world. He recently acted as interim Technical Director for a VC backed company commercially exploiting a novel process for winning metals with significant environmental and economic benefits. Richard has an honours degree in Materials Technology.

Michael has 20 years experience in technology development and consultancy, and he is currently a Senior Consultant at TTP. With his wireless electronics background, he was involved in projects for a wide variety of industries, where wireless solutions are required, including communications, broadcast and medical. Within TTP Michael has been responsible for leading a number of successful product development and consultancy projects, including those focusing on energy saving technologies and on technology management and strategy – for both commercial and the government clients.

Michael has a Masters in Electronics Engineering and an MBA degrees.

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