Hermann Hauser Amadeus Capital

Mike Risman
Vitruvian Partners

Mike is a founder of Vitruvian Partners. As a Managing Partner, he is responsible for managing the firm with particular focus on the Investment Team and Investor Relations. He is co-Chair of the Investment Committee. His 20 year track record includes numerous successful leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions covering all aspects of Technology and Technology-influenced industries in Europe and the US. His focus includes internet-related investments, application software, systems and underlying component technologies. Mike has sat on more than 20 Boards including a number of listed businesses.

He currently represents Vitruvian on the boards of Verastar, Flexpay, Just Eat, Snow Software, Farfetch, JacTravel, CRF Health and Accountor. Previously, he did so on the board of Inenco. His track record at Vitruvian also includes the investments in Skyscanner and Unifaun.

Prior to Vitruvian, Mike spent 10 years at Apax Partners where he was a Global Equity Partner and head of Apax’s Information Technology Investment Team in Europe. Previously, he worked for Cap Gemini as a strategy consultant and Jaguar Cars as an engineer. He has an MA in Engineering (Electrical) from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Luke Ibbetson
Vodafone Group R&D

Luke Ibbetson has been with Vodafone since 1996 and currently heads the Vodafone Group Strategy and R&D organisation, responsible for all aspects of network research and strategy including Vodafone’s participation in international standards & industry alliances, definition of the architectural blueprint for future networks, trials of emerging / disruptive technologies and concepts and long-term spectrum planning.

Luke is leading Vodafone’s 5G programme, Chairs the NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks alliance) 5G Requirements and Architecture work, and is Vice Chair of the NGMN 5G “Board Committee” charged with overseeing the entire 5G programme. Luke is also a proud pioneer of Narrow Band IoT technology for Low Power Wide Area networks, and is Chairman of the GSMA’s NB-IoT Forum.

John Docherty

John Docherty brings a wealth of leadership, business and industry experience having spent over 35 years in Semiconductor Manufacturing. He is former Senior Vice President of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. and former Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Operations at Advanced Micro Device. John has also held senior positions at Agere Systems, Chartered Semiconductor and Motorola Semiconductor.