SME Climate Hub

Meet the Team – Board & Advisors

Bernie Bulkin OBE

Bernie Bulkin OBE

Chairman

Professor CUNY, BP executive and Chief Scientist, Emeritus Professorial Fellow of the University of Cambridge, venture capitalist, board member, government advisor, and author.

PhD Physical Chemistry, Purdue

Murray Reed

Murray Reed

CEO

Founder QLM, CTO G&H, VP Engineering Coherent, GM New Focus. Product and business development leader, expert in semiconductor and fibre laser technology.

PhD Applied Physics, Stanford

Xiao Ai

Xiao Ai

CTO

Founder QLM, Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre fellow, senior engineer Qineteq, post-doctoral fellow University of Bristol. Expert in photonics and electronics.

PhD Electronic Engineering, Bristol

John McCallion

John McCallion

Investor Director (E100)

CEO with 25 years commercial experience developing  technology businesses

PGDipM University of Westminster and LBS Executive Development Programme

Debashis Gupta

Debashis Gupta

Investor Director (SLB)

More than 27 years of oil and gas industry experience with SLB. Senior corporate leadership roles spread across Sales and Commercial, Investor Relations and Finance.

MBA, London Business School & B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering (IIT, Bombay)

Richard Male

Richard Male

Board Observer

Operator & Investor with 20+ year’s experience in pre seed – series A stage technology businesses.

Visiting Fellow – Bristol Robotics Laboratory.

Carl Griffiths

Carl Griffiths

Board Observer

Technology Seed Fund Manager at the Development Bank of Wales. Former CEO/founder of Sheffield University spin out Seren Photonics Ltd. Focuses on investing in IP-rich Welsh technology ventures with the potential to be high growth companies.
 
PhD in Physics from Cardiff University
John Rarity

John Rarity

Board Observer

World renowned expert in quantum optics
 
FRS, Professor University of Bristol & QuantIC