Sir Ronald Cohen

Non-Executive Chair

Sir Ronald Cohen is a founding partner and the former chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP. He is chairman of Bridges Ventures.

He is a founder director and past chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association and the Quoted Companies Alliance (formerly CISCO). He has served as a member of The London Stock Exchange Working Party on Smaller Companies.

He is currently chairman of the Social Investment Task Force, The Portland Trust and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets. He was chairman of the DTI 'Tech Stars' Steering Committee and a member of the DTI UK Competitiveness Committee.

He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union and is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship.