Anne Glover
Director, Amadeus Capital
Anne Glover is Chief Executive and Co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, the European technology investor. Amadeus has £460m of funds under management and has backed over 60 companies covering computer hardware and software, mobile and fixed communications technologies, clean technologies and medical technologies.
Ms Glover was Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) from 2004 to 2005, having been a member of the Council that runs the organisation since 1999, and was also a member of Sir David Walker’s high level private equity working group in 2007. She is currently a non-executive director of the UK government's Technology Strategy Board and is chairing the committee on government procurement from SMEs. She is also a member of the London Business School’s Private Equity Institute Advisory Board, a member of the Women’s Enterprise Task Force and serves on the board of Optos and Glysure.
Before founding Amadeus, Ms Glover was a business angel and Chief Operating Officer of Apax-backed company, Virtuality Group, which listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1993. Prior to this she worked with Bain & Co. in Boston for five years before returning to the UK to join Apax Partners & Co, investing in early stage companies.
Ms Glover began her career with Cummins Engine Company, the global leader in diesel engine design and production. She holds an MA in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Clare College, Cambridge and a Masters in Public and Private Management from Yale. In June 2006 she was awarded a CBE for services to business. In July 2008 Ms Glover was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Acadamy of Engineering.