Ian Cooper
Managing Director at National Grid
Ian Cooper
Managing Director at National Grid
Greater London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director and Head of Corporate Venture Capital Europe
2018 - Current
Board Director
2022
Board Observer
2021
Board Observer
2021
Board Director
2020
Board Observer
2019 - 2021
Chief Operating Officer
2015 - 2015
Ardent Capital was a prominent Thai-headquartered operating VC, making minority seed stage investments as well as incubating majority owned companies. As Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the CEO, I took direct charge of overall operations, instituting investment processes, overseeing investments, investment documentation and portfolio management, hiring and staff retention as well as working with portfolio companies to put mature governance processes into place and assist in the growth, scaling and financing of the business.
Board Director
2015 - 2015
Board Director
2015 - 2015
Board Director
2012 - 2015
Tobii Technology AB is the world leader in eye-gaze tracking, listed on the Nasdaq:OMX as of April 2015. I was a member of the Board of Directors of Tobii AB for 3 years, assisting the company through its acquisition of US-based competitor Dynavox Systems LLC in 2014 and preparing the company for its IPO in early 2015.