CEO Today United Kingdom Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 62 CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2018 FINANCIAL SERVICES ALAN AUBREY CEO of IP Group FIRM PROFILE Purpose: Evolving great ideas into world-changing businesses. IP Group was set up with a mission to evolve great ideas, mainly from our partner universities, into world-changing businesses. We achieve this by systematically helping to create, build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies. The Group pioneered the concept of the long-term partnership model with UK universities and has spent many years honing a unique approach to building businesses and providing support along the journey from “cradle to maturity”. We have replicated this approach with a select group of US research institutions and, in 2017, the Group announced it was expanding into Australasia. We support our portfolio companies with-: • Financial capital from our balance sheet and also from funds that we manage on behalf of others • Strategic and commercial expertise • Executive search and development • Corporate finance and capital raising • A range of administrative services Key facts about IP Group • Strong balance sheet • Proven track record of growth • A diverse portfolio of holdings in early-stage to mature businesses across life sciences and technology • Operations in the UK, the US and Australasia • A FTSE 250 constituent, listed on the Main Market of the LSE (code IPO) The 3Ps: Passionate, Pioneering and Principled Our values of being ‘passionate, pioneering and principled’ are at the heart of all that we do. Passionate Our team is passionate about evolving great ideas into world-changing businesses. Pioneering We believe we have pioneered a successful way to do this time and again while being open- minded and able to adapt to constant change. Our pioneering approach to supporting our portfolio companies is what differentiates us from traditional venture capital companies. Principled We run the Company in a principled manner and are committed to building a successful and sustainable business that will provide attractive returns over the long term for our shareholders and other stakeholders. We aim to uphold the highest standards and strive to work with all of our partners and stakeholders in a principled manner. ABOUT ALAN AUBREY Alan was the joint founder and Chief Executive of Techtran Group Ltd, the first company in Europe to offer a complete outsourced technology transfer function to universities. Techtran was acquired by IP Group in 2005. From 1995-2002 Alan was a partner in KPMG where he specialised in providing advice to fast growing technology businesses. Alan holds a BA in Economics from the University of Leeds, an MBA with Distinction from the University of Bradford and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Alan is also Non-Executive Chairman of Proactis Holdings plc, an AIM- listed software company based in York, and Non-executive Director of Oxford Sciences Innovation plc.