Board & Management

Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri (CEO)
Nick Stables (CFO)
Philippe Roux (VP Business Development)
Alan Duncan (Director)
John Flynn (Director)
Dr. Jalal Bagherli (Director)
Pete Magowan (Director)

Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri (CEO)

Ebrahim’s experience spans over 15 years in directing and managing of design teams for the implementation of high performance ICs within the wireless communication market. He was with Middlesex University Microelectronics Centre (MUMEC) collaborating with top tier organizations such as Nokia, Qinetiq (formerly Defence Evaluation Research Agency) and Fraunhofer IAF. He was a professional group committee member of Institution of Electrical Engineering (IEE) and is a member of Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE).

Nick Stables (CFO)

Nick has broad based experience in the semiconductor sector, gained with both large corporates and VC backed business. Formerly CFO at Phyworks, Nick helped guide the company to a successful exit in late 2010, when the company was acquired by Maxim. Prior to this, Nick held a number of financial management roles with AT&T, Lucent and Agere Systems including as EMEA FD for the Lucent Microelectronics Group and Agere's CFO for the mobile terminals division.

Philippe Roux (VP Business Development)

Philippe has 20 years of experience in sales and marketing within the semiconductor Industry. In his most recent role, he was heading up the European Sales force for Skyworks Semiconductor, delivering strategic devices to the handset market. Prior to this, he was with Rockwell and Conexant, based in US, driving the revenue growth within major PC OEMs. Philippe holds a BSEE from the Technology University of Cachan, France.

Alan Duncan (Director)

Alan has been in the venture capital industry for more than 20 years, initially through establishing a corporate venturing fund for Ferranti and then with Foreign & Colonial Ventures and Newmarket Venture Capital. He joined Prelude in 1996 and is responsible for a portfolio of Esprit’s electronics investments including Phyworks, Xanadu Wireless, Lime Microsystems, SiConnect, XMOS and DisplayLink. His previous investments have included Alphamosaic, NanoMagnetics and nCipher.Alan has an electronic engineering background and gained his industrial experience in computer systems with Ferranti plc. He is a past member of the European Venture Capital Association High Tech Committee and lectures regularly on EVCA’s venture capital professional training courses.

John Flynn (Director)

John joined ACT Venture Capital in 1996 from an international IT consulting background gained through EDS Group. His investment focus is on semiconductors, communications and software. Prior to joining ACT, John spent 5 years with EDS Group, working on various IT consultancy projects in the UK, Germany and the US . John graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) with a degree in Physics and Mathematics. John also holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

Dr. Jalal Bagherli (Director)

Jalal joined Dialog Semiconductor in September 2005 as CEO. Prior to this, he was Vice President & General Manager for the Mobile Multimedia business unit for Broadcom Corporation and the CEO of Alphamosaic. He has extensive experience of the semiconductor industry with a wealth of knowledge about the Far Eastern, European and North American markets, gained through his previous professional and executive positions with Texas Instruments and Sony.

Pete Magowan (Director)

Pete has a core expertise in electronics, marketing and business development, with specialist experience of negotiating OEM deals with manufacturers worldwide and a focus on investment opportunities in silicon and software technologies. In his career, he has held the role of Executive VP Business Development at ARM Holdings plc and microprocessor marketing roles at STMicroelectronics. Pete has a degree in Electronics & Electrical Engineering, UMIST.