Andrew Gaule talks to Ulrich Quay, managing director of BMW i Ventures
Author: Andrew Gaule
A focus on product, planet and opportunity
Andrew Gaule talks to Mehmood Khan, vice-chairman and chief scientific officer, global research and devel-opment, PepsiCo
Boosting economies and ecosystems with accelerators
Andrew Gaule talks to Zack Weisfeld, general manager, Microsoft Accelerators.
The early bird catches added value
Andrew Gaule talks to Nagraj Kashyap, corporate vice-president, Microsoft Ventures
Mining returns from a strategic investment agenda
Andrew Gaule talks to Brian Lowry, investment manager, Caterpillar Ventures
Constant search for synergy and strategy
Andrew Gaule talks to Roel Bulthuis, senior vice-president and managing director, Merck Ventures
Unique geography throws up varied challenges
Introduce yourself and your role. I started the corporate venture department group at GCI [Alaska’s largest telecoms provider] about two and a half years ago. Before that I was in M&A at Dell and had come to Dell actually through an acquisition. Before Dell, I was the general counsel and corporate secretary of a company… Continue reading Unique geography throws up varied challenges
Moving the digital goalposts
Give us a brief introduction to yourself and your role at Propel Venture Partners. My new role is managing partner at Propel Venture Partners, which is an independent fund with a full limited partner, BBVA, a very large, Spanish financial institution. We started this fund in February. We were previously known as BBVA Ventures. I… Continue reading Moving the digital goalposts
Rapid change throws up a multitude of challenges
Andrew Gaule talks to Phil Smith, chief executive, Cisco Systems, UK and Ireland, and non-executive chairman, Innovate UK
Investing both for today and for tomorrow
Give us a brief introduction to Aviva and the area in which you work. Aviva is the UK’s largest insurance company. We cover products across the insurance landscape – general insurance, life and savings, health insurance and asset management. We are in 16 different countries globally, have 34 million customers, and over the past two… Continue reading Investing both for today and for tomorrow
Honing the art of the matchmaker
It is over six years ago since I interviewed you for this column when you were leading Dow Chemical’s corporate venturing arm. It would be great to get an update now on your role in UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). It is hard to believe it was six years ago. I started running Dow’s corporate… Continue reading Honing the art of the matchmaker
Investment in a time of talking machines
Andrew Gaule talks to Jacqueline LeSage Krause, managing director of HSB Ventures
Powering up innovation
Andrew Gaule talks to Neil Pennington, director of UK innovation at RWE Npower.
Corporate angel spreads his wings
Andrew Gaule talks to Peter Cowley, investor and director of Martlet Corporate Angel