Investors Forum 2009
Oxford Capital Partners' annual Investors Forum is an exclusive invitation only event, bringing together investors, founders and CEOs of portfolio companies, leading thinkers and academics and keynote speakers.
This year's event was held at the Saïd Business School and was followed by a cocktail and canapé reception at The Divinity School. Photographs from the event can be seen below.
The theme of this year’s Forum was “Wealth in a World of Opportunity”. Wealth creation, preservation and growth remain essential goals for every investor - whether institutional, family, individual or charitable. Opportunities are to be found in the UK and across the world, and emerging businesses are often at the forefront of such opportunities.
Keynote Speakers
Lord Drayson is a British scientist, industrialist, amateur racing driver and politician. He is currently Minister of Science & Innovation in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was the Chairman of the BioIndustry Association, and since 2003 he has been the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University.
Paul Drayson graduated from Aston University in Production Engineering, followed in 1985 by a PhD in robotics. In 1993 he co-founded PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc in Oxford which specialised in the production of vaccines, and was Chief Executive until 2003 when PowderJect was acquired by Chiron Corp. In May 2005 Lord Drayson replaced Lord Bach as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement and as Government Spokesman for Defence to the House of Lords before assuming his current responsibilities.
Marcus du Sautoy succeeded Richard Dawkins as Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
He is known for his work popularizing mathematics, and has been named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the UK's leading scientists. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society, which is awarded every two years to reward the best mathematical research by a mathematician under forty.
He is the author of Finding Moonshine and The Music of the Primes. He has also presented Mindgames, The Music of the Primes and The Story of Maths on BBC television. He writes for The Guardian and The Times and is frequently asked for comment on BBC radio and television. In 2006 he delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures under the collective title The Num8er My5teries. This was only the third time the subject of the lectures had been mathematics.
Details
For more information please e-mail forum@oxcp.com or call Claire on +44(0)1865 860 760.
