– UK, London – Milamber Ventures Plc (ISDX:MLVP), an incubator working with a number of dynamic fast growth companies to help them through their business development and funding activities, is delighted to announce that Anna Halpern-Lande has joined the Board as a non-Executive Director.
Anna Halpern-Lande is a senior member of Shell Technology Ventures. Before joining Shell in 2008, Anna was Vice President, Co-Founder and Executive Board Member of Tellurian Biodiesel, a leading California bio-diesel company and Lead of Biofuels at Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) as she co- negotiated the Low Carbon Fuel Standard with other key E2 members. Anna also co-founded Cyrnell LLC, a consulting firm specialising in the renewable energy and clean high-tech sector. Previously, she has worked for Booz Allen & Hamilton and Wells Fargo & Company. Anna has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and an MBA from MIT Sloan. She is a Board Observer on Glasspoint and sits on the Advisory Board of Sterling Analytics.
Further, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Partners, Mr Amit Burman and Mr William Hughes. Amit and Bill will work closely with the Board and the Portfolio Companies, providing business insight and experience based on many years’ in their chosen fields.
Amit is currently a Director of Peritus Capital and also Privos Capital. Prior to this Amit was a Director of Rising Tide Asia, a billion dollar private investment group, where he focused on healthcare and education across Asia and Africa. He has also worked for the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, focusing on private sector development and project finance for the energy and transportation sectors in Latin America and Africa. Amit has a BA from Oxford and an MA in International Relations and Finance from Columbia University.
Bill is a 30-year veteran of the technology industry, where he has played leading roles at Cambridge Innovation Center, Sapient, Cambridge Technology Partners and was at Pearson for 9 years in various roles focused on New Ventures, Business Development and Innovation. He was co-founder and board member of Intellus Learning, acquired in 2017 by Macmillan Learning, and a trustee of Kaplan University. Recently, Bill was Chief Strategy Officer at Learning Objects, a growth-stage Ed-tech start-up acquired by Cengage Learning in 2015. Bill has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in Engineering and a Master of Science in Management from MIT Sloan. Bill is based in the US and will help strengthen Milamber’s North American offering.
Mr Andy Hasoon, Executive Chairman of Milamber, commented, “It is crucial for Milamber to keep bolstering its Board and Partner network with highly experienced industry professionals and so it is our great pleasure to welcome Anna, Amit and Bill to the Company. The immediate value they will bring to our Portfolio Companies, as well as the Milamber network in general and the US business in particular, is immeasurable. We look forward to working closely with them going forward.”
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