David is a successful serial entrepreneur with investments in over 30 companies, He was the founder and former chairman of Abcam (AIM listed), 3Way Networks, and Analysys, and was investor and board member of IoT pioneer Neul. He has served on policy committees for Ofcom and Comreg, and was a founding director of the Center for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge. He is currently Chairman of Rasperry Pi, CCSL, Ionscope and CRFS.

Simon has worked in the telecoms sector for 30 years. Previously he was co-founder and CEO of 3Way Networks where he exited to Airvana in 2007. He continued as Managing Director of Airvana UK until founding Controllis in 2010. Simon has also held roles as Head of Sales at ip.access, as well as several positions in major telcos including Sprint, BellSouth and Telecom New Zealand.