Conflicted interests, staying relevant and boardroom emotions, with Nigel Toon, CEO, Graphcore
In this episode:
“You can't bring your view from 10 years ago and think that that's still the right way of working.”
This week’s guest on the Boardroom Confidential podcast is Nigel Toon, CEO of the British semiconductor company, Graphcore.
He’s previously been CEO at two successful venture capital-backed processor companies, and co-founded Icera - a 3G cellular modem chip company, sold to US technology giant NVIDIA in 2011.
Nigel shares the boardroom experiences that have shaped his career, including battling conflicted interests during a proposed sale, why it’s crucial to keep up to date with market developments, and the times emotions have risen in the boardroom.
He has served as a board member and chairman for several technology businesses and currently sits as a non-executive director on the board of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – a UK public body that directs research and innovation funding.
In 2019, he was ranked #1 on Business Insider's UK Tech 100 and was later named as one of the 'Top 100 entrepreneurs in the UK' by the Financial Times.
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