Sherry Coutu is a former CEO and angel investor who now serves on the boards of companies, charities and universities.
Sherry specialises in consumer internet, information services and education. She has made angel investments in more than 35 companies and holds investments in two venture capital firms.
Last year she was voted as the best CEO mentor / advisor in Europe by TechCrunch, and this May was named by Wired magazine as one the top 25 'most influential people in the wired world', and one of the top ten most influential investors and women.
As an entrepreneur, Sherry has founded two businesses in the financial services industry. The first (acquired by Euromoney) has operations in more than 70 countries.
The second was responsible for the first e-commerce transaction in the financial services industry in 1995. When she floated the company in 2000 it was valued at more than $1 billion and was the most over-subscribed IPO in the history of the market at the time.
Philanthropically, she helped found the Prince's Trust Technology Leadership Group, is a member of the venture board of Cancer Research UK and serves on the Harvard Business School European Advisory Council.