Team – Uniphy

Through continuous innovation and investment in hardware, software, optoelectronic, optomechanical and material engineering, our vision is to deliver enabling platforms for the creation of freeform-conformed Smart Surfaces that are Beautiful, Intuitive, Robust, Safe & Economic, realising the future of user experience.

Our core values are central to everything we do. We’re…

Ingenious + Human + Authentic + Audacious + Collaborative.

+ Executive Team

Jim Nicholas

CEO

Jim Nicholas has held a variety of executive positions. He was the CEO of MIPS Technologies, leading the transition out of Imagination Technologies into the standalone entity acquired by Tallwood Venture Capital. Before that he was promoted to Imagination Technologies’ Executive Vice President & MIPS Business Unit General…

Dr David Lomas

Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder

David has over 30 years of experience of Research and Development in Integrated Circuit design. He began his career working for Plessey Semiconductors as an R&D Engineer in the late 80’s. After which he returned to academia to complete his post graduate studies. David holds a BEng(Hons) in…

David Dearn

Engineering Manager and Co-founder

David has over 30 years of experience of electronics and semi-conductor design and technical management, spanning market sectors from automotive to mobile communications. David’s early career started in the detailed analogue and digital design of automotive electronics and integrated circuits at Lucas TRW, where he became IC design…

+ Non-executive Directors

Sir Hossein Yassaie

Chairman

Sir Hossein Yassaie is a leading figure on the world technology stage with a deep belief in technological innovation and disruptions. His technical and entrepreneurial efforts have deeply impacted many key areas across TV, PC, game consoles, automotive and most notably mobile devices through the smart phone revolution….

Dr Achim Hoffmann

Non-Executive Director

Achim represents main Investor IP Group plc on the Uniphy Board. He has been working in the entrepreneurial deep science sector for the last 15 years initially as funder and entrepreneur and later as business builder and investor. He launched his career at the Cleantech Fraunhofer Institute IUSE…

Ashwin Kumaraswamy

Non-Executive Director

Ashwin has over nine years’ venture capital experience. He is responsible for a number of technology investments; he is a member of the NPIF – Mercia Equity Team and part of the Electronics, Materials, Manufacturing & Engineering sector Investment Team. He has been involved in all aspects of…

Dr Colin Tucker

Non-Executive Director

Colin Tucker was the CTO and COO at Orange for its European businesses and Main Board Director on its listing on the FTSE. As founding CEO of 3, the first 3G mobile operator in the UK, Colin developed the role to become the Deputy Chairman of the Hutchison…